Be familiar with the unknown

The importance of being you. The importance of being me. The importance of understanding who you are. The importance of understanding who I am. We as humans become familar with ourselves. I think we become so familar that we fall into a trap of thinking we really know who we are; it feels safe this way.
Most of us have busy lives, so the opportunity not to get caught up in that cycle of knowing comes around only once in a while. B.K.S. Iyengar says he is a student of Yoga. If this is true, then this doesn’t mean he starts his practice from a beginners’ level, but in his practice there is an unknown. When I practice headstand, for example, I place my arms and head in a way that I can connect with and receive energy from mother earth. That is something that a beginner needs to learn. Once in the pose I go through all the actions that I know; after that I can’t do anything more. Then comes the unknown. The unknown is a place of discovery. It’s a place of not being me, me doesn’t have anything to do with it, me needs to get out of the way. So in your life, find a time to not be you. Find a time to not be your job, not be a mother or father, or a son or daughter, or a wife or husband, just be.