How the biggest black out in the last 10 years showed me to raise my life quality only by turning off the light.
Around noon the electricity was gone and it did not come back till 10:30 pm. It was an explosion at the power plant. The biggest black out for 10 years. The whole island of Tenerife without light. Actually not a big thing, but still we can question ourselves, how stable is our modern society? Especially on an island you suddenly feel kind of more isolated. No internet working, no mobile phones, no televisión, no computers. For the modern human being this may lead into a stressful situation. Fortuantely it happend on a Sunday and I was not working as many people. My company is depending totally on the internet and computers and it would have been a disaster. But in that case I just had a walk and really enjoyed the feeling of being „offline“. As a yoga teacher I am a lover of stillness and I really loved the evening without televisions in the neighborhood.
I loved the natural candle light. I loved just sitting on the sofa holding hands with my husband. Everything was much more natural. Permitting the darkness and stillness in your life. We are so busy filling every minute with light and stimulation from the outside. Always afraid of our own emptiness and darkness inside. Resisting the acceptance, that there can not be a place with only light in this world.
We are so busy filling every minute with light and stimulation from the outside. Always afraid of our own emptiness and darkness inside.
I enjoyed my Yoga practice in the dark with only candle light and I want to do it more often like this. It leads my focus naturally inside and when the flame is moving in the air and I look at the room around me, I can get a better feeling of the meaning of Maya, the big illusion, that the material world is. Our Eye and body can be easily cheated and they think that there is something moving on the wall, when its just the flame. The artificial light is tricking us and making the body believe, that its still daytime and we have to be active. Accepting the natural nightfall, I could feel my body synchronizing with the rhythm of the day and just calming down.
Technology ist great and I don't want to miss the internet and so on but still I wonder, why I felt that my live quality was rising when I am loosing these essential things.
It was beautiful to see so many people on the streets just sitting and talking and even playing instruments. Especially the children and pets were happy. Suddenly there is much more time to be with our loved ones. I felt, that this kind of shutdown is actually very healthy for all kinds of relationships with the people near us. Technology ist great and I don't want to miss the internet and so on but still I wonder, why I felt that my live quality was rising when I am loosing these essential things. It is interesting when you feel all the pressure that is connected to these tools. All the „must“ behind it. And how dependent we are. I became worried on how will I wake up for work tomorrow, when my only alarm is the one on my mobile phone, that I couldn't charge. It was a nice day of reflection. On fragility, on dependence, on the joy of simplicity, the calming power of darkness, acceptance, isolation and stillness. Not a big thing, but still enough to make a whole island upset.
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