"People from around the world will join together to create peace in the world by performing 108 sun salutations in unison. The idea behind this event is simple and very clear...peace begins within and the goal is to unite the yoga community to create peace in the world."Guys, listen! I know what we can do! Let's all get together and do an arbitrary number of one of our favorite poses (let's pick one of the easier ones, cause I can't do Chair Pose for longer than a few minutes, you know what I'm saying) right in a row, at the same time on the same day! It'll be like 4:20 for people who have stopped smoking weed because it "makes them paranoid!" It'll give us something to do without having to actually DO anything!
Yes--everybody face to the east and do a sun salutation. Salute the sun until wealthy corporations stop donating unnameable sums to political candidates, salute until Mexican drug cartels throw their guns in the river, salute until Muslim men stop kicking women in the stomachs for allowing some skin to show, salute until every rush hour driver stops flipping the bird because they had to slow down a little. Salute the sun until people stop eating chicken raised on factory farms. Salute the sun until little Billy stops throwing rocks at little David because he's overweight. Salute the sun! Keep doing it! Keep...you mean...it's not helping? Maybe you're not focused enough? Thoughts drifting to that new set of earphones for your iPod?
These events do more harm than good. They fool people into thinking they're making a difference. They provide an outlet for anxiety and frustration, and although that may be healthy for the individual, it does not promote peace. It just promotes yoga.
Kinda reminds me of this:
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