So many of the lessons I learn as a new Argentine Tango dancer translate into my life, which is why I say Argentine Tango is a Spiritual Practice for me, as I know it is for a growing group of my Tango friends.
To linger on past missteps is to make more missteps. If we stumble or cause discord with our partner, the ONLY way to recover and dance freely is to LET IT GO immediately.
What is past is gone.
To anticipate what is coming, breaks the connection.
Argentine Tango is a practice of being aware of only the present moment. Since it is improvisational, we must listen intently to our partner, and ourselves, in The Now.
I have seen it time and time again with my own experience. When I let myself wander away from Presence, and stop listening to the connection, I make some kind of misstep, which causes a glitch in the flow of dance.
I sometimes feel a sense of melancholy when this happens, which parallels my experience off of the dance floor.
The sadness comes from thoughts, which often have nothing to do with the Present Moment.
In the deepest experience of being present, there is no pain. There is only The Witness.
Argentine Tango; Life, at it’s best, is to operate from The Witness. Letting go of attachment to what just happened, or what might happen, Living Fully Present in The Now.
As a relatively new dancer, I have much to learn which I see as a gift. How I embrace my limitations as a dancer is similar to how I embrace my level of development as a human being.
When I focus on the lack of experience and judge myself harshly, I suffer.
When I graciously embrace the perfection in my present state of being, I give myself fully as an offering of consciousness to the collective, which can only be a service to my fellow human.
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Leela says; "When I graciously embrace the perfection in my present state of being, I give myself fully as an offering of consciousness to the collective, which can only be a service to my fellow human."
These words really resonant with me, especially the "embrace the perfection in my present state of being,..."
Somebody important and wise once said, "How you do anything is how you do everything."
So in this dancing metaphor of life or tangoing dance of metaphor or metaphoring life of tango - sometimes I can find that embrace that you mention and 'What a sweet moment it is!' I live for such moments. Thank you for you words of reflection. It provides comfort to me that indeed and in thought I am not alone.
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