I deeply feel that there is something uniquely special when a person deliberately places themselves in a situation or place that strongly opposes their ideas or beliefs in order to see the usefulness of anything that has been learned up to a certain point in time. It's easy to understand the benefit of a certain practice when those around support and push you deeper into the imagined direction that is desired on a spiritual path. It is quite different when the support is gone or simply too far away and all that is left is the lingering memory of teachings or interactions that may have been taken for granted or not taken seriously. I met a woman this week that lives in Corpus Cristi , TX who expressed to me the difficulty of being in the 46% white minority and has no idea what the future holds for her and the town she lives in. I find that interesting. The point of this brief smattering of words is not to point a finger at a person but to bring awareness to the usefulness of what we know or desire to know. Let a practice be tested in the reality of the environment and give up the urge to prove the right-ness of anything that appears to be self-defining. Whether it be yoga or being a devote raw-food-ist let the practice speak for itself and let the need for being right die. A practice that works doesn't necessarily need to be told to anyone or proven to be more right than any other view, there is no fear of being wrong and there is no fear from the opposing thought it just is.