Why Comparison Is Stealing Your Peace

Most of us hear "non-stealing" and assume we've already got it sorted. We don't take bikes. We don't lift wallets. But asteya, the third of the yamas, goes a lot further than the obvious. It asks where else we take more than we need, more than our share, more than the moment freely gives us. In this class, we explore: Why hoarding, lateness and over-consuming all sit inside asteya The line Gandhi drew between physical theft and "man's greed and craving for artificial needs" Comparison and jealousy as quiet forms of stealing from someone else's joy, and our own Staying in your comfort zone as stealing from the person you're capable of becoming How a bad mood can steal someone else's peace of mind without a word being said The illusion underneath it all: the belief that we're separate and not enough A guided abundance meditation to close the practice Underneath all of it is one idea worth sitting with: the things we reach for outside ourselves are rarely the thing we're actually missing. This class is an invitation to notice the reaching, and to start trusting that you already have enough. Part of our ongoing Yamas and Niyamas series. New episodes drop as we work through the full eight limbs together.