I Find Peace Like This
Practising meditation on a regular basis has the power to transform your life in all its dimensions. Since all aspects of life are interlinked, it will become more obvious how improving one will impact the others aspects of your life: becoming a better individual equals becoming a more empowering friend, a more determined professional, a more tolerant citizen, etc.
In the last post we talked about avidya (not knowledge) or ignorance, that results in virupan (distorted image of reality) about the real nature of things. What is meant by real nature of things? In simplest and crudest of forms it can be translated as, âwe are much more than our bodies.â Any serious practitioner of meditation, at some point, has felt (or will feel) ââan expansion of the selfâ and âa connection to many (if not every) things in the universe.â
âHappiness is real only when shared,â Christopher McCandless âInto the Wildâ
âI learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.â Nelson Mandela
I have many fears. Especially when it comes to myself. Iâve always been quite an insecure person and have never trusted myself enough.
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of relaxation? Many of us might imagine a cosy evening in front of the TV or a Sunday afternoon reading a book. Why is relaxation important?
And then, as I am standing in the rain, hearing thunder and seeing lightning, I cannot believe the absurdity â a giant cockroach has kicked me out of the apartment.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape one hundred days of sorrow. Chinese Proverb
When do you usually get angry? Is it when things donât go as expected? What if you had no previous expectations? Could this be a possibility? Does getting angry change the situation in any way?
