Let The Life Flow

I have listened and read many stories about Buddha and his life in my childhood. One of them was about a time when his brother Debadutta wanted Buddha to be killed by a mad/drunken elephant. So the drunken elephant was let loose and it came charging towards Buddha ferociously. But Buddha stood his ground calmly. The elephant came rushing, however as he came near Buddha he suddenly became calm and relaxed and went down on his knees bowing down to Buddha. Buddha just touched his forehead and blessed the animal.   Another time he was given a hut for night halt where there was a poisonous snake inside. But Buddha went and stayed there. He addressed the snake as his friend and requested him to go out into the jungle as the place was not safe for him. He told the snake that humans are afraid of him and hence they will kill him. The snake bowed to Buddha and went out of the hut to the jungle.   I was fascinated by these stories and the power of Buddha to control the mind of others. W...

After a long time I thought of letting my energy flow through this blog. Its been a long time since I even set any intention of posting anything here. When the intention is absent certainly the attention automatically goes off. But the energy after sometime again finds an outlet and flows on. Reading John's blog triggered the same with me. I am so passionate about meditation . But the way John Assaraf explains the power of  meditation, it is really clear and powerful. Hope You also will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it and would put into practice to Train Your Brain with Mediation . Get, Set, Go... Let the Life Flow....

When I speak to people to go for Vipassana * , the most common reaction of friends is that, “9 days without speaking?! I will not be able to stay without speaking for 9 days!!” Why is it difficult to stay without speaking? This question led me to delve deeper into 'whys' of our need for speaking and 'whys' of our fear of being silent and 'whys' of our not giving premium to listening. Hope this awareness makes my friends look at their fear on the face. When we speak, are we alone? No, for a person to speak, there is need of at least one person who listens to the speaker. So when we speak, what need of ours is getting fulfilled? A person speaks when s/he has the need to be heard and understood. Have you seen or experienced in a workshop where a speaker is speaking and others are not listening? How does it feel if You are the speaker? You do not feel Good; Right? And that is why we set out a rule in the beginning that when a Speaker is speaking people shoul...

Why spend time on meditation? Thanks to Praveen. This is the question he had put to me last year after I came back from a 20 days course of   Vipassana . I had not answered because I myself had not reflected. However last week the question came back to me and I myself was ruminating over it. By law of nature I came across an old issue of ‘Aha Zindegi’ where I read the following story. A person say Dinu skilled in woodcutting went to a wood trader and asked for job. He got the job and was happy with his employer and his salary. So he made up his mind to do the work diligently and sincerely. The Employer gave him the axe and showed the place of work. On the first day of his work he did cut 18 logs. The employer praised him. Inspired by the appreciation Dinu worked very hard the next day, but he could cut 15 logs. Next day he worked even harder but could manage to cut only 10 logs. And this process continued on the fourth day when he could bring only 8 logs. He was c...