Friday, December 19, 2008

Art of Living - quick visit

Recently I went to Art Of Living Foundation (AOLF), Bangalore. It was really a good place. Will find your peace of mind. The surroundings are pretty good. I found myself really relaxed and comfortable there. It was sunday. Every sunday they have some yoga and meditation program. That would relieve me from my tiredness of journey. It was well maintained.
After some time roaming around we went inside the main temple. It was amazing. Gave me such a soothing feeling, like I could stay there forever. It was an amazing feeling. Such a great ambience. It was like silence is everywhere. People around me are physically present there but their mind is not there. May be flying around anywhere and everywhere in the universe. It forced me to be silent for that moment, forget every other thing and made me go deeper inside me and think why I am here and who/what am I.At the same time made me confused with so many other questions like what is my purpose of life, what is my responsibility and what am I doing to fulfill that, blah blah. Decided to step back. Came out from the deep thinking.

But one thing came to my mind which surprised me a lot. I felt, that is what attracts people to this kind of organizations - Peace of Mind. People can forget all their worries here once they are in, like the Utopia - country of dreams. And that is what we seek throughout our lives. Nobody wants to be unhappy, stressed, disturbed. This is also a kind of addiction. Addiction to God. Trying to get closure to Him. And why? To get peace of mind. But that is kind of contradictory. To get what you seek you are leaving all your social belongings and responsibilities behind, getting over all your existing relationship to form a new relationship with GOD. Is that what the almighty really wanted us to do? Being selfish to get my own pleasure and let others feel the pain of separation. There is no value of the existing relationship? You are moving to this way because you found it better for you than the existing one. What is the guarantee that if you will find something better tomorrow, you will quit the almighty? I know all this religious activities are still achievable along with the normal life. Then why people want to move towards the complete devotion? leaving behind other people who care for them and want to be cared by them?

1 comment:

Rajiv Mathew said...

this is why u are my main man!