Mindfulness...
There are a lot of stuff going on around us.
It is easy to get lost with all the din of outside world. Most of the times we
don’t even remember what actions we were performing just 10 minutes ago! Majority
of us are in such a situation nowadays for many variety of reasons.
It is in this context when one can bring his
or her attention to everything that is happening only at the present moment
becomes very critical. This process is given the name Mindfulness.
This activity enhances the quality of our life. It has its origins in the
Buddhist traditions, basically carved out of Tibetan meditation techniques and
has flavors of Zen and Vipassana.
Jon Kobat-Zinn is one of the pioneers in making mindfulness popular among the western
audience.
He has been actively promoting the use of mindfulness related processes
in schools, hospitals and rehabilitation centers.
Here is what he has to say about mindfulness.
Courtesy: Mindful.org
Got excited about making it part of your
daily life? Of course, there are lot of resources available on the internet on
the topic.
Let us lead a mindful life.
What is prayer?
Enter the words define prayer in Google,
and lo, you get the dictionary definition of prayer! Well, it says,
a solemn request for help addressed to God
And yes, conventionally that’s what we
understand as the meaning of prayer. If we have problems in our life, we turn towards
God, pour our woes and ask that the problems be resolved.
Let us look into it more deeply and ask
ourselves the question Is this right?
The answer would be Maybe, yes. During
trying circumstances, it is appropriate to look upon something that is beyond
our reach hoping that we gain mental succor.
However, is it not stupid to
routinely get into this mode for every silly problem that we come across?
If the
so-called God must take care of each and every difficulty that we face, then
what is the significance of our “own” life?
Sadhguru clarifies that true prayer is not an act but being prayerful is a quality. He says that prayer, when understood in its real sense, is a means to open our
lives to new possibilities.
However, he also warns that people may succumb to
hallucinatory fantasy. People start making up stuff, it is not real. He
indicates that when the real experience of being prayerful occurs, a dialogue
develops between the one who is praying and the divine that is omnipresent.
When that state is reached, he says, the experience brings great joy.
Watch this video in which Sadhguru explains
this phenomenon of being truly prayerful. He narrates a beautiful story in
laymen terms to drive home the point that prayer cannot be acted and rather should
be a quality in our life.
Are your sleep habits indicating anything?
All of us spend our day in different
activities and go to sleep in the night to get a well-deserved physical rest.
During the night, the body gets sufficient time to replenish the energies, our
batteries get charged so to say.
Depending on the nature of work that we are
engaged in our daily lives, we would need different number of hours of sleep.
The body knows it very well. When it cannot go on further without the required
duration of rest it resists to cooperate with the physical or mental activity
and shuts the system down.
Well, while it is true that it automatically takes
care of providing us the required energy to continue our work the next day, is
there anything to take away from the sleeping pattern that we possess?
Here is an infographic that depicts what
might be going on based on the way you sleep.
Happy sleeping & waking
up!
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