I and my wife recently attended a lecture on “inspired living’ by Smt. Jaya Row. The topic caught our attention. As we were driving down to the venue, we thought to ourselves that are we not living an inspired life? We were quite curious on what the speaker, a renowned authority on Bhagwad Gita will share with us.
We entered the packed hall amidst soothing Bhajans. The Bhajans got us into the frame of mind to receive and understand what Smt. Jaya Row was to share with the audience.
She started by stating that today science and technology has made a sea difference in the way we live. The sophistication that we enjoy and the comforts that we have in our life were difficult even to imagine 25 years back. So with all this in life we should be really happy; kicked about things and inspired in our lives. However she said there is a big discontentment amongst each one of us. Ask 5 year old how was your school today and mostly she will say it’s boring and ask a 70 year old and she will have her share of problems in life.
With all the technological advancements; comforts; speed and better quality of life what must be the reason of this dis-satisfaction? Do you experience the similar issues? What do you think may be the cause of these issues?
The most important reason is Self – centricity says Smt. Jaya Row. Let me repeat this to highlight its importance. Self-Centricity. We are so obsessed with self these days that it is making our view on life and living very myopic. Making us sick; nervous and leading to lack of motivation even in basic areas of life. We hardly see the world beyond self. Look at your last 5 weekend and holiday schedules. Did you see a very restrictive activity pattern?
So what’s the way out?
According to her one of the best injections of inspiration is to latch on to something that makes you forget about yourself; something that is bigger than you. Teaching to the underprivileged for example. You may choose any thing that you like where you are able to contribute in terms of your talent or time. Something that will take you in a different world; give you a satisfaction and make you happy. The law they say is that you give you gain; you grab you lose. I guess this was taught to us when we were in school?
We entered the packed hall amidst soothing Bhajans. The Bhajans got us into the frame of mind to receive and understand what Smt. Jaya Row was to share with the audience.
She started by stating that today science and technology has made a sea difference in the way we live. The sophistication that we enjoy and the comforts that we have in our life were difficult even to imagine 25 years back. So with all this in life we should be really happy; kicked about things and inspired in our lives. However she said there is a big discontentment amongst each one of us. Ask 5 year old how was your school today and mostly she will say it’s boring and ask a 70 year old and she will have her share of problems in life.
With all the technological advancements; comforts; speed and better quality of life what must be the reason of this dis-satisfaction? Do you experience the similar issues? What do you think may be the cause of these issues?
The most important reason is Self – centricity says Smt. Jaya Row. Let me repeat this to highlight its importance. Self-Centricity. We are so obsessed with self these days that it is making our view on life and living very myopic. Making us sick; nervous and leading to lack of motivation even in basic areas of life. We hardly see the world beyond self. Look at your last 5 weekend and holiday schedules. Did you see a very restrictive activity pattern?
So what’s the way out?
According to her one of the best injections of inspiration is to latch on to something that makes you forget about yourself; something that is bigger than you. Teaching to the underprivileged for example. You may choose any thing that you like where you are able to contribute in terms of your talent or time. Something that will take you in a different world; give you a satisfaction and make you happy. The law they say is that you give you gain; you grab you lose. I guess this was taught to us when we were in school?
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