MIND MANAGEMENT

Volatility has been synonymous with me from my teenage. At the drop of a hat, my mood will swing from one extreme to another. Being totally ignorant of  my nature and what it takes to succeed, I started my career. The initial days couldn’t have been any worse and I was blaming the superiors and surroundings. In a year, with the help of senior colleagues, I could improve my performance to some extent.

 I was unaware of my chaotic inside, till the middle of my twenties, when anxiety and insomnia also added up. That is when I turned to Meditation, which helped in restoring sleep. Towards the late twenties, I got an idea about my inside and badly wanted to change it, but couldn’t. I tried too hard to remain cool and composed, but nothing changed.

I learnt the basic course of Art of Living in 2002 and started to read its Founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s  books. ‘Wisdom for the New Millennium’ was one among them, which was an eye opener in many ways. Ten years later, I can safely say that I evolved into a better human being and got empowered to successfully deal with myself, failures in Business  and improve my relationship with those around. This Post is not going to be an advertisement for the aforesaid book. I will elaborate on a few points, which really mattered to me.

Deep inside, I,  like many others firmly believed that all the emotions are always decided by one’s freewill. Sri Sri. Ravi Shankar  says that the kind of  negative emotions and thoughts, one gets is decided by the amount of stress and tension in him. The emotions are 20-30 times more powerful than the thoughts and promises, borne out of our free will. So one can’t willfully suppress the emotions.  This wisdom healed me like anything, as I was angry with myself for getting angry too frequently and other emotional disturbances. 

The most important part of  dealing with negative emotions is to  become aware of it. If awareness is not there, then he or she will get lost in the emotions. Next step is to observe the negative emotions without any expectations, opinions and examinations. Or we can focus on our breath. Now the negaivities will drop off on their own.   

We can also do Asanas, Pranayams(Breathing Exercises) and Meditation to eliminate stress and tension. But the most important thing is to be aware of oneself. Continuous practice over a period of time will yield very good results. It has helped me for sure and will help others too.

If only children are taught about this at schools or home, they can be saved from Bipolar disorder and  Schizophrenia.  Modern medicine gives highly toxic pills with terrible side effects for treating Psychic disorders. Still one can’t be sure about the recovery or whether it will relapse.

Yoga Vashishtam, the wisdom taught to Rama by Sage Vashishta talks only about awareness. It is being taught in some American Universities, but will never be a part of the curriculum in India, thanks to the so called secularists’ stubborn resistance.        

Nowadays, we hear a lot about intra personal skills. Cool and composed head is one of the most important aspect of intra personal skills. “Being aware” is a practical tool to realize this objective.

We can learn a lot, but it will be of no use, if awareness is not there.