Life in Infinity

Monday, May 13, 2013

41 ways to stay connected with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Sunday, January 13, 2013

How to get rid of EGO?

Before I begin, the first thing that you need to know is - What is Ego?

Anything that does not give you a feeling of belongingness, towards any human being - that is ego. Ego means nothing but a wall between you and others. So even if you are shy - that is nothing but ego; If you are arrogant - that is ego, If you are jealous - that is ego.

Recently I had this feeling that I want to get rid of this ego. I just couldn't feel the belongingness towards others. I just wanted to get rid of it - so that I could realise that I belong to all. I constantly prayed to Guruji to remove the ego from me. Then suddenly it dawned on me. A realisation happened that I don't have to get rid of the ego; it's already not a part of me. I realised that ego is something else; and I am something else. I just closed my eyes and went deep into this. I found out that there is a Mind, Ego, Intellect, Memory, Body, thoughts and me. You are already different from Mind, Ego, Intellect, Body, Memory and thoughts.

Let's call all these (Mind, Ego, Intellect, Body, Memory and thoughts as 'tools'. In our life, from time to time, we have to make use of these tools, but we confuse these tools to be 'me'.
The truth is, we are not these tools; we are a witness, who makes use of these tools.

A unique quality of these tools is that they keep giving credit to you. So say for example, someone compliments you that you are looking very nice; the mind and ego becomes happy - and they give credit to you. Here you only have to realise that 'You' are only a witness and give back the credit to the body and mind. Similarly say if you are bored/angry/frustrated, realise that its the mind who is getting bored/frustrated/angry - Not you!

Once this realisation happens that it's not you; its the influence of mind/body/memory/ego/intellect, you have become a witness!

Monday, January 7, 2013

Welcome to Life in Infinity!

Hello!! :) My name is Yogendra Bhonsale. People who don't know me well, call me Yogendra. People who know me well, call me Yogi. My family/relatives/people in building call me by my pet name - 'Chintan'.

Welcome to my blog - Life in Infinity. I just love the thought of unending/unlimited space. Something that is going on and on. Like Universe or Infinity. There is no end to it. And the feeling that you are just floating on this unending space is so amazing! That is why the blog is named as 'Life in Infinity' :)

Here, you will find lots of interesting things. This blog has a collection of my ideas, thoughts, realisation... :)

Just use the menus (on the right) to explore the blog. Enjoy!! :)

Sunday, January 6, 2013

You Are Always Given The Best!

All was set! I was thrilled. I was heading to London as I had got a project assignment at the prestigious House of Commons, the parliament of the UK. This was an internal transfer within the company, so called secondment, initially for three months.

There was a cloud of worry. I wasn't sure if the receiving company in England would provide me accommodation. My salary would still be the same and paid by the company in my home country, ie significantly lower than required in London. Further, I would also be paying the rent of apartment in my home country so it’d be difficult for me to pay cost of double accommodation. As expected, the hotel prices near the houses of parliament in London are astronomical.

I started searching for cheap hotels on Internet near my place of work. I found a well-known low fare Hotel and kept it as an option, just in case I had to pay for my accommodation.

When I reached London, very soon the company agreed to arrange accommodation for me and provided me a beautiful four star serviced apartment (fully furnished, equipped with cleaning included) just a few blocks away from the low fare Hotel I had chosen!

I’ve observed that the nature always gives us the best! The above example is just one of many I’ve experienced in my life. It is for us to just be grateful for all the gifts we are constantly being showered upon. To spread the waves of joy around us, let us keep passing on the gifts the nature has bestowed upon us!

Written by Roopa Kakar

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Be with the self, Enrich yourself

Today we are all living in the era of speed. All of us are in a rush to acquire possibly everything, no matter how much we torture ourselves just to get it in our possession. While running in such rat race, we often miss to take out sometime to be solely with the company of the most special one in our life i.e. ‘OURSELF’.

I often wonder why people don’t consider spending time with the ‘self’ as important as being with family, friends, acquaintances, neighbors, etc etc. There are different connotations used by numerous scholars to describe this state of being with the self. Some called it meditation while others termed it rejuvenation. It’s worth mentioning that now-a-days a lot of psychiatrists use this technique of spending time with the ‘self’ as a modern age healing therapy to cure those under depression. The level of positive outcome of such therapies as compared to anti depressant pills and shots is really astonishing.

Sitting few minutes in silence , deep breathing and letting all thoughts (both negative as well as positive) in the brain to settle down actually relishes the mind to a great extent leaving one with an energized body and an immensely pleasant mood.

Stress in the mind is like sand granules in a bowl of water. One cannot remove sand from water by constantly disturbing it by stirring. The only way to get back purity in the water is by leaving it as it is for quite a while and letting sand granules settle at the bottom; thereby making water at the top of the bowl – pure, free of dirt and sand. Similarly in times when we find our mind caught in tussle with plenty of thoughts, we must take some time out and let it go. Jiggling with thoughts in such a state of mind would not bring back the steadiness, rather letting go and being in silence with the self makes the wavering mind to settle on its own effortlessly.

The quantum of efforts and time we spend on our body to enhance our outer glamour will not yield best possible results until we start investing some portion of our time to cleanse our mind on subtle level.

Balancing mind and body not only enhances our lifestyle but also enriches our lives as well. Needless to mention that our life is the most precious gift that mother nature has bestowed upon us and we must respect it by living it fully and enjoying every moment of it.

Written by Mani Goswami