Meditation, practice that we all need.

     Despite having the most advanced brain on this planet, without having any reservation or doubt, we have been moved ahead and conquered the universe as “Homo Sapiens” or the “Wise Man” (Even if it does not count woman in words, I do). Most significant events that helped and shaped our humankind like the origin of agriculture, communication, mathematics, hitting a man with apple, and many more. We always sailed forth, achieving the greatest heights, from the Social Age to the Big Data Age. However, one thing that we all acknowledged yet ignored is how restive and miserable we all have become in this quest of becoming the best.

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We all know what may and is happening within or around us. We all know one day or the other, we are going to face this. Let me share some of the statistics regarding this:

• 89 percent of India’s population suffering from stress compared to the global average of 86%, by livemint.
• WHO Says $1 Trillion Is Lost Annually To Workplace Depression and Anxiety Disorders
• nearly half the employees in India suffers from some kind of stress. According to a survey conducted among 800,000 employees in 70 large companies with a minimum workforce of 4,500, by Optum and shared by economic times.

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And there are several researches and studies which are going on shows how oblivious we have become, or we pretend to become one.

Work, money, and family can be some of the most significant causes of this behavior. Every minute more than 30 people are migrating to urban cities from other areas for better livelihood and lifestyle or may have any other reason. However, are they working for their own self anymore? The majority of them are working in an alien land to pay back the rent and the loans they are carrying over their heads. 

I agree we are evolving at a much faster rate than ever before. I do agree that you shall look beautiful, sound beautiful, or the aura surrounding you must also be beautiful, but it will be more significant to ask whether you feel the same from inside too?

Insideout Movie Poster (An animated  movie, in which five emotions,  L-R – Anger, Sadness, Joy, Disgust and Fear, controls a girl named Riley, vis a Control Console and struggles to cope with her new life.)

Let me ask you one thing, and record the answer in your mind, “How are you?” The most involuntarily reply must be, “Hi Rishabh, I am good, how are you?” now from my side also it would be “Great, thanks.” But at the very end, in this frantic world, sometimes, neither of us has the time to actually share what exactly I and you want to share or listen. Its the one most profound question we wear all day, yet we answer the same. Obviously, many of the times, you don’t want to ruin your most important meeting by answering, “You know what, I am feel being contempt. I really need a pay increase, I have been working all day, and you are paying me in pennies.” or “Not good, please I need a day off. I am feeling so alienated and miserable.” But why in the first place are you getting this thought? Why you sometimes feel the way you don’t want to be? Why can you not just make things the way you wish to? Why not, you know how to reach the moon, build computers, many things in this world is driven by you, you are the most advanced or the wisest man on earth – The Homo Sapien, yet you cannot push yourself out of this disconnection for yourselves?

Its until you learn about yourselves. Imagine you purchased a brand-new car, and you don’t know properly how to drive, but still, your inner perfectionist wished, and you started driving. After some crashes and smashes, you blamed yourself for not knowing how to drive. And then you learn from your mistakes and then not only you become a driver, you become a pilot on the road. Similarly, you drive your life. See how unaware and oblivious we are about the things which are incessantly hitting on us, and we keep on crashing and smashing here and there, and we blame our life. The very life then becomes rude and unfair to us.

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Bring out the new perspective to see and realize, that it is not the life, which is disdaining you. It is not the life which is hitting you continually. You are the one who must be held responsible for not realizing the actual cause. You have the car, you have the opportunity to get schooled, then why not? Here comes the need to learn meditation. First, let me give you a straightforward definition – Meditation is a practice, which helps you to become aware of your surroundings and then help you organize the flow of thoughts and give a new and nourishing perspective. It helps you to concentrate on things which you are supposed to. Now let me help you clear some of the most common misconceptions many hold with themselves – No, you will not become Buddha after this. You won’t come out as a completely different person after this. And you are not supposed to chant Om or anything else. You cannot stop the thoughts you are bombarded with; the flow of thoughts is just like a flowing river, which you cannot stop. (Building dams is another thing.)

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Conclusion:

1. We shall not be driven by our brain; simply, we are not supposed to.
2. Don’t blame life for not treating you well; instead, learn to drive. (Not car, yourself.)
3. Meditation schools you to balance both hemispheres.
4. Meditation helps you develop a new perspective, and lets you meet the inner you.

So, meditation is just the right way to take control of your mind, and there is plenty of evidence that shows how beneficial, fruitful, and rewarding this practice is.

I would really like to know what your thoughts are on this. Please comment below, or you can message me here.