Like the Yoga Day on June 21 which is the longest day of the year, on December 21, the shortest day of the year, we have the Meditation Day. Both, Yoga and Meditation, are India's gifts to the world. Yes, now both are events as well. I tried to participate online in a Guiness Book World Record event organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Aai attended one of his programmes cum camp. Those days it was obviously offline, and daily I used to reach her to the center at 6 a.m. Initially, I used to fetch her back at 9 a. m. Later, she started coming back on her own, accompanied by other participants.
She even attended one of the Gurudev outings. It was like a school trip every which way, beginning from preparations at home to games and fun time there. She continued to read up the Gurudev literature. Remembered all these details because I attended the Sri Sri meditation programme online. I intend following it up for twenty-one days. Hope I can manage it.
Human attention span is roughly forty-five minutes. Now it has been reduced to three seconds, it seems. Given this attention deficit, there is less of active listening. As a result, misunderstandings mushroom, leading to anxiety and stress.
Meditation, a way of being aware of oneself through such modes as paying attention to one's own breath, for instance, encourages you to love your alone time. In my opinion, that is indeed a great contribution to the world today which often is nothing but lonely crowds!
Pratima@In a way, meditation is self hypnosis as well. What is your opinion about meditation?
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