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March 08, 2006
Mastering Identity
Dinesh opened the session by wondering that if each of the six billion people in the world has a unique view of the world, then there are six billion truths. None of them is entirely right and none of them is entirely wrong. The ultimate truth must encompass all the truths. So every time he is with other people, he said that he tries to expand his mental container to accommodate everyone’s truth even if his own is very different from theirs. While holding everyone’s truths, he said that sometimes there is a resonance among everyone and that is a...Posted by Ragu at 12:01 PM | Comments (387)
March 23, 2006
What's hard on your ego?
Jitendra started the session with a Prayer to Ganesha: Vakra Tunda Maha Kaya Koti Surya Sama Prabha Nirvighnam Kurame Deva Sarva Karyeshu Sarvada Translation: O’Lord with a curved Trunk and Mighty body and whose luster equals a crore of suns, I pray to thee, remove the obstacles from all the actions I perform. After translating the prayer, Jitentra shared a new view on Ganesha that he had heard from someone: generally lord Ganesha is worshipped for removing obstacles from one’s path. But sometimes he also puts obstacles in the path in order to protect us from a bigger obstacle that...Posted by Ragu at 01:05 PM | Comments (436)
March 30, 2006
Wise Advice
The session started with Sreekanth sharing that his experience at work these days are like Groundhog Days (referring to the movie in which the hero relives the same day over and over). Perhaps the initiative to change from within (so that every day and even every moment is fresh) needs some external stimulus for the change to get started. In my experience, when there are changes to the objects around me (even if they are small), I tend to come to the present. For example, once in a month, when I change the month of the calendar, there is another...Posted by Ragu at 11:50 AM | Comments (128)