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June 07, 2006
Choosing less choice
Prasad started the session with a Shanti Mantra: Om poornamadah poornamidam Poornaat poornamudachyate Poornasya poornamaadaya Poornamevaavashishyate For translation, see one of our past sessions. Prasad checked in by saying that he has been spending time focusing on effortless action and learning to pay more attention to what comes naturally and effortlessly but his past, conditioned patterns keep growing like weeds. “How do I keep my commitment to myself to be effortless instead of continually striving and going after things to learn, to master and to compete?” – is the question that Prasad seems to be interested in. Nirmala said that...Posted by Ragu at 12:04 PM | Comments (0)
June 14, 2006
Clear and Present Observation
I checked-in the session by paraphrasing a quote from The book of books by Osho: Knowledge is objective and is about the external world. Wisdom is subjective and is the knowledge of the knower. Prasad said that a repeated experience he has been having brought to his attention the difference between being knowledgeable vs. being wise. He said that he had to deal with four incidences of minor car accidents that did some damage to his cars in a period of 6 months. In each incident, he said he took a decision in a way that would be favorable and...Posted by Ragu at 02:38 PM | Comments (0)
June 22, 2006
Making Choices and Sacrifices
Seema started the session with a beautiful bhajan. I checked in with a reflection I have had for some time now: I said that when I observe my actions, it is becoming clear that I am constantly evaluating every person and every task to check whether the person and/or the task is worth the effort. I take it to be natural that the external condition is responsible to a large extent for my level of commitment, enthusiasm etc. And hence, I am at my best only when the external condition is highly favorable. Once I am in this mode of...Posted by Ragu at 10:11 AM | Comments (4)