As a kid I always admired a certain set of people. Abdul Kalam, mother Teresa, Albert Einstien etc. Something about them felt so right. I wanted to be ‘like them’. Even in the film industry I would love Kajol. I would spend hours looking at myself in the mirror making myself look the way she does. But did that make me akin to her? Ofcourse, No!
I
wanted to be like them. I wanted to posses ‘that something’ that they had which
I didn’t. I would recognize it, but I didn’t know how to get that ‘something’
in me. Nevertheless I grew up with different and more things to occupy me. And this
game of ‘copying-other-peopl took a seat back.
In
years to come, a secret revealed. Do you really want to know this secret? It’s
very very precious! So along with this secret, a promise comes to live this,
every moment. I finally found that Missing ‘Something’ J
The
thing that was attractive about them, was the virtues (formless) but to my
naked eye it was the person comprising it (the form). I got attached to the
form & left the formless. I tried copying their lifestyles, their behavior,
the way they talk, they way they act and so on.. but that didn’t make me
acquire their innocence, humbleness, simplicity, intelligence, passion, confidence..
So now
when this secret is revealed, another secret is, where & how do these
virtues grow? Ummm…Lets see.
Have
you seen a tree? Have you seen the flowers on them? The fruits on them? How do
you think they grow? If we want the tree to be sturdy, beautiful, fruit &
flower bearing, what do we do? Aha! Yes I know you got it ;)
We
treat the roots. The deeper the roots, the stronger & fuller the tree. The
stronger the roots, the more shade it can offer. When the roots are deep, the
branches grow wider & higher. Just like that, the deeper you dive within,
the more virtues come to you. J
As
rightly my teacher vasudha jhunjhunwala shares, “The apple, if made to shine
from outside will it make the apple sweeter, tastier? No. what gives the apple its
value is what it has inside”
And now
when you give attention to that ‘Inside’ the shine that shows on you is
irreplaceable, unmatchable! Then the only person left to copy & be is-
YourSELF! It’s the easiest & the most lovable person to be, full of virtues.
J
Toh
mummy ko bolo complan ke saath, Meditation bhi deno ko. It makes you taller,
sharper, stronger and much much more ;)
Have a
‘Wonder-full Insight’ this week J
Be
authentic.
Jai
gurudev.
- Lavita Singhania.
