The Wisdom Park

If we recollect our school days and think about the one instruction that was repeated literally a 'n' number of times, it is this - "Pay attention, Be present". Probably we were fed up of hearing it again and again, but little did we know that, in this simple instruction lies the key to living life to its fullest. We may have thought this instruction to be applicable to us only when we were school children sitting in a classroom but this instruction is all the more relevant when we grow up. Let's see how!! Bypassing the Mind When we are attentive to life, even simple, little things of life can turn into wonder. In fact, when we are fully present "in the moment", our senses become fully alive, we will start to notice things that we previously never saw and hear sounds that we previously never heard. We will soon realize that "life is just perfect", we missed noticing it, being wrapped up in our mental story. Most of the times, we are hab

We all have problems in life, that's given but the question is - how do we deal with them? Generally when faced with difficulties, we panic and stress out, but this doesn't solve the problem rather aggravates it. The best way to deal with our problems is by being calm . How can one remain calm amidst problems? That's a question of practice. The point is unless we are calm we will not be able to see the problem for what it is, what to speak of solving it. Just like if a pond is agitated we can't see our reflection, similarly we can't see the obvious as long as our mind remains agitated. We always think that peace is obtained by solving our problems. That may be true but we forget that to solve our problems we need to be at peace first. This is something most of us don't get. By being calm and relaxed in face of a difficulty, we are placing ourselves in the mode of goodness and only in goodness can solutions come forth because the symptoms of the mode of g