The surest way to stay grounded is to be silent. Not just in the face
of emotional and physical provocation, but in terms of making it a daily practice.
Practicing silence periods awakens you to
your true Self. This method is called Shubha
Mouna Yoga.
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| Dharmendra in 'Yamla Pagla Deewana 2' Picture Courtesy: Internet |
Listen to Bollywood legend Dharmendra, now
80, on how silence helped him. In a recent media interview, he's quoted as
saying: “...In 2001, I was alone in America with a back problem. Loneliness was
killing me. No one to share sorrows. Guess what? I started talking to myself.
Then tanhayee (solitude) started
talking to me, ‘You don't know me. You are afraid of me. You can't escape me.
Remember your childhood dreams of becoming a star? You were on my lap then. I
was in the lullabies your mother sang. You didn't need me in all those years of
mahurats, megahits, parties, tamashas.
But now you are in my arms again’....”
The benefit of mouna is orgasmic in nature – it has to be experienced. It cannot
be explained or described. Your being silent does not require the environment
to be quietened by you. It requires only you to remain silent. When you are
silent you encounter your God – the ‘one’ within you. When you converse with your
God, you understand the truth of your creation. “Then you will know the Truth and
the Truth will set you free” – Jesus (John 8:32). When you are free, your world
looks and feels different; there are no pressures, no worries, no fears. This
does not mean problems vanish and challenges cease to exist. It means your problems
don't trouble you and the challenges don’t weigh you down. You live in the same world. But you now know how to live above it.
Reaching this state of evolution requires
just 20 minutes of being silent each day to start with. Won’t you give 20
minutes of your time daily to gain control over the remaining 1420 minutes in
the day? If you invest in the stock-market or real-estate or mutual funds
hoping to get a good return on investment (ROI), you will understand the value in
giving 20 and taking back 1420!!! You don't have to listen to Jesus or to me,
but listen to Dharmendra, a man who has lived Life fully, is a very colorful
personality, has a glad eye, has married more than once and drinks even today
with true Punjabi flourish! For he’s one of
those who have discovered the secret of living in this world and yet being
above it!
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