Daily Inspiration: The Sands of Time

I remember my Gurudev, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, once said: “Time is Mind; when the Mind stops, time stops”. At that time, it seemed so fascinating to simply listen to these words…and to try to imagine what it would be like to experience that timelessness.

Fast forward a few years since then and suddenly a few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to experience a tiny fraction of a timeless moment during my daily meditation practice. It was then that the realisation dawned about how futile it is to hold on to events whether they have been pleasant or unpleasant because in the current present moment, they simply do not exist!

Dealing with difficult situations: Things don’t change unless you do

Okay, we have all been there when we felt lost, direction less and stuck in life, haven’t we? During such times, it becomes difficult to remain motivated and thereby retain clarity on the vision of life one wishes to create. It is easy to give in to frustration, anxiety, fear and a host of other negative emotions during such times. However, it is in these very times, that it is important to change one’s perspective and mindfully take certain steps to overcome any difficulty that arise. Hence, when ordeals strike, it is important to make positive changes within and eventually see our circumstances changing too.

Here I am sharing my top 5 tips (in no particular order) that can be used to change one’s mindset and remain focussed during trying moments:

Management Series: Tips to beat procrastination

Do you procrastinate? Well, if you have ever postponed an important job saying “Oh, I’ll do it later..!!” then chances are that you have been bitten by this bug at least once in your lifetime. 

At times, this can get quite frustrating because you know fully well that you need to get the job done; yet you keep delaying it stating funny excuses to justify your own lack of drive or enthusiasm.

Now, there is no magical cure for this problem out there; however I have employed certain techniques which seem to have worked quite well with myself during such times. I am sharing them here so that they can be useful to some of you as well.