My journey in Spirituality

Spirituality is all about connecting to the Spirit. Such a simple definition; yet such a profound meaning attached to it. I learnt this from My Gurudev, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji. He has a unique way of explaining everything in such simple words that it often leaves me spellbound. It gives me a new perspective to look at things around me.

Growing up in a spiritually inclined family, I always felt some connection to the Unknown, to that which pervades everything. However, as with most seekers, I could not really find an expression or a foothold into what exactly I was looking for. And then, all of a sudden, my first Art of Living Course happened. I still remember I was sitting in my corporate training room, battling with a thousand thoughts inside my head; when the trainer announced that we shall be doing something “new” that day and in came a volunteer from the Art of Living; as if carrying all the answers to the million questions running through my head.

This was a different person; there was something about the effortless confidence, the spontaneous smile oozing from her being: there was something magical about this human being and I was definitely keen to discover the secret to it!

I did my first Art of Living course and looking back all I can say about it now is that it was refreshing. It felt like finding a shady tree in the middle of a sunny street. I could not, at that point of time, fathom the depths that lay within the simple techniques and processes yet all I understood was that this was something unique and powerful and I was IN!!

Many courses happened from then on but the one that changed my life forever was the DSN.  Incidentally, I graduated into the DSN straight after the first Happiness course and it was nothing like I could ever have imagined or anticipated. All I can say is that this was the time when I felt the presence of my Master deep within my soul. My heart overflowed with gratitude and spilled over through my eyes; the feeling cannot be expressed in words but all I can say is that it was life changing.

And thus, my journey in spirituality is on. I have found my nest and no matter how hard the days may be or how ecstatic I may feel in joy, my Master has taught me to maintain an equanimous disposition. Contrary to all popular clichés and myths, I have learnt that Spirituality is all about living in the Moment; living life 100%. Without fear or inhibitions, opening oneself up to the Present moment is what makes one Spiritual. And as with everything else, this realization is also possible through the infinite Grace of the Master.