Let me ask you few
questions;
”How many of you like to be
in ABUNDANCE?”
I am sure you are nodding in
affirmation.
“How many of you want continuous
GROWTH?”
I am sure you are nodding
for this also.
“How many of you want abundance
and growth to happen EFFORTLESSLY?
Aren’t you thinking that
it’s too good to be true?!
Now, one final question –
How many of you want to AGE and live up to 120 years?
I can feel that most of you
are hesitant even to consider this question.
We are all conditioned to fear ageing. We all have seen
people around us including our near and dear ones struggling with ravaging
effect of ageing on physical body and psychological condition. It seems the loneliness, the sufferings, and
helplessness – all the three descend simultaneously on an ageing person!
Now, what if I say AGE is an
acronym for Abundance, Growth and Effortlessness?
So let’s all embrace ageing!
Because there is no other
choice!!
We have been aging right
from our birth. Actually even from the moment of conception, AGEing is our
natural state. From a single cell, we grow up to few trillion cells by the time
of birth. Is it not abundance, growth and both happening effortlessly? Are we
putting up any effort to grow from single cell to about fifty trillion cell
entities? Aren’t those cells growing into different organs and structures with
effortless coordination?
Soon after birth, we let go
off single compartment womb and inherit the entire universe. Gigantic planet
Earth under us and a vast space around us! We also have company of so many
other humans and countless life forms.
Then, why this kolaveri di about ageing?
Look at infants. They are
living in gay abandon irrespective of the conditions, situations and families
in which they are born into! But somewhere around the age of two, when the mind
– repository of thoughts – starts developing we start out journey of regressive
happiness!
And here is the key to
embrace AGEing – stepping out of thinking mind – as Eckhart Tolle, Spiritual
teacher and author of “power of Now”, puts it.
We seem to forget the fact that
we are part of the Nature. This happens because our wisdom gets obscured by the
thoughts that we harbour. When we learn to be in meditation, (it’s called
mindfulness also) we remember that we are part of the Nature. Then we start
imbibing the nature of the Nature – Abundance, Growth and Effortlessness.
Generally persons of age 20s
and 30s do not bother about ageing. Age 40 triggers all the fear about ageing.
The yearly health check-ups may show up a 0.1% chance of cancer, or heart ailment and
the life becomes topsy-turvy.
Actually our body and mind
combination has the capacity to heal anything. However, we are not looking at
this aspect holistically.
Embracing AGEing early in
the life, paves the way for graceful ageing and peaceful living for a long
time. Then only there is a meaning for all our career planning and financial
planning.
There are many ways of
embracing AGEing. One of the effective methods is New Age Meditation and
practicing Zhan Zhuang. These practices help to detox the effects of all kinds
of pollution, heal, energise and strengthen both body and mind.
Connect with me to embrace AGEing!
1 comment:
What an interesting write up, what clear thinking and putting the process of aging and our mind perception in such an easy way. What a pity that our internet connection is so bad here that I cannot join the beautiful programs. Thank you, Sri Subramani Sarode, for your enlightening thoughts.
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