Going Through The Experience

Pop a paracetamol pill and in a couple of hours, the fever subsides. The symptom is treated and the patient is happy to see a palpable result. Similarly, as we scurry through life, burdened by the plentiful chores and the external pace set by the fast and furious world around us, ‘ends’ matter and not the ‘means’. Result has to be instant and predictable. We seldom value the process or the experience that an activity gives us. We expect every endeavour to end in incredible wizardry. Suppose we attend a two-day crash course on yoga, we expect all our mental and physical ailments to vanish as if the teacher held a magic wand. The real beauty of experiences like yoga or meditation is the process, and being one with the experience itself. These experiences are meant to be savoured as they prepare us to realise our potential and expand the realm of possibility. Allowing ourselves to ‘be’ in the experience, without pre-setting results and looking for them impatiently, will do wondrous things toward enriching our existence. The possibilities of individual experiences can be myriad. Looking for quick and predictable results can only kill the richness of experience by building frustration and negativity. Results will slowly but veritably manifest like a plant growing, maturing and flowering. The flowering will be so complete and bountiful that the existence will get fragrant and blissful.

Source: Economic Times, 10/02/2020