Tuesday, August 9, 2011

AOL

I have decided to spam this blog with all the vetti things I am doing in this brief vacation. Yeah, first i changed the layout of the blog - for the better or worse! So, today its going to be about this Art of living course I attended. My mom stared at me weirdly when I told her I am going to attend. Mainly because I do not classify in the "aacharamana iyer girl" who knows lots of slokas and goes to temple everyday and transforms to "vandhel ponel" when the same breed is spotted. And she thought only people with that "aptitude" will attend such courses. Anyways, I wanted to attend one of these courses because i was simply curious about it and had a lot of time on my hands. It was a five day course and making long things short, you do a lot of breathing exercises and lots of comical things which you wouldn't generally do in front of a bunch of people. The instructor did hype it up a little bit on the last few days saying "guru ji has entered you now and you are a free soul" and all that kind of stuff. That part of it didn't appeal to me because though I respect people such as him who spread this wave of humanity in different forms, I cannot get myself to worship them. I am not an atheist though. But, again, I believe that god has too many problems to look at and your fight with your boyfriend is the last thing he needs to solve. He/she would be mighty happy if you help yourself and help others rather than building an idol of him/her in gold. Coming back to the point. I met one "I want to make fraandhsip with you" case during the course who was quite irritating. Despite all this, the whole point is that I left the course with a good feeling. Though I heard the same advice I already knew, I left swearing to myself that I ll never go unhappy again. I was surprised to see how a simple breathing pattern can influence your mind and replenish your thoughts. Progressively, during the five days, I started seeing the futility of the petty ego clashes between me and my father and I decided to break them every time. My mom found me much more cheerful than before. Other people who attended had much more illustrative experiences like an old lady who had a severe neck problem now did not feel the pain at all. I made lots of friends too - from all age groups :) . Well, I am not campaigning for it or anything. But if you have the time, do try and attend the course. Or recommend it to somebody who is in real bad shape. It will definitely be a worthwhile experience and might even help clear that clutter in your head or somebody else's!

- V

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