Thinking about It

Humility...such a strange thing.

Life will be full of challenges and we were never guaranteed otherwise. Whilst we have no control over the problems that arise, we do have control over how we deal with them. With every challenge, there is fear - fear of failure. However rising out of that failure with perseverance is what brings beauty to our life. Swamini Supriyananda closes this series of talks with how important it is for us to stand tall and carry on.

"Worrying is like a rocking chair" It is something we all inevitably do; we even rationally understand and know that there will be no benefit from worrying, yet it is an emotion we just can't eliminate from our lives, and takes us nowhere. It would be so much better if we conquered this counter-productive sentiment and chose to sit on the rocking chair without a care in the world. Swamini Supriyananda clarifies the two types of worry we have and humorously narrates two anecdotes which will encourage us to leave those worries behind and smile our day away.

Silence is a very powerful tool. In silence our mind takes a break from the the constant flow of thoughts we have when interacting with all the objects, emotions and thoughts of the world. As our mind gets quieter, our intuition gets louder. Swamini Supriyananda unfolds the various ways silence can empower us to expand ourselves from finite towards the infinite.

In this world, we go around constantly thinking of what we have to do, what will make us grow, what will make us more likeable; everything is about Me, myself and I. To move away from the limited, and strive towards the limitless, we have to expand our hearts and deter from the egocentric world. How to expand our hearts? Swamini Supriyananda narrates one of Pujya Gurudev, Swami Chinmayananda's enduring stories that guide us on how to be cracked pot.