I recently had an opportunity to attend a workshop conducted by a Budhist Monk. This person happens to be an alumni of a premier B-School and went on to become a monk in search of a meaning for life.
This is one of the most lightest sessions which I ever had attended. To start with, he had taken us through a simple ‘Pranayama.’ He started the session by saying ‘All the happiness in this world comes from wishing others happy & all the misery comes from wishing unhappy for others.’
He says ‘Everythings is perfect and everything can be improved.’ How true these two simple statements are ! They have a profound meaning hidden in it.
A simple exercise that he suggested everyone of us to do is a 5 second wish exercise. When you find someone known at a distance do the following
1. Have good wish in your mind about him/her
2. Keep an eye contact
3. Maintain Smile
4. Say one good for word about him
He wanted to do a personal visioning exercise on the second day but could not attend it due to limited mobility arised out of Statewide Bandh in Tamilnadu.
Just a thought, these will make you feel good and happy but may not fully make others behaviour. There are people however good you are to them, how many favours they take from you they will never have gratitude. But here is my wish for them “May God Bless them and give them all the happiness, pleasure and joy in the world.”
