When Losing Is Gaining

When Losing Is Gaining.

Buddha was asked: "What have you gained from meditation?" The Buddha replied, "Nothing at all. It is not what I have gained that is important but rather what I have diminished, namely, greed, hatred, and delusion."

My Experiments with Meditation

Here are some of my experiments and experiences with meditation which may be of help to you:

When I look back at what I was ten years back: I used to have a bad temper, especially with my close family. I used to be rude, I wanted things "my way". My parents and my grand mother used to take all this crap. This was the story before marriage. 

As the married ones amongst you may agree, the story after marriage is often different. No wonder, Buddha went on the path to enlightenment only after a couple of years of marriage ;-). Just like any other marriage, my marriage was no different. There were fights, big and small, like in any marriage. Whether the fight was big or small, the trigger was always a very small point. On thinking about all such occasions now, the trigger was always deep down within me. My HUGE EGO.

I was first exposed to meditation in year 1997, when I accompanied my grand mother to Dr. Bimal Chajjer's program for the reversal of heart disease using change of lifestyle rather than By-pass surgery - Science And The Art Of Living.

I used to exercise irregularly with an occasional round of meditation, once in a blue moon. In 2005, when I was in United Kingdom, there was a huge wave of followers of Baba Ramdev's Yoga and Pranayama in India and abroad. I was influenced by this and added this as a part of my routine. It has been more than eight years that I have been regularly practicing Yoga and Pranayama. It has become a part of my life like eating. While the effect was hardly visible in the first few months or even a few years, but now, the effect is very evident in the way I conduct myself, the inner peace must be experienced to be believed. It is an ongoing journey and with every passing month, the results are fantastic. 

While performing yoga and pranayama, I play the episodes of my favorite epic. This has a super calming effect.

My Loss Is My Gain.

To summarise, I have lost my HUGE EGO, my short temper, my nervousness and my depression. And this loss has been my biggest gain. I would love to know your experiences with Yoga and Meditation. I look forward to your comments.