So at first I was sceptical of whether I have done a right thing by choosing the Bhagwat\u00a0 Gita classes for this year or not as I always regarded Gita as \u2018bhagwan wali book\u2019 \u00a0sure it sound clich\u00e9 but is was how I regarded this book as. As it was a \u2018bhagwan wali book\u2019 I was never interested to know about it. But then I thought it must not be merely a book about God as we are planning to have classes on it, so I thought of giving it a try. To my surprise these sessions have turned out to be very fruitful and it has changed my perspective about it completely.<\/p>\n
Each session conducted by Guruji were like unfolding our existence and how exactly the life has to be lived. The session were structured in such a way that they offered a uniform approach towards understanding this book of life- starting from chanting verses to understanding the minute details about each and every word contextually with real life situations which helps us to understand the true essence of our life. \u00a0During these six sessions there were times where I could relate with what my mother keeps on sharing when she watches some mythological shows or simply sharing her life experiences. To be frank, I never \u00a0paid much heed to it as I felt \u2018it\u2019s not my thing\u2019 but Guruji\u2019s approach of bringing in the rational in to focus while explaining these life lessons made me ponder upon them often this year which also lead to a healthy discussion different topics like Karma, purpose of life etc with my mother.<\/p>\n
Terms like Dharma, paap, puniya karama where hard to swallow for me as I believed that they are only connected to God (an idol in the temple) but to my delight I was wrong.\u00a0 Desires something around which our entire life revolves upon which is looked at as bad was clarified by Guruji that having desire is ok, in fact it is the ability given to human beings so we are bound to have them. The problem arises when we cling to them and if they are not fulfilled then it brings resentment. This made me think upon my needs and wants and their importance in my life.<\/p>\n
It was like an AHA moment for me when Guruji explained what Karma exactly is. He rightly pointed out that we follow this notion that \u2018Karam kar phal ki asha maat kar.\u2019\u00a0 We in a way give up on ourselves \u00a0and we leave everything to our \u2018destiny\u2019 which is true we don\u2019t take \u2018responsibility\u2019 of our own life which is not we are here for.\u00a0 So that was something which was in a way in line with my approach to karma and coming from\u00a0 him gave me assurance that my approach is on the same lines and I should continue to believe in it.<\/p>\n
Second AHA moment was surely the meditation. I have never tried it so I was happy that I experienced it for the first time in its traditional form. The whole process of accepting ourselves, our loved ones and each and every human being was a breakthrough for me. Every time when I meditated and saw my mother, father and brothers with objective lenses that feeling was so overwhelming that it made me very emotional. Now not only during the meditation but I have automatically started applying it in day to day life too. I have tried accepting them every time I\u2019m with them and if there is a conflicting situation I pause and try to understand their perspective and then respond to the situation and it has made me more tolerant towards others. As Guruji said you can only \u2018wish\u2019 for a person to change or behave in a certain manner this thought itself brings peace to my mind.<\/p>\n
And the third AHA moment is understanding \u2018Dharma\u2019 \u00a0according to my understanding\u00a0 following the path of dharma is nothing but following the learner profile \u00a0being \u2018Principled\u2019 in all the walks of your life. As explained by Guruji the benefits of walking on the path of Dharma brings psychological relief in times of helplessness. It adds to our puniya accounts and also neutralizes the duritas.<\/p>\n
To sum it all, after attending not only the Gita classes \u00a0this year but all the classes which I have attended right from \u2018life\u2019, \u2018love\u2019, \u2018integrity\u2019, \u2018feel the fear and do it anyway\u2019 and the \u2018book and film club\u2019 there has always been many take-away and AHA moments. Through the course 5 years in FS I have been on a journey to discover myself and have also become more \u2018aware\u2019 of who I am and others around me. I have made mistakes but I feel that\u2019s the whole idea of how you should lead your life. You learn, unlearn, relearn and become an emotionally mature individual.<\/p>\n
My Sankalp<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m going to invest my energy in self-growth by following the path of Dharma. And meditate to accept my true self and lead a life of virtue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So at first I was sceptical of whether I have done a right thing by choosing the Bhagwat\u00a0 Gita classes for this year or not as I always regarded Gita as \u2018bhagwan wali book\u2019 \u00a0sure it sound clich\u00e9 but is was how I regarded this book as. As it was a \u2018bhagwan wali book\u2019 I was never interested to know<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bhagwat-gita"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1995,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions\/1995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}