Tanubhrt.This.Side

So, I happened to have stumbled upon death, a book by Sadhguru, and having made a goal of reading 10 books this year, I brought it back from my shelf where it had been lying from ages, it seems! But I read it, and you should too.

This is one of those books that if you are able to read it once and grasp it all, great! But, for me, it has to be a re-read kind of a book, a book I need to go back again to get an entire grasp of it. May be that is what happens with life as well right! Life is one, yet we fail to grasp it, experience it fully in one lifetime and so take a rebirth every time until we get it right, right!

So, many things, so many things that came into my conscious by reading this book.

IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO LIVE WELL WITHIN YOURSELF, LIVE WELL WITH YOUR SELF THAN LIVING WELL WITH OTHERS.

This is not something that was directly mentioned in the book, but more of what I grasped, and more of what was may be being pointed at. Or may be just my perception. But, coming to think of it, isn’t it true! I mean all our lives we try to live well with others, try to be the best daughter or son, try to be the best student or whatever, trying to live well with others. Only those who live well with themselves truly do understand life, truly do live life.

WHATEVER HAPPENS NATURALLY IS ALWAYS RIGHT, THERE IS NOT QUESTION ABOUT IT.

I had a feeling of sigh, when I read it. So true isn’t it. Whatever flows from within, that comes without much of planning and thought, that is more in the moment, is what is more related to the life, the spontaneity of it and often the things that we do naturally, are often right. When I read this, I am not sure if they both are related, but when I read this lot of questions about my relationship got sorted out! So, we both had been in a dilemma of what happened was it right, were we right, we were not, this and that. But, I know in my heart now, I knew it a bit back then as well, that nothing of what happened between us was forced. And since they were all so in the moment things, they must be correct only, they must be right. May be! May be because I never forced it, but may be the other person did!

EVERYDAY JUST SPEND FIVE MINUTES REMINDING YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE MORTAL AND TODAY YOU MAY DIE

This is what Steve Jobs told me few years back, and I did try to follow it for some time as well, and this still holds true. Reminding oneself that we might die today and this life that we got might be the only chance that we have at life, does changes the perception and the way that we would lead our lives for sure. I think it helps in making us understand that this is the one and only shot and we should live it to the best, making it less easy to take this beautiful energy of life for granted.

So, many emotions get evoked right when we read a book, it does happen for me. So many thoughts so many things, like living well with yourself. When I read this line, it hits me because I don’t , I often don’t live well with myself. I can with others, but not with me. I never really have, and may be this is the sign for me to live well with myself, to listen to myself and to work on the goals that I decided for myself, the paths I wish to choose for myself. I am learning, working, hoping!

Avantika Tanubhrt