Today’s class with
Anil Sir started with the definition of courage and he told each table to
discuss within ourselves and try to find out the answer to the question as to
where does courage comes from? Each of the teams discussed and the essence of
what we got was:
Courage comes from the
following factors:
è Realization that we are a part of a larger
community and identifying that we are there for a greater cause.
è Comes from inside, the cause for which you are
fighting also gives you courage.
è It comes when you are passionate about
something
è From being selfless.
è In case of extraordinary challenge, it helps us
overcome our limitations.
è When there is a spark inside you.
è Service strengthens courage.
è Ethics leads to courage.
è Opportunity to take on big responsibility.
è Courage is not the absence of fear but the
realization that there is something more important than fear.
è Also courage comes from deep love.
After this Anil sir
told us to do an exercise in pairs. He told us to write down our vision. He
told that if the vision is embarrassing or it sound like ‘humblepie &
motherhood’ then that is a great vision.
My vision was: Improve
lives of people in the eastern part of India.
Then Anil Sir showed
us a video on happiness and told us to reflect upon that video and discuss in
groups and write down what we meant by happiness.
We discussed in the
class and among ourselves and came up with the below points which we felt could
bring in happiness. Those points are:
è Living in the present moment
è By meditation
è Compassion is a big factor for happiness, it
impacts brain waves
è Materialistic aspect of life don’t bring
permanent happiness
è Honoring life and going for inner-fulfillment
è We can choose to be happy, from hate to love is
a fantastic journey.
è Joy and happiness are not pleasure
è Passion, love for a cause leads to courage and
courage leads to happiness.
Again Anil Sir told us
to perform another exercise where he told to rate ourselves on a scale of 1-7
the below questions
1)
Do I
consider myself happy?
2)
Compare to
most of my friends do I consider myself happy?
3)
Some
people are always happy no matter what, do I agree to this?
4)
Some
people are always un-happy no matter what, do I agree to this?
Our team scored 5.67, 6,
5.6 and 2.1 for the above questions.
Then we had a
discussion regarding ‘whether money makes a person happy or not’? We discussed
that money can only bring short term happiness to you but to get long term
happiness we must practice the following factor:
è Religion
è Thinking style
è Good relation
è Exercise
We also discussed some
economic factors that determine happiness. We also discussed that happiness is
something that cannot be measured and compared. Also people know what makes
them happy.
After this we had a
session on Meditation. Anil sir also taught us how to practice meditation. Then
we discussed about the one thing that I thought if changed can bring the best
out of me. That thing has to be worked upon action, in thinking process and
also via relationship.
In the end session
Anil sir introduced us to the Immunity X-Ray.
He told us to choose a
habit that was very difficult for us to eliminate. Then I was to write down
what I did instead. Then I need to note down the hidden or competing commitment
and the assumptions based on those commitments.
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