Another amazing week is in the making as one passes along.. Today, I had the chance to go to a 'swadhyay' again after quite a while and it never fails to enlighten and motivate me to a whole different level. For those that may not know, 'swadhyay' (pronounced swaa-dhyaa-ye) is basically a journey of self realizations and awareness. It is about learning from others by yourself. 'Swa' meaning one by themselves and 'adhyayam' meaning learning about. So, you are learning about yourself in one respect. So, the purpose of today's discussion was a person'a character and their influence.. To study this in defining detail, we chose a great sage of the Ramayan time.. 'Vashist'. The character study was done amazingly and I did not know a few of the allusions but got the major gist of the topic. The central topic was his belief and implementation of a 'self-governing society'.. As strange as it may seem, such a society existed and can exist in a lifestyle if adopted with proper fundamentals. All of this was concluded with an upcoming event of Geeta jayanti which is the birth date of the scripture 'Bhagvad Geeta'.. And the topic for this year is 'Geeta-the soft flower.. Geeta-the sharp sword'. Each participant is meant to present for five minute from whatever they have practiced from memory. I personally did not feel I could manage the task at first but the topic seems to have got me thinking about how this is just another excuse for me to open that amazing 'manual for humanity' as Snehal Patel said today. I think it should be a great way to come back to the genuine religion that I once doubted the existence of!
-Dev
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