Remember the moment when nature has simply mesmerised you. Try to figure out what makes such moments special. Recently, I was on a visit to Australia and Singapore. It was exhilarating to witness the rivers, weather, roads, even the daily lives of those countries. Nevertheless, none of my acquaintances, who are living there for some time, felt anything special about their surroundings.
Human mind is instinctively more aware towards new experiences. Routine or repeating pattern tends to bore us. This common psychology applies to every aspect of our lives. We are no attentive towards our daily experiences as we are used to them. Your observation has direct co-relation to your mentality. It is shaped by the way you interpret the world.
A common man seldom looks beyond his programmed vision. Let us say you are fed negative inputs about a person. You will have an adverse opinion about that person in all likelihood, even if you have never met him.
Similarly, all your notions about places, food, circumstances are a result of mental programming that begins from childhood. You revere your gods only because of this mental conditioning. Ask yourself; are you able to think outside this ‘box’?
Your point of view is determined by the way you look at things. This, in turn, decides your belief system. You are, in fact, sum of your opinions inculcated by your tunnel vision of experiencing things.
Your experience is nothing but accumulation of memories. Its worth is decided by how immaculate your vision was. All are presumptions are neither good nor bad, it is only mind that coats them with judgement.
The art of witnessing the present moment as it is will do wonders to your life. Your being is filled by a new ecstasy the moment you stop viewing the present from the prism of your pre-conceived notions.
Start from observing your palms. Try to observe your surroundings without judging it. Just being in the moment without interpreting it, liberates you. How keenly you observe things around while going to office or returning from it. How much aware you are to the scene around when visiting a market.
You will realize there is so much more to live once you start analysing these questions.
Written By :- DR PRAVEEN TIWARI, AUTHOR (SATYA KI KHOJ)