Dejected but standing up with a new zeal, a purpose engulfing me all over again, pushing me to fight for one more time, assuring me that there is plenty of life ahead awaiting to bestow its nectar upon me.
These words were penned down my me almost six years ago, sometime in March 2010, when I failed to qualify KVPY's interview. I was distraught and my naivety led to me to write these words.
Sadly, they are still relevant to me!
Balancing effects of life keeps you going! Feeling of achievement comes together with a feeling of doing more of the same or different resulting in elation and despair. Enjoy the bumps and smoothness in life until you become "sthith-pragya" (Equanimity)!!
ReplyDeleteAchieving equanimity should be the main purpose in life but it's very difficult to achieve equanimity when you are nurturing a dream.
DeleteNurturing a dream is part of the process of achieving equanimity. Feelings of dejection and happiness over a period of time integrated with multiple other things which happen in life provide us the motivation and path to achieving equanimity. The most important thing is to keep our efforts going towards it. I was reading up on ashtanga Yoga myself (heard from my father and others till now) and the order from Yama to Dhyaan and Samadhi makes sense to me. So, in essence we are on our journey and we would want to continue to be a seeker.
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