Sunday, July 26, 2009

Trance, Immeasurable Joy, Absolute Concentration, and Oneness with Being

After exposure to the game for only a few months at the age of 13, (Geet) Sethi got addicted to billiards. “To experience joy, you have to be yourself. I realised that joy for me can only come from what I do with passion. It has to involve me physically, emotionally, and spiritually,” says Sethi. “I have spent countless hours in complete solitude trying to align myself with my natural being. The ultimate experience is the joy of making a full effort in reaching out to the core within. It is the act of staying in the moment that gives immense, immeasurable joy. That joy is not a state of nirvana; it is the result of a moment of absolute concentration. I played for the sheer joy of the moment,” writes Sethi in his book.

The natural state of oneness with being can only be possible when one is present in the moment, according to the wonderful book 'The Power of Now'. Besides conscious efforts, this happens naturally when one loses awareness of space and time in doing what one enjoys doing the most. It is also said that the luckiest man is the person whose hobby and profession are the same, but how many such examples do we come across?


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From an article published in a magazine, I happened to come across it at this blog.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

An Inconvenient Truth & Fahrenheit 9/11

Saw two movies recently-

An Inconvenient Truth - By Nobel Laureate Al Gore, on climate change (~1.5 hours)

Fahrenheit 9/11- By Michael Moore, on links between family of Geoge W. Bush and Osama Bin Laden and why Bush attacked Iraq (~ 2 hours).

Both these movies were soul stirring!!! Especially 'An Inconvenient Truth', it's a must see for every person living on this earth!

I've added trailers of the movies in my favorites video bar.