Transforming myself…

The year 2016 ended with a wrong note. There were various reason. But when I reasoned with myself, went a bit deeper, it was my anger that caused the disaster.

As it was year end, and there were talks of new year resolutions, I decided, well in the year 2017, I will not get angry. I will control my temper.

Then came the big question… how do I control it. This is nothing but a reaction of my mind to certain situation or words. No one plans for getting angry. It comes spontaneously.

Recently I bumped into one of the lectures of Prabhu Gaur Gopal Das. Someone forwarded a small clip of a lecture containing a humour. The lecture was so interesting, it forced me to search for more. As I googled, found a plenty of lectures given by at various places. All of these are treat to ear and food for the soul. As I continued listening, the hunger for more started growing proportionately. The lectures are invigorating. Forces one to stop and re-look. Look to the past and look beyond future.

The other day, I was listening to one of his discourse on Youtube. It was about what makes life complete. Life starts with ‘B’ – birth and ends with ‘D’ – death. We don’t have control over B and D. W can not decide where to born, we can not decide when we will die. Between B and D lies ‘C’ – choice. Between birth and death, we have choice. we can choose what to do and what not to do. We can choose to respond not react. Take a bottle of water and a bottle of cold drink. Shake both of them and open the caps. When the cap of cold drink bottle is opened, it will spill out. But when the cap of water bottle is opened, it will not react. It will remain calm.

Mantra is “choose to respond not react”. Be the water…