Why is red red? What is an amphibian? What is a right angled triangle? What is a galaxy? What is efficiency? Who was Deming? Who is God? What is spiritualism? Who are we?
These are some of the plethora of questions that arise in our minds during our lifetime as we grow from an infant to an adult. Sometimes we struggle a lot before we arrive at an answer. And arriving at an answers through research and struggle brings us joy and increases our wonder. Well, I am not going to answer any of the above said questions. However the question I am worried about is "Why do we stop asking such innocent questions as we grow up"? Particularly the last three questions which play an important role in our lives. The last three questions came in our mind a lot of times but we never delved into researching and finding answers. The inquisitiveness and sense of bemusement vanished as our age increased by a one every year on our birthday.
Although the concept of learning organization is of paramount importance to leaders but somehow when it comes to our own self-knowledge we let it remain in the closet. I recently watched a discourse series by Swami Mukundananda (a disciple of Jagadguru Kripalu ji Maharaj) on "Spirituality for Managers" on Youtube.com! Although most of the gathered alumni and current students understand the intricate concepts of management, finance, marketing but a lack of concepts of spiritualism came out during the Q & A session at the end. Why haven't we tried to answer these questions in addition to all other questions?
I don't have to case study another person to find the answer. I will just look into myself to understand why I lost track of these questions? As a child I was curious about things like an child. Although I had limited experience but I was always trying to know about things, supporting parents tremendously helped in the process. The sense of wonder and adventure was always there. I read a lot of books during my childhood, again the spark was ignited by the parents. Every book read, every question asked, every toy, every teacher, every friend brought something new in my mind. It took years and years to understand a few things. And somethings are still a mystery and even more some questions are yet to be asked! But a continuous learning environment existed throughout the childhood and into the adulthood. But as I started piling knowledge, picked up some degrees along the way, the sense of adventure started to recede into background. I started pushing my existing knowledge into foreground and leaving no room for new things. The sense of "I know something" overtook "Wow!How could this be?" I became less and less receptive to surroundings and let a bubble of pride surround me. Slowly the bubble became thicker and thicker. And I reached a stage of numbness.
We all reach such a stage some time in our life. This is the point when the needle of inquisitiveness is needed to puncture the bubble. As we mature in our lives the knowledge of trigonometry, calculus, engineering, poetry don't stimulate. This is the ripening of the us where spirituality is needed to guide us through. This is the time we begin to realize the importance of "Who is God? What is spiritualism? Who are we?" This is the time when we need true guidance and grace. And this is the time we should realize that we have just taken admit into the "school" so there are plenty of things unknown to us. We may have years of experience, plenty of degrees but in the field of spiritualism we are still freshers. So learning and practicing is our aim and essential to our success towards finding our true self.
These are some of the plethora of questions that arise in our minds during our lifetime as we grow from an infant to an adult. Sometimes we struggle a lot before we arrive at an answer. And arriving at an answers through research and struggle brings us joy and increases our wonder. Well, I am not going to answer any of the above said questions. However the question I am worried about is "Why do we stop asking such innocent questions as we grow up"? Particularly the last three questions which play an important role in our lives. The last three questions came in our mind a lot of times but we never delved into researching and finding answers. The inquisitiveness and sense of bemusement vanished as our age increased by a one every year on our birthday.
Although the concept of learning organization is of paramount importance to leaders but somehow when it comes to our own self-knowledge we let it remain in the closet. I recently watched a discourse series by Swami Mukundananda (a disciple of Jagadguru Kripalu ji Maharaj) on "Spirituality for Managers" on Youtube.com! Although most of the gathered alumni and current students understand the intricate concepts of management, finance, marketing but a lack of concepts of spiritualism came out during the Q & A session at the end. Why haven't we tried to answer these questions in addition to all other questions?
I don't have to case study another person to find the answer. I will just look into myself to understand why I lost track of these questions? As a child I was curious about things like an child. Although I had limited experience but I was always trying to know about things, supporting parents tremendously helped in the process. The sense of wonder and adventure was always there. I read a lot of books during my childhood, again the spark was ignited by the parents. Every book read, every question asked, every toy, every teacher, every friend brought something new in my mind. It took years and years to understand a few things. And somethings are still a mystery and even more some questions are yet to be asked! But a continuous learning environment existed throughout the childhood and into the adulthood. But as I started piling knowledge, picked up some degrees along the way, the sense of adventure started to recede into background. I started pushing my existing knowledge into foreground and leaving no room for new things. The sense of "I know something" overtook "Wow!How could this be?" I became less and less receptive to surroundings and let a bubble of pride surround me. Slowly the bubble became thicker and thicker. And I reached a stage of numbness.
We all reach such a stage some time in our life. This is the point when the needle of inquisitiveness is needed to puncture the bubble. As we mature in our lives the knowledge of trigonometry, calculus, engineering, poetry don't stimulate. This is the ripening of the us where spirituality is needed to guide us through. This is the time we begin to realize the importance of "Who is God? What is spiritualism? Who are we?" This is the time when we need true guidance and grace. And this is the time we should realize that we have just taken admit into the "school" so there are plenty of things unknown to us. We may have years of experience, plenty of degrees but in the field of spiritualism we are still freshers. So learning and practicing is our aim and essential to our success towards finding our true self.
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