Partho, a name
well known in the circle of Integral Yoga practitioners and Integral Education,
addressed us at our Centre on the 8th of October 2014 from 7pm to
8.30pm. The subject matter was a general one on ‘Integral Yoga’. There were few
of us attending the talk this day, a working day. This, unfortunately, was the
most suitable time for us to schedule the talk.
However, for
those present, the small turn out turned out to be a boon. The speaker said
that he would rather speak with us then talk to us and started engaging us with
his searching questions that brought us closer to a truer, more stable state
within, other than the surface state. One question he directed at us was about
our name, and probed if we were that name, and who we were, actually. His
message to us was clear. One had to know who one was, the real one, behind all
the masks and tones and shades, behind the name and form. The talk lasted for
about one-and-a-half hours and brought us into a deep reflective state. It was
indeed refreshing to bring ourselves into deeper, subtler realms than those
that we usually live on the surface. The experiences of looking within
ourselves, even if for fleeting moments, were enough to be carried with us for
a long time to come, in various circumstances. The exercises were also
instrumental in helping us to take a step back and examine the moment in
another perspective.
It was with silent gratitude that we parted
that day, after the talk.
-
Jayanthy
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