Everything we do everyday, however we do had an underlying hope that it will make ‘me happy.’ But many thoughts we attend to, many things we do, how we respond does not make us happy. We seem to live life like sailing a rough water, looking for pleasure and satisfaction, good health and happiness, yet not finding.
We do not know how distracted we are. We do not know how emotional storms sway us away only to experience painful moments even though we want happiness and well being in our family and work places. We are unable to take a break to settle and reflect about our feelings and emotional state. We have no time.
Bhutanese are traditionally people of prayers, devout Buddhists, always trying to live spiritually. Although everyone tries to adapt to virtues of Buddhism learnt from prayers books and teaching from teachers, we tend to fail to live happily, connected and calm, at home and workplaces. We are triggered away into emotional storm, leaving us flustered, angry, sad and confused.
Even as we try to seek meaning in our everyday life, we remain tired and wondering if we are living meaningfully. Many even do not realize we are living a race, shoved and battered from bed to bed. We have no time to think about ourselves, about our quality of thoughts and actions. We believe what we think is right, what we do is moral, and what we speak is truth. We know not that we can be wrong!
We listened to teachings after teachings, yet we remained wrought by emotions before we know it. We read quotes and inspiring words, yet it doesn’t change how we respond when triggers happen. We sit through trainings and workshops that tell us how to manage life, that reminds us about our values, that teach us life skills, yet we remain the same. These haven’t added meaning to our life.
This time, as RCSC brings the training to civil servants, moments of awe and inspiration, of confessions and promises, in tears and laughter, fills the hall. A sense of a new awakening towards possibility of living more meaningfully begins. Many said that this training must be given to all people, to those who sweep to those who reign.
They also tell us, how awakening this training definitely depends on versatility, oratory, depth and practices of the trainer. It is true that concept of mindfulness and emotional intelligence cannot be an easy workshop to sell otherwise.
And what makes SIY one of the most engaging training is the concept of mindfulness that is packaged as a foundation to train emotions which are trainable. Neuroscientific evidences cut across rigidity of beliefs, bringing convincing facts about possibilities of a change in how we live more meaningfully.
Religious practices only, without logical science to approve, has kept meditation practice within the realm of spiritual quest for monks. If mindfulness can be practices by attention on breath, SIY indeed must be brought to every citizen.
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