Mission Spiritual
This morning, in Kathak class, a little girls parents were watching her practice. As they were saying their good byes the father suddenly began to insist that Mangala Didi, our teacher, must enroll for a Vipassana course this year. "Not to be delayed", he emphasized again and again and then looked at me, "it will change your life".
People like these are Vipassana Missionaries. Once they've enrolled in the cult, .i.e. managed to spend ten days without talking, they preach their experience to everyone they know. "It will change your life". Their intentions are good, no doubt, but --
A. How do you know what my life is all about?
B. How do you know I want to change anything about my life?
C. How do you know whether I am open to this spiritual process or not?
D. Who gives you the authority to be a pain in the ass?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against Vipassana or meditation etc. But the basic rules of following any practice [not just spiritual or religious] are:
1. You talk about your opinion when someone asks you or it comes up in a conversation.
2. If it works for you it does not mean it will work for the rest of the population.
3. Stop being such an egotistical moron to think your practice is the only way to be happy.
Spirituality is a personal thing. In fact, you ask half the population what it means, they'll either have no clue (because they have never thought about it) or give extremely varied answers. So do your thing and leave everyone else alone.
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P.S: I have thought about doing a Vipassana course for a couple of years. I don't know if it will change my life but I am curious about what it is like to be silent and focussed on your breath for ten days.
P.P.S: During the process of discovering yoga etc. I too caught myself telling people how fantastic it was. But now that I'm wiser, I have the right to complain about those who're not ;)
People like these are Vipassana Missionaries. Once they've enrolled in the cult, .i.e. managed to spend ten days without talking, they preach their experience to everyone they know. "It will change your life". Their intentions are good, no doubt, but --
A. How do you know what my life is all about?
B. How do you know I want to change anything about my life?
C. How do you know whether I am open to this spiritual process or not?
D. Who gives you the authority to be a pain in the ass?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against Vipassana or meditation etc. But the basic rules of following any practice [not just spiritual or religious] are:
1. You talk about your opinion when someone asks you or it comes up in a conversation.
2. If it works for you it does not mean it will work for the rest of the population.
3. Stop being such an egotistical moron to think your practice is the only way to be happy.
Spirituality is a personal thing. In fact, you ask half the population what it means, they'll either have no clue (because they have never thought about it) or give extremely varied answers. So do your thing and leave everyone else alone.
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P.S: I have thought about doing a Vipassana course for a couple of years. I don't know if it will change my life but I am curious about what it is like to be silent and focussed on your breath for ten days.
P.P.S: During the process of discovering yoga etc. I too caught myself telling people how fantastic it was. But now that I'm wiser, I have the right to complain about those who're not ;)
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