What if we did not have a business ethics class in the way in which it was conducted? How has my life changed after that? Business ethics class gave me what we call in hindi “jhatka”. It was a great value addition in my life. It made me aware about what I was and what I wanted in my life. I was living in a very superficial world and all my feeling were at the surface levels only. It helped me to discover my inner conscious. It helped me to be aware of my thought processes, to be aware of my breath and to be alert and vigilant despite being calm and serene inside.
Kabir taught me to look beyond barriers of caste into a world which is full of humanity. God is present everywhere and falling in love with him makes you love everybody, to be good to everybody, to love unconditionally, to appreciate his creation and to remain in harmony with everybody. The “dohas” focused on becoming practical in life. A simple step to being closer to God is by following a suitable “Guru”. Guru helps to give clarity to this journey of life.
As a person grows, he is conditioned to think in narrow terms of status, caste, and social barriers. Kabir taught me to think in terms of human index and not money or caste index.
He emphasized on not following superstitions and questioning all human barriers or fences. He taught to see people above greed, comparisons, envy, distrust and jealousy .It is really difficult for us to introspect because we are already looking at it from “our point of view” to have a birds eye opinion or from a third person’s point of view is seriously difficult.
The narration described learning from mother nature. Peace and harmony is the very basis of nature. As a bird needs no reason to be joyful similarly no material things could provide a permanent joy. Permanent bliss is state developed from within. I learned not to grudge about the past, nor be bothered about the future but to live in the present moment and be happy. The experience of the moment is dynamic, creative yet very quiet. Now I aim for accepting life in this alert watchfulness state. . I want to feel free from within, without any inner conflicts or ego domination yet be in full awake. This is my desired state . Thank you for showing me this way!!
