“I have been meditating for many years now, but I think for quite a few years my relationship with meditation was very intellectual. I would do meditation for all the usual things that you would think about, to be more calm, be more productive, relieve stress.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensMeditationIntellectualStressCalmProductiveUsualMeditatingStress Relieving Author:Karan Bajaj
“I think meditation became truly a means to a deeper connection as I was searching for a deeper truth within myself. Meditation became almost more spiritual than material in nature over the last two or three years and it has deepened a lot as a result of that.” ThinkingYearsMeanTwoLastsSpiritualThreeResultsMeditationMaterialsConnectionsDeeperThree Years Author:Karan Bajaj
“My wife and I took a sabbatical and we went from Europe to India, where we lived in an ashram for six months and did meditation and yoga vigorously, like from 5:00 in the morning until 10:00 in the night in very austere circumstances. I think then my practice became less superficial, more like the traditional definition of what meditation was: to truly find oneness.” ThinkingNightPracticeMorningMeditationWifeMonthsCircumstancesSixYogaEuropeIndiaDefinitionsMy WifeTraditionalOnenessSuperficialSix MonthsMeditation And YogaSabbatical Author:Karan Bajaj
“Here are two dichotomies here. In the West it is a very physical practice, and even meditation is a practice to become productive and more at peace. In the East, you think of the deep spiritual practices as a journey of complete dissolution of the self, the ego.” ThinkingTwoSelfSpiritualPracticeMeditationJourneyEgoWestEastProductiveSpiritual PracticeDissolutionDichotomyDeep Spiritual Author:Karan Bajaj
“In the West, it is the opposite, like you are using these practices [meditation and yoga ] to further your ego by being more productive, being more this, and getting more out of your work and earning more money. In the East, the whole idea is that you are dissolving your essence through these practices.” IdeasWholePracticeMeditationLike YouEgoYogaEssenceOppositesWestEastProductiveMore MoneyEarningDissolvingMeditation And Yoga Author:Karan Bajaj
“In the year that I take off, I don't have any goals. I just surrender to experiences like traveling or learning yoga and meditation or just living in a completely random place like Mongolia or Portugal or Bhutan. Then when I come back, I am much more intuitive, creative, right-brained. That kind of system has been working very well for me.” YearsWellsKindHas BeensGoalCreativeMeditationYogaSurrenderIntuitivePortugalMongoliaBhutan Author:Karan Bajaj
