“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
“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
“When I started, these [yoga] were very functional practices, as I said, productive to lose weight, or whatever, and now it has become a very spiritual kind of practice.” KindSaidSpiritualLosesPracticeYogaWeightProductiveLose Weight Author:Karan Bajaj
“The whole idea is that the combination of tight activity and slack activity allows me to be both productive and creative at the same time. In the four years that I am actually working in a proper job, I am earning money and I'm also writing with a lot of discipline on the side.” WritingYearsIdeasWholeJobsSidesCreativeFourDisciplineActivityCombinationProductiveFour YearsEarningEarning Money Author:Karan Bajaj
“If I was a complete slacker who was just doing nothing but traveling, I don't know if I would have the discipline to be productive and create this job, and on the other hand, if I was always disciplined and productive, I don't think I would have that mystical connection that lead to great work.” IfsThinkingKnowsHandsJobsDisciplineConnectionsProductiveMysticalGreat WorkDoing NothingSlacker Author:Karan Bajaj
