When we look around, we often see shortcoming and
mistakes. In this approach of ours, we get distracted
from our own allocated job and we get busy looking
around as to what others are doing.
We often feel generous to give advice to others
so they do not make mistake in future. Most of the
times, this uninvited advice is not welcome unless
it is at a time of imminent crisis. All this seems
to happen when we are not absorbed in our job. Actually
we miss out a lot of creative joy of total involvement
in the world around us. We mostly do our job half
heartedly, ‘what was your lunch yesterday’
may appear too ordinary a question and we do not
remember much of the lunch either. However in an
absolute sense, food is important. If we do not
live to eat, we at least eat to live. However an
event in a far off land that we discuss during lunch
and which is absorbing our attention and interest
then may not have much meaning for us then we hardly
remember the quality of food, the quantity of food,
the enjoyment from the food, that makes up our lunch.
Steadiness of mind, mindfulness of what we do,
full attention to the job on hand, registering the
event in our mind and if necessary recalling and
examining it are all important. Awareness and concentration
are an integral part of Yoga. We need not seek this
opportunity in remote caves but avail of every happening
that takes place around us when we are involved
with life. Life is itself a meditation, a Yoga.
