The tree of life.

                                         The  tree of life

It is my great honor and pleasure privileged to be amongst all of you. I share a couple of thoughts this afternoon the subject matter I was asked to speak on is spiritual wellness I travel a lot and I see that every country has a USB a unique selling proposition when we talk about the United States of America it has a USP liberty freedom comfort for the citizens when we talk about the United Kingdom it has a USP royalty the supremacy of the Queen when we travel to Japan. Japan has a USP technology you travel to the Middle East. Middle East has a USB. oil and when we talk about India. India also has a USP a unique selling proposition something that all of we are known for sometimes they say how do you recognize an Indian is known by a man or a lady who will use the shampoo till the last bit by putting water to the bottle .how do you recognize an Indian you would know an Indian by a man or a lady who will use the berlin the rolling pin to squeeze the last bit of the toothpaste out of it at least how do you recognize an Indian Indian is a person who gives another person a missed call that culture doesn't exist in the world there's nothing like a missed call in the world by the way show do you know an Indian you would know an Indian by a person who will use at-shirt till there's a hole in it and once it's used unusable in the day because as a whole of it you would probably start using it in the night and if it's still not usable in the night any longer you keep it for Holi and if it's not even usable for Holi then you use that pocha then you know for sure you know then that you are truly an Indian .yes,we are known for a sparing nature no wonder a lot of people this world of super-wealthy in this country a super-wealthy India is known for Bollywood India is known for its cricket India is known for its beautiful architecture magnificent edifices India is known for its similares India's known for his literary contributions in there is known to be a developing economy now indeed India is known for many many things but what India is especially known for on this planet Earth is its unique contribution in the field of spirituality .wherever I travel in the world I see people glorifying https://www.shailersolutions.com/talking about eulogizing the principle of spirituality that comes from this great land - Bharat bhumi , people from America people from Europe people from different parts of the world come to India to see the beauty of India but if you go to Rishikesh you go to the Himalaya there's a lot of people out there we're coming here to learn spirituality we're coming here to learn yoga was coming here to learn the inner engineering the inner ecology of life of course when we talk about wellness how can we neglect the principle of spiritual wellness this afternoon I thought I would share with you an analogy that one of my spiritual mentors his holiness Sachi Dayanand Swami was a German by birth once told it's a beautiful analogy it's called the tree of life whenever they look at a beautiful tree one of the most essential parts of the trees its roots. a tree has three aspects to it essentially one is the roots the second is the trunk and third is the crown of the tree and when we talk about the roots a healthy tree has healthy roots the deeper the roots the stronger the roots the tree stands strong in storms cyclones hurricanes and tornados and the roots are not seen to our eyes .those roots are compared to our spirituality our achievements are seen to people our gadgets are seen to people or money is seen to people or accolades is seen to people our charisma is seen to people success is seen to people what's not seen to the eyes of the people is a roots a spiritual development and therefore I always say if we do not work on what is unseen it's very difficult to sustain more the same.        Ex- one of my friends in Mumbai he purchased the very slic Lamborghini he's a wealthy guy he purchased a very slick posh yellow Lamborghinihe's a Gujarati .she called me from the showroom and he said to me friend, Hindi mai bole wo- pagIa krenge i said to him bhai duniya pagli hai, or ab kisko pagla krenge. he said nhi nhi In Gujarati pagla means will you kindly touch your feet to my car pagla. car Ka pagla krenge , a gadi Ka pagla krenge, office ka pagla krenge a which basically meant will you bless my car i said to him bhai lamboginny a kyu ni pagla krenge I said please cover lock it hahathe gentleman wrote to where I lived and he said to me well we'll go for about 15minutes drive I said fair let's go we started off as we were driving I was in the passenger seat the guy in the driver seat car halted at a traffic light. at the 15minutes drive had turned into 2535rather at the end of 35 minutes I said to him look I need to get by because I need to attend a meeting can I can you drive back what this man did shocked me to the core probably will shock you to the core this man started crying like a baby these weren't tears of joy this these were tears of anguish and pain you know how to detect tears of joy and sorrow you just use your thermometer to check may be because tears of joy are cold and tears of anguish are warm of course next time anyone cries don't take a thermometer thing are you happy you'reI asked him to park the car on your sidewalk I said to him what happened the great difficulty he spoke and he said this three days back my wife has filed papers for divorce I love her my children love her she's one of the best mothers that one can ever have and we don't want to miss her tried everything possible just doesn't work and of courseI tried to console him pacify him and then I was thinking to myself the world sees his Lamborghini the world sees his success the world sees his bank balance the world sees his popularity the world sees all of the settings and I sit with the who's who in the country and when they confide with me I see what's happening inside yes the trunk of the tree is visible to our he has the crown of the tree is visible to our eyes but the roots of the tree which are underneath the soil which are invisible to our eyes is our inner development a spiritual development and unless we make that’s spiritual development and our spiritual growth strong the storms the Hurricanes the cyclones of life do get over to us and bog us down pull us down in life therefore I say some people are the so poor so poor so absolutely poor that all they have is money and as I say if you want to know how rich you are then count all those things you have that money cannot buy I'm not saying money is badI'm not saying we shouldn't have moneyI'm just saying that we can't connect that as the be-all and the end-all of life and life going at the same time we also need to look at the roots and that's why I say the roots strengthening the roots happens by connection connection to our own selves connection to the divinity that's why meditation yoga chanting prayer is gaining such popularity all over the world because everyone says that the unseen routes need to be strengthened so that the tree is strong and when those roots are strong the second aspect which is the trunk of the tree the trunk of the tree is physical and emotional well-being that's the trunk I'm a trunk can stand strong and a trunk and stank's table only the roots are deep and strong if the roots aren't deep and strong the trunk is dodgy and wobbly a hurricane ora cyclone can shake it sometimes even uprooted.

we have to learn how to take control of our feelings in our own handI I will not allow any damned person under the Sun to make me feel good or bad by what he or she says if they say good fine that's good appreciation nice I'm happy with it and even if they trash me fine it's their opinion it's the way they think .the trunk is our physical and our emotional stability and I'm not getting too into the physical well-being because of the paucity of time obviously and the last one is the crown is a contribution to the world the crown is where the fruits come the crown is where the leaves come the Crown's where the flowers come and the fruits are for others the flowers are for others the leaves are for others the shade that the crown of the tree gives us for others our contribution to others. Sanskrit is an amazing language because in Sanskrit if you want to call someone an ass or a donkey you call him way shocking and then now next time if you want to call someone a donkey say hey why shucks ed and then God he'll think you're composing poetry on him I must tell you to know and Sanskrit is amazing.

you know why I am saying this I'm saying this because of people say that life is like ice cream, you should enjoy it before it melts it'll indeed melt away,I say life is like a candle you should bring light to others before it melts but, the ice cream melts and the candle makes but the ideology behind the icecream is selfish enjoyment and the ideology behind the candle is selfless contribution selfless service to others and each of us in our own ways must learn how to contribute like the crown of the tree I must end with this little thing that I want to say this last one point I would like to mention is this.   if you have ever been on a flight the members of the cabin crew will come there and say ladies and gentlemen this is a seat belt I know this you have buckle look I know I know some pilots & cabin-crew person are reading this, I must apologize, if there be a lack of oxygen supply in the cabin oxygen masks will drop from the cabin above your heads secure your mask properly and breathe normally make sure your oxygen mask is secured properly before you help others god I thought this is the height of selfishness but if you don't keep yourself in place you can't help others if you don't have resources you can't share your resources if you don't feel the love you can't share the love if you don't feel hope you can't give hope if you don't feel uplifted you can't uplift others, therefore, are selfish first care for your roots care for your trunk because only when your roots and trunk are in place than the crown can give others. you know our hour late president Shri Abdul kalam Ji said a very the nice thing which left a deep mark on me he said if you really want to look handsome give your hand to some and you will automatically look handsome because handsomeness is not about beauty and looks it's about how we contribute to people I conclude by saying if you are beautiful it's God's gift to you if you live your life beautiful it's your gift to God and therefore the Tree of Life is about three things roots unseen to the world deepen them by connection to the divine connection to God your spiritual practice your meditation your prayer the trunk which is about the cultivation of emotional and physical wellness emotional stability do not allow others to remote-control you and three the crown is about contribution giving returning back a sense of purpose because the purpose of life is a life of purpose and thus the Tree of Life teaches us three things connection, cultivation, and contribution.I wish to thank all of you very very much for your kind attention thank you very much.