Dreaming Right, Instead Of Dreaming Big
We are called upon to teach our children to dream big because this is an essential radiant of success-or so we are told. engagement gurus exhort all commercial erprises to not only dream big but Iever growth, in terms of volume of es and profits, year after year, if yare to survive well. Long-term sonar and corporate success is thus irretrievably linked to constant wth that it is seldom realised that with for the sake of growth is also the tegu of cancer cells. Constant hankering for something gear and better often leads to inflated ries, unfulfilled ambitions, jealousy anger; these could lead to dissatision, unhappiness and ill health-a ous cycle that reduces our ability to Iever those very goals for which we dreaming big. Indic tradition lies that the most efficient path to happiness in life is to reduce one's desires. How do we then reconcile these diametrically opposite concepts? Should we plan to aim low and underachieve? Hindu philosophy divides human life into four broad ashrams, phases, with unique objectives for each phase. While it encourages us to dream big on the goals pertaining to any given ashram, it exhorts us to change our goals-and dream big on new goals-when we cross over to the next ashram. No system can be perfect but let us see whether they offer us a better decision model than perennially embracing "growth” During Brahmacharya ashram, when one is a student, the main goals are education, celibacy and cultivating self-discipline. Many societies reject the importance of sexual abstinence during the learning years on the ground that it amounts to curbing a natural physical need, much like refusing to slake one's thirst. These standards, however, keep evolving, depending on one's interpretation of concepts. In grihastha ashram, one is a householder. The focus shifts to marriage-or long-term partnerships-children, sustenance of the family and empowering one's children to later stand on their own feet. In vanaprastha ashram, when one embraces a retired life, one needs to delegate responsibilities and contemplate shifting one's gaze from material and sensual pleasures to the pursuit of spirituality. This is a natural, slowing down process of the self and grooming for the next level of leadership-on both, personal and corporate fronts-in preparation for the next phase. In sanyas ashram that involves completer enunciation, one concentrates 82 on detachment, reducing desires to tare minimum and seeking moksha the ultimate destination. Thus, thouthere may be some difference of opinion about objectives (and hence dreams) that should be chosen, there little doubt that this segmentation improves clarity and gives vision to our goals in life. Any mismatch-choosing a goalthdoes not belong to the ashram in which you currently are-is likely to lead to personal and/or social chaos. The gradual reduction of desires as we perform one ashram to the next, especial the last two, is so very different from doctrine of perennial growth. This manner of identifying relevagoals, trying your best to achieve the maximum and then moving on to embrace a more relevant set of new goals is a good way to improve happinesand quality of life. So why not dream right, instead of dreaming big?
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Courtesy : Prakash Shesh Speaking Tree ,Times of India
Dreaming Right, Instead Of Dreaming Big
We are called upon to teach our children to dream big because this is an essential radiant of success-or so we are told. engagement gurus exhort all commercial erprises to not only dream big but Iever growth, in terms of volume of es and profits, year after year, if yare to survive well. Long-term sonar and corporate success is thus irretrievably linked to constant wth that it is seldom realised that with for the sake of growth is also the tegu of cancer cells. Constant hankering for something gear and better often leads to inflated ries, unfulfilled ambitions, jealousy anger; these could lead to dissatision, unhappiness and ill health-a ous cycle that reduces our ability to Iever those very goals for which we dreaming big. Indic tradition lies that the most efficient path to happiness in life is to reduce one's desires. How do we then reconcile these diametrically opposite concepts? Should we plan to aim low and underachieve? Hindu philosophy divides human life into four broad ashrams, phases, with unique objectives for each phase. While it encourages us to dream big on the goals pertaining to any given ashram, it exhorts us to change our goals-and dream big on new goals-when we cross over to the next ashram. No system can be perfect but let us see whether they offer us a better decision model than perennially embracing "growth” During Brahmacharya ashram, when one is a student, the main goals are education, celibacy and cultivating self-discipline. Many societies reject the importance of sexual abstinence during the learning years on the ground that it amounts to curbing a natural physical need, much like refusing to slake one's thirst. These standards, however, keep evolving, depending on one's interpretation of concepts. In grihastha ashram, one is a householder. The focus shifts to marriage-or long-term partnerships-children, sustenance of the family and empowering one's children to later stand on their own feet. In vanaprastha ashram, when one embraces a retired life, one needs to delegate responsibilities and contemplate shifting one's gaze from material and sensual pleasures to the pursuit of spirituality. This is a natural, slowing down process of the self and grooming for the next level of leadership-on both, personal and corporate fronts-in preparation for the next phase. In sanyas ashram that involves completer enunciation, one concentrates 82 on detachment, reducing desires to tare minimum and seeking moksha the ultimate destination. Thus, thouthere may be some difference of opinion about objectives (and hence dreams) that should be chosen, there little doubt that this segmentation improves clarity and gives vision to our goals in life. Any mismatch-choosing a goalthdoes not belong to the ashram in which you currently are-is likely to lead to personal and/or social chaos. The gradual reduction of desires as we perform one ashram to the next, especial the last two, is so very different from doctrine of perennial growth. This manner of identifying relevagoals, trying your best to achieve the maximum and then moving on to embrace a more relevant set of new goals is a good way to improve happinesand quality of life. So why not dream right, instead of dreaming big?
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Prakash Shesh kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy : Prakash Shesh Speaking Tree ,Times of India