(Image: A mother cat protecting her kittens from male cats) I love watching animals endlessly. Their behaviors, innocence, liveliness... beauty, responsibility I just love how they are. Everything is beauty. Everything they do is with full of focus and heart. Observing kittens can be most fulfilling. It is wonderful to see how they celebrate life, be extremely playful. Kittens are bundles of pure innocence. I see no difference between a kitten, a calf, a lamb, a chicken. All of them are just pure innocence. Each creature is unique, expressing its beauty. I see ocean as a creature too and I enjoy watching how it expresses itself. Sun is also a living being in my belief and I enjoy his presence and I enjoy his compassionate touch through evening and early morning Sunshine. If we observe, it is so majestic to notice the stillness in animals. The mind that is free of all confusions, very firm in what is known. Animals are always connected deeply to its intuition
On 15th August 2018, I eagerly went to the IYC Center in Adyar, Chennai. A boy welcomed me with his hands folded saying "Namaskaram Akka" and there it all began! As I entered the hall, I felt mesmerized with the ambience and the flute music at the background was so soothing. I bowed down to Sadhguru and I expressed in my mind saying that I am willing to change myself for good. I never felt any feelings of gratitude or surrenderness at all. With my heads high, it was like "Hi Sadhuru, I am ok to listen to you and learn Shambhavi". I didnt like my own attitude but thats how it was. Though the classes were just for 3 hours for 7 days, the mind engagement was 24x7. We were given homework which was continuous thing and also effortless. The whole week went on completely focused. and it was the beginning of change. Shambhavi Manamudra: On 19th , we were initiated into Shambhavi mahamudra. The first time I did, I felt very high energy running over my head and ch