New year so far

How is new year so far? Am i keeping my resolutions? Has my life changed drastically? Life until so far has been a mixed bag...On work front, i have had some new burning zeal because of some cheeky comments made about me and that has got the passion all fired up..Can i use this for my advantage? To not give up and try to keep re-inventing myself so that i will be better after this? That is my current thinking...Even though, i can pass those comments as a bit condescending and not give weightage, i believe that wouldn't be serving good...rather use them to fire up my passion and get something constructive out of it...Anyways, whether it was harmless or not, i was hurt and those moments cannot be undone...

Meditation for me until now has been going on well...i know, it is far from perfect, i know that my mind is not becoming all concentrated, rather it is throwing me up events from day to day life that i keep remembering and re-living...i know, i know...this is not exactly meditation, but a rewind of my day, but still, those 5 minutes pass by very quickly and i have not come to a point where i dread meditation...The key for me here is to get comfortable with the idea of closing my eyes and sitting in a cross legged position without getting up...I will not be aggresively going after increasing the meditation schedule, but will try to add slowly another 5 minute meditation window to my daily routine...for now, i will try to make it more focussed and more meditation like...

Wii is going well and i'm using Wii for my exercise..i seem to have dropped off some pounds in the process and i feel more agile as well, but let us see how long we will continue the same momentum...

Into 2010

I cannot believe this..in less than an hour of 2010, i'm already writing my first blog. I'll keep it short for the paucity of time and also to make sure that i get to do something else in this wee hours of morning rather than write a long blog..

I know you guys are curious about my resolutions this year, right? Common, at least pretend that you are. I'm going to publicly announce my resolutions this time and also publicly let others know when i have failed in keeping so...i know, i know...negative attitudes shouldn't be reigning in so soon, but what to do? Habits die hard (some wise man wrote a blog about this...guess who?)...Alright, my resolution is that i will practice 5 minutes of meditation every day, ideally at the beginning of my day or in case i really wake up late and royally late for a meeting, i will finish it at some part of the day in my pooja room. The only condition is that the 5 minutes should be uninterrupted, meaning that i'm forbidden to talk or open my eyes...Wow! isn't it a big goal? Kidding, but hoping that this 5 minutes is like a spark that subsumes into something bigger.

BTW, one thought that popped up today in my meditation (early starter, eh?) was about ZEN and how it is not a one thing thing and is rather a continuous, conscious effort..Essentially, every action i do is a choice that i make..i can take the high road, the road treaded by noble men or the easy road, which is treaded by people with "common sense"...it essentially comes down to that...Yoga, zen, meditation are not silver bullets that change me in that one magical moment...instead, they are tools to use in the journey for nobleness...

Finally, let me pray that 2010 makes the world better for everyone...

Omsairam!