11/9/2022 0 Comments Om swami kannada books![]() ![]() For a Sanyasi, I give this saffron robe, there are very few people that I have initiated as a Sanyasi in eight years. The process should be more engaging and real, like the child observing parents or teachers whose life and core values will remain texts for living and spirituality. How much is ingrained and how much do we teach? Spirituality can be encouraged to be part of children’s lives, but asking a child to pray, do puja and chanting is not going to work. There are two things, Nature and nurture. Could you elaborate on spiritual parenting? My blog which I write twice a month would be converted to books too. My books on Gayathri Mantra, spiritual parenting, Lord Vishnu based on the Bhagavatha, and Devi will hit the stands soon. That’s what people call me because I used to have a Porsche. So you are the monk who sold his Porsche? I am built like this, it hasn’t been hard for me. Even when I had a business, I would disappear into the woods for 20 or 30 days, I would meditate and come back. I have always been ascetic and I didn’t have to struggle to lead this life. Do you regret missing out on family life? I live off the income I get from my writing. I don’t accept any donation for my personal needs. I still live in a remote place in Himachal Pradesh and I meet people six times a year. I only know meditation and that is my area of specialisation. One reason I returned from the Himalayas is to help that one person who may be looking for similar guidance. So a successful businessman is preaching goodness to others? After an initiation from Naga Baba, I meditated in the Himalayas. I renounced everything and deleted my email account. The company I used to own made 350 crores even last year. I had worked for large corporations and I ran my own software company with offices in Sydney, Toronto, London, New York, San Francisco and Chandigarh. ![]() As a 20-year-old in Australia I decided that I will work for 10 more years. I soaked myself in astrology, tantra, mantra and yantra, vedic chants and Sanatana Dharma, the Upanishads, and started practising intense meditation. With his wide eyes, broad shoulders and dreadlocks Shiva fascinated me. When I was eight, I dreamt of lord Shiva. My father would chant the Gayathri Mantra and read the Bhagavad Gita. An average person thinks he should not have pain, but an enlightened person thinks how he can progress through difficulty. Pain is inevitable, but how I see that, is important. If you are rushing through life, you miss out on a sunny day. The mind is designed to see what is not good in life. Pain is what happens to me and suffering is how I interpret it. Do you think people go through problems because of how they think? I want to help people attain a shift in their thinking to seeing the beautiful side. That is a mistake, as at every point you are facing different challenges. You think without this difficult person you would be very happy. There is always going to be at least one difficult person in your life. Challenges, problems and negative emotions will always be there. The idea is to have quality life and thought. These are the different colours of consciousness, and the lotus blooms in the slush but remains above it forever. The movement is called Black Lotus because black is not just a colour, it absorbs everything. To be able to pick and choose your trail of thought, kindness is critical. Mantra helps you align your individual energy to the cosmic energy and meditation helps you tame and train your mind. They stand on the tripod of mantra, meditation and kindness. My meditation retreats are an established path where you can measure your progress from a seeker to a Siddha. People do not have to go to the woods or caves to meditate. I have been meditating ever since I was a child. Can you elaborate on the name of the movement? On the sidelines of the launch, the Swami spoke to MetroPlus on the different aspects of his happiness and wellness movement.Įxcerpts. “In 2010 I renounced my material wealth and embarked on my spiritual journey meditating for 22 hours a day,” he says. He returned to India and acquired a healthcare company. He acquired a Masters in Business Administration at the University of Technology, Sydney and started a software business in Australia. In his book If Truth Be Told: A Monk’s Memoir, Swami writes, “Enlightenment does not mean you have to live like a pauper, or subject yourself to a life of hardship, it means to live in the light of love, compassion and truthfulness.”īorn in Patiala in 1979, Om Swami showed an inclination towards spirituality at an early age. Om Swami, a monk and author of a dozen books including Kundalini: An Untold Story, A Million Thoughts, The Wellness Sense and When All Is Not Well, was in Bengaluru recently not only for his retreat, but also to launch the Black Lotus App named after his movement of meditative retreats. ![]()
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