Meditation essentially means
perceiving deeper truths from within.
For those who thought that
meditation is a closed- eyed phenomenon, I beg to differ. And offer them Open-
eyed Meditations, a book that shows another perspective to meditation.
When you are open to life, life
opens up to you. The upper limit of your ability to learn is determined by the
upper limit of your desire to learn. Nature is actually a school that happily
teaches eager students the secret lessons of life. Open-eyed Meditations is
a collection of thoughts about various aspects of life that is purely inspired
by observing the world through the lenses of the Vedic epics.
Each meditation in the book deals
with a modern problem that each one of us encounters in life and is accompanied
by profound insights to those situations through a story or a character from
the ancient epics.
Why ancient epics? The reason
being that there is something attractive about the epics like the Mahabharata
and the Ramayana that has kept them alive century after century. Beyond the
storyline, something deeper is waiting to be discovered from these ancient
texts. This book is an attempt to uncover the hidden layer of wealth that is
cleverly packaged within the commonly known storylines.
Albert Einstein said, ‘Life is
like riding a bicycle; to keep the balance one has to keep moving.’ For most
people, there is no time to stop to learn how to maintain good relationships,
how to become effective leaders, how to manage complications in life, and so on
and so forth. They are already on the bicycle of life and most of the times speedily
trending downwards. In such a delicate situation any quick tip to help retain
the balance is always welcome!
Thus, Open-eyed Meditations is
a distillation of ancient wisdom tips for modern lives; a unique self-help book
wherein each meditation takes you on a journey to the past, bringing a secret
herb to heal a problem of the present.
Whether you are dealing with
complex dynamics of relationships or solving an impossible crisis in your life
or coming to terms with embarrassing failures or struggling with important
decisions or dealing with any kind of addiction, this book offers valuable
nuggets of wisdom and action point resources to deal with it all.
Open-eyed Meditations is a by-product of reading
thousands of wisdom books, learning from thousands of wise men and keenly
observing thousands of life situations. It is replete with intellectually
stimulating analogies and quotes that will stick in your mind long after you
have put the book down. It’s definitely not a one-time read, but surely warrants
a meditative one. Every meditation is independent and complete. These
meditations will provoke you to think about life in ways you would have never
thought of.
Water is all over the air, but
when air is subjected to the process of condensation, we get water. Similarly,
ideas/ thoughts are all over, but when subjected to the process of
contemplation, they become accessible to us. When a thought is held for a long
duration of time and processed through the machinery of contemplation, then
life sutras are produced. Open-eyed Meditations is a book of
‘thought sutras’ that can become ‘life sutras’.
Read this book the way a cow eats
grass while ruminating. Chew on every word carefully till you have milky
lucidity that nourishes every aspect of your life. This book will help you
learn the art of meditating with your eyes wide open as you keenly observe the
world around you and allow it to enlighten you.
Open-eyed Meditations is a beautiful compilation of
thoughts wherein each meditation takes you on a journey to the past, bringing a
secret herb to heal a problem of the present.
A true distillation of ancient wisdom tips for modern
lives, this unique self-help books uses the wisdom of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata
to solve your everyday problems.
Beyond the storyline, something deeper is waiting to
be discovered from these ancient texts. This books is an attempt to uncover the
hidden layer of wealth that is cleverly packaged within the commonly known
storylines.
‘Deep
exploration, cogent analysis, and lucid interpretation of stories from the
Ramayana and the Mahabharata… This book should be on every bookshelf and in
every home.’
-
CHRISTOPER C.
DOYLE, author
‘Intuitive yet pragmatic, Open-eyed
Mediations is a lucid and thoughtful window to mindfulness.’
-
NAMITA GOKHALE,
writer
‘A wonderful
book that reveals many profound secrets through varied meditations, each of
which can nurture a different aspect of your life.’
-
ASHWIN SANGI,
author
‘A unique
approach to help us address issues and questions that we have in our life…
useful and enlightening. Highly recommended.’
-
ANIL VALLURI,
PRESIDENT, SAARC & NetApp India
‘[Shubha
Vilas] has extracted the knowledge of timeless epics, distilled the wisdom, and
presented it in a contemporary form… a book you will want to read over again to
absorb the brilliant learnings.’
-
ABHISHEK KARANI,
Director, The Free Press Journal
‘Open-eyed
Meditations is a book for all moods and all seasons… these rare 64 gems talk to
us, make us ponder, and goad us to accept…Read it and
digest it for a better life!’
-
HITAL R. MESWANI,
Executive Director and Board of Reliance Industries Ltd.
AUTHOR PROFILE
Shubha Vilas, a spiritual
seeker and a motivational speaker, holds a degree in engineering and law with a
specialization in patent law.
In essence, he is an
author, a motivational speaker, lifestyle coach and a storyteller par
excellence.
His leadership seminars
are popular with top-level management in corporate houses. He addresses their
crucial needs through thought-provoking seminars.
Shubha Vilas periodically
interacts with the youth in premier institutes across the world, inspiring them
to live a life based on deeper human values. Close to his heart is his role as
a guide and teacher to school children, teaching foundational values through
masterful storytelling.
Traveling across the globe
and meeting people from all walks of life, he teaches the importance of being
governed by dharmic principles, meting out spiritual lifestyle tips and
contemporary wisdom to deal with modern-day life situations.
He is the author of the
best-selling book series known as ‘Ramayana – The Game of Life’ published by
Jaico Books, that distills thought-provoking life lessons through the gripping
narrative of the story of the Ramayana.
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