The session, led by S.B. Keshava Swami, delves into the profound theme of learning from life experiences. The key takeaways from the extensive discussion are: 1. **Importance of Life Experiences:** The session underscores that life's most potent teacher is personal experience. Many neglect the profound lessons that can be drawn by reflecting on individual journeys, emphasizing that learning should extend beyond traditional sources like books and classrooms. 2. **Expressing Gratitude and Interactive Learning:** S.B. Keshava Swami expresses gratitude for the opportunity to share spiritual wisdom and outlines an interactive session, incorporating exercises and discussions to stimulate thoughts and engagement among participants. 3. **Experiments on Distraction:** The session introduces experiments involving video observations, illustrating the power of distraction in hindering awareness. The gorilla experiment exemplifies how intense focus can lead to overlooking significant details in one's surroundings. 4. **Unnoticed Beauty and Reflecting on Turning Points:** Participants are prompted to reflect on turning points in their lives, acknowledging that distractions and busyness often hinder the appreciation of subtle beauty. Anecdotes, including Joshua Bell's subway performance, underscore the value of being present and attentive. 5. **Self-Reflection Exercise:** A structured self-reflection exercise is introduced, encouraging participants to contemplate three significant turning points in their lives. This exercise aims to explore the impact, emotions, and changes brought about by these experiences. 6. **Sharing and Learning:** Participants are urged to discuss their reflections with others, fostering collective learning. Insights gained from the shared reflections highlight the transformative power of experiences, from parenthood to coping with loss. 7. **The Invisible Purpose of Life:** The session contemplates the invisible purposes underlying visible life events. It challenges the correlation between age and wisdom, advocating for continuous learning beyond formal education and the importance of introspection. 8. **The Progressive Power of Introspection:** Introspection is portrayed as a powerful tool for personal growth, offering tangible outcomes and intellectual upliftment. Striking a balance between introspection and external consultation is emphasized. 9. **Understanding Karma:** The concept of Karma is introduced, asserting that events happen for a purpose, contributing to one's upliftment and elevation. Life experiences are viewed through the lens of purposeful unfolding. 10. **Reflecting on Life Experiences:** Various tools for reflection, including journaling, meditation, and engaging discussions, are discussed. The significance of meaningful conversations in prompting deep reflections is highlighted. 11. **The Power of Journaling:** Journaling is explored as a transformative tool for self-discovery and organizing thoughts. Its benefits include clarifying thoughts, aligning actions with one's true self, and empowering personal growth. 12. **The Power of Purpose:** S.B. Keshava Swami emphasizes the hunger for life that purpose instills. Understanding one's habitats, recognizing patterns of behavior, and learning from experiences are pivotal in aligning actions with one's purpose. 13. **Importance of Reflection and Q&A Session:** Participants share reflections on the importance of reflection itself, followed by a Q&A session addressing diverse topics, including the speaker's daily reading practices and dealing with regrets. 14. **The Power of Wisdom Books:** The impact of reading wisdom books multiple times is discussed, highlighting the ever-fresh insights gained with each reading and the transformation achieved through constant reflection. 15. **Reflection on Teachings and Life Choices:** The session navigates questions about the speaker's experiences and reflections on different cultures and religions. Insights into dealing with regrets and making conscious life choices are shared. 16. **Finding Purpose in Life:** Participants inquire about finding individual purpose amid diverse perspectives. The importance of seeking personal purpose, analyzing one's character, and acting on insights is emphasized. 17. **Three Points for Finding Purpose:** The speaker outlines a three-step process for finding purpose: deep self-analysis, seeking feedback, and taking action based on newfound wisdom. 18. **The Scientific Nature of Spirituality:** Spirituality is portrayed as a science based on personal experiences and observations. The connection between science and spirituality is emphasized, viewing spirituality as an experiential and directly perceivable phenomenon. 19. **Reflection and Introspection:** Challenges related to over-analysis, time dedication for introspection, and avoiding regrets during reflection are addressed, emphasizing the progressive and empowering nature of genuine introspection. 20. **Spiral Reading Technique:** The concept of spiral reading is introduced, advocating repeated reading for a deeper understanding of texts. The importance of applying insights gained from reading for transformative purposes is highlighted. 21. **Challenges Faced as a Monk:** The speaker shares challenges faced as a monk, particularly dealing with differing expectations and opinions from others, emphasizing the importance of maintaining authenticity. 22. **Finding Authenticity and Overcoming Obstacles:** The speaker discusses the journey of navigating tension between maintaining relationships and finding true authenticity. The audience expresses appreciation for the enlightening insights shared. 23. **Conclusion:** The session concludes by acknowledging the esteemed speaker, encapsulating the enriching exploration of learning from life experiences and finding purpose in spirituality.
N.b. I appreciate ur presentation, find the points very relevant in my own life / devotional service and am really looking forward to ur next visit to NYC (in 2024 ?) Hare Krishna !!!
Unless Joshua Bell's performance (in Boston) wasn't in an auditorium and took place in a stadium (either indoor or outdoor), the number of ppl that attended could not possibly have been 1o to 20 thousand. Most auditoriums can hold/ seat only several hundred ppl !!
Love you maharaj, I hope one day I will be able to serve you.
Maharaj.....You are doing so much to make us better humans.... Grateful to you Swami.... Harekrishna!
Best session 👍 dandavat pranam Maharaj 🙏🙏🙏 Hare Krishna Hari bol 👍🙏😀
Hare Krishna Guru maharaja 🙏👌🙏🔥🙏🙏
Jaya Gurudeva Śrila Svayam Bhagavān Keśava svāmi mahārāja 🙏
Hare Krishna Maharaj Dandwat pranam. A wonderful lecture
Appreciate ur selfless efforts
The session, led by S.B. Keshava Swami, delves into the profound theme of learning from life experiences. The key takeaways from the extensive discussion are:
1. **Importance of Life Experiences:** The session underscores that life's most potent teacher is personal experience. Many neglect the profound lessons that can be drawn by reflecting on individual journeys, emphasizing that learning should extend beyond traditional sources like books and classrooms.
2. **Expressing Gratitude and Interactive Learning:** S.B. Keshava Swami expresses gratitude for the opportunity to share spiritual wisdom and outlines an interactive session, incorporating exercises and discussions to stimulate thoughts and engagement among participants.
3. **Experiments on Distraction:** The session introduces experiments involving video observations, illustrating the power of distraction in hindering awareness. The gorilla experiment exemplifies how intense focus can lead to overlooking significant details in one's surroundings.
4. **Unnoticed Beauty and Reflecting on Turning Points:** Participants are prompted to reflect on turning points in their lives, acknowledging that distractions and busyness often hinder the appreciation of subtle beauty. Anecdotes, including Joshua Bell's subway performance, underscore the value of being present and attentive.
5. **Self-Reflection Exercise:** A structured self-reflection exercise is introduced, encouraging participants to contemplate three significant turning points in their lives. This exercise aims to explore the impact, emotions, and changes brought about by these experiences.
6. **Sharing and Learning:** Participants are urged to discuss their reflections with others, fostering collective learning. Insights gained from the shared reflections highlight the transformative power of experiences, from parenthood to coping with loss.
7. **The Invisible Purpose of Life:** The session contemplates the invisible purposes underlying visible life events. It challenges the correlation between age and wisdom, advocating for continuous learning beyond formal education and the importance of introspection.
8. **The Progressive Power of Introspection:** Introspection is portrayed as a powerful tool for personal growth, offering tangible outcomes and intellectual upliftment. Striking a balance between introspection and external consultation is emphasized.
9. **Understanding Karma:** The concept of Karma is introduced, asserting that events happen for a purpose, contributing to one's upliftment and elevation. Life experiences are viewed through the lens of purposeful unfolding.
10. **Reflecting on Life Experiences:** Various tools for reflection, including journaling, meditation, and engaging discussions, are discussed. The significance of meaningful conversations in prompting deep reflections is highlighted.
11. **The Power of Journaling:** Journaling is explored as a transformative tool for self-discovery and organizing thoughts. Its benefits include clarifying thoughts, aligning actions with one's true self, and empowering personal growth.
12. **The Power of Purpose:** S.B. Keshava Swami emphasizes the hunger for life that purpose instills. Understanding one's habitats, recognizing patterns of behavior, and learning from experiences are pivotal in aligning actions with one's purpose.
13. **Importance of Reflection and Q&A Session:** Participants share reflections on the importance of reflection itself, followed by a Q&A session addressing diverse topics, including the speaker's daily reading practices and dealing with regrets.
14. **The Power of Wisdom Books:** The impact of reading wisdom books multiple times is discussed, highlighting the ever-fresh insights gained with each reading and the transformation achieved through constant reflection.
15. **Reflection on Teachings and Life Choices:** The session navigates questions about the speaker's experiences and reflections on different cultures and religions. Insights into dealing with regrets and making conscious life choices are shared.
16. **Finding Purpose in Life:** Participants inquire about finding individual purpose amid diverse perspectives. The importance of seeking personal purpose, analyzing one's character, and acting on insights is emphasized.
17. **Three Points for Finding Purpose:** The speaker outlines a three-step process for finding purpose: deep self-analysis, seeking feedback, and taking action based on newfound wisdom.
18. **The Scientific Nature of Spirituality:** Spirituality is portrayed as a science based on personal experiences and observations. The connection between science and spirituality is emphasized, viewing spirituality as an experiential and directly perceivable phenomenon.
19. **Reflection and Introspection:** Challenges related to over-analysis, time dedication for introspection, and avoiding regrets during reflection are addressed, emphasizing the progressive and empowering nature of genuine introspection.
20. **Spiral Reading Technique:** The concept of spiral reading is introduced, advocating repeated reading for a deeper understanding of texts. The importance of applying insights gained from reading for transformative purposes is highlighted.
21. **Challenges Faced as a Monk:** The speaker shares challenges faced as a monk, particularly dealing with differing expectations and opinions from others, emphasizing the importance of maintaining authenticity.
22. **Finding Authenticity and Overcoming Obstacles:** The speaker discusses the journey of navigating tension between maintaining relationships and finding true authenticity. The audience expresses appreciation for the enlightening insights shared.
23. **Conclusion:** The session concludes by acknowledging the esteemed speaker, encapsulating the enriching exploration of learning from life experiences and finding purpose in spirituality.
Prubhuji... You are spreading true wisdom... Keep it up.... Hare Krishna...🙏
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja 🙏🙏🙏
By far the best explanation of Karma...most of the time its used to imply people deserve bad things happening to them. Thank you
Wonderful teachings! Thank you very much 🌹🙏🌹
Thank you.. Thank you..Thank You. 🙏
N.b. I appreciate ur presentation, find the points very relevant in my own life / devotional service and am really looking forward to ur next visit to NYC (in 2024 ?)
Hare Krishna !!!
Wonderfully spoken 👍
Hare krishna .
HARE KRISHNA ❤
Interesting session as always
Maharaj, please become my Guru
❤
👍
Madison Square Garden and the Barclay's center both have seating capacity that is just @ 19,000 / 19 K.
Unless Joshua Bell's performance (in Boston) wasn't in an auditorium and took place in a stadium (either indoor or outdoor), the number of ppl that attended could not possibly have been 1o to 20 thousand.
Most auditoriums can hold/ seat only several hundred ppl !!
Carnegie Hall has a seating capacity of 3 1/2 thousand !!
Hare Krishna Maharaj 🙏🙏❤❤