Today is Anant Chaturdashi (Anant means infinite/eternal), wherein Ganesh Idols are consigned to water signifying that the form is impermanent and into the elements must it go in the form (idol) of the Lord but the essence is eternal and cannot be consigned to the elements since its beyond it, so the real lord remains within us.
The same analogy goes for our own existence – the body, mind and the entire world as we experience it, is temporal but the essence in us is eternal and is a part of the Divine. If we realise this and identify ourselves with our eternal essence then our lives would be transformed that moment.
Our essence is permanent and eternal we have existed before time and will exist beyond time. But as for our body, mind and other creations as the quote above says- we arrive, we celebrate, we merge into the elements.
So as we bid adieu to the form of Ganesha, let’s celebrate the “Anant” within us and stay connected with our essence instead of the impermanent, temporal world.
Explorer, Philanthropist, Mentor:
Exploring and researching on practices of Self Realisation
Philanthropist: engaged in projects with social and environmental impact
Mentor: guiding people crystallise and achieve their material and spiritual goals
Background:
Former CEO of Mahindra Integrated Business Solutions- an Advisory and Business Process Management Arm of the Diversified US$ 17 Billion Mahindra Group. Ajit was responsible for transforming a Shared Services Centre of the Mahindra Group into a full-fledged Advisory and Business Process Management Company with products/services spanning Strategy & Enterprise Risk Management Advisory to Digitization and Transactional Outsourcing.
He has over 23 years of experience in the industry as an Entrepreneur. He has built businesses in Music Publishing, Media (Compact Discs/DVD’s) Manufacturing, Logistics and Financial Services and is currently nurturing his own initiative called FREE (Forests, Renewable Energy and Environment) & associated with NPO Trusts/ Organizations and mentoring select people and a few start-ups in his personal capacity.
A Chartered Accountant by Qualification with extensive continuing education in Executive Management Programs @ Harvard Business School, Michigan- Ross Business School, IIM-A
He has pursued spiritual interests since an early age exploring inner facets of self through Vipassana, Isha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, other yogic approaches / meditation techniques An Avid Marathoner, trekker/mountaineer, scuba diver, writer and motorbike traveller, is passionate about exploring the outer world as much as the inner.
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