This quote beautifully captures the plight of human existence – a multiple personality disorder. All of us suffer from this and then search the world for peace instead of simply letting go of what we are not…
Only people who are able to let go of maintaining perceptions for themselves and others can be free of these multiple personalities and live a simple uncomplicated life by being who they really are.
The path is that of observation and its consequent awareness. It is only through awareness that nothing is “mine”; “I”/”me” is nothing and that they are just used for the purposes of social existence. However with repeated usage of “I/Me/Mine”, we believe that “I/Me/Mine” is everything and then refuse to let go of it since we have not accepted what life truly is.
When we are exhausted playing/maintaining all these charades of multiple personalities, we look for inner peace, not knowing that it is we who have agitated the waters, we are the ones clinging to the “created identities”. If we let go, we are free…
As Rumi beautifully puts it – And you, when will you begin that long journey into yourself?
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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