Our nature is brought out in every action we perform. We seem to be born with certain preferences, likes and dislikes, desirable and undesirable behaviours, etc. These are merely our personality traits and they can be changed 100% if we so wish since these personality traits are nothing but long standing habits that get passed on from one lifetime to another. A sum total of all die hard habits is called the nature of a person and is generally accepted as not changeable but that is not true, this can and should be changed if desired.
The will to change however depends on the acceptance of a person that something needs to change in him/her. Most people take the easier way out of simply blaming others instead of embarking on the path of identifying and implementing change which is a difficult process. The maturity to accept that change is needed usually comes either after the habit has already brought upon ruin or it’s too late.
For others it is the case of “Kalta pan valat nahi” (I understand but can’t seem to bring about change). Consequently, in a world where everything is impermanent, sadly your nature remains permanent. Hence the importance of good sanskars – which is not just inculcating good habits in children but also in ourselves. However what is considered good is itself confusing in a morally compromised world. So you have to find your own balance – that is the concept of Sattva in Yoga… It is not about balancing things in your life, it is about being a balanced person….
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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