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Circles And Dots

5/16/2025

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​​This is a very interesting story authored by Ameeta Kaul. According to my understanding the dot represents the individual self and the circle represents the universal self. It is like an island in the ocean. Outwardly both the universal self and the individual self look different. But when we go beyond the individual self, we see the universal self. It's a matter of perspective. The limited and narrow perspective creates the world of several individual dots creating distance between one dot and other dots. It creates divisiveness and disintegration in the forms of race, religion, caste, class and political parties. When such differences create walls of ups and downs and mine and thine, such differences create fights, battles and wars.

We are seeing the impact of this mindset in our own country and in many other countries. Such walls could result in everyday stress and tension in relationships and it may result in fights, battles and wars. It is my conviction that we are going to go through a lot of stress and tension that will have a severe impact on our personal, interpersonal and universal life. There is still time to wake up to build bridges of unconditional love, kindness, compassion and consideration. I have witnessed and experienced the power of unconditional love and acceptance in my own life. Such experiences have enriched and blossomed my life. I am offering weekly zoom sessions in which people from different countries and races, of different religious orientations join hands and hearts to create harmony in spite of differences. Differences can create thick and big walls. We can overcome these self-created walls and create oneness in manyness, unity in diversity. This is a journey and I invite all of us to join our heads, hearts and hands and work for unity. And that way we create love, kindness and compassion in the world. This is my aspiration. This is my prayer!
​Namaste. 
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Debbie Podwika
5/17/2025 11:48:04 am

This is an interesting reminder and something to think about more. What is interesting to me is I can love people as a human that God created and knowing everyone has different upbringing and experiences in life, they are at different places in life. That would be interesting to actually show paths and people as dots and everyone in a different place. I try to have compassion for others because "there but for the grace of God go I" but at the same time I also think about how sometimes one can have compassion but have to have safe barriers. I can forgive people even if they do not realize they have done wrong and ask for my forgiveness but I will also have a safe barrier so they can no longer hurt me The problem is when we do have others in power that can hurt us. I don't hate them, and may forgive them, but I will do what I can to make sure they can not hurt me and others in the future.

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Therese M Griffin link
5/17/2025 04:00:14 pm

The article by Ameeta Kaul was interesting as I investigated my own behavior since the car accident in March 2024. Since my childhood I’ve blocked my feelings of fears and anxiety. It was a way to protect myself being verbally abused by Grandma. I never stuffed my anger, it was out there, that helped me to become a protector of others too.
I started counseling to work on embracing my fears and anxieties. On my first visit, she lives off Star Pass on Mockingbird Lane. The mountains are straight up, and her curvy driveway was only for one car. Both sides of the driveway didn’t have any curbing to guide a mishap. I could feel my heart in my throat. My blood pressure and self-doubt was rising. I kept telling myself, “Therese you are a good driver. You’ve driven in the back-hills in the TN mountains. You can do this!” I finally got to the top. She said I could leave my car there or pull into the small carport next to her car. My heart was racing. I turned off the engine.
This was our first meeting. As I shared, it was strange because I’m usually at ease sharing my personal life. I felt tense, slightly stuttering over words. It seemed as if I was in three dimensions preparing to talk, listening to my words, and trying to make sense of what I was saying as the dot. It was like sitting in an audience listening to myself speak.
How do I learn to embrace the circle of being? How do I find myself? Must I look inside again and again to find me? The circle is fully within me. I am the listener and the speaker and the dots of fear and anxiety.
I the student continues, eyes shining, And the circle is fully within me. I am the preparation and the speaker and the dot. I was outside looking and hearing to all three parts. I wanted to share my experience on my second visit with my new counselor. I may be able to next week because of this assignment because I found the truth about me.

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