Hari OM
'Freedays' are the 'gather our thoughts' days; Q&As; a general review of the week so far…
As we face up to a new year, are we feeling refreshed and ready? At all levels?
There can be much mental and emotional wrangling at this time each year. Then again, we can also be in denial and just continue along as if no marker was there at all. Do we need to have such things?
Perhaps not, for the general flow of life. However, we all require benchmarks of some description to measure ourselves against in the bigger frame of existence. If we don't have these, how are we ever going to know if we have been 'naughty or nice' for Santa next year?! Seriously though, it all comes down to how much we value values, appreciate growth and put a premium on the profit of self-evolvement.
There are those who simply do not require such an internal assessment. They are sure of their material status and how to maintain it. This is all they want from life and 'naval-gazing' is considered wasted time. That's okay. For them. For those of us who sit back from the world a bit, though, it is essential for our well-being as a whole that we pay proper attention to our emotional and spiritual selves. Thinking through the nitty-gritty of daily activity is made easier for the philosophical personality if it also has room for attending to the finer points of questioning and researching the what, who, and why of things.
It is hoped that part of your current resolution is to continue reading here, to further your enquiry into Advaita Vedanta and, most of all, that you find you can apply its principles in your daily life in order to gain the most out of that life and thus bring 2019 to full growth!
