Sitting with eyes closed and observing our inner world and breath is not easy sometimes

Is it hard to meditate ? Probably not, but honestly I have never been able to mediate before yesterday. The reason is that I just don't get inspired to mediate. Blame it on my liking or those who never inspired me, I am always a person loving outdoor sports. And the reason for that probably is that is how I have been brought up ? I remember our childhood was full of outdoor activities. We did not have any other means of entertainment. Apart from school playing outside was the only means of entertainment and our parents did not have to tell that to us even. We would just go ourselves. Today, even though I have been telling my kids, they don't like to go - they have something else that fascinates them - mobile, laptop - that provides a plethora of entertainment. They even don't watch TV now a days. They get everything in these devices. And why blame only on them ? This is the situation for every family - they tell me their friends are not coming so with whom they would play ? So as a result, we have tried to inspire them to mediate and my son is doing it every day at home. Initially we forced him - you won't get mobile or laptop if you don't mediate. Call in inspiration or forcing him to do it, he fell into that habit. And now he does it on his own. So the point is that, we have not been inspired or forced to do it. You can do something everyday only after it becomes a habit. A habit is possible only two ways - either you are inspired or you are compelled.

So no one inspired us or forced us and that is why I did not learn it. And as far as I think, Meditation was possibly popularized in India only after Baba Ramdev started selling it to public. Before that, probably very few were aware of its benefits , and doing it. But Baba Ramdev brought the revolution - by organizing big public events and then later publishing them on online platforms. He definitely has been able to encash it in a very niche way but it also has benefited people because it inspired them. So if someone would have inspired us , then probably I would have practiced it long back.

As I said a habit can only come from inspiration or compulsion - yesterday I started it because of a compulsion. My compulsion is my situation - trying to inspire my father to start meditation, with a though that probably it can improve some of his conditions. If I have to become a teacher, then I need to learn it first. So yesterday I went through several videos and started practicing the basic yoga - Kapalabhati. Again thanks to Baba Ramdev - he has videos online to inspire you as well as guide you on the technique. And I started persuading this to my father yesterday - he was very reluctant to do this but finally after lot of push, he started. I know, this is not perfect, but this is a beginning - everything starts like this. I know, its going to take several days for him to observe his inner world and breath - even it may not happen, but I am trying my best. At least in this process, I will benefit myself. May be after I feel the difference, I would wonder, why someone did not inspire us when we were kids !!

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