Scientists get lessons in holistic excellence

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Scientists get lessons in holistic excellence

Our Correspondent

 

Rewari, October 6

About 250 scientists, engineers and men from other allied disciplines from

Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, Bihar, Orissa, Maharashtra, Karnataka and

various other parts of the country are participating in the three-day national

workshop, ‘In Pursuit of Holistic Excellence in Life Through Lifestyle Change’,

at the Om Shanti Retreat Centre at Bhorakalan, 30 km from here. It is being

organised under the joint auspices of the Rajyoga Education and Research

Foundation (New Delhi) and Prajapita Brahma Kumari's Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya

(Mount Abu).

 

The workshop that started on Friday concluded here today.

 

Delivering his keynote address on ‘Holistic excellence through spiritual wisdom’

in the first session of the workshop yesterday, Brahma Kumar Mohan Singhal,

national co-ordinator of the Scientists and Engineers Wing (Mt Abu), compared

life to a table with four legs, depicting its physical, mental,

social-cum-professional and spiritual aspects. For stability, strength and

durability of the table of life, it was of paramount importance that all its

four legs were equal in length as well as strength, he said.

 

Describing happiness and peace of mind as the two fundamental desires in every

man's life, Mr Singhal said that while happiness was directly proportional to

achievements and inversely proportional to expectations in life, decimation of

unfulfilled desires in contrast to fulfilled desires was a pre-requisite for

peace of mind.

 

Emphasising the urgency of striking a good balance between materialism and

spiritualism to lend true meaning and purpose to life upon this earth, he

exhorted participants to keep their minds open, allow noble thoughts to come

from all directions, abandon egoism and fully adopt a completely positive

attitude in life. Simultaneously he asserted that it was desirable as well as

essential that we empty our minds of worries, irritation and other negative

thoughts before going to bed every night.

 

In her valedictory address in the inaugural session on Friday night, Rajyogini

Dadi Rukmani ji, deputy chief of Brahma Kumaris (New Delhi), said that

undoubtedly science had worked wonders within the realm of the five elements of

the universe, water, air, earth, fire and ether. But it had completely failed to

penetrate the ‘brahma tatva’ (essence of the universe). She asserted that

‘rajyoga’ (supreme science) alone could enable us to attain proximity with

‘brahma tatva’, which is absolutely imperishable, non-corruptible and eternal.

 

Earlier, Brij Mohan Anand, secretary of the Rajyoga and Research Foundation,

stressed the need of learning science as well as technology to achieve holistic

excellence in life while B. K. Shukla, senior Rajyoga teacher, pleaded for

attainment of mental peace abandoning the craze for wealth and other luxuries of

life.