Because of my penchant for Economics and Finance , very often amongst my friends and known circle I am mistaken to be a materialistic and money minded person.
Whereas nothing can be farther from truth. And this I can say with absolute certainty because I have been in touch with my self for most part of my life. I have never wandered very far away from my inner self and have always striven to complete that circle of life which involves everyone and everything.
The name of this blog "holistic" , is an indication of my journey to try to complete the circle of my life by connecting various dots representing divergent aspects of human life...The Noble Eight Fold Path.
For me money simply represents a fulfillment of today's needs and a modest security of future. Beyond this I always believed in putting this money to some use towards those people who were not only needy but also deserving. Otherwise who doesn't need money today.
However this charity part , I was able to realize quite late in life since I never had time or maybe the direction.
Vipassna meditation helped me take this into different walks of life.
In my objective of guiding my colleagues was a necessary urge to help them plan a definitive life and retirement. Also a hidden desire was that once most of them had been put on that path I would introduce them to the virtue of charity and paying it forward.
Then I came across this association for Seafarers in Dehradun called DSWA. It was formed by a set of very young officers and they had succeeded where efforts by our seniors and ourselves had failed.
The acronym DSWA stands predictably for Dehradun Seafarers Welfare Association.
However what the association has been working for past 2.5 years is for the welfare of the society; giving back part of their very hard earned money to those whom they don't even know.
This was a compassion that I wished to impart to my younger colleagues, but it was already there.
Bright young people spending their quality time in orphanages, even celebrating their birthdays with those who don't even know their own birthdays.
Recently a Trust working with affected children and ladies ran out of money and gave a SOS call.
The members of DSWA immediately responded and in a span of 48 hours collected a sum which is a dream of most of NGOs.
The entire feeling of seeing humanity in the hearts of those who are so away from humans for most part of their lives, is so very touching.Probably the physical distance away from family makes them so sensitive.
There is huge personal satisfaction for me too, in knowing that my objective is almost over and THE CIRCLE IS ABOUT TO COMPLETE.
Whereas nothing can be farther from truth. And this I can say with absolute certainty because I have been in touch with my self for most part of my life. I have never wandered very far away from my inner self and have always striven to complete that circle of life which involves everyone and everything.
The name of this blog "holistic" , is an indication of my journey to try to complete the circle of my life by connecting various dots representing divergent aspects of human life...The Noble Eight Fold Path.
For me money simply represents a fulfillment of today's needs and a modest security of future. Beyond this I always believed in putting this money to some use towards those people who were not only needy but also deserving. Otherwise who doesn't need money today.
However this charity part , I was able to realize quite late in life since I never had time or maybe the direction.
Vipassna meditation helped me take this into different walks of life.
In my objective of guiding my colleagues was a necessary urge to help them plan a definitive life and retirement. Also a hidden desire was that once most of them had been put on that path I would introduce them to the virtue of charity and paying it forward.
Then I came across this association for Seafarers in Dehradun called DSWA. It was formed by a set of very young officers and they had succeeded where efforts by our seniors and ourselves had failed.
The acronym DSWA stands predictably for Dehradun Seafarers Welfare Association.
However what the association has been working for past 2.5 years is for the welfare of the society; giving back part of their very hard earned money to those whom they don't even know.
This was a compassion that I wished to impart to my younger colleagues, but it was already there.
Bright young people spending their quality time in orphanages, even celebrating their birthdays with those who don't even know their own birthdays.
Recently a Trust working with affected children and ladies ran out of money and gave a SOS call.
The members of DSWA immediately responded and in a span of 48 hours collected a sum which is a dream of most of NGOs.
The entire feeling of seeing humanity in the hearts of those who are so away from humans for most part of their lives, is so very touching.Probably the physical distance away from family makes them so sensitive.
There is huge personal satisfaction for me too, in knowing that my objective is almost over and THE CIRCLE IS ABOUT TO COMPLETE.
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