share three stories from my life I got
out of my comfort zone three times in my
life at all the three times it was not
easy but is the very satisfying
experience and I thought I would like to
share that with y’all
this is probably for the first time and
sharing my story in a public forum I
give out hundreds of talks but I was
talking about myself there are two words
in English happiness and satisfaction
actually if you really see the
difference between the two most people
in life happiness but actually what
people are looking for is satisfaction
it’s unscripted
there are these two words suka suka
means happiness the definition of suka
is that gap between two miseries
miserable miserable between the two
miseries what is there is quite a
happiness most people in this world
struggling to be happy and they conclude
the understand eNOS I experienced
happiness if I acquire things accumulate
things power position whatever but
actually what we’re looking for is not
super happiness they looking for Ananda
which is inner satisfaction happiness is
short-lived
but satisfaction
I was studying engineering at the end of
my engineering career studies of course
I didn’t go through all the drama that
we went through but at the end of my
engineering I had a nice engineering job
and I was the head of the company in one
state I’d want one company for repairing
one particular component that had broken
down and I knew exactly how the repair
and what the problem was I was already
pushing in my hand and I knew what the
knew everything politically I mean
everything about the problem and solve
it but the only problem was my physical
portion was not that great my handle not
perfectly soldered that day I start
thinking what am I doing here I’m
actually satisfied with what I’m doing
and found that question came out the
solution I started studying law from
engineering shutter setting law I very
soon became specialized in patent law
for those of know intellectual property
is probably one of the highest paying
officials in in the world and I became a
specialized patent lawyer almost final
400 meters and at that time in my life I
was very successful as a lawyer I asked
myself this
question.what is really giving me
satisfaction I was living the life of
speaking that means of course loyalists
must be successful at that at a certain
point when I was living this life of
thinking I asked myself is this what I
want to do in my life then I realized
happiness and satisfaction doesn’t like
taking whatever giving and that’s why I
decided to be my second major shift in
my life
getting out of my comfort zone again
getting out from helping corporate
patron to your career I joined the
monastery 12 years I spent in the temple
as a monk looking for this one answer
this is one question how do I live a
life of satisfaction the answer to this
question came on the first day against
the monastery the first day and the
first experience that I had at the
temple was something that changed my
life completely I would like to share a
real story the day eggs on the temple
this is 22nd channel 2006 23rd Jan the
next day something phenomenal happened
there the day I reached there the very
next day a very special person who was
staying as a monk in the temple for
twelve to fifteen years and after that
he got married and within a few months
he was detected a terminal cancer and
this man while dying here just a few
weeks to live
Yui and he decided I want to die in the
country so we arranged a special
facility for him and this man was
brought in practically was a bag of
bones nothing at all in his body just a
bag of bones focus man he had a smile
this time where it was coming from and
constantly this man kept talking about
how grateful he is for what we has got
in his leg and I saw community of people
trying to serve this person and this
person he’s so happy at the last stage
of his life and then something happened
that changed my life completely
this man he was on the death bed lying
down surrounded by a group of his
friends people who he lived with for so
many years and one of them was standing
close by this man he just pointed out to
him and he did like this so people
didn’t understand what he was doing but
this person to whom he was conversing
with not with words with just an action
he shot a rabbit ears so everyone wanted
to find out what’s going on between them
and then we realized something amazing
so this person he loved to serve
everyone he loves and you walk into
services small things also for people
and here he was on his deathbed and he’s
pointing out and asking like this that
mass button was broken and he had the
desire to serve any imagine all of us
when we saw that we were completely
shaken because I came from a life of
thinking and I realized the actual
satisfaction is in giving I strongly
feel that I started my life by taking
understanding that life is all about
taking that’s where happiness is
actually what giving but then after next
are writing at oppressed of the so
beautiful things are happening I
realized in giving we actually receive
more in giving others we have the muscle
you see much
and that’s when I have developed the
desire to do even more for society and
decided to get out of my comfort zone a
third time and this time the monastery
itself the life of being an ashram with
all the facilities being taken care of
and a few thousand people that I was
serving became my comfort zone
and I realized that the knowledge that I
have and understanding that I have about
reading scriptures I could do much more
if I got out of that comfort zone and
the third time I decided you know zone
by leaving the safety of the axle on the
beautiful religion of relaxing stepping
out into the world again Miami so
slightly but everything courses being
stone heretic scriptures I realized one
thing that every time you’re in a
most people don’t want to get out of the
comfort zone because it is risking
getting out but the greater risk in not
getting out of the comfort zone is that
you list losing the opportunity to grow
I think in a small story this is still
connected to the Mahavir
the Christian Balarama once they were in
the forest and then I pass with my the
forest they have to reach another city
it was the middle of the night so they
decide to sleep in the forest itself and
they said we’ll take turns sleeping one
of God on the screen so Krishna slept
first Balarama was guarding him suddenly
after some time a huge once took him
massive monster and this monster came
and baramos really scared
the monster came towards him
intensely as soon as opposed to shelter
the hog was really scared and something
mystical happened Bertram became half in
size and the monster became double in
size a moment later the monster again
screamed again mother got scared he
became little smaller
the monster be able to be there but poor
time the monster scream the ugly but I’m
not so scared he shouted out Krishna and
he fell unconscious Krishna Buddha he
didn’t see the monster he just saw
everyone was sleeping and he tried to us
his turn to God so he continued to
garden and suddenly the monster came
home and the monster shouted
intensely when this just saw the monster
shouting to send up to the monster and I
asked him what do you want
as soon as Chris tossed the master what
you want the monster became half and
says the Krishna beautiful the monsters
are produced here they shocked very
densely and intrest asked him what do
you want
the monster became smaller piston became
bigger but third time he wants to shout
it intensely and just ask him what do
you want the boss will give the size of
a thumb to stem picked him up tied him
on his goatee went to sleep the next day
when they started moving from there
Bertram spoke to this night order do you
know what happened in the night
something scary
Oh monster came and– so scary milling
anything Krishna took out the monster is
good is it this one
– still shocked the ramen shop he said
how could you become so small exit he
was so big and then to the mouth of
Krishna Vasudev is a very interesting
understanding of life
he says the problems we face and like I
like this monster every time you come
across a problem that you can’t deal
with when you get scared of the problem
the problem becomes bigger and you
become smaller every time you come
across problem which you are happy to
face we don’t have the field to face the
problem becomes smaller and you become
bigger getting out of the comfort zone
is all about having the guts to face
your fears
yes there will be lot of fears in our
life but the question is not with the
fever’s come on mom the question is are
you ready to face your fears and that’s
what getting or the comfort zone is all
about every time we decide to get our
comfort zone there will be four
obstacles that will come on our path and
these are the four offs because that
each one of us have to deal with as we
decide to come out of the comfort zone
I’m going to share with y’all what these
four obstacles are through a story from
the Ramayana and it’s very interesting
to see life through these stories the
story of Ramayana is where Iran is
across the ocean to reach Lanka as he
jumps there are four obstacles that come
on his path the first obstacle that
comes as one is on his way it’s a huge
golden mountain right to the middle of
the ocean is worth more than Rises and
this person who’s presiding
he does some on that you have a long
journey wanting to take some rest on me
enjoy the fruits enjoy the water have
some fun and then you can proceed
Hahnemann des I’m sorry till I reached
my goal I can take rest
the first obstacle that comes on your
path when you decide to find the
destination reach goal is comforts –
represents comforts in life how do you
be with comforts whenever they’re doing
anything and right the first thing that
comes is it one occasion the air
what does the hurry where did he slow
relax and every time we come across
comforts in your life the way we deal
with comforts is the way on Monday at my
neck with alertness
the second obstacle that came on her
mom’s path as a walk further is a huge
demoness who stay awesome Rika this huge
demoness she opened her mouth very wide
and she told her mangie
that Lord Rama has given me a boon that
anything that flies over this ocean has
to return a model hanuman says I don’t
care I need to go to my goal don’t stop
me
she opened her mouth really wide Hanuman
made himself even bigger than about
cineq Allah open her mouth even wider
come on increasing some you bigger and
this went on for some time
suddenly no man he reduced himself to
the size of the fly and turn off and
came up and he told her see I’ve already
taken care of Rama’s boon I entered a
mouth break a bone now let me go see me
was very impressed she are not have to
go simply represent second obstacle
every human being comes across the
second obstacle is competition every
time we are trying to achieve a certain
goal people get stuck in the competitive
mentality you deal with competition by
humanity but focuses on the
and not on your particular room the
third obstacle that Albert came across
is another demoness who’s the masseur
sir who held on to his shadow and pulled
him down
so as I’m gonna slam her suddenly he was
stuck and this lady was putting this
shadow in putting him down and when she
came down helplessly she put him in his
mouth he mouths and tore open her be
really involved solar cell represents
envious tendencies when anybody is
trying to go towards a destination
towards a goal there are many people who
are very envious of that person we try
to pull that person down the way we deal
with enemy is by sternness strictness
don’t allow envy to be a part of your
life
enemy is the only thing that doesn’t
have any place for us if you want to
reach your goal and finally unleash
Lanka and then he came across a fourth
obstacle whose name was Lanka me
Lamborghini prevented anyone from
entering Lanka she said this is rounds
property
you can’t enter thing you have a sponsor
Hanuman didn’t care so luckily what
really angry actually pushed Hanuman
Hanuman give a tight slap
then Kitty fell off then she got up
suddenly sure the changed person she
so I’m gonna surprise how did this
change happen LMPD said Brahma have told
me that any time a monkey comes and
slaps you you understand there is a girl
got lucky didn’t possess the fourth
obstacle that comes on a path then we
attract approach of over the destination
the fourth obstacle is contacts monks
all of us have different types of
attachments that prevent us from
reaching our destination the way we can
be with our attachment is very
inspirational
one moment of association with a great
inspiring person come on shook up all
the types of the monkey me and she let
go all of us Elias for us to get out of
a war zone
we need to deal with these four things
we need to deal with comforts by
alertness we need to deal with the
competitive mentality by humanity we
need to deal with envy by sternness I
need to deal with attachment by a higher
education unless and until you have Y in
your life you cannot get out of your
comfort zone
each one of us have to find out why and
when that one is so big it’s easy to
another comfort zone thank you very much [Applause]