Guru-Shishya Parampara

I have been exceptionally lucky in everything till date. Lady luck has always been by my side, warding off bad times like a guardian angel, and welcoming the good ones. Her greatest gift to me has been an introduction to my Guru.

In an age and time, where education has become one of the most profitable businesses, he continues to follow the old traditions of the Guru-shishya parampara. He is not concerned about whether a disciple is paying his tuition fee or not. He is only concerned about their dedication and complete devotion to the art. To respect it, and realize the true wealth of information that is there. He is single-minded in his purpose to identify that one disciple who will be worthy enough to continue this dying tradition and heritage of music.

He believes in instilling in his students, a love and passion for the art and the people associated with it. Even if you were to learn for a very short period, you will learn to find music and rhythm in every walk of your life. Music ceases to become just a notation in your copy, it becomes like a magic brush which allows you to create magic for your body, mind and soul!

Learning from Technology ... the importance of moving on.

A few days ago, I was using a GPS to reach a distant site. En-route I took a wrong turn, and marvelled at the ability of the GPS to take into account the incorrect turn, and subsequently re-calculate the shortest path to the original destination.

It made me think that wouldn't it be nice if we did the same thing in our own lives as well? instead of clinging on to the mistakes we made or others made; Why can't / don't we move on?

Each of us have the ability to do this, but succumb to the weakness of our own minds. We let our mind wander too easily, loosing track of our original destination. So we make the wrong turn, and continue to linger on, may be even walk on, on that path till some one gives a mighty kick on our behind to get back on track.

The problem is particularly acute, when in the face of a disaster / problem, we choose to get consumed by the misery of the moment, instead of identifying and pursuing ways to move on. We become stranded, and attempt to latch on to anything and everything close by, and hinder their progress as well.

We fail to assess the situation, accept the damages and move on (like the GPS) to our original destination. I believe it is imperative to be able to correctly identify the issue, make your mid-course correction and move on.