Monday, February 11, 2008

Namaste!

Just returned from a speaking gig for YPO (Young President's Organization) in today's Mumbai, yesterday's Bombay. So chaotic, incense burning everywhere, 20 million people in all pockets and corners of the city, 55,000 taxis, cats and dogs wandering the streets, and lovely, lovely people. The eye contact in the most impreessive, they really look at you, want to look at you, want to share with you. The familiar greeting, "Namaste" translates to "The god within me sees and honors the god within you"...and that's how they look at you, as an animated chip pf the energy and force of the world. Not a bad way to interact with others, I think.
It's like Muhammed Yunus, the Nobel Prize Winner said during the conference, every human is born with the same qualities and possibilities, some are treated like bonsai and placed in containers that are too small, stunting their growth.
Everyone's real life work is to help peopple get planted in bigger containers, whether your children, your friends, or you. Expand, develop, GROW...that is the real secret to the happiness everyone is looking for, to grow in spirit into what you were truly meant to be.
Namaste is a good place to start..today.