My attendance in a mini workshop - Exploring your inner child

Who? What?  I am 37 years old and you want me to explore my inner child?
Ever heard from someone you love utmost " Stop acting like a child/ or You are a child " ? Well i have heard this line from someone i loved utmost many a times.


Alrighty then, ever witnessed this moment ?:- you wake up and the first thought that strikes you is i am a child,i dont have to worry about time. Then you ask yourself,what is the time right now? your half open eyes and you feel 2 possibilities. 1) it is the normal time you wake up everyday , OR 2) is it the late afternoon and you over slept after a long time. Time ? What is time ? I do not wear a watch. Concept of time does not hold meaning to me personally.

How did this experience come about ? Well take a journey to the inner child within you.

Recently in continuing my journey to self development ( Journey is on since more than 15 years by now..) i came across an advertisment with 3 mini workshop series.I never read advertisments and usually skip through. But subconciously i had somehow read that advertisment and thrown the paper away. Few hours later within the day i recalled that advertisement did not have an address but phone numbers, so i decided to at least find out the information and then decide. I thought most of these programs are done by half trained or not trained at all make a-quick-buck charlatans and i would know much more than the trainers. True story !!!!

Then after 2 days i found out the paper and called the first mobile number. I expected a half motivated receptionist in some  company to dole out the information. Already i had researched the information, visited their website,( although not mentioned in the advertisement).
I had infact more knowledge than that mini series. I already  listened to audio of much greater masters in the subject and this i have been doing for many a years now. I start my day with positive preachings of masters in various mind body fields. It is a better option than opening the morning newspaper and seeing bad wrong doings splattered across in gory details across the world. If its not that, then you find advertisements in colorful drama. The work shop advertisment was viewed listening to one such audio series. This advertisment was simple and to the point.

So now, for me the situation is :- I know about the subject, i dont know what this workshop will dole out, after all its a 4 hour workshop and the subject is much wider.

I called up and much to my astonishment, the number was not reacheable. Again i  let it be. Then i received a call back from the number and the guy on the other end was polite, fluent in english, and like i expected some information was spewed out with the conversation. The guy knew his job well. Good work Jeet ! thank you !!! I was impressed. And it takes a heck lot more than normal to impress me ( and he was a male )
A man impressing upon a man is much much harder and i am known not to be impressed by most people and easily bored at the quickest opportunity.i do not like to tolerate and i rate my time more valuable & important than anyone else.

Jeet's language and the manner in which he "doled" out the information made it interesting, and then he gave out the last piece of information "costs" . I had already known the costs ( as i had done my homework very well).The advertisment did not mention any costs with it. The website did. Hehe he he he !!!
 I smiled as he mentioned "the costs per work shop" and i told him i wanted to enroll for all 3 workshops. He offered me a 15% discount and it didnt make a difference to me ( why not? is mentioned below) but since he offered it to me i was happy that this is not an establishment who is on with the sole purpose to make money. Most others are, and its not a sin to earn money. But i say atleast do it with some style and a honest attitude.

Alright they dont accept online credit card payments. $#@$#@ i said to myself how in the world !!!! what kind of joint is this ? But for me the journey to self development was to take a step further. And i had identified this step irrespective who conducted it. The step had to be taken. Money had to be given and i had to enroll myself as a gift to myself. It was affordable. 
 
Problems :- registration was confirmed against receipt of payment. They offer online deposit into their account which i did not use as my preferred mode of payment. Only 2 days left for the workshop and a courier would take 1 day  for delivery. Plus added problem they didnt have seats, so my confirmation was waiting in line, as number 3. If those 3 people did not turn up then he would call upon me. At the same time i was very confident that i would get the seat.

So confident in the conceptual belief. While talking to jeet on the 3rd phone call i wrote down the cheque and gave him the number of the cheque. After some time he confirmed my participation and seat. Thank you Jeet, pleasure to talk to you. Never met the man but I think he is cool "dude" !!

On the venue i turned up on time to enter the workshop. That venue building is not a 5 star work place, im used to 5 star work buildings.Life has pampered me well atleast with few personal moments. Lo and behold !!! I tried to find the venue on the 1st floor and i saw 2 pretty smiling individuals, one man in jeans, one lady in traditional indian dress. Immediate i said "East meets west" in my mind and i asked the man if this was the venue of the organization. He smiled & shook my hands at the entrance  and the pretty lady gave a welcoming smile and that sealed the "warm welcome". I entered the room and i saw 3 ladies seated and talking with each other. Now they were starring at me, i whispered a "helloooo" and took a seat . Remember the part of me getting bored very
easily ? Next 15 minutes started to amaze me yet bored me.But i have my own moments to keep myself entertained. For me the world is a "funny place" and i found their usual activities making me smile and at one time burst into a wider smile with laughter. ( This is what i do in places where i  find myself waiting for something to happpen). 
 
Then more ladies entered. I said to myself "aside from the man in jeans its going to be one big kitty party". Dont get me wrong, but they were married well settled and i, a single 37 year old surrounded by them. * big Gulp* ....Each of the ladies well dressed and affectionately &  instantly connected with each other and this was a pleasure to be surrounded between such friendship and comaradrie.
Mind transforms into matter, This is my belief. So i introduced the thought of enjoying laughing and sharing my wide knowledge with these participants. Bring the fun on !!!! Lo and behold, the pretty lady in the pretty indian dress kick started the session , introduced us to a lady who seemed to be"very high on life" I waited and awaited. The session started and the energy of this "high on life" lady filled the room with excitment. I was at total ease during the entire session, and not bored for a moment.  The moment i sensed there was a requirement for input from my side, I said my $0.2 cent worth statements.  There i discovered a lady who claimed she was diagnozed with cancer. Her face potrayed the fear of that diagnosis she was given. DAHYM !!!! time for me to make my statement to the group. Moments ago my $0.2 cent line was " it is not the event, its the meaning you give to an event" and i had to help  the lady and the group. I made a statement that  when you are happy, your cells are happy and the body starts to  make interleuken. which is a powerful anti cancer natural cure within the pharmacy of our own body when you are sad , then your cells are sad and they work sadly and this in turn effects and ensures the meaning you give to that event.
The session continued and i was surprised and glad to know they all clapped for me. * Big Gulp * and i thought everyone knew this?
Studies i have read say, interleuken is produced within the body when you really enjoy yourself. ITS NOT THE EXPERIENCE IT IS THE INTERPRETATION OF THE Experience. NEVER , EVER THE EVENT ITSELF. tHE EVENT HAS NO MEANING BY ITSELF.

To me, i have learnt and known enough to understand that a doctor's diagnosis of cancer does NOT mean anything at all, "Cancer is a name given to a specific discovery within the body, inside the blood and cells. Every body has cancer, its junk bad cells and its eliminated by the beauty of the body functionality. I strongly believe, when you laugh heartily and have lots of fun, your good cells within the body start their production. Happy cells start happy work which is elimination of the bad cells within our body. 
These are my own personal belief and not to be construed as any medical advice, I am a manager not a doctor.  
My advice, life is a field of infinite possibilities, with wide probabilities. Years ago i heard this line, if you take a watch to a man who owns a hammer, he is going to use his hammer on THAT watch. Dont blame him, but your watch will not be a watch for a long time. If you take your new car to a mechanic, he HAS to open the bonnet and its functionality has to be tinkered to HIS satisfaction, not yours. A watch repairman would never repair a watch to show the perfect time, thats his job which earns him money and you have to keep going to him often to get your precious watch repaired. If you visit a doctor, its either the doctor's interpretation or yours.
 
One time a surgeon /doctor told me i needed surgery for a 1 inch bleeding growth in the center of my chest. My mother who was along with me & she had to hear these words from the doctor " there is a possibility of cancer and its close to the heart. I will do a laser surgery and within 2 hours your son will be alright, no scars and medication to be continued .
This was more than a decade ago, in my college going days. Mom was scared and we immediately agreed to it. Minutes later my inner child said "he has a new laser machine which he has to use on me.. Lets skip this. try ayurveda try something else, try. Till date im glad to say no surgery and that growth is a miniscule protude somewhere on my chest. Till date no chest pain or anything. It didnt grow, it started disappearing because of the meaning i gave it.

Coming back to the session, we learnt how to drum, learnt a nice manner to get in touch with the inner child.
The participants were all nice folks, the trainer knew her job very well and was impressive. The people at ISRA did impress upon me and i got what i wanted from the workshop. I woke up this morning as a child and exactly like my child like behaviour. Thats when i felt the workshop was effective and gave me an urge to put this positing on my blog and make it a memorable read. Thank you.