Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Part 1: Life is a Journey from an Ugly ‘I don't know’, to a Beautiful ‘I don't know’

How do you create a stress free and violence free society? This is the question driving Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a globally registered spiritual and humanitarian who has spearheaded an unprecedented worldwide movement to bring about this very thing. 

We’re all born the same way, says Sri Sri. We all have an innate quality to connect with everybody and to maintain our compassionate innocence. Just look at children; up until the age of two they have this innate empathy and compassion which (sadly) diminishes as they age. 

If this is a manifestation of their cultural environment, what mechanisms can we put in place to prevent that change in behavior patterns?

“Nobody teaches us how to manage our emotions, how to manage our own mind. And this is where spiritual knowledge comes into play. It tells you how breath, body, mind, they're all related, and the mind can be changed.”

In this episode of Into The Magic Shop, Sri Sri shares his wisdom on the need to provide children compassionate, loving and caring role models, why we need to learn how to let go of insecurity in order to create happiness within ourselves, what we can learn from suffering (both our own and others’), and why we need to listen to our breath through meditation. 

“What really bothers us is a sensation in the body and the feeling in the mind. And breath is the intermediary. Using breath you can cleanse these so-called negative emotions.”

On today’s podcast:

• We are all born the same way
• Breath, body and mind are all connected
• Why affluence and happiness aren’t linked
• Learning from suffering
• Breathing is the link between body and mind