Keeping State

The trip to Dortmund was a very valuable experience, especially because things didn't go as well as in Hamburg. This made me realize what to do when things go wrong, because I experienced that I just didn't know how to react to certain situations at times.

But it's a great learning experience, make new mistakes every day and learn from them is a good way to live and to grow.

So now I'm back here at the ashram and we're starting TTC. Yea can you believe it, TTC stands for Teacher Training Course which is way heavier than CLP.

Not everyone got to be on TTC, but I made it, and to be honest, I'm not suprised.

I just know I'm fit for this kind of thing, it's that simple. Recently not everyone has been taking responsibility in the way we would like it to be, so last night and this morning there was a whining session as I call it.

Fortunately, I missed the whining session of last night because I was doing something else which I'm not gonna share in detail, but you can take my word when I say I was having a blast and I was so happy to know that I missed a bunch of bullshit while having fun.

August and me were talking yesterday night about how some people are not really getting the point of all of it. They're so obsessed with giving 100% and taking responsibility and more importantly, looking if other people are just as devoted as they are. And that's when they get frustrated because other people, in their eyes, are not doing as much as they are.

So are you gonna be grumpy because of that? Lose your state over something you have no control of? This morning when people started complaining again, I asked - with a big smile on my face - why people were being annoyed. Then I took a drum and started playing, some people got so annoyed with me! They were saying like "oh my god we're in a session and you start playing, you're really not getting the point!" to which I replied "I think you're not getting the point, why aren't you smiling?".

You see my dear friends, most important of everything is to not lose state, whatever you do. Keep smiling, cause why wouldn't you. If something doesn't go the way you like it to go, don't complain, but fix it. Either by just accepting the situation or changing it, in this case supporting those who have more trouble than you with taking responsibility.

And don't see work and fun as seperate things, but combine them. And most important of all, don't take everything so goddamn serious!

I was telling August that we should have The Joker as an additional teacher here in the ashram, then all those grumpy faces might get enlightened and start to get what life is about.

I mean, was there any reason to do this whole Yes We Can program if you're just gonna be less happy than you were before?

Life is all about having state, when you're in state, you can make anything happen. And we all know we can't always win, that's why wanting to win all the time is only gonna make you miserable. It's not about the result, it's about how you play the game that's called life, and the strongest are those who keep their state even when they lose. And at that point you realize that you haven't really lost anything, because you got nothing to lose other than your state!

So TTC starting today, it's gonna be tough, but I can do it, so I will do it.

I love this stuff, and I'm learning more and more everyday. Oh and before I forget, Isaac is now officially Sri Sri's right hand, our teacher Kamlesh said so at least, and I got pictures to prove it!

How awesome is that?