Q. 241: Gurudev, how to enhance receptivity?

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

If you are listening but the mind is still somewhere else then there is no receptivity. When your mind is clogged with too many ambitions, it does not listen properly if the subject is not linked with your ambition. Even if it is related, it goes on a day dreaming trip. It listens to one sentence and goes on a trip.


For e.g. if someone has an ambition to become a Chief Minister and he is told that you have all possibility of becoming a chief minister the mind immediately goes on a day dreaming trip. So simply listen, just listen. Also if your mind is stuck with so many thoughts then also the perception is low. Another reason for alertness of the mind to reduce is vaata de-arrangement or kapha imbalance.


When the mind is bombarded with sensory stimuli then also it is not receptive. Have you observed after watching a three-hour movie if someone tells you something you say, ‘Tell me later on.’ To enhance receptivity what to do?


Silence, Pranayama, proper food, less ambitions in the mind will all help. If you like a topic/ subjects then you tend to be receptive towards it. Teenagers often face a difficult phase in life when they have to choose a subject - Math, Computer Engineering etc and if someone is good in all of these subjects then it creates even more trouble.


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