Find joy in life: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s guide to reducing stress

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Indian spiritual leader and wellness advocate Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who flew into Dubai last weekend, believes that those living in the post COVID-19 era are going through an unusual crisis where extreme temperaments rule.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/arts-culture/how-to-beat-stress-and-experience-the-joy-of-living-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-has-the-answers-1.1682938402466  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #SriSriRaviShankar #mentalhealth

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00:00Mental health is a very big issue in today's world.

00:04Unless and until we take care of this,

00:08we can't have a better society, a happy society, isn't it?

00:14I wonder how people could live with so much stress all the time.

00:18It's called hustle.

00:20Yeah.

00:21See, as a child, we used to get stressed, no doubt,

00:28but we could get out of it very easily, right?

00:31So this is what we need to know.

00:33We need to learn how to get out of stress,

00:37especially after post-Covid.

00:40Our youth seem to be swinging between aggression and depression.

00:45On one side, they get so depressed

00:48and suicide rates are rising so much.

00:52On the other side, there is aggressive attitude.

00:56The drop of the hat, you get upset, you get angry.

01:00So the root cause of all this is stress.

01:04And neither at home nor in school,

01:06nobody teaches us how to get out of the stress, right?

01:09This is where Art of Living comes into play

01:12and it is teaching people all over the world

01:15about techniques, tools and techniques to manage one's own mind.

01:20See, mental health is a very big issue in today's world.

01:25Unless and until we take care of this,

01:29we can't have a better society, a happy society, isn't it?

01:32It shows to people that how life could be very uncertain

01:36and you have to fight with an enemy which you have never seen, you see?

01:40You don't know where it's going to come, when it's going to come

01:44and what to do with the virus which nobody was familiar with.

01:48So in all these circumstances, situations,

01:51what is needed is inner strength,

01:53mental strength to endure.

01:55And that's what I have seen.

01:58And we were so busy, all our teachers were super busy in the whole time,

02:03taking care of society, taking care of doctors,

02:07taking care of medical professionals, nurses.

02:10They needed the most, you see?

02:12There is a joy that you get by getting things.

02:17You are given a present for your birthday and you are happy.

02:20And this is an infant joy, every child feels that.

02:23There is a greater joy, that joy that comes to you by giving.

02:28Suppose you are contributing to the environment.

02:31You are planting a million trees.

02:34Or you are taking care of a pond in your town or village,

02:40wherever, where it was not being looked after, you know?

02:45That gives you a greater joy.

02:48I would always say that this is the mature joy,

02:51the joy of a grandmother.

02:53See when grandmother cooks so many dishes when children come home, right?

02:58She doesn't do it for herself.

03:00So from the joy of grabbing and getting,

03:05there should be a shift to the joy of giving, contributing.

03:12And that's what we emphasize in Art of Living.

03:16We have a program for kids in that we give seven golden rules for kids.

03:22One of them is like this, you know, laugh and let go.

03:27Suppose someone insults you, don't sit and worry about it, you know?

03:33To cultivate a sense of humor

03:36and sail through those unpleasant moments in life.

03:42They are not there to attain peace.

03:44They have got the peace and they want to share it to others.

03:48There is a difference for people who are seeking for something more in their life.

03:54And there are those who have got relief,

03:58who have so much transformation in their life.

04:01They become so happy and they want to now spread the happiness.

04:11Art of Living

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