Live Satsang 7/14/21 - Wonder or Adbhuta Rasa

This month we explore the concept of WONDER or, in Indian Classical Art Adbhuta Rasa, one of the 9 human emotional states. We explore its roots, what it's key features are, what evokes it, why it's challenging as adults, its benefits and practical tips for infusing more wonder in your life, for the benefit of all beings. This one could change your life immediately!

Time stamps:

0:00-2:50 - Context for this choice
2:50 - 49:20 - Dharma Talk on Wonder or Adbhuta Rasa
49:20 - 1:10:00 - Soul Circle

Audio-only version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zN6RHh9ezHNuam3gLJVkpekXI5Oe8fgL

Book reference made by Gita (maybe for a book club this month?): Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life https://amzn.to/3xVYQzD

Practical Tips for Wonder:
1) Mindfulness Practices (meditation! and committing to being fully present)
2) Try new activities, expose yourself to new things, explore your comfort zone
3) Cultivate curiosity and playfulness, ask more questions
4) Keep a Wonder journal, share your observances with others
5) Spend more time in nature
6) Practice gratitude, can be part of your wonder journal

Journal Prompts:

1. What is something you recently experienced that made you feel a sense of wonder?
2. How can you incorporate more moments of wonder into your daily life?
3. Recall a childhood memory that filled you with awe. How can you recreate a similar experience today?
4. What are three things in your daily routine that you often overlook but can bring you wonder if you pay closer attention?
5. Describe a place you’ve never been but would love to visit. What about this place inspires a sense of wonder in you?
6. How does nature inspire wonder in you? Write about a time you felt awe in nature.
7. What role does curiosity play in your life? How can you nurture your curiosity more?
8. Think of a person who amazes you. What qualities about them inspire wonder?
9. What new activity or hobby can you try that might bring a sense of wonder into your life?
10. Reflect on a piece of art, music, or literature that has moved you deeply. What elements of it evoked wonder in you?