About Me : Coach and Founder
I am a professional transitioning from full time active work into consultancy.
But in many ways, I am like you. I too had questions about life. And I started asking them at the age of 17. And I was not satisfied with the stock answers parents, society, tradition and religion had to offer, as they simply did not make any sense. Does this sound familiar ?
I too had to learn the hard way. This curiosity led to years of reading and questioning; taking me to Plato, Freud, Fromm, Ayn Rand, Buddhism, Stoicism, Gita, Quran etc. I practiced hypnotism, telepathy and had a brief stint with Hare Krishna movement etc. And I ended up a very confused young man.
When I was 22, these activities took backseat as I actively pursued my career, leading to 35 years in Banking, Industry and International Trade, out of which few years were spent outside India. I have presented papers in international conferences in Europe and Middle East.
In the last 18 years, I mixed my work and regular international travelling with daily meditations, participating in programs for spiritual growth, and regular stays in Ashrams and Monasteries. My extensive travels to the interior and far flung areas of 25 countries gave me opportunities to connect with people, various religions and belief systems.
My voracious reading had continued throughout. With reflective and deep contemplative thinking supported by meditation, and with experience and maturity, the very philosophies and texts that had confused me earlier, started making more sense and I started separating the very profound from the very pedestrian.
I realised that youngsters tune out whenever dogmatic views are given to them by parents or elders. They may listen out of love and respect for parents and traditions but they DO NOT find these explanations compatible with reality and their world view. Being a father of two young boys, I was aware of this growing schism between the generations.
In 2001, during a 3 [Three] week stay at an Ashram, I reflected and meditated on the fundamental questions of life, looking for answers that would be acceptable to the modern generation and address the inherent contradictions of life. I felt the need to develop such a perspective especially, as my two sons who were then in their early teens, had started asking such questions.
During these meditations, the concept and the structure of the PYRAMID Workshop arose from an awareness that all the important questions of life are capable of being illuminated by the critical and analytical approach characteristic of Philosophy, and by direct consideration of questions of value.
Given that background, my views have been built on the synthesis of my experience of life with elements of Indian and Western philosophies and Eastern mysticism.
This is not a religious idea. This is not a doctrine. It is simply a perspective that is very unique. It can make a major impact in your life as vouched for by some young persons in the Testimonials.