Om Shanti, my name is Sonal Kaushal and I have come from Mumbai. I am feeling very good after coming to Mount Abu. I came here for the first time 5 years ago for the Christmas Carnival, a programme for kids where I had to perform for the kids. I am a voice artist and I voice cartoon characters.
Now I have come here for the IT retreat. I received a message from Shivani Didi that there is a retreat going on and would you like to join. Now I had no idea what would happen in the retreat, what would we teach, what would we get done. I had no idea what would happen.
And our life has become very fast, very busy. So, taking out 4 days is the first thing. On top of that, I have a 2-year-old daughter, leaving her is the second thing. But these two things came to my mind, and I said without thinking that if Shivani Didi has said it, then I have to do it. And if she is saying something, then it is very good for me. So, I said yes to her.
And when I came here, I definitely had a motherly feeling in my mind, so it felt like I had left my child. But after listening to her, and after listening to our Didi and Bhaiji, I don’t have any worry thoughts for my child. I know that she is good, she is with my parents, she is absolutely fine, and
I am giving love thoughts to her, not worry thoughts.
And I am absolutely fine, I am not worried about her at all. And all this, I think, is because of the sessions we have attended.
I feel I am a soul, and I am giving vibrations to other souls. Today, we attended a session about digital awareness and digital wellness, which was so nice. Today, the biggest problem is that we are feeding children food, but we are also feeding them content through their eyes. Nowadays, in every house, children are watching TV or phones while eating food, which is very poisonous.
And this is in our own hands. If we introduce it, only then it becomes a child’s habit. A small child doesn’t know about screens. If parents introduce screens at 6-9 months, then the child learns it. So I feel introducing it at such a small age is very bad, and it will be even worse in the future.
Today, Bala Bhai told us a lot about digital wellness, which is so important. Overall, I felt very good coming here. I have been here for 26 hours now, but it feels like I have been living here for so long. In our normal day-to-day life, we do so much physical work. But coming here, we haven’t done regular routine work, yet it feels like we have done so much work because we are working on the mind.
I have felt very divine coming here. And I feel like I have to come here again and again. So, a huge thanks to all the ladies and men who are here, who have told us so many good things.
And to all the people who are watching, I feel it is an amazing experience. And if you get a chance, please go to the centres around your house and become a good soul.
Om Shanti.
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