“Mindfulness needed for Digital Wellness” – BK Sudesh, Germany
Mysore ( Karnataka ): “In today’s world of hectic activity, people are getting easily addicted to the use of gadgets. Although there are a lot of advantages of such electronic gadgets, people are losing focus on human touch in relations, which has resulted in deterioration of family values. Therefore, it is inevitable that we use our gadgets judiciously and discreetly,” said BK Sudesh, Senior Director of Brahma Kumaris Centres situated in European countries. She was speaking after inaugurating a workshop arranged by the Brahma Kumaris on “Digital Wellness” at Gyan Sarovar, Hunsur Road, in Mysore. Located in Hamburg, Germany, BK Sudesh is an experienced yogi of 63 years and is one of the instruments in spreading the Brahma Kumaris movement in the western world.
“While utilizing the discoveries offered by science for the betterment of communication systems, we have to be mindful about the ill effects caused by over dependence on them. For this we have to hone our minds and refine our thinking so that we inculcate divine virtues in our day to day work,” she added.
BK Bala Kishore, VP, Transformation, SEARCE Software, Hyderabad, the main speaker of the day, gave a presentation on techniques to enhance your digital well-being. He said that cleanliness is a part of wellness. Apart from keeping our body clean, as far as possible the mind also should be kept free of junk thoughts, so that we are light inside also. Everyone uses a mobile. But our lifestyle must be monitored in such a way that we use it only when we need it. Otherwise our brain will get automatically trained to control our thought process. Parents must be especially aware that children should never be bought smartphones, as they will become slaves of these instruments. Bala Kishore gave demonstrations of how to better our lifestyle and save ourselves from the bondage of mobile phones.
D. Sudhanva, CEO, Excel Soft Technologies, Pvt. Ltd.; B. Shivashankar, Chief Executive, SJCE-STEP; and M. Hemantha Kumar, Associate Manager, HR, Thoughtfocus, participated as guests in the inauguration.
