Being in the present | Yoga of Immortals | Ishan Shivanand
In this Hindi mindfulness discourse, the speaker draws on the ancient instruction of Dronacharya (धृणाचार्य) to Arjuna, urging him to focus solely on the eye of the living being as a path to achieving his goal. The talk then parallels this teaching with a modern metaphor: the mind is likened to a circus juggler constantly tossing balls labeled past, present, and future. This constant juggling fragments attention, preventing true focus on the task at hand. The speaker emphasizes that even a slight lapse—a dropped ball—causes the entire set of thoughts to scatter, leading to loss of direction and failure to reach objectives. The overall message is a call to anchor awareness in the present moment, eliminating mental multitasking to maintain clear, single‑point focus.
