The art of stillness

Note - this article was written a long time back. 
Note 2 - sorry for not posting for 2 weeks, the reason being my phone was cancelled, my warden was angry! 

The Art of Stillness! 

I stood there, infront of the shower cold turkey 5:00 am in the morning. My whole body shouted, screamed and begged, every part of me said no !! Did i listen to them ? No. As the first few drops of the freezing water approached me, they looked like asteroids approaching the Earth to destroy it to it's last few shreds. But really they weren't approaching to destroy but to create. 
Cold showers, sounds boring and simple but only few know what it can do to an ordinary being trying, struggling to change, improve and thrive. 1 year ago i came across this art of stillness while surfing on the internet, in search of motivation, and i came across this peculiar looking tough habit devoloped by a lot of successful men. As my alarm started buzzing, i tried putting an end to this cruel tool made by mankind to destroy dreams, but i failed. 

So that's how I ended up taking cold showers every day for the last 3 months. it was good ! Really good. So let me share you tips and results of this insane daily ritual. 

Why ? 
The first question everyone has on their minds is why. This ritual seems obnoxious and useless. So here are are few points why ! Just remember i'm not going to bore you with scientific stuff. 

1. It will make you strong. 
See its obvious by now, it's hard to take cold showers, and most fail because the path is difficult, full of boggey traps. And if you do end up doing it every day, then man it's obvious it making you stronger. Mentally and physically till some extent. This rigidness you feel with be transmitted to many other sectors of your life, subconsciously! 

2. It will make you happy
When you do something insanely hard it will ofcourse make you happy. You will get an insane amount of dopamine released in your body which will last for minutes and not seconds! This dopamine will improve your mood and productivity every morning. So by taking cold showers you can make your morning super productivity. Students could use this time to study new concepts, busy people to work on their passion and improve hobbies lost because of the hustle and noise of the world. Just think about it, silent and calm morning, fresh and energized you ! Seems like the Romeo and Juliet to me.

So now it's clear the benifits why not talk about how to achieve this goal ! 
Some practical tips, no rubbish. 

Tip #1 Just do it 
Yeh! Like the Nike thing. Just do it. When you hear that alarm ! Don't think ! Just wake up and go open the shower. Don't waste time thinking. See the mind of loves pleasure and it will give you 10 reasons why sleeping is better. But it isn't. This tip sounds weird and i know but it is true. I myself was trapped by my mind for the first few days of trying but then quickly i realised my mistakes  

Tip#2 fail and fall 
Failing is the most natural thing that can happen. And don't think after weeks of successfully taking cold showers the failing stops, one day you wake up, its raining outside and it's cold. Your mind speaks and it's over. The streak, the happiness everything. But at that moment don't pull yourself down, just remember that it happens, it happens to the best of us. But all we can do is try again. 

Tip #3 solitude is the way 
This ritual is weird and out of the norm. So when you approach people with this idea of morning showers changing lives you will surely seem like an insane person. This person who you might share it with, let's call them 'x' won't be going through what you are, and won't have the knowledge and information about the topic like you do, neither the burning fire, nor the motivation, so x will give you a response something like this " you'll probably get sick" or "it sounds basic and i don't know how it might revolutionise a person". See people don't get it, and they never will. And we humans being social creatures feel a stab within, when someone doubts your idea it's like a drop of black ink dropping in a plain white surface disturbing every particle. So don't tell anyone. Do it and feel the changes in your daily life ! 


I hope this daily simple ritual will help you become a greater person. 


- neil 
a small extract from a great idea 



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