In a world driven by materialism, India provides a refreshing outlook on how to live life. Most Indians follow a faith of some kind, and the country has the lowest Internet usage on earth. This is a land of nature, yoga, meditation and good curry!
It’s also home to some of the world’s most beautiful birds. Peacocks take time to develop their colourful feathers, which are rattled by males to attract a mate. Some scientists say the females like the males, because they resemble blueberries! The world’s largest flying birds build nests on the ground, and will even kill snakes, in order to protect theier chicks.
Embracing Simplicity for Happiness
Simple living does not require how-to books in India. Due to culture, faith and sometimes poverty, it’s the way of living anyway. Most people own own what they need, and enjoy good company and food, and spend a lot of time in prayer and meditation. People are more likely to commune with God in a temple, than send an email!
The Role of Community and Relationships
You’ll likely know if you have any Indian friends in England, that family bonds are huge. Many generations of the same family live under the same roof even here (a good idea of ‘extended homes’. For people in debt, if families get on, people could sell all three individual homes and end up with a nice big family home, no mortgage and free baby/pet/granny sitting on tap!
Spirituality and Inner Peace
Yoga and meditation are not fitness trends with PVC yoga mats in India. This is the real deal. When yoga came to the west, it came with many ego-driven gurus who have since found to have been abusive. But real yoga that was born here is about not having an ego. Go back to the real roots of yoga, and you’ll learn to live in inner peace.
Many people in India are vegan or vegetarian, simply for spiritual reasons. Hindus believe in karma, so they don’t want to ingest the fear of a slaughtered animal, nor have ‘bad karma’ for causing suffering.
Although cows are sacred, in some areas free-roaming animals are half-starved and get hit by traffic in the cities, so things are not perfect. By some rivers, some street dogs have turned blue, from drinking polluted water from local factories, that use chemical dyes to turn denim jeans blue, for the west’s fast fashion industry.
