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The problem with waiting is that I can’t do it indefinitely. There was a yearning to do “something” at least. Reading up various articles and browsing their website umpteen times brought me to settle at Inner Engineering. I wanted to experience the advanced programs actually, but for that "Inner Engineering" was a pre-requisite. So I thought, let me take the first step and do that.
I got to know that they schedule IE from time to time at various locations across Bangalore. The nearest center for me from the listed ones was Jayanagar. I vaguely remembered that months ago I had been browsing the website and had come across an IE course in Marc School of Business which is like a stone’s throw from my home. I had at that time come to that website as our neighbors (who were not his fans, BTW) had mentioned him and I had no clue who he was. At that time I had just glanced through the site n sent them the link for the program saying, "Hey look, your fav is conducting a course here." I hadn't even bothered to go through the program details. Cut to now, I was hoping that the program would be scheduled at the same place once again. I used to check the website every day if it was updated. But I could not find any upcoming IE courses there and I pushed the thought aside as a one-time event. By now I had made up my mind to do IE, come what may. So the only options left were Jayanagar and Coimbatore. Each of these had its own pros and cons. But Coimbatore wasn’t really an option in the practical sense, at least at this time.
Then one day near the end of January, I saw the IE program scheduled for March 2016 and in Marc. Wow, what luck!!! I could not stop smiling for the rest of the day :). I had a few questions about the program and wanted to know more about it before going ahead. Luckily there was a number mentioned in the program listing and I immediately called up. It was not reachable. Same story the next day too. I waited 3 days to call again and this time, a volunteer received and replied that she was out of the station and would call me with the details once she was back in town. I had run out of patience by now, so I filled up the form on the web portal.
It was Fearless’s school day (13th Feb) and we had just gotten home after the function. Since Fearless was tired, he had his dinner and went straight to bed at 8:00 PM. We too decided to sleep early for a change. I was just lying down and remembered that I had not brought my mobile to bed (I usually put it on airplane mode and keep it near me for the morning alarm). Ashwin was already asleep. I got up to get my mobile and was about to put it in airplane mode when I got a call from an unknown number. It happened to be an Isha volunteer’s call. He had seen my web registration and since I had mentioned that I had some questions, he patiently answered them all. I confirmed his name again and saved his number so that, god forbid, if he too forgot to send the payment details, I could call up and pester him. Or, if I end up with some other volunteer, I can tell them that I spoke with so-and-so (out of habit after talking to so many call center people). Turned out, I was worrying unnecessarily. I got the payment details the very next day and within the next 2 days, I had done the payment and gotten the confirmation too. I was elated.
Exactly a month later, March 16-22, I took the Inner Engineering course. Every paisa was worth it.
More details about IE in the next post.
The problem with waiting is that I can’t do it indefinitely. There was a yearning to do “something” at least. Reading up various articles and browsing their website umpteen times brought me to settle at Inner Engineering. I wanted to experience the advanced programs actually, but for that "Inner Engineering" was a pre-requisite. So I thought, let me take the first step and do that.
I got to know that they schedule IE from time to time at various locations across Bangalore. The nearest center for me from the listed ones was Jayanagar. I vaguely remembered that months ago I had been browsing the website and had come across an IE course in Marc School of Business which is like a stone’s throw from my home. I had at that time come to that website as our neighbors (who were not his fans, BTW) had mentioned him and I had no clue who he was. At that time I had just glanced through the site n sent them the link for the program saying, "Hey look, your fav is conducting a course here." I hadn't even bothered to go through the program details. Cut to now, I was hoping that the program would be scheduled at the same place once again. I used to check the website every day if it was updated. But I could not find any upcoming IE courses there and I pushed the thought aside as a one-time event. By now I had made up my mind to do IE, come what may. So the only options left were Jayanagar and Coimbatore. Each of these had its own pros and cons. But Coimbatore wasn’t really an option in the practical sense, at least at this time.
Then one day near the end of January, I saw the IE program scheduled for March 2016 and in Marc. Wow, what luck!!! I could not stop smiling for the rest of the day :). I had a few questions about the program and wanted to know more about it before going ahead. Luckily there was a number mentioned in the program listing and I immediately called up. It was not reachable. Same story the next day too. I waited 3 days to call again and this time, a volunteer received and replied that she was out of the station and would call me with the details once she was back in town. I had run out of patience by now, so I filled up the form on the web portal.
It was Fearless’s school day (13th Feb) and we had just gotten home after the function. Since Fearless was tired, he had his dinner and went straight to bed at 8:00 PM. We too decided to sleep early for a change. I was just lying down and remembered that I had not brought my mobile to bed (I usually put it on airplane mode and keep it near me for the morning alarm). Ashwin was already asleep. I got up to get my mobile and was about to put it in airplane mode when I got a call from an unknown number. It happened to be an Isha volunteer’s call. He had seen my web registration and since I had mentioned that I had some questions, he patiently answered them all. I confirmed his name again and saved his number so that, god forbid, if he too forgot to send the payment details, I could call up and pester him. Or, if I end up with some other volunteer, I can tell them that I spoke with so-and-so (out of habit after talking to so many call center people). Turned out, I was worrying unnecessarily. I got the payment details the very next day and within the next 2 days, I had done the payment and gotten the confirmation too. I was elated.
Exactly a month later, March 16-22, I took the Inner Engineering course. Every paisa was worth it.
More details about IE in the next post.
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