"Enriching the minds of youth", a spiritual talk was given by Ms. B. K. Shivani on 10th and 11th March 2010.

About the speaker: B. K. Shivani is a Rajyoga Meditation Teacher who has been studying spiritual knowledge and practicing the ancient technique of Rajyoga Meditation, as taught by the Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Mount Abu, for the past 12 years. She conducts motivational courses through seminars and television programmes.
B. K. Shivani completed her Electronics Engineering graduate degree as a Gold Medalist from Pune University in 1994, and then served for two years as a lecturer in Bhartiya Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Pune. Since 2007, she has been on-screen in India and abroad through the presentation of practical spiritual understanding on the TV programme "Awakening with Brahma Kumaris", which is being aired daily on Aastha channel in India, the United Kingdom and USA from a total of 160 countries in all 5 continents.
Her TV shows and interactive training programmes and workshops present a logical yet natural and comfortable way of adopting spirituality in life; all are offered as community service.
BK Shivani has traveled all over the Asia Pacific, UK, Africa and UAE conducting workshops and Live Television and Radio programmes.
She speaks on a wide spectrum of themes such as: Stress Free Lifestyle, Leadership Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Art of Right Thinking, Living Values, Exploring Inner Powers, Self Management, Harmony in Relationships and the Practical Technique of Rajyoga Meditation.

Enriching the minds of youth

IIT Kanpur, one of the most prestigious institutes of India, every year witnesses the inflow of some of the most intelligent students of the country. From outside the life of these students might appear perfect but the truth is that many of them are heavily burdened with fears, anxiety and peer pressures. Rather this holds true for most of the youth in the country. From a very young age he experiences stress, depressions, competition and myriad pressures resulting in a chaotic life.
To provide a meaningful insight into life, IIT Kanpur's Student's Gymkhana (GLDC) organized a talk on 10th and 11th of March by B. K. Shivani, a motivational instructor and teacher who has been studying spiritual knowledge and practicing the ancient technique of Rajyoga Meditation.
The talk was intended to change the perceptions of people towards spirituality, religion and way of life. These days many people talk about Spirituality but what is it, how can we practice it in our daily lives, how is it different from being religious and how can it help us to achieve all these wonderful things. These were the questions that she addressed to a jam packed audience.
Slight change in our thought process and everything changes drastically. It is our thoughts that determine our actions and these actions form the basis of our personality. She asked, "How many of you are still thinking about your day time work". Almost everybody raised their hands. Most of us live our lives either in past or in future but never in the moment. We often believe that we have no control over thoughts but that is untrue. Everybody was asked to perform a simple exercise meant for controlling the thoughts. It is important to learn from the past experiences but not to carry the baggage of our past with us which many of us do. Once we have realized the power of now our quality of life will tremendously increase.
The following day she interacted with the students addressing their concerns. Life of youth has never been so chaotic before. And the possible solution can be obtained only if faculty and students join hands and work in this endeavor. True leaders create new trends and never follow the already laid out path. We need to live our lives intensely and fearlessly and have strong belief systems.
The time might come when our society will become bankrupt of moral values. It is not because we do not love our values and principles. It is because we are in a hurry of attaining name, fame, money and power and in this hurry we are even ready to compromise on our values. It is the amount of salary that gives us satisfaction rather than the thought of earning it. But the real happiness lies in thoughts and not matter. The sooner we learn it the sooner our lives will become peaceful.
The talk ended with huge applause from the audience. The Student's Gymkhana is planning to invite her in future for several such lectures.