Padmashree Santosh Yadav shared...

I am thankful to The Bhawanipur Education Society College (BESC) for providing an opportunity to the students to hear to Padmashree Shrimati Santosh Yadav.She entered Bhawanipur College at around 3:20PM and BEites observed and listened to the leader.

When you observe a Padmashree awardee and the other people around, you get to feel the difference.The difference is not at all of the status but a difference of human nature,a difference in the freedom experienced;a whole new divine perception.The more you observe and think,the wiser you become.

Fortunately I observed and listened to her since 11 in morning and in breaks I also observed the other people.Her message and memories made an impact on everyone's mind.Though the youth might have felt dejected at her delivered statements but for a learner there was a lot to learn.

Now see what Padmashree Shrimati Santosh Yadav shared.

The main thing which one could easily observe is that she experiences the joy of nothingness.
She said the moment she was just a foot away from peak,she got reminded that how could she step on and conquer mountain. She has enough respect for nature.Thereby she felt divinity in mountains,she was at a neutral state with no feelings and finally her knees bent and her forehead touched Himalayas and she chanted Gayatri Mantra.She had no words to express the joy of nothingness.Thereby she asked people to follow minimalism. To remove unnecessary things from life as it deprives one from full energy content.

She beautifully explained each of her wise point with scientific reasons.

One of the schools in Kolkata honoured her giving a bouquet of flowers.She just refused it and asked students to promise her that one would never disturb the nature,the energy flow, the nation and thereby the economy.She was a student who loved economics.So she made her statements keeping economy in her mind.

She experienced the joy of getting disconnected and being connected with the Supreme.She asked us to have a giving attitude.She said she was just interested in gaining knowledge.She didn't study in English medium school but her five brothers did.To which she said that those were the circumstances. There was not at all a gender bias.She wanted to study so she left home at the age of 14 and joined hostel.She never felt jealous of her brothers or people around her,instead she used to get inspired from them.She had no goals of making a world record.Her only mission was to see world happy.She said happiness generates when there is peace and peace comes from sanskriti.

She used to wake up early,study her subjects and then she used to read English newspaper so she gets well equipped with language. These  habits turned out to be a blessing for her.She learnt English and she got to know about world around her which helped her crack UPSC examination in first attempt. The other benefit was she got good quality oxygen supply early in morning which helped her in her mountaineering career.

She said, though she was from a rich family, she travelled by bus and saved the only Rs 500 with which she had begun her journey.She used to walk and cycle, save her money and become fit.

She said we have to keep a check on our karmic account and be happy with ourself.She asked us to keep "samarpan bhaav".She said to have patience and keep smiling.She said thoughts play a major role.Our thoughts have to be positive and we must live a simple blissful life.

She shared a lot more than this and there is a lot more to learn from her,but to me retaining the flow of unlimited thoughts  in mind is a joy in itself. So putting an end to expressing in words the live scenario that was in front of me.

With Padmashree Santosh Yadav at BESC