The art of personal communication This World is such a babel of tongues!

On a daily basis, millions and billions of people communicate around the world using varied interfaces and mediums. What is so important in Communication? Communication is a medium which has utmost importance in our lives. Without communication, we humans would be monumental horrors of a pre-historic era! Yes, Communication is the key that unlocks the visages of our potential thoughts, actions and behavior. It determines our social standing and distinguishes us from other species. Communication can be expressed while Writing or talking; and more passively while reading or listening! In every single humanic action, Communication remains an integral part of our lives. So why do we not communicate properly? Why do we use communication for merely an effortless exchange of information - more practical and official? Half-baked and impotent? Our lives have become so un-meaningful and monotonous. Somewhere down the aisles of survival, humans have forgotten the art of personal communication. This isn't a run down on honing your professional communication skills. This is an excerpt that talks about knowing the art of personal communication that is inherent in all of us. How do we bring forth this dormant talent in ourselves? What is so important in "knowing" this art of communication? It's importance lies in the fact that the art teaches us to build relationships. In a selfcentred world of today, building relationships can be very daunting! Imagine yourself having an excellent rapport with your neighbour/ colleague/ relative/ friend/ foe/ parents/ siblings etc. etc.....Picture yourself being at ease of your surroundings, people, inhibitions, fears and karma. All this is possible if you truly communicate with each other on a more humane level. For once, lose the practicality of life behind and surrender yourself to the strings of your heart! Let any communication you do, have no boundaries and limits set by your mind! Be it the anger that nails the tenterhooks of your heart or the unrelenting pain of your shy demouner. Use this art of personal communication to vent out bottled emotions and cleanse your thought process. How should you begin cultivating this art? Easy! If you haven't already understood it. The best way to cultivate the art is to say, do, write and listen to what you feel strongly about! Since childhood we are told how to speak and what to speak? What to say and what not to say? The do's and don't in our life stunts our growth. These do's and don't limit us to a cockpit. We stop seeing what is beyond the horizon and we become the proverbial frogs in the well! Imagine, if i would limit my thought to communicate. I wouldn't be writing this excerpt in the first place! The reason why you are here and reading this is because Im able to connect with your deep-rooted and inner-most thoughts. I'm able to hold your attention because what Im writing somewhere within you makes sense. I'm creating a bond between us as i write! This is the true art of personal communication!

This form of art is not superficial or laced with candy. Even if you have anger in you, you must express it in its natural format and mode. The way it germinates in your mind, heart and body. Why talk about just anger? Any emotion like Love, Hate, Jealousy, Admiration etc. should come out the from your depths in its natural form. Never mind on the repercussions, retaliations and reactions thereon. You will yourself notice the difference! We free ourselves from bondages and learn to truly communicate! Each one of us carries an aura around us. I read a book that talks about our aura in more detail. Our aura fluctuates from time to time. When we are not open to a true communication, our aura disintegrates. On the other hand our aura is the strongest when we communicate our true feelings to other people. The book interestingly points out that every person we meet in the path of life is destined to meet us! We relate unconsciously with every human being that we meet (irrespective of the nature of the meeting). There is a preordained destiny in the background working its way to bring people in our life who would change the course of our lives in some way or the other! How we interact and communicate with these people is upto us. This statement may sound philanthropic, however, we can't deny that destiny in our lives makes us meet people we never imagine meeting up with.So why don't we communicate with people more openly and more personally? Why do we shut the doors to our destiny? Think about it! So next time, when you meet your neighbors/ colleagues/ and the list is endless. Dont just limit yourself to say a quick "hi" and "bye. take some time out to communicate. Come out of your self-centred code of practicality! -Amit Anand Talent Acquisition-ELS Kalkaji