Has this question bothered you ever? What is your soul urge. How are you going to leave a mark and how would that mark benefit mankind long after you are gone?
Paul Smith suggests in his book 'How to have an outstanding life' to plan 10 separate routes to travel along. These 10 separate courses of action will guide you to your final destination, what you want to achieve. He says, "May be you won't get to the end of some of your pathways, but that doesn't matter. The combined effect of all these pathways will be success."
The great path has no gates,
Thousands of roads enter it.
When one passes through this gateless gate
He walks freely between heaven and earth. ZEN
So I guess I am right when I try to find spiritual wisdom in sources from different cultures and religions to reach my goal. Yes, its true that at some point I see that I do not agree with the path, the source is taking me to; and I stop following it all the way. Even then, the knowledge did helped me overcome some hurdles and bends.
Showing posts with label life-purpose. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life-purpose. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Life is a holiday, you must go home afterwards
Life is a holiday. You can choose any holiday destination but you have limited days off and limited funds.
There is nothing right and wrong about any particular holiday destination or how you choose to enjoy your stay, as long as you remember that you have a job to go back to and responsibilities. There is nothing wrong with choosing the serene beaches around Woolgoolga, the theme parks of Gold Coast or Melbourne city as long as you are happy with that particular adventure.
Similarly, this life is for you to enjoy while it is there as long as you remember that eventually it must end and you must go back and report to your employer / creator / the God. There is no point in panicking about the holiday finishing soon and loosing your chance to be creative. Relax, its your time. You can do whatever you like or choose to try. Thats why in the "Notes from the universe" the author says "I am with you, but you must decide." Its you who is making the choices whenever there is a decision to make, to give shape to your dreams. God is with you helping you along. If you chose to stay and enjoy a beach setting or go Ice Skating thats Ok with God. Neither is better or worse, as long as you are happy and don't hurt others while enjoying yourself. So don't be afraid of making bold choices and never be guilty of enjoying it too much. That is what a holiday is about.
You have a responsibility though to make sure that while you are on holiday, your bills are being paid for the holiday and back at home. If you are a helpful kind of personality, even during your holiday, you will find someone to help. If you are a businessman, you will naturally be keeping an eye on making contacts to expand your business. We simply don't give up our work altogether or or personality traits while on holidays. We look for like minded people and enjoy their company. On the other hand we also look for people who do something totally different and do it well. We like to find more about how they do it and want to follow such people.
Same goes in religion. No matter what religion we belong to, we don't give-up our natural traits - anger, greed, lust, attachment and ego. We all look for people who are better at managing these problems and want to follow them. We aren't impressed by the preachers, we like to see 'how to' do something in action, that's the way we learn. So if you are thinking of preaching your religion to your kids, forget it. They will only do what you do. They have been watching you since birth. So don't be a hypocrite, it won't work in your favour.
The only way I have found to manage my natural traits is by knowing myself. I think Jesus said, "Know Thyself". To know myself, I need time with myself. Meditation is the best time to know myself - my feeling and my body. Knowing your body helps understand your feelings.
So sit in a comfortable posture and close your eyes.
Watch your breath. Observe how you are breathing. Is it rapid or slow, shallow or deep, light or heavy?
Did you note that you have a big white vertical tunnel going right through the middle of the body?
Try travelling up and down in this tunnel with each breath. Its a great game.
Nobody told you that inside your body is a big playground with unlimited space, did they?
Now you know, and now the adventure begins.
Want to know more? Read Saint Kabir's Bani in the Guru Granth Sahib to understand the mystery of your own body.
There is nothing right and wrong about any particular holiday destination or how you choose to enjoy your stay, as long as you remember that you have a job to go back to and responsibilities. There is nothing wrong with choosing the serene beaches around Woolgoolga, the theme parks of Gold Coast or Melbourne city as long as you are happy with that particular adventure.
Similarly, this life is for you to enjoy while it is there as long as you remember that eventually it must end and you must go back and report to your employer / creator / the God. There is no point in panicking about the holiday finishing soon and loosing your chance to be creative. Relax, its your time. You can do whatever you like or choose to try. Thats why in the "Notes from the universe" the author says "I am with you, but you must decide." Its you who is making the choices whenever there is a decision to make, to give shape to your dreams. God is with you helping you along. If you chose to stay and enjoy a beach setting or go Ice Skating thats Ok with God. Neither is better or worse, as long as you are happy and don't hurt others while enjoying yourself. So don't be afraid of making bold choices and never be guilty of enjoying it too much. That is what a holiday is about.
You have a responsibility though to make sure that while you are on holiday, your bills are being paid for the holiday and back at home. If you are a helpful kind of personality, even during your holiday, you will find someone to help. If you are a businessman, you will naturally be keeping an eye on making contacts to expand your business. We simply don't give up our work altogether or or personality traits while on holidays. We look for like minded people and enjoy their company. On the other hand we also look for people who do something totally different and do it well. We like to find more about how they do it and want to follow such people.
Same goes in religion. No matter what religion we belong to, we don't give-up our natural traits - anger, greed, lust, attachment and ego. We all look for people who are better at managing these problems and want to follow them. We aren't impressed by the preachers, we like to see 'how to' do something in action, that's the way we learn. So if you are thinking of preaching your religion to your kids, forget it. They will only do what you do. They have been watching you since birth. So don't be a hypocrite, it won't work in your favour.
The only way I have found to manage my natural traits is by knowing myself. I think Jesus said, "Know Thyself". To know myself, I need time with myself. Meditation is the best time to know myself - my feeling and my body. Knowing your body helps understand your feelings.
So sit in a comfortable posture and close your eyes.
Watch your breath. Observe how you are breathing. Is it rapid or slow, shallow or deep, light or heavy?
Did you note that you have a big white vertical tunnel going right through the middle of the body?
Try travelling up and down in this tunnel with each breath. Its a great game.
Nobody told you that inside your body is a big playground with unlimited space, did they?
Now you know, and now the adventure begins.
Want to know more? Read Saint Kabir's Bani in the Guru Granth Sahib to understand the mystery of your own body.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Emotion is the switch to God and DNA healing
Sick people generally wonder why they are one to get a chronic illness. I have always believed that we choose our own diseases by virtue of the emotions we hold in our body. Happy and loving emotions bring good health and long life and negative mentions bring illness.
Gregg Braden has explained how this happens in his audio book 'Beyond point zero'. He says that emotions we hold in our body create pressure in the body that determines which DNA cells are activated. Since positive emotions have higher vibrational frequency, positive emotions unlock more complex DNA. To turn on all DNA codes we need to have pressure on maximum number of pressure points. Compassion, he believes, touches most vibrational push points.
Greg further explains the difference between Emotion, Feeling and Thought. He says that Thought is the guidance system, Emotion is the the power system that moves the patterns of energy within the body and together Thought and Emotion create Feeling. He says that there is unique chemistry to carry each emotion. So what emotions you carry? How it might be affecting your body and mind?
Following website claims, "The one mystical key to unlocking your full potential is your vibrational energy. Every thought, every emotion, every belief transmits a measurable vibrational frequency. Clarity vibrates at the highest frequency."
http://www.chakramagic.com/solar_plexus.htm
Greg says that heart is the transformer made of seven layers of liquid crystal that perceives and sends the signal to brain. This is a great explanation. Most people believe that its the brain that sends the message to the heart and then the heart feels. Greg is right in saying that its the heart that perceives before the brain takes charge of the situation. You might have seen in drastic situations that you feel the emotion first and then ask yourself to pull your head together to handle the situation. Greg says, "Logic must be tempered with wisdom from the heart."
Gregg fosters compassion and suggests 3 codes of blessing, the positive, the negative and the witness (yourself). He asks us to bless three types of people - one's that are suffering, for they created the feeling of compassion in you. Secondly, those who perpetrated the crimes of making others suffer, for they were a part of that act which created compassion in you. Even though you don't condone what they did as right, you must acknowledge that they played a part in that event that created the feeling of compassion. Greg says, "Don't respond in polarity. Bless that which hurt you deeply. Acknowledge them even though you don't understand at this point why this happened. This is a blessing as it helps us change how we feel about it, to allow us to move forward and become available to love." Thirdly, you must thank yourself, the witness, for witnessing this event. He says, "witness without judgement, feeling without distortion and emotion without charge ..."
See the full details of Gregg Braden's audiobook 'Beyond point zero' on http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32003925
Guru Nanak says 'Gobind Bhao Bhagat Ka Bhukha' God is hungry for Loving devotion. All his life Guru Nanak spread the message to not worry about the nitty gritty of Yoga practices etc, rather focus on loving God and his creation by meditating on his name, singing his praises and on sharing your honest earnings with the needy and by doing good work for the community as God resides within his creation as well as outside it.
Guru Nanak also asks us to not judge others as 'Na ko Moorakh, Na ko Syana' - nobody is clever and nobody is a fool. 'Jit Ko Laya Tit Hi Laga' each person is only engaged in whatever he/ she has been made to engage in.
Guru Nanak is considered the prophet of the heart for he believes that the heart is the central point that helps you meet God.
As they say, "Ask and it must be revealed". In one meditation session, I was desperate (Emotion) to meet God and see what Guru Nanak saw that made him utter the word 'WAHEGURU' - Indescribable teacher / master. In this session, Guru Nanak revealed himself and then showed me God himself in my third eye. Straight from the God's eye two rays reflected to my heart centre where a lotus blossomed. The feeling of emmence love that I felt during this experience lasted months. During this time, I couldn't see anyone as a bad person. I loved everyone trully from the heart, no matter if it was a stranger, a person I previously hated or the loved ones. I trully loved them all without judgement. That was all not by virtue of my goodness, but a result of a powerful meditation experience that generated this feeling. I use to the first person to judge others and was quite proud of this skill. I no longer judge people as good or bad. I accept that they are here to fulfil a purpose and if they have hurt me, then I have a lesson to learn. They have their own lessons to learn that I don't need to worry about. For a person like me who had extreme difficulty forgiving people, its so easy now because of the understanding of how it works and the positive consequesces of forgiving others for my own health and spiritual growth. I do get upset with people but soon as I realise what I am doing to myself, I consciously forgive people for their actions saying "only if they knew a better way to deal with the situation, they would." I also bless them and myself that may God give us understanding.
Gregg Braden has explained how this happens in his audio book 'Beyond point zero'. He says that emotions we hold in our body create pressure in the body that determines which DNA cells are activated. Since positive emotions have higher vibrational frequency, positive emotions unlock more complex DNA. To turn on all DNA codes we need to have pressure on maximum number of pressure points. Compassion, he believes, touches most vibrational push points.
Greg further explains the difference between Emotion, Feeling and Thought. He says that Thought is the guidance system, Emotion is the the power system that moves the patterns of energy within the body and together Thought and Emotion create Feeling. He says that there is unique chemistry to carry each emotion. So what emotions you carry? How it might be affecting your body and mind?
Following website claims, "The one mystical key to unlocking your full potential is your vibrational energy. Every thought, every emotion, every belief transmits a measurable vibrational frequency. Clarity vibrates at the highest frequency."
http://www.chakramagic.com/solar_plexus.htm
Greg says that heart is the transformer made of seven layers of liquid crystal that perceives and sends the signal to brain. This is a great explanation. Most people believe that its the brain that sends the message to the heart and then the heart feels. Greg is right in saying that its the heart that perceives before the brain takes charge of the situation. You might have seen in drastic situations that you feel the emotion first and then ask yourself to pull your head together to handle the situation. Greg says, "Logic must be tempered with wisdom from the heart."
Gregg fosters compassion and suggests 3 codes of blessing, the positive, the negative and the witness (yourself). He asks us to bless three types of people - one's that are suffering, for they created the feeling of compassion in you. Secondly, those who perpetrated the crimes of making others suffer, for they were a part of that act which created compassion in you. Even though you don't condone what they did as right, you must acknowledge that they played a part in that event that created the feeling of compassion. Greg says, "Don't respond in polarity. Bless that which hurt you deeply. Acknowledge them even though you don't understand at this point why this happened. This is a blessing as it helps us change how we feel about it, to allow us to move forward and become available to love." Thirdly, you must thank yourself, the witness, for witnessing this event. He says, "witness without judgement, feeling without distortion and emotion without charge ..."
See the full details of Gregg Braden's audiobook 'Beyond point zero' on http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32003925
Guru Nanak says 'Gobind Bhao Bhagat Ka Bhukha' God is hungry for Loving devotion. All his life Guru Nanak spread the message to not worry about the nitty gritty of Yoga practices etc, rather focus on loving God and his creation by meditating on his name, singing his praises and on sharing your honest earnings with the needy and by doing good work for the community as God resides within his creation as well as outside it.
Guru Nanak also asks us to not judge others as 'Na ko Moorakh, Na ko Syana' - nobody is clever and nobody is a fool. 'Jit Ko Laya Tit Hi Laga' each person is only engaged in whatever he/ she has been made to engage in.
Guru Nanak is considered the prophet of the heart for he believes that the heart is the central point that helps you meet God.
As they say, "Ask and it must be revealed". In one meditation session, I was desperate (Emotion) to meet God and see what Guru Nanak saw that made him utter the word 'WAHEGURU' - Indescribable teacher / master. In this session, Guru Nanak revealed himself and then showed me God himself in my third eye. Straight from the God's eye two rays reflected to my heart centre where a lotus blossomed. The feeling of emmence love that I felt during this experience lasted months. During this time, I couldn't see anyone as a bad person. I loved everyone trully from the heart, no matter if it was a stranger, a person I previously hated or the loved ones. I trully loved them all without judgement. That was all not by virtue of my goodness, but a result of a powerful meditation experience that generated this feeling. I use to the first person to judge others and was quite proud of this skill. I no longer judge people as good or bad. I accept that they are here to fulfil a purpose and if they have hurt me, then I have a lesson to learn. They have their own lessons to learn that I don't need to worry about. For a person like me who had extreme difficulty forgiving people, its so easy now because of the understanding of how it works and the positive consequesces of forgiving others for my own health and spiritual growth. I do get upset with people but soon as I realise what I am doing to myself, I consciously forgive people for their actions saying "only if they knew a better way to deal with the situation, they would." I also bless them and myself that may God give us understanding.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Awareness of the purpose of life
I know this topic doesn't seem to fit he criteria of this blog, but in the big picture it does. I am curious about spirituality because even after achieving success in academic life, having a good job, beautiful children, and a famous husband, I still feel that somehow we are missing the point of living life. It could be my sagittarian nature that I get bored with routine and my curosity to know so much more about so many things.
The book "How to have an outstanding life/ Paul Smith" is an excellent book. It seems to give practicle advice but if you read the book and think of the philosophy applied to provide solutions, it almost seems like a religious book without any religious content as such.
On page 96 it mentions Self-awareness, smile and life. In the questionaire "Do you really know yourself?" the author asks
"What is the best thing about being alive?"
I don't know the answer to this question.
My whole problem in life is I don't know what I am searching for. All I know is that I am searching for some answers. I am not satisfied that one should try so hard to succeed in life, only to die. If life is precious then why am I wasting most of my life doing mundane routine jobs, which do not change anybody's life. For example, why do people iron cloths? Some times, I like to dress up for myself, to feel good, that is a good reason to iron them. But I am talking about most other times. How does that fit in the big picture. How does that affect the life on earth, 100 years from now? Is that going to achieve something for long term use, for the betterment of mankind or the planet? There are million other paid jobs in today's world that fall in this category of needless jobs from the long-term point of view. I think the current credit crunch will somehow answer that question and set things right. We are so engrossed in money making that we don't have any time to contemplate on why we are living and what is most important? Capitalism and consumerism has blinded us. We shop and buy stuff for no reason or for momentary pleasure. Have you noticed the stuff in two dollar shops, observed our dress-up parties and the trivia nights. How does that useless knowledge benefit anybody?
The funniest thing is that the people living in developed nations with dollars that have the capacity to buy just about anything, with high standards of living, low unemployment, no hygiene problems, clean water, beautiful natural heritage and less population are the one's with high stress and suicide rate. Why are they stressed more than those living in poor conditions with no future? The whole lot doesn't make any sense. On page 88 of the book mentions above, the author says that stress is a mental problem and suggests to get physical. That might be why poor nations don't stress, they don't have time to worry as they are busy doing physical work, to earn some money for the day. He also suggests increasing body awareness as step 1 in self-hypnosis for success. Meditation also starts with the body awareness and awareness of the breath.
The book "How to have an outstanding life/ Paul Smith" is an excellent book. It seems to give practicle advice but if you read the book and think of the philosophy applied to provide solutions, it almost seems like a religious book without any religious content as such.
On page 96 it mentions Self-awareness, smile and life. In the questionaire "Do you really know yourself?" the author asks
"What is the best thing about being alive?"
I don't know the answer to this question.
My whole problem in life is I don't know what I am searching for. All I know is that I am searching for some answers. I am not satisfied that one should try so hard to succeed in life, only to die. If life is precious then why am I wasting most of my life doing mundane routine jobs, which do not change anybody's life. For example, why do people iron cloths? Some times, I like to dress up for myself, to feel good, that is a good reason to iron them. But I am talking about most other times. How does that fit in the big picture. How does that affect the life on earth, 100 years from now? Is that going to achieve something for long term use, for the betterment of mankind or the planet? There are million other paid jobs in today's world that fall in this category of needless jobs from the long-term point of view. I think the current credit crunch will somehow answer that question and set things right. We are so engrossed in money making that we don't have any time to contemplate on why we are living and what is most important? Capitalism and consumerism has blinded us. We shop and buy stuff for no reason or for momentary pleasure. Have you noticed the stuff in two dollar shops, observed our dress-up parties and the trivia nights. How does that useless knowledge benefit anybody?
The funniest thing is that the people living in developed nations with dollars that have the capacity to buy just about anything, with high standards of living, low unemployment, no hygiene problems, clean water, beautiful natural heritage and less population are the one's with high stress and suicide rate. Why are they stressed more than those living in poor conditions with no future? The whole lot doesn't make any sense. On page 88 of the book mentions above, the author says that stress is a mental problem and suggests to get physical. That might be why poor nations don't stress, they don't have time to worry as they are busy doing physical work, to earn some money for the day. He also suggests increasing body awareness as step 1 in self-hypnosis for success. Meditation also starts with the body awareness and awareness of the breath.
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