Just do it!

I once attended another discussion called "Is life a Game?" The Speaker had a charismatic way of putting it across to the listeners. But at that time it did not hit me. I knew I needed to look at life as a game but somehow missed something and I knew it. Life should be like playing a game, every situation converted into a point scoring one. When you are playing any game, what do you do? You just play and do everything possible in your ability to kick or hit the ball in the right direction. And then it hit me my life is no different than a game.

Any situation which I come across needs my best shot. My aim is the goal post or the boundary line or an ace. If I have scored it, good, if not I need to move on. There are lots more balls to play. In any game you need to be focused to smell the victory. When you loose your focus then the opposition wins. Once you have put in your best but still the shot is not yours then you need to re-look at your skills and strategies as far as the games are concerned. But as far as the life goes you need to re-look into your self, the inner self.

How does one become a better player?

By being in touch with your inner self every moment. This way there is always a victory inside. Contented and Completely Satisfied with yourself.

"Just do it!"

Party time

When do you decide it is time to celebrate? Birthdays, anniversaries, promotions, engagements, marriage, etc., right? I am sure you will all agree that this is just a yearly celebration, monotonous and nothing much happens but to grow older physically by a year. There’s nothing special about getting older. It takes no effort. It just happens!

Besides, it’s just a temporary means of satisfaction or happiness, very short lived. And you are always counting the number of days left to be happy again. Even shopping or getting dressed to attend a party is just temporary teasers to make you feel high for a while. When the effect is over you are left craving for more. Now you must be thinking I took all the fun out of your life... Think again!

I feel the celebration should be more towards inner growth. Celebration should be when you grow older spiritually.

Everyday we discover new things about ourselves. You could be wiser than you were yesterday or the day before that. Or physically fit than you were last year. Sounds weird? Take for instance a weekly family togetherness. What do you think happens there we are celebrating doing the dishes together cooking, cleaning, gardening, dinning, dancing, sharing, playing, driving, sharing funny stories, having pillow fights, role playing and simply just being together… what do you suppose all this is? We are celebrating the growth within. And when there is a growth within the celebration comes naturally. You don’t plan, it just happens! And you don't need a particular place to have these kind of celebrations, you can have it anywhere. Needless to say you could be celebrating everyday.

As far as the birthdays, anniversaries etc., are concerned you may not anticipate for it every year except for the few initial ones. But where as going inwards is something which you would want to do each and every day because you know how important it is to have fun and be happy even when nothing exists around you.

What’s more you don’t have to spend lots of money on food as you can eat or not eat anything and wear soiled clothes. Overall, who cares about how you look? All that counts is fun, fun and more fun.

And who decides about your inner growth and wishes to have a party...? You. So I guess if you want to party all night each night only solution is go inwards and grow like the sea weeds. That’s all time I have everybody… Got to go PARTY!

I am my own Holy Man

"I am my own holy man", I said to Paul, my husband after I read this book ‘The Holy Man’. He said, "Exactly, then you have no expectations from anybody what so ever". So true.

This gave me a big cookie which my brains have been waiting to chew on. I attended a discussion once called 'Breakdown to breakthrough'- ‘why bad things happen to good people’, was a great inspiration to this topic. The speaker made me realize that every time we face a problem we need to look at it by stepping away and that’s when things happen miraculously. It is the same as "detachment". It doesn’t happen overnight, one has to be aware of it to practice and silently meditate…

In the book "the holy man", there is a grieving man who has lost his wife and the thought of not being able to see her again was unbearable. The holy man says, "you are lucky she did not separate from you, in that case you would have to suffer the added pain of rejection. Now, all you have to do here is ‘give her back’. She never was yours, nothing you have is yours and you have to give everything back. Only you are yours". This is a different way of looking at detachment, when you are dead and gone. But how do you detach yourself from others while still alive and yet enjoy and love and play and rejoice in everything that comes your way…? Well one way to look at it is - just imagine the whole world is a huge stage and all of us are actors. All you need to do is while talking, be aware that you are delivering a dialog, while eating or any other activity just watch yourself doing that activity. To put it differently 'you are your own audience'! It gets very exciting while you are doing this. Why restrict it only when problems beset you, carry it on and apply it each and every minute you are here whether there are problems or no problems.

You are your own listener. You don’t need anybody to view your problems for you because the most valuable inputs come from within you. When you are listening to your inner voice then you are in total control of your emotions and you will start slowly seeing yourself as you want others to see you. You can cry when you want to cry, laugh when you want to laugh, be a mad man/woman when you want to be and not bother about the world.

In this state the detachment just happens… effortlessly. But when you get involved with yourself and others or problems that you face or when that awareness disappears then nothing is under your control and you find yourself crying instead of laughing and the whole script and the dialog delivery is messed up. And then when the curtain closes all you have is regrets for yourself. So its never late, all you have to be is "be aware". Wake up to the awareness in you... Wake up to the "Holy Being" within you... Wake up to the "Spiritual Being" within you.