Sunday 31 May 2015
LIVING IN ‘NOW’
Today on my beautiful early morning walk, I came across a friend of mine who had finished her walking and was standing gazing at something. With a warm smile, lot of enthusiasm and loudness in my voice, I greeted her good morning, but she stood there staring in the infinite. I thought maybe she didn’t hear me and came few steps back, and greeted her again, waving my hand in front of her eyes as if to bring her focus on to me or to get her out from her trance state. She was so astonished and asked Hey! What a surprise! When did come you? Sorry…. I was so lost in thoughts about all the problems going around me and didn’t notice. For a moment it felt as if only the physical body of hers was standing in front of me, but the mind is somewhere else.
This is not only with my friend, this happens with most of us when we are eating, driving, talking, multi tasking with any work, we are completely occupied with en number of things running in the back of our mind. This makes me think, Are we living our moments? Most of us look back at our past years and think how we want to see our future, with that accordingly plan our present. But of all, if I ask what is on your mind now? The answer could be something like, thinking of the meeting that I have with my boss today, wife/husband’s birthday tomorrow and thinking what should I give, my child’s parent-teacher meet in school, need to take permission from the office for a half day leave …..and the list can go on…..and on ….ooooon
This is not only with my friend, this happens with most of us when we are eating, driving, talking, multi tasking with any work, we are completely occupied with en number of things running in the back of our mind. This makes me think, Are we living our moments? Most of us look back at our past years and think how we want to see our future, with that accordingly plan our present. But of all, if I ask what is on your mind now? The answer could be something like, thinking of the meeting that I have with my boss today, wife/husband’s birthday tomorrow and thinking what should I give, my child’s parent-teacher meet in school, need to take permission from the office for a half day leave …..and the list can go on…..and on ….ooooon
That doesn’t mean we don’t have awareness but these awareness is for the tomorrow that is still to come or about things related to days gone by and in it lost is the awareness of just being now and here. On top of it, awareness gets mixed with thoughts, feelings, emotions which give raise to labeling, judgments and interpretations. In other words, Awareness gets attached to strings which give raise to tensions, restlessness and stress.
Awareness can be explained in many adjectives such as consciousness, realization, understanding, attentiveness, grasp, alertness, wakefulness, Knowledge. When we are just an observer to awareness that comes for ourselves, others, situation, events and just float with it, that’s the pure awareness. Many a times when things come to our awareness we start introspecting, reasoning it, and looking at things in deeper way. We do say, the meaning of life can be deepened with high awareness but at the same time, awareness with lot of thinking and over whelmed sense of perception can lead to days and days of wandering with the same thoughts and can be chores. Awareness of just being in now keeps us grounded, drops our emotional baggage being carried further and making us live moments to the fullest…….
Let’s embark our moments to ...... “NOW and HERE”
Awareness can be explained in many adjectives such as consciousness, realization, understanding, attentiveness, grasp, alertness, wakefulness, Knowledge. When we are just an observer to awareness that comes for ourselves, others, situation, events and just float with it, that’s the pure awareness. Many a times when things come to our awareness we start introspecting, reasoning it, and looking at things in deeper way. We do say, the meaning of life can be deepened with high awareness but at the same time, awareness with lot of thinking and over whelmed sense of perception can lead to days and days of wandering with the same thoughts and can be chores. Awareness of just being in now keeps us grounded, drops our emotional baggage being carried further and making us live moments to the fullest…….
Let’s embark our moments to ...... “NOW and HERE”
Priyanka Padhi
Maintaining and Balancing Emotional Hygiene
Today there is no picture post or news on Clear Thoughts Clinic. Today there is something that just comes as clear thoughts to me!
I had read a quote of Buddha which says "All we are! is the result of what we have thought"...... And also days back, my mentor and my guruji Dr.Prashant said, take responsibility of everything that happens around you, even of the drought in desert or floods in any other countries. This kept me thinking how I am creating all these........
The cycle of human's behavioral life runs on the wheels of Thoughts-Feelings-Actions. And this goes for everything and everybody: Self and others! And to understand others, we have to understand Self first and it also applies for, to heal others we have to heal ourselves first….. Now the question lies in how do we heal ourselves and what we have it to heal others? Why could it affect anything “Out there”? As many of us go through Anger issues, Health, Relationship, family, marriage, children, parents, confidence, self esteem, work related issue…… name any amount of issues.
Now time to open the secret, which is…There is nothing called as “Out there”- everything that is happening is in your MIND, it is all “In there”. Everything you hear, every person you meet, every experience that you go through is the experience of your mind. So you are responsible for everything that you think and also that comes to your attention. It means that you are also able to clear it, clean it and through Repentance, Forgiveness, Gratitude and love to Change it. And amazingly this is the Secret to change things. Just Following four steps of power of mind. It doesn’t matter which steps comes after which. But there has to be feelings and willingness to do so.
Step 1: Repentance – I’M SORRY, as I mention above, you are responsible for everything in your mind, even if it seems to be “out there.” Once you realize that, it’s very natural to feel sorry. When you know something in my consciousness has created that idea. I’m so very sorry that someone I know has a broken bone that I realize I have caused. This realization can be painful, and you will likely resist accepting responsibility for the “out there” kind of problems until you start to practice this method on your more obvious “in here” problems and see results. So choose something that you already know you’ve caused for yourself. As I mentioned earlier, Over-weight, Addicted to nicotine, alcohol or some other substance, anger issues, health problems. Start there and say you’re sorry. That’s the whole step: I’M SORRY. Although I think it is more powerful if you say it more clearly: “I realize that I am responsible for the (issue) in my life and I feel terrible remorse that something in my consciousness has caused this.”
The cycle of human's behavioral life runs on the wheels of Thoughts-Feelings-Actions. And this goes for everything and everybody: Self and others! And to understand others, we have to understand Self first and it also applies for, to heal others we have to heal ourselves first….. Now the question lies in how do we heal ourselves and what we have it to heal others? Why could it affect anything “Out there”? As many of us go through Anger issues, Health, Relationship, family, marriage, children, parents, confidence, self esteem, work related issue…… name any amount of issues.
Now time to open the secret, which is…There is nothing called as “Out there”- everything that is happening is in your MIND, it is all “In there”. Everything you hear, every person you meet, every experience that you go through is the experience of your mind. So you are responsible for everything that you think and also that comes to your attention. It means that you are also able to clear it, clean it and through Repentance, Forgiveness, Gratitude and love to Change it. And amazingly this is the Secret to change things. Just Following four steps of power of mind. It doesn’t matter which steps comes after which. But there has to be feelings and willingness to do so.
Step 1: Repentance – I’M SORRY, as I mention above, you are responsible for everything in your mind, even if it seems to be “out there.” Once you realize that, it’s very natural to feel sorry. When you know something in my consciousness has created that idea. I’m so very sorry that someone I know has a broken bone that I realize I have caused. This realization can be painful, and you will likely resist accepting responsibility for the “out there” kind of problems until you start to practice this method on your more obvious “in here” problems and see results. So choose something that you already know you’ve caused for yourself. As I mentioned earlier, Over-weight, Addicted to nicotine, alcohol or some other substance, anger issues, health problems. Start there and say you’re sorry. That’s the whole step: I’M SORRY. Although I think it is more powerful if you say it more clearly: “I realize that I am responsible for the (issue) in my life and I feel terrible remorse that something in my consciousness has caused this.”
Step 2: Ask Forgiveness – “PLEASE FORGIVE ME”, don’t worry about who you’re asking. Just ask! PLEASE FORGIVE ME. Say it over and over. Mean it. Remember your remorse from step 1 as you ask to be forgiven.
Step 3: Gratitude – Saying “THANK YOU”, again it doesn’t really matter who or what you’re thanking. Thank your body for all it does for you. Thank yourself for being the best you can be. Thank God. Thank the Universe. Thank whatever it was that just forgave you. Just keep saying THANK YOU.
Step 4: Love – “I LOVE YOU” this can also be step 1. Say I LOVE YOU. Say it to your body, say it to God. Say I LOVE YOU to the air you breathe, to the house that shelters you. Say I LOVE YOU to your challenges. Say it over and over. Mean it. Feel it. There is nothing as powerful as Love.
That’s it. Simple and effective practice for Emotional Freedom! And this is what we can mention as Unconditional Love for self and others. This can be practice by saying it to others if you wish to express them or just practice in your head or mind with self awareness.
That’s it. Simple and effective practice for Emotional Freedom! And this is what we can mention as Unconditional Love for self and others. This can be practice by saying it to others if you wish to express them or just practice in your head or mind with self awareness.
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