RENEW yourself and your life !

Here is something I learn today. There is another one that will follow as I have to still grasp it. This one was great. I hope it helps.


R = RELAX release the fear doubt worry etc and clear the space
E = EXPECT have total faith in the process . Confidently expect that whatever you see feel affirm and claim within will manifest without
N = NOTE note what you don't want and then note get really clear what you do want
E = ENVISION Vividly imagine vizualise the desired outcome as if it already happened get right into it. FEEL it in every cell
W = WITHDRAW release the vision into the ether with total faith it will manifest suspend all doubt and WATCH, LISTEN AND FEEL. TRUST intuition to guide you on the path of least resistance

That's RENEW !

Try it my friends, it works. Need a bit discipline but it works.

Reality vs. Perception

Lately I have been facing a lot of questions pertaining what is reality. Not that I am any expert on that subject but as I like to, I tried to put my mind to at least understand the question.

I have always said, before trying to find an answer, see if you understand the question in the first place.

So on reality, I was pondering for few days. Is it what we believe is reality or what we refuse to believe is reality? I cut my self while preparing some meal. It hurts. That is reality? Or because I believe, since I am cut, it hurts, that is reality?

No I don't mean to say that if I start believing it won't hurt even if I am cut, will become reality.

I realized that there is a very fine yet distinct line between what is reality and what is perception. this distinction is that unchangeable border that stops our progress and evolution.

Some examples to be considered.

There are people, and many of them, who lead a miserable life. If you enquire with them, they always someone or something else to blame their misery to. Seldom they take the responsibility of their own affairs. Their reality, is their perception that life is not going to improve for them. Loss of motivation, self esteem and self respect. There is no love for life or gratification of being alive and able. Constantly complaining and doing nothing about making change. Is it real?

There are some other people, very few, who irrespective of the circumstance, have a brilliant smile on their face. They may be suffering from deep pains, emotional or physical, but rarely let it spill out. They bring goodness around. They bring hope to living. Usually this people sooner then later, do succeed in their lives. Very few of them. Where is reality in their world? That pain or the that smile?

This led me to another aspect to think and ponder upon. The 'power of intent'.

One can make changes, cross that fine definitive line between perception and reality and lead a life which is more fulfilling. The power to change misery in to joy. Power to convert sorrow in to happiness. To convert tears in to laughter. Yet not forgetting the reality, that pain is inevitable. Just like death.

The important aspect here is that of self conciousness. Tricky word this conciousness is. Every time I used this word in my conversation or writing, people suddenly gave a unnecessary intellectual/philosophical 'high' importance to the event. Suddenly they start 'behaving' differently. Unfortunately so many spiritual teachers and gurus have used this terminology so loosely now that it has lost it's simple meaning.

The word conciousness once again takes you back to the fine definitive difference between reality and perception. So given the understanding of conciousness, in terms of understanding the reality versus perception, I find it is rather easier to work with ones own conciousness. For a moment, set aside the belief, the knowledge, the education, the opinion and the suggestions from outside, and you will see your own conciousness clearly. You will that distinctive fine line that separates your reality from your own perception.

Once you see this, you will also realise that your perception is also part of your reality. Mind boggling isn't it? Well I am still working on this concept and also on 'power of intent'. Someday soon I am sure I will have much clearer picture and much simpler words to express.

Reflection of Mirror

What would you see if you were to hold a mirror in front of a mirror? Will mirror reflect mirror? If it will what will it show? What can we see? Does mirror show the real picture even in absence of light? How do we know?

Some questions that cropped in my mind last night. Some may say silly questions and some may just argue that it is possibly result of beer. Well still the questions I find very intriguing.

I don't know the answers to any of them but would surely like to know. Someone who can give a simple answer without explanation will be great. I don't want to know why it does or doesn't.

Mirror probably one of the most neglected and yet very powerful tool that we have in our everyday life and we have ignored it. Right from ancient times in China when they used it for warding off bad energies or focusing good energies to a spot, to modern time designers who cleverly place mirrors to create a feeling of a larger space.

I am particularly fascinated by mirror for its power of showing the reality. Funny thing is, we hardly even use it. Everyday, I am sure all of us, at least once, looks into mirror. Checking hairs, brushing teeth, shaving, dressing ... so many things. No one has spent time with this immensely useful tool for self empowerment.

Try this, sit in front of mirror and stare at yourself. Start with 5 times 10 seconds. Gradually increasing the staring time and length. Caution, do it in sitting position only. You are allowed to stare only and not turn your head or neck. While you do this, also think about the question asked above.

If any of you get an answer, do comment here.

In Search of Perfect Dream

In fact the title is a bit misleading but it would surely bring some attention to this article. Indeed the title should have been 'In search of perfect aspiration'. But that still won't justify the content. Well I will leave it to you to decide what it should be. If someone would like to recommend something please do comment/email me.

It's been long since I last posted and there is a reason for it. I was on a search mission to find that perfect aspiration or perfect dream. For this, I had to stay away from my comfort zone. I had to walk the streets and talk to strangers and do all sorts of things.

What I was looking for, cannot be well expressed but let me try. Every one of us has this little dream, tucked away somewhere underneath our grown up mature mentality. This grown up mature mentality is also contaminated and influenced by a lot of materialistic things. So in an ordinary conversation, if you were to ask someone what is their deepest desire, they would come up with something very shop able. Something that could be bought by money. Things like a dream home, dream vacation, dream clothing, dream car etc.

I was not and I am still not looking for such silly answers. I wanted to know, what really they desired. Their childhood dream, their kiddish ideal, their innocent aspiration to achieve when they grew up. I can tell you mine. Once I wanted to be driver for good old fashioned steam locomotive. Don't ask me why, but I really fancied that. Over the years of growing up it changed to diesel locomotive driver and then pilot and then doctor. Many such ideas caught my fancy and just like the craze for new toy dies out, so did all this dreams and aspirations. In fact eventually I was thinking like most others. Expensive cars, fancy houses and all that.

Today, when I look at it, I find it a bit disturbing that no one wants to be ordinary any more. I talked to kids and all they wanted to become was one of those super heroes on cartoon network. Do excuse my ignorance but I can't remember all the new tongue twisting weird super hero names of modern times.

Someone will say there is nothing wrong with it. I agree but my point is not that. My point is, how ordinary it is to aspire to become a locomotive driver or fire fighter or cab driver against becoming non existing fictional characters. I feel its reflection on immaturity of the society as a whole that we have become. In my opinion, it is a complete intellectual and emotional deficiency, suffered by the society as whole. Society, be it that little neighborhood, the suburb, the town, the city, the nation or in that case the entire world.

Past few months, spent in search of that perfect dream / aspiration brought me nothing more but sadness. Then again, the only comfort I could give to myself was, times are changing, so go with the flow. As I was concluding my search, on the last night, sitting at an street side eatery in Bangkok, waiting for my food, there came hope. A boy of 12, probably part of the family that was preparing and serving food, came to me, with curiosity and in his limited English, asked me where did I come from.

Possibly he had seen an Indian man eating at his joint for the first time. I encouraged him to talk to me in English, by extending the conversation. We had really fun chat for that evening. During all this, I had completely forgotten my mission. But the point came up on its own, naturally. He asked me what do I do. It was impossible for me to explain my profession, so to keep it simple, I said I am a writer. Soon after he wanted to share his dream. He shared his aspiration with me, but that was in Thai and I could not understand what he meant. For those who don't know, my skill with Thai language is terrible.

In all that effort to understand what he wanted to be, he finally ran off and brought a picture to show me. He wanted to be cab driver. I had thousands of questions flashing my mind. I wished I could speak Thai and ask him why he wanted to be one and share his aspiration but couldn't. In way I was glad I couldn't since it saved a beautiful dream of an innocent child from being subject to scalpel of intellectual postmortem.

I was happy to see that at least some do still aspire to be ordinary. Aspire to become just ordinary has become so uncommon now a days. But such events give me hope and keeps my faith for future. On that note, I conclude this article. Suggestions of title are still welcome.

Three Monkey Syndrome

In my younger days, I was taught the lessons learnt from the famous 'three monkeys'. I always wondered, how come we have to learn from monkeys? Aren't we supposed to be more intelligent than them?

Well never challenged the authority and still I don't. I have realised that it's better to find your own simpler ways of understanding life rather then conforming or confronting the established belief system.

In modern times I see people suffering from something that always took me long to explain. By the time the explanation was over, listeners and readers would loose interest.

Last night, I had inspiration that gave me the following interpretation of the three monkeys in modern times. Rather then they representing wisdom, they represent the lack of it. They still remain the wise monkeys but by mocking what we are doing, these monkeys are reflecting our mistakes and the pain that we suffer from that. So here is the new interpretation:

Original :

The monkey with mouth covered: Speak no Evil

The monkey with ears covered: Hear no Evil

The monkey with eyes covered: See no Evil

My Version:

First of all I call it as the "Three Monkey Syndrome". All those who are suffering can be labelled as suffering this three monkey syndrome:

The monkey with mouth covered: I won't express my true feelings

The monkey with ears covered: I won't listen to the message from Universe

The monkey with eyes covered: I won't see the reality

Well this inspiration is pretty new and I guess I will need to refine it further more. Till then, hope you enjoy this different interpretation of three monkeys and maybe contribute towards refining it and making it more contemporary.