Power to Manifest - You Have it

Dear All,

Thank you all for taking time to go through my previous post. It was encouraging. Your feedback will enrich me further.

The other day my daughter was sharing one of her recent experiences. She wanted to change her mobile phone and kept on talking about it off and on. One fine evening, she called to share her joy that she had won a mobile phone in a lucky draw. 

Thereafter, I started reflecting on how my life has unfolded in the last couple of years. On a larger plane, my current reality of working as an independent behavioural facilitator and coach is a manifestation of my desire that I started nurturing over five years ago. On a smaller plane, the number of experiences of manifestation are numerous.

When I started thinking of what all has gone into my manifestations, I decided to share my insights.

We all want a perceptible positive change in our lives. The change may be in terms of career success, wealth creation, empowered relations, just to name a few. Then why is it that we miss out on many of those possibilities that make our lives fulfilling. 

Long time back I read a beautiful quote:

                                          "Everything happens twice"

First in thought and only then in reality. Look at any aspect of life and you will notice that everything that you are experiencing now was once only a thought.

It, therefore, emerges that what we want to manifest must first become a 'powerful thought'. Repetition is what adds power to a thought.

When you go to a restaurant, you are first offered a menu card to choose from. What you order is what is served. What do you do if something that is served does not match with your order. Return it, of course. Even if you want to consume it, that has to be your choice. You can not be forced to pay for it. You must have also experienced that if there is a deficiency in the product ordered, it could always be returned.

Similarly, we are all living in a COSMIC KITCHEN and there is a MASTER CHEF working all the time to serve our order. What we order is what is served. Say 'no' to all that is served without your order.

Another example is your visit to a super market. All the items are beautifully laid out. You pay for what you put in your cart. By the same design, all that becomes a part of your life is in some way opted by you. Stand up for what does not match with your requirement.

To create our manifestations, if we have to list the steps required, they will be:

          * ASK
          * BELIEVE
          * RECEIVE
          * GRATITUDE

From the MASTER CHEF, ask. It is only when we ask, it is given. We have a right to ask, all that we wish to. Whether it is possible or not is none of our business. How will it be arranged is again a question not worthy of our consideration. JUST ASK.

The second step is believe. We will need to believe what we are asking for will be served. Two important values that must be displayed at this stage are 'Trust' and 'Patience'. This is a major qualification step. This is a stage where our deservability is tested. Our mixed associations are a reflection of our lack of belief. An example of a mixed association can be:

'I want to progress in life but I do not want to go out of my present city'.

Affirmations have tremendous power to strengthen the belief.

That brings us to the stage of receiving. At this point, we need to display 'grace'. We are Divine beings and everything comes in our life with His grace.

Finally, express gratitude. Be thankful for all that is becoming a part of your life. Also, be thankful for all that is leaving your life. Things go out from our lives only to create space for new to come in. Connecting with my last post, I reiterate that gratitude is a powerful magnet that brings a lot of goodness in life.

What I have shared above can also be expressed as:

                                      Think About  -  Thank About  - Bring About

I will write about this sequence some other time. 

Sharing some quotes on Manifestation

'Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.' - Einstein 

'Reality is a projection of your thoughts or the things you habitually think about.' - Stephen Richards

My parting thought is:

In life, we do not get what we want. We always get what we are. 

It is a reinforcement of what I have shared above. We must first 'become' and that leads to getting what we want.

Wish you great manifestations.

Wishing you love and life,

Committed to MAD (Making A Difference)

Vikram

Gratitude - an Invitation to Life

Dear All,

I am resuming my blog writing, for two reasons. 

One, the deep desire to express myself more frequently and two, on 7th March, I set a goal (apparently small but big because of discontinuity) for myself in an informal coaching session with Mr Deepak Sahni (thank you) that I will publish my blog post before 12 midnight on Sunday, 9th March.

What shall be the theme of my writing? A million dollar question that I have been reflecting upon for the last two days and I zeroed in on

"GRATITUDE" or "THANKFULNESS"

Why this theme? I considered it apt because in the journey of last couple of years, I have learnt that gratitude is the mother of all virtues. My conviction increased after I read the book 'THE MAGIC' and did 28-day exercise suggested in it.

Do you want more good to enter into your Life? What is the easiest way to unlock the doors of abundance? Gratitude opens the doors for more good to just walk into your life. It sends an invitation to the Universe that you are a person who is not only noticing but also acknowledging everything happening in your life. Universe loves to respond to the powerful frequency of 'gratitude'.

What does gratitude do to people? After expressing your thankfulness to an individual, have you ever observed the facial expressions of that person? Why talk of any other person when the easiest way to assess that is your own self. What happens to you after someone says thanks to you? Does it bring a shift in your feelings? Does it bring a shift in your energy level? Does it bring a positive shift in your thought process? If yes, it is obvious that something similar is happening to others too. This shift automatically connects you closely to other human beings.

I have noticed that we all take many things in our life for granted. Am I right? Let me share a couple of examples. 

How about the sumptuous food that you eat every day? 
or clean clothes that you wear?
or cleanliness of the place where you stay?
or everything being in order in your office every day you go there?
or the continuity of internet service?
or service in a restaurant?
or garbage being cleared day after day?

The list can go on and on...

My view in respect of all that is happening in my life is: expect things to happen and when they happen, notice them, acknowledge them.

What to be thankful for? To illustrate the point, let us take the example of food once again. Have you ever wondered, who all might have made it possible for the food to be on your table? Before reading further, take a pause and mentally list. How big is your list? Let us match.

- the person who cooked
- the person who cleaned the utensils
- the person who brought the gas
- the person who brought the vegetables and other groceries
- the person who transported
- the person who offered to sell
- the person who serviced you in the store
- the person who grew the vegetables

and again, the list can go on and on... And remember, this was only about the food.

Start noticing every small thing which is making your life possible today and be thankful and observe what this simple yet profound practice can create in your life.

Towards closing, sharing a few quotes on gratitude.

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.”                      ― Meister Eckhart

A picture that sums it all:

To sign off - my encouragement to you is - Today what will you be thankful for? Please share your thoughts and feedback. 

Wishing you love and life,

Vikram

Daily Choices

Hello,

Today, I am sharing a quote I got to read in one of my mails. How strongly it conveys the message about making daily choices.

You don't have to win the game or the race to be a champion.
Actually, your only true competition in life is yourself.
If you strive to constantly improve,
to make each day better,
to make someone else's load a little lighter,
and make someone's day a little brighter,
then you will be living the life of a true champion.

~Jace Carlton

Two Options - going ahead

Hello,

I had mentioned in my previous post that there are two choices:

One, do what you enjoy

or

Two, enjoy what you do.

If we observe closely, we notice that the word 'enjoy' is used in both statements. The only place where there can be some difference is the nature of work.

Given a choice, all of us would like to be associated with that kind of work which we enjoy to do. However, this is a possibility available to a very small minority of population. In majority of cases, people are in the second category. It means that they are doing work which they do not really enjoy to do.

It continues and their productivity keeps coming down, there is disengagement from the organisation and ultimately, the organisation pays the price.

However, there is a ray of hope for such people also. To lead a meaningful and purposeful life, they must start discovering sources of joy in their existing work. How it uses one's potential, how it supports one's life, how it is useful to many others, how it is a significant part of a larger whole.

Deliberation on such questions opens the channel of thought which leads to finding a meaning in one's work. When there is meaning in the work, there is a feeling of joy and when there is a feeling of joy there is growth.

Getting hooked to one of the two choices mentioned in the beginning plays a major role in coming in harmony with the present. It is very significant because unless there is harmony in the present, how can one look forward to a better future.

Have a lovely today and beautiful tomorrow.

Wishing you love and life,

Vikram

Two Options

Hello,

Today I am just sharing a thought. Will add more to it in the next post.

There are two choices:

One, do what you enjoy to do

or

Two, enjoy what you do.

Wishing you love and life.

Vikram

Tying and Untying Knots

Hello,

I am feeling good that I am writing for the second day in succession.

One feedback I received on my yesterday's post was that

Half of our life spent in tying knots, rest in untying. Any way 'Life is like that.'

Is life really like that? I thought about it for a while and a new perspective emerged.

To me it indicates that the first half is spent on tying the knots. Since that is the time when humans have the peak of energy, the effort made in tying the knots is also extraordinary. Therefore, the knots are also a bit too tight. In the peak of energy, we are able to:

ignore them,

dismiss them,

overlook them,

discount them, and so on. But hardly make an attempt to open them.

However, life continues to inch forward. The same knots start becoming bothersome when we find ourselves in the midst of

poor health,

mental imbalance,

broken relationships,

stuck career, and so on.

Now we start noticing those knots. Now we want to open them all.

Do we have the energy? Do we have the skills required?

With the passage of time, energy levels start dipping. We also notice that we also lack the skills required. The reason for lack of skills is that we never made the attempt to learn them in the first place.

Does it mean that those knots will never open? I never said that. What it requires is:

A strong willingness to open them &

A readiness to work on oneself.

Because the knots are inside us and only we have access to open them.

Wishing you love and life,

Vikram

Life is Simple

Hello,

It has been a long time since I wrote. Why?

I was asking this question to myself. The answer was simple, like the title of this post.

It was a choice I was making. The only issue is - I was not aware of this choice and the time kept on going past, second by second.

Today I want to share a quote with you which I re-read in my diary - written more than two years ago.

It is:

Life is simple. We unnecessarily complicate it and to simplify it again, we use complicated methods.

Let us deliberate on this a little more. What is it that complicates life - it is what continues to go on in our mind, perhaps endlessly. Believing that thoughts have power, every thought that is not helping us, supporting us or nurturing us ultimately adds to complexity of life.

Thoughts are the seeds of our reality. More there is repetition of unproductive or waste thoughts, more they tend to gain power. We then start noticing realities that we do not wish to see.

When complexities of life increase, there is an inner demand to find some solution. Our search begins. We go here and we go there. We meet this and we meet that. We indulge in this or we indulge in that. We buy this or we buy that. All this done with a hope to find a way out or to find a way forward.

Does anything work? I have my own reservations about that. My understanding is that we need to find a solution where the source of problem is. When the source of problem is internal, how can external solutions work. Even if they appear to be working temporarily, how long will they sustain.

Since the access to the solution is available only to the individual, one has to work on himself or herself. That is why, time given to oneself is very significant. That will show you the way forward and the way out.

Loads of love and wishes

Vikram