I think one special point in connecting to intention is taking risks. One might have to take terrific risks – risks that might pay off either way. But if we trust in the Universe sensing that it is the Universe itself that is sending us opportunities to fulfill our intention, maybe things can work out wonderfully.
The ways of the Universe are unique in beautiful ways beyond our cognition.
Anything is possible if we just BELIEVE and have faith in ourselves, our dream and the Universe!
Just vented out a thought…. J
Friday, February 1, 2008
What exactly is the "NOW".....
Only the present exists. We are always drifting in the present. The past and the future are illusions, complete illusions.
My cousin Teja says, “The present is an ungraspable moment of….” Yeah, but why? We are always in the now. Which moment existed when we were not in the now? When I eat dinner, I am. I just am and I am eating dinner.
We cannot live in the future and the past. Try it. Can you live in yesterday? The table in front of you, these trees, this laptop, they exist now. We can control only one thing – the present.
Then what did, “the present is….” mean?
There is something called thought. This thought or ego or whatever is not I. Is not you. It does not dwell in the now.
We keep thinking of the past and the future. Observe your thoughts for one day and you will see that most of it is spent in thinking about the past and the future. Comparison of the present with the past and the future destroys its beauty. We are always lost in thinking. And the more we think, the more we delve into the past and the future. And the more we delve, the more the present becomes an ungraspable…..whatever.
I say, we have it right here and right now – the power to enjoy the present.
Look at the laptop keys, look at the bottle. Freedom from over thinking can fill our life with happiness because it is right here right now!
We cannot control the past. It is over. Over means over. He insulted me. Gosh! Yes, that’s true. She rejected me. Wow! Am I denying it? The point is this: Only now exists and in the now there is no pain – never.
We may think of future events as being dangerous or fear-inducing or preposterous and in most cases that is what will come to pass. I f we keep thinking about something for a long time, it happens – I swear by it. But if we concentrate on the now, even a terribly difficult and fear inducing moment will seem wholesome. Because fear can exist in the past or the future – in the now, only beauty exists.
When we keep thinking about the past and the future – our past becomes our future.
Where is the newness of life then?
Every moment is new. Today I will have hundreds of moments I have never experienced before. And that’s wonderful. And I’ll miss them all if I am lost in thinking about what will happen and what was.
No – now does not mean no goals – no plans – no learning from the past. It means letting go of the past and creating the future. Visualizing something wonderful in the now, as if it is happening now can actually create a future.
Now you may say I am contradicting myself and maybe I am or maybe I am not explaining well enough but I have no explanations. Sort of not clear myself I guess…J
I think I’ve written a lot. Maybe it makes sense. Maybe it is above sense (or below it J). But right here right now, life rocks and so does Meghu!
Cya J
My cousin Teja says, “The present is an ungraspable moment of….” Yeah, but why? We are always in the now. Which moment existed when we were not in the now? When I eat dinner, I am. I just am and I am eating dinner.
We cannot live in the future and the past. Try it. Can you live in yesterday? The table in front of you, these trees, this laptop, they exist now. We can control only one thing – the present.
Then what did, “the present is….” mean?
There is something called thought. This thought or ego or whatever is not I. Is not you. It does not dwell in the now.
We keep thinking of the past and the future. Observe your thoughts for one day and you will see that most of it is spent in thinking about the past and the future. Comparison of the present with the past and the future destroys its beauty. We are always lost in thinking. And the more we think, the more we delve into the past and the future. And the more we delve, the more the present becomes an ungraspable…..whatever.
I say, we have it right here and right now – the power to enjoy the present.
Look at the laptop keys, look at the bottle. Freedom from over thinking can fill our life with happiness because it is right here right now!
We cannot control the past. It is over. Over means over. He insulted me. Gosh! Yes, that’s true. She rejected me. Wow! Am I denying it? The point is this: Only now exists and in the now there is no pain – never.
We may think of future events as being dangerous or fear-inducing or preposterous and in most cases that is what will come to pass. I f we keep thinking about something for a long time, it happens – I swear by it. But if we concentrate on the now, even a terribly difficult and fear inducing moment will seem wholesome. Because fear can exist in the past or the future – in the now, only beauty exists.
When we keep thinking about the past and the future – our past becomes our future.
Where is the newness of life then?
Every moment is new. Today I will have hundreds of moments I have never experienced before. And that’s wonderful. And I’ll miss them all if I am lost in thinking about what will happen and what was.
No – now does not mean no goals – no plans – no learning from the past. It means letting go of the past and creating the future. Visualizing something wonderful in the now, as if it is happening now can actually create a future.
Now you may say I am contradicting myself and maybe I am or maybe I am not explaining well enough but I have no explanations. Sort of not clear myself I guess…J
I think I’ve written a lot. Maybe it makes sense. Maybe it is above sense (or below it J). But right here right now, life rocks and so does Meghu!
Cya J
The Little Prince
These are quotes from a book I read a while ago....Its a wonderful book. Its called "The Little prince"...
1. When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.
2. ... It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
3. "It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important."
4. Conditioning makes men think in a certain way only. It imposes the concept of familiarity and the fear of trying out what has never been done.
5. It makes us complicate things. All things are simple.
6. "Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far . . ."
I, alas, do not know how to see sheep through the walls of boxes. Or maybe I do.
Kill the bad baobabs as soon you see them.
In your small being, you can have any thoughts about anything at any time. You can see the sunset whenever you want to.
10. It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
11. He had taken seriously words which were without importance, and it made him very unhappy.
12. The little prince never forgot a question once he had asked it.
13. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom
14. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
15. It is a little lonely in the desert . . It is also lonely among men.
16. Words are the source of misunderstandings.
17. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose . .
18. No one is ever satisfied where he is.
19. "Only the children know what they are looking for," said the little prince. "They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry . . ."
20. The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.
21. "What makes the desert beautiful," said the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well . . ."
22. "Men," said the little prince, "set out on their way in express trains, but they do not know what they are looking for. Then they rush about, and get excited, and turn round and round . . ." "It is not worth the trouble . . ."
23. "But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart . . ."
24. But when one flushes does that not mean "Yes"?
25. One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed . . .
1. When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.
2. ... It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
3. "It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important."
4. Conditioning makes men think in a certain way only. It imposes the concept of familiarity and the fear of trying out what has never been done.
5. It makes us complicate things. All things are simple.
6. "Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far . . ."
I, alas, do not know how to see sheep through the walls of boxes. Or maybe I do.
Kill the bad baobabs as soon you see them.
In your small being, you can have any thoughts about anything at any time. You can see the sunset whenever you want to.
10. It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
11. He had taken seriously words which were without importance, and it made him very unhappy.
12. The little prince never forgot a question once he had asked it.
13. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom
14. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
15. It is a little lonely in the desert . . It is also lonely among men.
16. Words are the source of misunderstandings.
17. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose . .
18. No one is ever satisfied where he is.
19. "Only the children know what they are looking for," said the little prince. "They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry . . ."
20. The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.
21. "What makes the desert beautiful," said the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well . . ."
22. "Men," said the little prince, "set out on their way in express trains, but they do not know what they are looking for. Then they rush about, and get excited, and turn round and round . . ." "It is not worth the trouble . . ."
23. "But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart . . ."
24. But when one flushes does that not mean "Yes"?
25. One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed . . .
A rocking observation!
Neither are we great nor are we inferior because of what we have done. This is the unfailing truth!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
A Quote
"I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." --Henry David Thoreau - Walden, or Life in the Woods
DAY 1
Hi Mr Blog! Do you have a name as yet? Doesn't matter.
I'm thinking of starting a 30 day trial to do these 3-4 things:
1. Get up at 5 am.
2. Run (how much = depends, its actually jog not run)
3. Take a bath(shower in fact) some time after the run.
4. Work on my website for 2 hrs.
The task may seem daunting, but today was DAY 1.
I got up at 6 AM - then slept back until Joey woke me up at 6:40.
Jogged with him, watched as he exercised and seems like I am cooling down now typing up all this.
Wow! A really good start to the day. The mind is slightly free, I guess in the morning. It felt great not to immediately rush to class after getting up. Maybe waking early gives you a lot of free, freshening up time......
cool : )
I'm thinking of starting a 30 day trial to do these 3-4 things:
1. Get up at 5 am.
2. Run (how much = depends, its actually jog not run)
3. Take a bath(shower in fact) some time after the run.
4. Work on my website for 2 hrs.
The task may seem daunting, but today was DAY 1.
I got up at 6 AM - then slept back until Joey woke me up at 6:40.
Jogged with him, watched as he exercised and seems like I am cooling down now typing up all this.
Wow! A really good start to the day. The mind is slightly free, I guess in the morning. It felt great not to immediately rush to class after getting up. Maybe waking early gives you a lot of free, freshening up time......
cool : )
Friday, January 18, 2008
Right here, right now....
Well, there rally is no reason to write (oops.. type) this entry but for the one: I haven't posted anything for more than a month.
Life's wonderful right now.......
When we are in the present completely, maybe the future automatically gets created as the past is let gone of!
But pure presence is awareness - complete awareness, not thought.
Is it different from following one thought, then another, then another without worrying about the future or the past? I guess it is...
Golu is calling me for lunch. So that's about it [:)]
Life's wonderful right now.......
When we are in the present completely, maybe the future automatically gets created as the past is let gone of!
But pure presence is awareness - complete awareness, not thought.
Is it different from following one thought, then another, then another without worrying about the future or the past? I guess it is...
Golu is calling me for lunch. So that's about it [:)]
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