MANIFEST YOUR DESIRES

What you think, you become.
What you feel, you attract.
What you imagine, you create.
                                   - Gautam Buddha
These lines reveal the law of manifestation. I create my world. Whatever I think of cosistently, I manifest that in my life. Whatever I have now, I myself have attracted that in my life.

Our vibration should match the frequency of our desire. Clearly this means we should think of what we want in our life and spare no time in complaining about what we don't have. Whatever we hold in our mind on a constant basis is exactly what we experience in our life. With enough attention to anything, the essence of what  you have been giving thought to will manifest eventually in your life. Believe in what you want somuch that it has no choice but to to materialize. For example you want good marks but internally you believe it is not possible, then it's not going to happen. Your body and mind should be a vibrational match to whatever you want to manifest. Believe in yourself and start doing efforts in that direction with firm determination that you are definitely going to succeed. Just remain focussed on your goals. Even if you have difficulties, dont give up. Success comes with consistency. Believe you will definitely make it. Everything you desire is coming your way. Whatever you want can come to you wherever you are. Vibrations goes everywhere.

Always consciously use words after “I Am...”. You will become that you use after I am... You want success in your life, you should visualize your higher self and then start showing up as that person. When you change the way you look at things, the things  you look at charge

Make a daily habit to determine every event in advance through your thoughts. Things are always created twice. First in the workshop of our mind and then in reality. It is called blueprinting. You must take first step towards your goal and universe will send you signs of other steps. In the words of Patanjali,  “when  you are inspired by a great purpose, all your thoughts break their bonds. Your mind transcends limitations and you find yourself in a wonderful world. Dormant forces become active and you discover yourself to be a greater person.” The boundaries of life are merely creations of the self. If you want to succeed in the outer world you must start within and change the calliber of thoughts. You can do well if you write your life goals on a piece of paper. At the very moment that this is done, natural forces will come into play to transform these dreams into reality. Mapping out your goals releases the creative juices that sets you on the path of your purpose.

Einstein said that imagination is more important than knowledge. You must spend sometime in the practice of creative envisioning. Close your eyes and take few breaths. Next visualize mental pictures of all that you want to be,to have and  to achieve in your life. Picture yourself acting lovingly in the tensed situation. Consistency will bring about financial rewards as well as mental peace.

Reminders for manifestation:
1. Forgive to clear blocks
2. Set your specific intention
3. Believe that it is already done

Remember you are a magnet. You attract everything to you through your thoughts and feelings. Stay happy and joyful. Joy is  the shortcut to recieve everything you want. Choose to be happy now.

So, inorder to have a happy life, always look forward to where you want to be, instead of complaining where you are.
Your mind will always believe everything you tell it, feed it with faith, feed it with truth, feed it with love.
It's the kitchen where you cook your present and future.

The Impact Of Thoughts On Our Inner And Outer World

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts. 

Nowadays, people are too much conscious of pure air, pure water, organic food and plastic abuse. These are really matters of concern as these things really impact  our health. Not only that, these are endangering our ecosystem as a whole. So, it's our duty to protect our planet from these external toxins.

It is good to be aware of this toxicity as this adversely impacts our health and physical wellbeing. But more importantly we should think whether only external toxins harm us. We should never underestimate the impact of noxious toxins that keep on churning within our own system. Internal toxins are jealousy, hatred, repressed anger, grudges, fear and bitterness towards others. 

The injurious effect of negative emotions can be perceived as the manifestation of diseases. They result in crypto mental aberrations and psychosomatic ailments. And most importantly, they accelerate our ageing process to a great extent and cam disfigure our facial countenance irreversibly. 

According to Yajur Veda, "Attractiveness and magnetism of your personality is the result of your inner radiance." It has been proven that  an individual remains young or gets older according to his thought process. It is so because our subconscious mind is conditioned by our thoughts. If we dwell upon love, compassion, forgiveness, peace and contentment and value oriented beautiful aspects of life, we get infused with positive, happy feelings. This will lead to the release of happy hormones creating harmony in health and wellness and reversing aging process.

Conversely, if our thought process is negative focusing on frustrating,  ugly and self defeating beliefs, the entire inner system is disrupted. Involuntarily, stress hormones are released. Overtime, it takes a toll on both the health and looks of an individual. 

Life is a roller-coaster ride, punctuated by both happy and unhappy experiences. Every challenge of life offers us a hidden lesson. Cultivating a heart filled with love and forgiveness is the only feasible panacea. Meditation is the sole and the surest path leading to love and harmony. With consistent practice, even deep- rooted negativity starts getting diluted and gradually disappears. Health, happiness and beauty are restored. 

Knowledge And Wisdom

Knowledge is the most powerful tool given to human beings. Knowing something is the easy part, but it is useful only when it is assimilated and put into action. All of is know that we should eat healthy, exercise,  meditate and be positive. How many of us are actually able to follow through and achieve it? It's like we know recipes but do not know how to make delicious meal. Knowledge is not enough. It is when we apply that knowledge, it becomes wisdom to bring about change that we want in our life.

Knowledge is just the collection of facts and data. The wisest are those who have transformed themselves from within. The ancient sages have prescribed a clear pathway to bridge the gap between knowledge and wisdom. 

There are three stages of gaining wisdom  - shravana(listening), manana(reflection) and nidhidhyasana. The third step comes, when you have achieved the former two steps. After listening or reading, you must experiment it. Then, you are ready to integrate the knowledge into your system. Most people stop with just the intake of knowledge. It becomes wisdom only when you live what you have listened. 

Before you take on the world, you have to win against your most powerful opponent - you! You have set your own limits. The Bhagwad Gita helps you to understand yourself, identify your strengths and leverage them to overcome your weaknesses. Like us, Arjuna also spoke words of wisdom,  but was unable to live them.

We have to find our true purpose in life. Life cannot be just earning money, getting settled, going on vacations, growing old and dying. And till then, we are not satisfied and happy because we have not lived our true purpose in life.

We should strive to changing our own self to changing others. Shree Krishna bridges the gap between knowledge and wisdom. We need to find the most effective path towards the goal of total fulfillment. In Bhagwad Gita Shree Krishna explains that wisdom is the most powerful weapon as it burns our past and present karmas. A yogi manifests this wisdom within himself through constant practice and dedication.

Tame Your Fear

Our brain is the storehouse of vital energy. This energy is employed in our muscular movements, in the working of heart and lungs, metabolism and carrying of impulses to and from the brain. In addition, our thoughts and emotions also consume much of our vital energy. 

Fear exhausts our life energy.  It causes our life force flowing through our nerves squeezed out, lowering our vitality. Fear doesn't help us to get away from the object of fear; it only weakens our willpower. Fear causes our brain to send an inhibiting message to all bodily organs. It constricts the heart and disturbs our metabolism and other bodily functions. Fear is a negative force that neutralises our pro-life energy.

When you're fearful, you're setting a negative frequency in which you're receptive to diseases borne by viruses and bacteria. Fear kills more people than a disease. You attract what you are. If you are fearful, you will attract the similar situations in your life, which will make you more fearful. The best way is to analyse your fear. Is it real or simply an imagination? If it's real, you must deal with it. One can't say that I'm not afraid of going near the lion. This fear is needed for survival. But most of the times, it is psychological.

The current corona crisis, work from home,  living on the edge every day, isolation and fear of losing our dear ones have upset our mental equilibrium. In the Bhagwad Gita, Shri Krishna advises Arjun to be bold, take charge and face the situation with courage. When we face our fears, we overcome our fear. He had faith on Lord Krishna and thus he became fearless. Faith and courage are antidotes for fear. 

We should create a new grove of positive and empowering thoughts to uplift our vibrations. Whatever we energise upon will manifest in our life. Instead of focusing on news and conversing about how covid-19 has taken toll on all of us, we should speak powerful and positive words. Take some deep breaths and affirm  to yourself after an hour or two such as : My body is perfect and healthy. My immune system is very very strong. Each cell of my body is filled with God's love, peace and power. Deep breathing with positive affirmations can really empower you from inside. Moreover Yoga, reading and listening something powerful and positive, breathing exercises, gardening, playing, dancing and doing those things that make you happier would completely eliminate fear and anxiety from your mind. 

 

Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death. When you face your fear, you tame your fear. Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear. It doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

The Power To Create A Better World

Shree Krishna explains in Bhagwat Gita, "Whatever action a great man performs, others will follow. And Whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues,"

Each of us is great in our own fashion. We all impact the world in some or other way. We have that power. We are responsible for our actions and will draw our individual or collective consequences. Jesus said, "As you sow, so shall you reap." Hence, we should reexamine our own character to recognise the role we play in the drama of life.

The world's great religious and moral traditions call upon us to love our fellow human beings, to protect all forms of life, seeing as sacred as connected to the Divine

We should cleanse our minds and hearts, so that we can be the agents of good on this planet. God expects us to bind the nation's wounds.

Each day,  each moment we have the power to choose - kind or hurtful words,  love or hate, complaints or gratitude, work or laziness and honesty or corruption. It is our decision what to add in this world through our actions, which will also impact our destiny. We must strive to stop hate, spiteful words, selfish acts, abuse and such negative acts. And to commit that it will first stop with me - with my words and actions. We have the power to stand up for what is right. 

Let's learn from yesterday's crisis and help set the world on a better path. We must not forget that we being the part of society, must strive for its well-being, since our own well-being is associated with the society. If we indulge in acts that are detrimental to the society, then our suffering is on the way. But if society is flourishing, then we all will grow and prosper.

 The recent corona crisis has shown us that how our selfish acts has contributed to the suffering of the whole world. Reckless use of natural resources and exploitation of animals and other living creatures has left us in a miserable position. We should harmonise our actions with nature and its creation. This is for our well-being and for our coming generations. We should always remember that we are in this society and society is not within us.  So, we should strive to improve our world and usher in a peaceful and a happier life forever. 

Choice Matters Most

Our destiny is built up on the foundation of our choices. What we are today is all because of what we chose to do in past and what we are doing now will make up our tomorrows. This is the greatest power available to all of us. This little word choice has a profound impact on our life.

The experiment conducted by psychologist Walter Mischel gives a great insight into the power of choice. In this study, a group of children were offered a choice between one  marshmallow or two marshmallows, if they waited for a period of time. During this time the professor left the room and returned after fifteen minutes. Some children couldn't resist and ate up the marshmallow whereas some waited to get the bigger reward. This experiment shows the whole pattern of human behaviour. 

Later on the researcher found that the children who were able to wait tended to have better life outcomes, better relationships, better health, better learning skills and better emotional intelligence than the children who couldn't wait. They were economically backward and lesser willpower and self control. 

We are all gifted with this free will.But it is up to us how we exercise this power. Our choices can make us successful or a failure. We are solely responsible for our lives and with this attitude, we can make our choices. A student can choose to study or social networking and the results will follow accordingly. 

There are two possibilities - knowledge and wisdom. One is right, the other is wrong. One is light and the other is darkness. Choice is yours. You are the driver of your life. Circumstances vary, but it is your choice of response. Between stimulus and response is the greatest power - power to choose. A wise man chooses what is good for him in the long run, even if it is painful at the present moment. He knows that his choice will certainly bring sweet fruits in the future. 

When we choose a healthy option in our way of thinking, living, eating or learning ,we raise our emotional frequency which raises the frequency of all those around us. When we do any karma which raises the frequency of others, we are serving them. When we choose positive thinking, we are serving the world with our VIBRATIONS. 

Life always throws up situations - the results of our past actions, which we refer to as destiny. What you do with it and more importantly, how you face it, is a matter of choice 

Yoga, A Way Of Life

'Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.

                               Bhagwad  Gita

The secret to knowing health is knowing how to deal with one's body. Our yogis through their research discovered Yoga, the science of seeking out the flow,  which rises and falls within each of us; then tuning in and harmonising one's existence with the flow.

The word Yoga means connection - union. Yoga is the unification of mind,  body and soul. It is the art and science of true and lasting happiness. The prime purpose of Yoga is internal cleansing by self knowledge. It not intended for physical fitness. Physical fitness is the byproduct of Yoga. Asanas,  postures, pranayama, dhyana offers physical,  psychological and spiritual benefits. Yoga unifies human consciousness with the divine consciousness. 

Yoga needs to permeate all our actions. The yamas and niyams -the restraints and observances are the first two stages of Ashtang yoga - non-violence, truth, non-stealing, continence and celibacy, purity, contentment, penance, study of self and surrender to the absolute respectively are good check points. The other six steps are asanas,pranayama, pratyahar,dharana, dhyana and samadhi.

To relieve from stress asanas and pranayama can help, because stress is all in the  mind. When the mind gets disturbed,  we  should move into the body. Asanas can be simple,  but should be done with sincerity and proper balance of inhalation and exhalation. Pranayama is essential to regulate breath and vital energy. "Those who have mastered the art of breathing have mastered the art of living ".

The common thread that unifies all yogic practices is energy. Prana - energy intelligently governs all bodily systems and is intimately connected with the mind. Since the goal of life is happiness, prana's connection with the mind is relevant. Things that we like lift our spirit and things that we dislike depress us. Hence, people react positively and negatively, up and down all day, every day. By practicing Yoga we can control upward or downward movements of energy. Thus, we can control our emotions and begin to find inner joy through dedicated practice. 

Yoga is to shine the light of awareness in every corner of the body. We become more conscious of our actions, because we begin to live in the present. Awareness is the greatest gift of Yoga. Yogasutras by Maharshi Patanjali gives valuable insights into Yoga. By practicing eight- fold steps, one gets started towards the journey of self-realisation. Although Hathayoga and Rajyoga seem different, but the  ultimate goal of all practices is self realisation through practicing Rajyoga given by Maharshi Patanjali. 

In the current scenario of Covid-19, one can not only boost his immunity,  but also gets protected by practicing Yogic practices. It is a protective shield - vaccine for any disease. One can live a happy, balanced and a disciplined life, if he incorporates Yoga in his daily routine. 

On this international Yoga Day,  let us all commit some time to our overall health. Yoga is a complete way of life with practices and insights, enhancing everything we do. Unifyng all the techniques of Yoga is Meditation.