Today we start our journey together towards
creating our future that is abundant, fulfilling and precious. Every day is a
new beginning and gives us the opportunity to start afresh our life in the most
optimistic possible fashion. In order to make our life fulfilling we have to
learn how to create balance and well-being in four core areas of our life. When
our Physical Well-Being, Emotional Well-Being, Financial Well-Being
and Spiritual Well-Being reaches a state of balance and harmony, it is then
that we achieve inner fulfillment, inner peace and inner joy. With all the
information and resources available to us in abundance we have to wonder why we
are still struggling to create what we know to be desirable and move away from
what we know to be undesirable. As we keep exploring ourselves we find that
many things hold us back and we have to find antidotes and solutions to
overcome our limitations. As we continue our inner struggle to best express and
implement our ideas we find that there are many obstacles in our path and we
have to learn how to leap over our hurdles. As we focus on gaining a deeper
understanding of various aspects of our life we undergo the process of
self-discovery. We will now set the highest intention of being the best that we
can be. Our focus must be to hone our skills in all areas of our life so that
we can create and maintain our overall well-being. In order to develop new skills
we have to first understand our inner dialog and who we are being with respect
to specific topics, events, people and organizations. And as we understand
ourselves more deeply we finally reach to a point where we have to make our choices
and never to look back again. Choice is the point where we begin to define who
we are. We choose who we are to be. We become who we are because of our
choices. This is our greatest gift and we are all responsible for all the
choices we make in our life. So let us choose wisely and let us become the best
version of who we can be. Let us design our path to reach to the destination of
ultimate fulfillment.
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HIGHER SELF: The eternal quest for the meaning and purpose of
our life always strives to reach the state of balance and harmony among the four core areas of our life. Some of us call it enlightenment, some of us call it nirvana,
some of us call it freedom, some of us call it divine grace, some of us call it
bliss and some of us call it being one with the universe. We feel great when we
are flowing in the direction of abundance and prosperity. We feel amazing when
our passion and actions are in alignment while we stride towards our goals and
vision. We feel great when our manifestations are effortless and all seems to
be happening automatically. We feel connected with everyone and all become part
of our family, while we look for ways to contribute towards the great good of
all. We create new ideas for abundance, prosperity and success. We set new
goals and regularly achieve our milestones. We learn to open ourselves to
embrace positive feelings of compassion, gratitude and belongingness. We call this high state
of being our HIGHER SELF.
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WEAKER SELF: In our day to day life we have many
responsibilities and several goals that keep us busy. Many of us have mastered
several aspects of our life. Some of us are wealthy, some of us are highly
educated, some of us are very healthy and some of us have amazing
relationships. However, if we are unfulfilled in any one area of our life then
we feel something is missing and there is a constant inner struggle to reach
our Higher Self. This state of un-fulfillment can be due to negative thought
patterns, lack of correct knowledge, our current lifestyle choices, unhealthy
patters of behavior or less practice of right techniques. This state can also
be caused because of unrealistic expectation, unhealthy food habits, stressful
job environment, addictions towards tobacco, drugs or alcohol, financial
worries, negative attitude towards life or lack of proper exercise and physical
activities. We call this lower state of being our WEAKER
SELF.
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CURIOUS SELF: Many times we have questions about how things work.
Just like children we too are always interested in new discoveries and ways of
enhancing our existing ways of doing things. We ask questions, we brainstorm
and we debate. Sometimes we argue and fight over our points-of-view. We are
always inquisitive about new ideas. We also encourage others to learn new
things. Discovering new answers to existing questions and finding innovative answers
to complex questions is all part of our curious nature. The more curious we are,
the more we learn about life and about ourselves. Sooner or later all our
questions get answered and we move on to new and more difficult questions. This
state of curiosity ensures our continuous growth and the evolution of our
species. We call this
state of being our CURIOUS SELF.
LIGHTER SELF: Humor allows us to feel great even when we are
under tremendous stress. Imagine we all are in attendance at a spiritual
retreat. Some of us are seeking self-discovery while some of us are trying to
forget what we have discovered about ourselves. Everyone is meditating and busy
attempting to let go of their past failures and regrets. It’s time to share our
individual experiences. One old lady in her eighties starts to share. “I was a faithful and devoted wife to my
husband for about 60 long years. We got married in our early twenties. My beloved
husband passed away last week leaving me all alone to live out the rest of my
life in solitude. During our Letting-Go Meditation I realized that I do not miss
my husband at all. This letting go of the past stuff is quite powerful indeed. I
think I will start dating again. Next time my grand-daughter goes for one of
those speed dating events I will join her. I am wondering if I should also
sign-up for the love and intimacy courses.” Then one elderly gentleman in his
eighties responds. “I too got married
when we were in our twenties. My wife is not very spiritual. She only likes to
smoke pot and loves to complain all the time. I did not divorce her because I truly
believed in my heart that one day she would choose good habits. During our Self-Discovery
Meditation I realized I have been wasting my precious time over a lost cause.
This self-discovery stuff is quite powerful indeed. Will you go out with me if
I dumped my wife tonight? We can sign-up for the love and intimacy courses together
and get the couples discount along with the senior citizen discount.” Being
easy going and taking things lightly helps us in enjoying our life even when
things around us seem tough. Let us get serious about lightening up and having
fun. We call this
state of being our LIGHTER SELF.
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ROMANTIC SELF: No matter what anyone says, everyone on this planet
wants to be in love. Many of us have experienced break-ups, divorces,
disagreements, fights, emotional stress, anger, loss of a loved one, betrayal,
separations, cheating, manipulation or loss of faith. All the pain is real and
healing in needed to recover. These things could happen again. However, we all
still want to be in love and find true intimacy. Many of us have demanding
jobs, travel for work, family responsibility, health concerns, financial
burdens, tough circumstances, lack of opportunity, etc. All this takes away our
energy, leaves us tried and stressful, makes us feel that we are at the effect
of life and sometimes makes us want to quit and give up. However, we all still
want to be in love and find true intimacy. Many of us are addicted to smoking,
gambling, pornography, alcohol, over-eating, sugar, medications, drugs,
adultery, television, electronic devices, online websites, etc. It is
challenging to break these addictions in order to create healthy Love
Relationships. However, we all still want to be in love and find true intimacy.
Creating the opportunity for love to enter into our life is one of the most
important skills to learn. We call this state of being our ROMANTIC
SELF.
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CURRENT SELF: We are all working towards our ideal lifestyle. Where
we are today is our current state of being that includes the cumulative sum of
all our existing skills sets and ways of doing things. Our habits are caused by
repetitions of what we do in order to accomplish our tasks. As we learn new
skills our current lifestyle enhances, creating improved opportunities in our
life. And as we get accustomed to mastering our new skills to the point it
becomes easy and second nature to us, our current state of being reaches to a
new higher level. Our current state of being is always under transformation as
we learn new things, meet new people and take on new projects. We call this state of being our CURRENT SELF.
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TRANSFORMING SELF: Where we are today in our life is the cumulative
results of all our past actions, thoughts, feelings, accomplishments and
desires. Our purpose and mission in life is to build real life practical skills
in order to create the necessary balance and harmony needed to overcome our
inner struggles and achieve our Higher Self. As we learn new skills we get
stronger and confident, our awareness increases and we get more clarity about
life. Everyone has a different path nevertheless our destination is the same.
We all want to experience the best that life has to offer us and we want to be
the best possible version of who we can be. Once we reach our Higher Self then
life becomes easy and manifesting our desires becomes effortless. We indeed
become one with the universe and start to live our life with fulfillment. The
process of enhancing our Weaker Self in order for our Current Self to reach to
our Higher Self is the transformation that all of us must undergo in order to
create an amazing life worth living. This is how we can live our life with
fulfillment and abundant joy. We call this state of being our TRANSFORMING SELF.
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MISERABLE SELF: Sometimes we feel disappointed that we were unable
to achieve our goals. Sometimes our investment decisions cause us financial
losses making us feel anger and fear. Sometime we feel regret over doing
something that caused our loved ones pain and suffering. Sometimes we feel
anguish over losing a loved one in a tragic accident. Sometimes we feel
helpless to change our life circumstances and have to endure abuse from others.
Sometimes we feel ashamed of our lack of accomplishments. Sometimes we are
embarrassed about our overweight body. Sometimes we feel anxious when we are
uncertain about the future. Sometimes we are waiting for someone to acknowledge
us and we only get rejection. Sometimes we get deeply heart-broken after a Love
Relationship breaks up. All of this makes us feel heavy inside and causes us to
lose interest in things we enjoyed before. We feel we have tried everything and
are at the mercy of our circumstances. We feel miserable, unhappy and depressed. We call this state of
being our MISERABLE SELF.
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FRUSTRATED SELF: When things don’t go our way and our actions start
to back-fire on us, when someone we care for very much does not appreciate our
affection, when we are expecting something to happen and there are delays, when
something is not getting done exactly the way we want it to happen, when we are
anxiously waiting for an important phone call, when we are unable to reach our
goals due to unforeseen hurdles, when we exercise regularly yet are unable to
lose weight, when our flight gets delayed or canceled or when we are patiently teaching
yet our students forget the basics. All of this causes us to feel very annoyed
and frustrated. We call this state of being our FRUSTRATED
SELF.
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ASSERTIVE SELF: When we are easily able to express our ideas and
our feelings at work and in our relationships it feels very good. Being able to
express our opinions diplomatically and professionally during conflict with
other team-members in a constructive fashion is an important skill to hone. Being
able to decline requests that are not in alignment with our goals and setting
healthy boundaries is important towards being efficient and productive. We have
to learn to be clear and specific when expressing our needs and goals since everyone
is busy with their own tasks. We call this state of being our ASSERTIVE SELF.
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