Reflections March

Universally Together but yet alone. Don't fear alone as strength lies within. 

Let go. We can only loose what we hold on to. Detachment is the art of being grateful for the good people and things without getting used to it.

 Try to be self-adequate. Try to meet your own needs as much as possible instead of developing dependency. Though human beings are Inter dependent never allow the formation of habits or addictions.

Do not invite anything, do not resist anything.  Just Be. Courage is the ability to live in the NOW. We navigate the eternity through the NOW. This moment is Now. From this moment to next moment what exists is change. In every moment we should just go on with the flow of change without being for or against.

Being a compassionate listener means to just listen without judgement. Let the person pour out whatever they want to at that point of time. Don't be surprised when they change perspectives, be happy they are moving on from their confusion.

Complete letting go (be it a person or thing which hurt you) requires courage. It's not only making peace with what is but also the ability to give another chance and trust all over again.

We share our joys with those whom we like but we can share our sorrows only with those who like us. If we have someone to share both joys and sorrows then we are very lucky because to love and being loved is the greatest gift on earth.

Dependency creates bondage, being independent is freedom.  Moderate, adequate interdependency is Reality.  Liberation is freedom from the idea of freedom. Moderation is liberation. 

Gratitude without dependency is saintliness. 

Practice the habit of " Giving it sometime" and come of impulsive addictions and tune into self-control.

Acceptance is manifestation of peace, letting go is manifestation of compassion, moving on is manifestation of courage. Peace, compassion and courage are liberating. 

We are human beings, vertebrates, stand straight with confidence, don't lean on anything or anyone.

Human beings with free will make choices. The choices can change. Likes, dislikes, love, hatred, trust, doubt, be there for us, not be there for us. When we understand this clearly, we will no longer be impacted (in good way or bad way) by the choices made by others. 

An opinion which someone has about us is their choice. Not to be affected by other people's opinion is our choice. Transcending external opinions is liberating. It sets us free from our own chains. 

The choices we make also need not depend on the choice which other people make. The choices we make should depend on what we feel is right and what gives us joy. This way we won't have expectations, we would be more ourselves and we would be more joyful.

When unlikely event happens accept (process of making peace with what is), let go (manifestation of compassion), move on (manifestation of courage). We can create a new reality when we courageously move on. How quickly we can accept, let go and move on shows our strength.

The movement from nonresistance to acceptance is quiet a big journey.

At any given point of time when we treat people around us the same way irrespective of how close they are to us is called fair treatment. But what is real equality? Why some people are close to us? There is some underlying condition for our love. When we detach ourselves from the underlying condition of love and still love then it's called unconditional love. Equality is a natural result of unconditional love. This is the holy trinity of detachment (detach to the condition that is responsible for love, not the love itself), unconditional love and equality.

How to detach? Attach to God or the source. 

Even small weight carried (in the mind) for a long time becomes heavy. It does not matter that weight we carry is good or bad, we like it or not. In either case it creates heaviness. 

Do not consume what is available, consume only what is necessary. This is discrimination.

Activity and passivity refer to the mind. Let the body be active and mind be still, not the vice versa.

The Whole and the nothing are the same. Expanding towards infinity and contracting towards nothing are the same. How? God is both infinite and nothing.  Not sometime this and sometime that but at the same time this and that. That is the perfectly balanced state of moderation. Moderation is both the whole and the nothing. Because in moderation we are considering everything as well as ignoring nothing. 

Adapt,  not fully adopt to the extent of leaving your good habits.Learn to discriminate what is required to let go and what is required to hold on.Combine acceptance with will power. Use discriminative ability.

We can create a new reality only when we come out of the illusion of fear.Healing from wound is a beautiful thing but we can't spend too much time in healing alone. We need to have the courage and interest to move ahead.

To move ahead, we should have a goal. Only then we know which direction to move on.Else we will just be lying there to be pulled by the direction of the wind.In case we failed in reaching our previous goal or reaching the goal did not make us feel good and complete and we lost the ability to dream again we are only letting fear of past control us.Throw away the shackles of the past and move on with courage. The ability to dream is courage. The ability to dream and trust all over again is the real courage irrespective of whatever happened in the past.