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Ease into the moment
Take that well deserved break
There is really nothing at stake
Take a moment to just pause and not lead
To breathe in ease ,and not rush without heed
Have a seat … relax and chill
Watch the world go by savouring this moment now at your will
You rushed enough, to more than keep up with time
Time is eternal … is wisdom sublime
Sense the moment that is the Now.
Future will be fine ,every moment just care to love
It as it is, knowing that it is this present
That matters in this very moment …:))
Savvy Raj
Be Happy
To be happy, healthy and fully present in this now.
You simply need yourself
Committed to being all that you can be.
Work on your own self.
To be better than yesterday
Express your light of being
In ways that can make a positive difference.
Be happy as you can be
Know, you are enough for you.
As much as for the world
As you are creating positivity
In and around you.
Be happy.
Savvy.
On friends & friendships
Friendship…
Happens in the strangest of times
In an elevator, in a parking lot
In a bus, while walking or in flight
As a student or as a teacher
Friends may come and go
To make you live life a little better
Think a little deeper with care
Value these gifts strewn in your life.
Friends make you see your worth
Because they want you as you.
Not an imagined version of you
So be you as you are in friendship.
Find time for a good friend
Whenever you both sense and feel it
Turn not your back on them
Know, friends are coming your way
Embody the light of friendships
Savour the joy and nurture friends Time and time again
They can be yours for lifetimes.
Savvy
On determination
To the truly determined
Opportunity unfolds
In the sustained effort.
To learn anything new
Needs dedicated determination
To understand beyond exploring.
In the will and perseverance
Arrives the point of knowing
And learning continues…
For the truly determined
Nothing can stop the learning.
Savvy
Awakening the self
When you arrive at being comfortable
At ease no matter the seeking and the knowing
At peace no matter the circumstances
In equanimity in the wisdom of the interconnects
You are awakening yourself…
To the profoundness of you.
In the subtlety of consciousness
Resides the truth of it all.
Savvy
One positive thought.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Robert H. Schuller
One positive thought
The power of positive
Adds life to the years
Firms up the faith
Heals with hope
Brings trust in time
Makes us believe again.
So much to live for
Than simply languish.
Such is the power of positive thinking…
Steer your life for the better
Think a positive thought
Well here is mine
I think today is a beautiful day
Care to share a positive thought
in this now?
Savvy
On Meditation
Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work. Thich Nhat Hanh
Perhaps often we need reminders
Of our own potential strengths
The capacity to heal from within
That we understand so little of.
Perhaps we haven’t yet explored
The depth of the gift of life we have
To understand the possibilities
Of the infinite abundance within us.
Perhaps we need to seek & connect
To our core being to heal ourselves
Trusting our body and mind
To learn and unlearn the paths
To thrive than just survive.
The art of meditation is a catalyst for growth and change for the better. Where thoughts become still in practice when human differences are welcome and perspectives are valued.
We allow ourselves to have patience and support, to be as we are, in witness mode flowing through life’s many moments in equanimity.
We begin to understand & develop resilience from within, to not be jarred in the rough times and acknowledge the truth our own being.
Would like to extend an invite to a group called Connected that I have created on Insight Timer a beautiful space for meditation.
The art is of meditation has many forms of meditation. And each has its own set of practitioners. The regular practice of meditation is significant for our holistic wellbeing. However like every habit it needs an intention and discipline and in time it become an awareness in flow.
Savvy
What face do you want to choose?
In the journey of life, love appears, it shows many faces…
Love is matter of perspective.
It can pick the color of one’s mood.
It can make us generous.
It can make us selfless.
It can make us strong.
It can protect.
It can bind us
It can make us happy & can bring us bliss and blessings.
It can do magic and wonders.
It can make us feel light.
Another face of love
It can be possessive.
It can make us jealous.
It can make us angry.
It can make us weak
It can hide the loved one’s faults.
It can blind us
It can make us vengeful.
The extreme negative expression of love is hatred.
Choosing it positive or the other way is in our hands.
Which face do you want to choose ?
Divine love can make you see light.
Embodying this light, keep the journey on.
The path will be illuminated.
The journey will be a blessing.
Keep the love and light in your heart,
To make this journey pleasant .
A poem by my mother Anjana
Songs of the soul
Words flow, as if they are meant to
Everything that is has a reason why
How they come be and for what
Is also it’s own doing in time.
In bits and pieces in the moments
In a downpour like in a storm
As a spark to ignite hope in the dark
To shed light on the invisible.
Words that flow through you
Arrive in the sensing in clarity
And at times vague from nowhere
In verses, prose or lyrics
In a particular pattern
That seems to self arrange
For only those who it matters
Perhaps afor it to be seen and heard
Words live on in their hearts
As songs of their soul
It makes sense to those who care
To read it in their own way…
Savvy
Thoughts & us
We are what our thoughts are.
God came.
Ask me whatever you want.
Ten people asked their desires
First one
Countless money & a big business to run
2nd one
The most powerful position in the world
3rd one
I need fame & fortune like a topmost world famous actor
4th
I have to become the most beautiful person that the whole world becomes mad after me
Like this each of the nine people asked their desires which God gave them immediately.
The tenth person asked
I want the most contented , peaceful & blissful stage which a man can achieve.
The rest of the 9 looked at him laughing.
Peace of mind, contented heart.
For that only we asked whatever we wanted . When we get whatever we wanted peace & contentment will follow.
God looked at them and said I’ve given whatever you all wanted. Now you all can go.
The He turned towards the tenth person and said,
‘you wait here. I need to talk to you. I’ll come after some time. ‘ He left.
Now the rest of the 9 hesitated & stayed back so anxious to know what God is going to give him.
In spite of getting whatever they wanted they became jealous over the man who has not got anything till then.
As time passed, their anxiety grew & they forgot to enjoy what they have got. There went their peace & happiness.
The tenth man waited patiently. He became so peaceful & content that God is coming to talk with him.
Who are we.
The tenth person or
the rest .
Decide.
Our thoughts decide who we are.
Translation from a Tamil social media share by my mother Anjana.
Have shared my artwork here for I felt it was apt for the story above, in depicting the 10th man who is at bliss and peace in the merging of thoughts in divine consciousness.
Strength of a circle
There is great power in a circle that is inclusive and expansive.
Speaking of organizations a clear organisational structure helps to understand the relations of positions in an organisation with respect to position and authority. There are many ways that organisations are structured and each have their own pros and cons. Traditional flat structure to pyramid, circular to modern network structures etc. The value of taking the right structural approach in building organisations cannot be undermined.
The strength of circles:
The circle appears hierarchical with its power core and expansive with concentric spread of power yet its very strength is in its form that helps align values in teams.
For transformative change to align with the core values, trust and transparency is paramount to foster and this needs an inclusive and expansive approach inside out in a circular manner that is consistent to sustain. The organisation needs to support a circular structure with open door policies on communication, and work on learning and development to create accessible training programmes across the spectrum.
The circular structure has a clear psychological advantage in the form itself as leaders are not positioned at the top, making it easier for the vision accessible for one and all, thus increasing collaboration as it considers different departments as part of the same whole.
There are infinite possibilities of growth, in a circle of team, increasing a sense of belonging, mutual respect, and engagement of human potential, in the realisation that no one is as strong as all of us.
Savvy
Silence shows the way
The path of silence
Creates the space for reflection
And deep contemplation
To query in introspection
Such that you arrive back
Answered by your own self
To flow with life again
Trust the power of silence
Silence shows the way.
Savvy
Tests of Life
A young man came to a saint and started crying. The saint waited patiently till he cried to his heart’s content. Then he asked the reason for his grief.
He told, I’ve undergone a lot of difficulties in my life. Whatever I touch or do, wherever I go, I face only defeat & insults. My life is full of sorrows. I don’t have anyone for my support. I’ve become so weak. Please show me a way.
The saint gave him a pail of water and a handful of salt. Please mix these and drink he said. . The man couldn’t drink even a single sip.
He told the saint that he can’t drink the salty water.
Then the saint gave him the same amount of salt and asked him to mix it in the nearby well water and then drink it. He did so and drank the water with ease.
The saint told that the amount of salt mixed in the pail and the well were the same. But since the amount of water in the pail was less, you couldn’t drink the water. But in the well water it didn’t make any difference in the taste.
The sufferings and sorrows in our life are like the salt. It will be there through out our life. We cannot escape them. But we can broaden our mind.
Now your mind is small and narrow like the pail. Hence you couldn’t face the difficulties.
Widen your mind with knowledge and experience. Make it strong. All your problems will vanish like the salt mixed in well water.
You will get clarity and new ways to come out of your problems and remain in equanimity. U can reach new heights in your life.
Sharing this very profound story translation from tamil social media post by my mother Anjana.
What makes you more you?
In this mixed bag of life’s moments
Sometimes life offers moments when you are pleasantly surprised.
It brings out the possibilities in you.
Creating joy, trust & faith.
Where you look forward to greet the next moment with hope
And other times there are raging storms
Where you are numbed down beyond compare
Where you are unsure of your next move
Trust time to free your mind of doubts
For there is always a reason why
Take every learning as a lesson for life
And know you will learn to weather the storm
Every storm, leaves you stronger than before.
For it leaves a more resilient you…
More capable, more confident more conscious
For you begin to acknowledge your own potential.
As you dare to meet the moments, you begin to meet the potential in you
Every moment makes you more you.
Life experiences can move us as it makes us. Every one has some moments that makes us smile and some that makes us stop and rethink… And in time we realise it was all necessary to make us realise our self.
Do you agree?
Can you remember one moment that made you smile from the heart?
Can you also think of moments, that made you question to understand life?
Did you meet your own strengths along the way?
Do you feel you have evolved along the way?
Savvy
8:20 am Pune India
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