Peace begins in our hearts
In our actions in awareness
Peace spreads its wings
Unfolding its magic
Interspersing the seeds of peace
In the hearts of humans
When we embrace ourselves
With all our conflicts and chaos
With our inexplicable challenges
We embrace the peace
Already deeply embedded within
In between and betwixt
The rest and movement
Peace regenerates itself
In the middle path
Peace finds its balance.
In the path of Equanimity
Savvy
Sharing thoughts close to my heart…
On Love
“Realizing the many miracles of life is also in knowing love that can move the soul of our being. We can consider ourselves lucky to even have been touched by a love like that!”
Savvy
Throwback to last week when I recorded a demo and forgot about it
Shown here is one of the riskiest parts of the process — removing myself from the fragile balance without disturbing it.
In order to balance something like this, I usually need to basically wrap my body around it while sitting and building.. using knees to hug / stabilize the lower section(s) like a scaffold. But once I find zero, I need to remove my body without causing the structure to collapse.. on my body.. it’s when I’m most vulnerable.
But as seen here, I keep my gaze firmly on the structure while maneuvering my body away. It’s like a weird hyper focus where I’m spatially entranced on the relative positions of the rocks, and if any data point deviates from the whole, I have maybe a second to react before it becomes dangerous, especially for my left hand here which is planted on the stump I was sitting on, hoisting my body away.. if that top decides to fall on that hand, bones would likely break… not a situation where I can afford to break focus.
Some self removals are easier than others — it really just depends on a firm hold for my right hand behind me, the sensitivity of the structure itself, and what the wind is doing..
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This post made me think further on
The Art of Self Removal
In any creation
The creator is inextricably
Interweaved in the tapestry of creation
And yet the Creator detaches the self
To step away from the creation
Distinguishing the completion
Of one phase of the creation
For it to begin it’s own journey of being
Savvy
Many a times
We find doubts
Are getting in the way
Of our reaching for success
We feel stressed & strained
By uncertainty & doubts
We fear our own strengths
We think we will cave in
Discount not your self doubt
For it helps you grow
It makes you open up to new learnings
It encourages you to seek insights
It keeps you from complacency.
Your self doubt is an internal switch
That ignites intuitively from within
To rebalance your running mind.
It helps you revise your strategies
When ego threatens, to trip you over
Your self doubt levels the playing field
It implores you to listen more
Learn more and share more.
Your self doubt can be your ally
In moments which need humility
In moments needing a rethinking
Care to give yourself the benefit of doubt.
Savvy
This is a must read true incident share…
“I want to remember your face so that when I meet you in heaven, I will be able to recognise you and thank you once again.”
When Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola in a telephone interview, was asked by the radio presenter, “Sir what can you remember made you a happiest man in life?”
Femi said:
“I have gone through four stages of happiness in life and finally I understood the meaning of true happiness.”
The first stage was to accumulate wealth and means. But at this stage I did not get the happiness I wanted.
Then came the second stage of collecting valuables and items. But I realised that the effect of this thing is also temporary and the lustre of valuable things does not last long.
Then came the third stage of getting big projects. That was when I was holding 95% of diesel supply in Nigeria and Africa. I was also the largest vessel owner in Africa and Asia. But even here I did not get the happiness I had imagined.
The fourth stage was the time a friend of mine asked me to buy wheelchair for some disabled children. Just about 200 kids.
At the friend’s request, I immediately bought the wheelchairs.
But the friend insisted that I go with him and hand over the wheelchairs to the children. I got ready and went with him.
There I gave these wheel chairs to these children with my own hands. I saw the strange glow of happiness on the faces of these children. I saw them all sitting on the wheelchairs, moving around and having fun.
It was as if they had arrived at a picnic spot where they are sharing a jackpot winning.
I felt REAL joy inside me. When I decided to leave one of the kids grabbed my legs. I tried to free my legs gently but the child stared at my face and held my legs tightly.
I bent down and asked the child: Do you need something else?
The answer this child gave me not only made me happy but also changed my attitude to life completely. This child said:
“I want to remember your face so that when I meet you in heaven, I will be able to recognise you and thank you once again.”
What would you be remembered for after you leave that office or place?
Will anyone desire to see your face again where it all matters?
How about trying to touch lives and make a positive difference in our own individual ways?.
Carry yourself lightly
On the wings of hope
Let go of worries
Stay free of burdens
Care to let go…
Life is simpler in taking oneself lightly 🙂
Savvy
Bruges’ is an absolutely fascinating fairytale kind of town,and at night, under the moonlight, it’s magical atmosphere intensifies.
A canal trip in the Reie named after the river Roya totally worth it.
Savvy
#Brugesatnight
Dancing lights
Shimmering Christmas lights play on water ever so gently creating a moment worth a capture.
Waltz of lights on the water….
Savvy
Wisdom in the challenges
Is in being the balance
Between action and inaction
Between movement and stillness
Between doing and non doing
And in this state of being
Awakening the truth of life& living
Between the more and the less
Between attachments & detachment
Realize the bliss of fulfiment
Realize the ease
In the letting go…
Savvy
As the year comes to a close only to begin anew… a special thanks to all the people who send inspirations our way by their profound shares.
Recently my friend Christoph retweeted this post on Twitter commenting…
‘As above so below’
And it drew me to contemplate on the profound truths of reflections in rootedness of life and its myriad expressions.
Of the uncanny resemblance of the roots, branches in a tree to the nerves and vertebrae of mamals including man.
Of how our energy is a flow of potential endless patterns in possibilities.
Of reflections of resounding resonance in nature
Of infinite abundance in its manifestations
Of parallel dimensions & more beyond compare
In the spaces between the synapses
There is a plethora of profound truths
Awaiting our awareness
So much to explore and discover!
As above so is below
As outward so is within
Vast beyond belief
In faith and hope
Everything is envisioned..
Savvy
Peace is a state of being
More than just a state of mind
Peace needs consistent practice
You have to nurture your heart
Towards a state of peaceful being
The mind wanders in a million ways
The heart flutters at a moment’s notice
Such is the way of life and living
So let your dancing heart & mind
Find their way towards coexistence
Acknowledging each of their diverse states.
Let their potential converge to strengthen
Let the sense of peace be understood well
Until peace becomes of a way of life.
Care to protect your peace.
Savvy
As you move forward
In expansiveness & inclusiveness
In the spirit of collaboration
Than mere competition
Gradually you begin to sense the strength
In the circle of conscious connections.
Savvy
Thanking the past for the precious lessons of life and lets emerge as wiser and brighter and stronger than ever before while embracing the present in conscious awareness !🙏
Savvy
The Spirit of Christmas is in the little things that matter and make a huge difference ….
In kind words , loving hugs, happiness will restore
In the simple joys of sharing smiles , spreading laughter galore.
The Spirit of Christmas is a sense of belonging, of connections and togetherness.
And in caring ways brightening up the world around us a little bit more…
Merry Christmas!
Savvy
“Your dreams will manifest when your effort is always directed towards the larger good…than just personal success.
Cos then the universe powers your dreams to reality . Think before you act “
Savvy
Savvy Raj 
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