A GREAT YEAR Ahead to all … 2022
Choose well… the power rests with you!
A new day A new way
Pave the path and carve your niche
Take the step and get in touch
With the You -ness in You ….
Savvy
Take The Step
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Be an illuminator
Light a lamp of hope
Be an illuminator of hearts
Be led by the pull of passion
Envisage possibilities in faith
Envision the pathway beyond
In collaboration and connection
Your energy is expansive
Sense the synergies
Allow yourself to explore possibilities
The expansiveness of the spirit within
Light the pathway for others to follow.
Savvy
Work in progress
If we are ready to explore
Beyond our limited existence
We begin to envision our potential
If we are ready to receive
We learn some more!
Our paths are unique in every now
And limitless are our possibilities
We are meant to evolve along the way
Such is the way of life
And yet …
We are all a work in progress
We cannot know it all
There is always room for more
Change is the only constant
While nature is abundant
Knowing is finite
Yet infinite are the possibilities!
Savvy
On life & living
A thoughtful read I just had to share
Luxuries Redefined!?
In the 60s a Car was a luxury.
In the 70s a Television was a luxury.
In the 80s a Telephone was a luxury.
In the 90s a Computer was a luxury…
Luxury is no longer going on a Cruise and eating food prepared by a renowned Chef.
Luxury is eating fresh organic food grown in your own backyard.
Luxury is not having an elevator in your house.
Luxury is your ability to climb 3-4 stories of Stairs without difficulty.
Luxury is not the ability to afford a huge refrigerator.
Luxury is the ability to eat freshly cooked food 2-3 times a day.
Luxury is not having a home theatre system and watching the Himalayan Expedition.
Luxury is physically experiencing the Himalayan Expedition!.
Luxury is not getting treatment from the most expensive hospital in the USA!.
So what is a Luxury now!?
Being Healthy, being Happy, being in a Happy Marriage, having a loving Family, being with Loving friends, living in an unpolluted Place!
All these things have become rare.
And these are the real
“Luxuries” of 2021!!
Care to suggest a title?
Enjoy doing what you love
And loving what you do!
You will sense freedom
As well as the contentment.
Savvy
The Beginners Mindset
Begin the day
With enthusiasm for learning
And hope to discover some more
Unlock the possibilities
Of your mind
Adapt your ways
To learn from the challenges
Experience the world
Be open to perspectives
Learn and reflect
Give generously
Share to learn some more.
That way you create space
For you to grow
Savvy
Thinking well.
Your thoughts matter
Every one of them.
What consumes your mind
Controls you
Master your mind
Than let your mind master you.
Think well!
Savvy
Healing Moves
Wisdom of Moderation
‘My first intentional practice of Tai Chi began years ago on a rainy day in the month of June. The sweet cadence of the rain in all it’s rhythmic glory, the cleansing nature of the rain was just as wonderfully comforting as much as the experience of Tai Chi, with its movement in stillness and the stillness of its movements.
As I tried to move in unison with breath and learned to direct the momentum for the movements from the central core of the body to the outward, I could draw the parallels of the simple yet profound principles of Tai chi giving a lifetime’s guidance.
A life lived in the middle path gives one equanimity to see beyond the obvious. To envision the duality of existence enough to understand joy and sorrow, are not something eternal. Life becomes simple and just as easy to live as we make it , letting go of excesses of any kind, which ultimately works towards healing oneself from within.
It only adds to the fact that this moderation makes you want to work at building progressively, instead of pushing the boundaries and stretching beyond your abilities to the point of probably injuring yourself and giving up altogether.
The rain’s rhythmic tapping on my open window sill, the occasional bursts of cool breeze surrounding me now and then was in tune with my learning to release and melt away the accumulated stresses through conscious gentle outward movements . I felt a few varied sensations coming to me vying for attention, but as soon as my focus returned to simply witness the flow of breath in the movements the very same sensations completely vanished.
It was so peaceful to end the practice with breath awareness and mindful movements that I must add that like everything else in life, Tai Chi must be ideally learned under the guidance of a good teacher to experience the gamut of life enriching experiences it surely has to offer.
As I completed my practice for the moment , suddenly there was thunder and lightning signifying the release of feel good endorphins and hopefully parting with some of the tensions within me. This is after all the essence of Tai chi , to be one with Nature and learn to nurture it .
A humble dedication to Tai Chi form and the powers of the supreme in and around us.
Savvy Raj
On Giving
Give with all of your heart
whenever and wherever you can
Because you truly can.
Receive by expressing the value
In heartfelt appreciation
of what you have got
Because it truly matters.
For then in the giving and receiving
Is established a full circle
of a contented connection.
And that will pave the path of grace
For more to follow along.
When you give heartfully, forget about it.When you receive gratefully, remember it. Savvy
Give generously without any expectation.
Receive generously in true appreciation.
Both are the core of human nature in action.
And all is well in the circle of interconnection.
Savvy
Sky Above, Earth Below & Fire Within
Like the sky above…
Be expansive
Unfurl your imagination
Extend yourself, reach beyond knowing
Life the earth below…
Be connected
Yet stay rooted to the ground
Have the steadfastness like the earth.
Like the fire within
Be spirited
Let your passion speak
Explore life & give it your all.
Savvy
The Journey of Imagination
Imagination begins with thoughts
There is great power in imagination
Imagination can heal or hurt
Stemming from infinite abundance.
Imagination draws from nature & nurture.
In thinking out of the box
Raw & unstructured or uncontrollable
Resulting in unexpected creativity
Exploring potential possibilities.
Thoughts in a flow forming patterns
Shapes moulding within a structure Meandering like a river
Or bursting like a volcano
Uncontrollable & quite unexpectedly
Often chaotic and welling up the feelings.
Imagination seeks to find its own path Much of imagination is forgotten soon
Or gets lost in translation.
When imagination is reinforced
In strength of inate potential of being
There is hope for inspirational creativity
When imagination is reigned
In fear and ridicule
There is chance of darkness of morbidity
Creating doubts and uncertainties.
Your Imagination is who you are
Imagination manifests through you
Yet in steering imagination
Creativity is born.
The source of thoughts arise from within
You have the choice to steer the course
In mindfulness the path of imagination
Can be witnessed and channeled.
The journey of imagination
Take you places you have never been.
Betwixt & beyond the illusions &reality Through dimensions of time & space
To the quantum truths of your being
In expressing, exchanging imagination..
Innovations are possible.
The magic is all in the imagination
What matters is where you want to go!
Savvy
To my dear friend Ali Anani, PhD A few days earlier I chanced upon your imaginative & interesting post https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ali-anani-phd-15305319_the-pregnant-tree-activity-6810523678959263744-utrV,
My post The journey of imagination is simply a flow of thoughts from reading your post and a few comments. So a humble dedication of this post back to you.Thank you my friend 🙏
Art of Management
Part 2..
On Teams & Leadership
When teams align in purpose
Converging energies by envisioning
Towards a a common mission.
Streamlining the processes
Strengthening the teams
With diversity & inclusion
Acknowledge a natural fear that creeps in
With every introduction or exit
Of a new or older member.
Allaying their fears is allowing
Them to fuse and alloy together
In possibilities of their potential.
True mark of leadership
Is in the evaluation and application
In guidance and course correcting
Leader paves the path ahead
Leading the way with trustfulness
Empathetic of their vulnerabilities
Replacing fear with focus to forge ahead
Meeting doubts & insecurity with clarity
Taking decisions to ensure resolutions.
For Teams need empathy and respect
To survive the storms
Both in themselves and their leader.
Savvy
Finding faces
This picture was shared on social media…
Can you see a face in the lake ?🙂
Here are some more faces
How many faces can you see now?
Feel free to trace some more…
Pareidolia (/ˌpæriˈdoʊliə/,[1] US also /ˌpæraɪˈ-/[2]) is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous visual stimulus (so that one sees an object, pattern or meaning where in fact there is none).
Ref Wiki
Seeing familiar objects or patterns in otherwise random or unrelated objects or patterns is called pareidolia. It’s a form of apophenia, which is a more general term for the human tendency to seek patterns in random information.
Face pareidolia seems to be a universal phenomenon.
Finding faces in the most unexpected places, may have an evolutionary angle of a need to seek familiarity in the wake of the unknown, for a psychological safety.
Or finding faces in the bonnet of a car that makes it look more fun, friendly & smiling.
Maybe piecing the possibilities together to make sense is an illustration in the illusion…
Whatever the case creativity of the human mind is infinite in its potential to conjure up endless possibilities out of practically nothing concrete.
In the ability to create abstract associations to integrate and create and merge a more meaningful interpretation for ourselves,makes it an art of limitless possibilities.
Savvy
Perspectives
The ground truths of any relationship in time..
Two ways of thinking….
Familiarity breeds contempt
While the absence makes the heart fonder.
One…
All seems wonderful in the beginning
As time goes by time takes its toll.
Straining the togetherness
Cracking apart at its seams
Creating distances and gaps that grow
Making the memories sustain in hope
Or seek a closure in forgetfulness.
Two…
In isolation and silence
Seeds of thoughts find time to germinate
In both exclusion or seclusion
The heart longs for companionship
The thoughts turn to fond remembrances
Of bygone memories of the good times
Life tries to recall & recreate those times.
To salvage what is left and cherish
Knowing the priceless treasures it brings.
Hence the absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Life moves on and finds new beginnings
Yet in adaptability & flexibility
Nature continues its pathway
All comes a full circle.
Such is the circle of life.
Savvy
Love is the way!
Love is the way
For all of us
As each of us matters
Somehow somewhere
We are all connected
In the infinite plan
And each of us
Need to become responsible
To make a meaningful difference
For life to thrive than just survive
We need to be respectful
Towards each other
To gain & sustain the trust & faith
That makes the world
A better place to live in
For all of us
Love is the way!
Savvy
Savvy Raj 