The world has been on destruction mode even before i was born. Change things? I am no messiah. Just another evolving soul trying to make sense of it all. And this soul learnt that we are all here to learn one thing – joy.
Knowing too much didn’t give me joy. I think i was 16 when i read that forests were torn down by the size of a football field a minute. With the speed of destruction only increasing with each passing year, doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure we’re knowingly killing ourselves. I understood why at that point, but i couldn’t accept it. As you can imagine, i was a pretty dark, depressed and frustrated kid.
How ridiculous everything seemed. Then i asked myself, what was it i really feared. Extinction? Pain? Death will come in the end anyway. We just hope for a peaceful way out. Is it that bad if the human race was wiped out? We live, we die. That’s life. Species evolve. Some fade out. That’s life. What is there to fear? Nothing.
Death made me sad – my young experience being my 2 year old cousin Jonathan and favourite Uncle Peter – but i never feared it. Fear of pain maybe, but there’s always an escape from pain. Suddenly, the idea of death became peaceful. No more struggle, no more worries. No frustration or anger.
I joined a Bank’s CSR team for about 4 months. They were hungry for political connections and awards – including CSR Awards. Needless to say, my enthusiasm faded with my energy levels. I resigned after being threatened to work late hours and weekends to show my commitment.
The More You Choose, The Richer Your Life Becomes.
Ever wonder why so many people fall into a rut? Because life isn’t meant to stand still. But when we create a life that simply repeats itself day after day, that’s exactly what we’ve done.
We’ve caused our life to stand still. Yes, time will still pass right on by, but we’re no longer moving with it. We’ll age of course, and we’ll have some surprises and bumps along the way but for the most part, each day is the same as the one before and the same as the one to follow.
And there’s your rut. When you fall into this kind of life, your Spirit gets a little antsy. It longs for new experiences. It desires to branch out and grow. Deny it this desire, and the result is depression. You’ve lost your lust for life and no longer find joy in the things you used to love.
And yet, we’re surprised that depression continues to rise in our society. We’re bewildered that so many anti-depressants are needed just to keep going. How could this be? What’s causing such an epidemic? The answer is simple: lack of experience.
I choose to live life simple. Each day is a day of new awareness. I choose to wake up and enjoy, savouring every moment, not worry or live in fear. I wake up to join the world and let myself fit in. A natural flow. I choose to excel without trying, to attract all things good and kind and loving and giving, to sail through life effortlessly. I choose a life filled with love and laughter and friends. I choose to keep anyone mean and who makes me mean or feel unhappy at bay. I choose sincerity, honesty, passion and compassion. I choose to be with positive energies. I choose a life that fills me with a sense of peaceful serenity and calm completeness. Everything is easy and fun. I choose a life of abundance and natural state of flow. Everything good and kind and loving is here. Everything falls into place. Wealth, peace, harmony, love and the abundance of all my positive hearts desires to flow in my direction and to every living creature I come across.
20 Feb 2008, 11am
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wondered why we exist. Why I exist.
What is the purpose, the meaning to all of this. Why bother living at all. Why are we here?
I came to an answer, to have fun. To live life, to connect with everything around us, to feel all the pleasures that is humanly possible.
But why is it then that people find life a struggle. Hard work, old age, responsibilities and commitments. Robbery, rape, murder, drugs, famine and disease have become synonymous with life.
People work so hard and drag out the days and nights feeling tired and weakened.
In this past 6 months, I have come to understand that our number one enemy is fear. Fear of pain, suffering. Fear of death. Fear of loneliness and misery. Fear triggers insecurity in us and makes us do things that doesn’t make us happy. We try so hard to keep our self safe, we forget to make ourselves happy. And to make ourselves happy takes only the simple act of living a full life.
Ask yourself, are you happy with what you’re doing? If not, do something else. If you don’t know, try everything out and find out what you like and what you don’t. Its okay not to be perfect in everything. You don’t have to strive. You can challenge yourself if you feel like it, but at your comfort level. Not someone else’s. Meeting someone else’s standards could be like dunking a basketball when you’re 5 feet tall. You have only yourself to prove to. Play by your own rules, but never forget either, that you are part of a team. Be yourself, but integrate what you can offer into your team.
Know yourself
I like being outdoors. I like working with my hands. I like understanding about life and its purpose.
Details are elements you need to understand the bigger picture. Not a step by step rule book you have to understand to a T and follow.
Mechanise the routine essentials and release your mind to ponder life’s questions. Return to your roots and be at peace to obtain infinite wisdom and compassion.
Listen to your body and let it lead you to great health. Listen to your emotions and let it guide you to happy thoughts. Emotions act indicators to what makes you happy.
If physical ailments, emotions, thoughts come in an overwhelming bundle, step out from the line of fire and breathe. Slow it down. Gradually sort and figure out what you need to respond to, address, and understand.
One physical feel at a time. One emotion at a time. One thought at a time.
They are all potential lessons.
Never place yourself in the line of fire for too long. Never let fear of losing money or love keep you in that line of fire. If you feel pressured or in the heat of an emotional pile-up, stop. Rest. Let your body attune and understand what is going on. Let yourself heal in the process of being moulded and uplifted.
A physical body can take only so many hits,
An emotional heart feels what is happening intuitively
A thought leads to an outcome and your emotion feels pleasure or pain from the outcome. Your emotional state of mind is an indicator of your thoughts focus – happy focus or sad focus. If you’re happy, your focus brought you there. If you want to be happy again, repeat that focus/thought.
5 May 2008 – 8.32am
How do you see life different?
If you dread waking up in the morning, how can you shift your focus to long to wake up everyday?
A hot cuppa and your laptop?
A hike?
I need to roam – that is my nature.
I need open spaces – physical and in mind.
I cannot confine myself to an office or to standard practices. It is not me. I can not do superficial office chats.
I need real challenges that others cannot figure out.
I need long walks.
I need friends for deep life conversations.
I need a partner to share life with.
My life is complete because i have decided to be who I am. Not someone society depicts is the right person to be. Not what society deems normal and acceptable.
I am whole because i understand and acknowledge who i am.
I need family – loved ones.
Money.
A home.
Food, clothing, luxuries.
The things i need makes me whole. Even the little things. Without sleep, you are not whole. And when I’m not whole, something is missing. I’d have forgotten a part of me.
List down the things you need. The things that make you who you are. The things that make you whole. Then live it.
Live who you are.