Art of Letting Go & Living the Moment!

Art of Letting Go & Living the Moment!

Consciousness and Awareness lights the fire of the mind and then it heats the liquidity of the body and moves up as steam towards universal consciousness. One must be lucky to have a teacher one can believe in to take you through the journey of realization.  The path is our own but it helps follow the understandings of those who have been there .Great spiritual masters keep talking of the attitude of letting go. This kind of understanding is definitely a wise way to handle crisis and will come to an evolving mind and if this is inculcated many of the so called life’s difficulties seem only a gusty breeze that passes one by for sure….

 So how does one understand how to go about it? Simple by understanding one’s own breathing patterns. If   observed, we cannot hold on to our breath longer than required. It has to go its way. Similarly we cannot hold on to our dear life, as that too shall pass. If that is the case why do we need to hold on to unpleasant emotions that we experienced way way back and let it come in the way of a beautiful life.   Our life is limitless and expansive if we want it to be, so let’s make sure not to curb it, with pent up negative emotions. Let it go, forgive the mistakes and yes forget them too, cos they have passed you by a long time ago, they are not reality as long as you don’t let them visit you in your thoughts.  If they happen to come, be aware they are not worth indulging your time in and release them consciously, instead of being overcome by them. . Letting go of a negative thought can be equated with a whiff of unpleasant breath you want to clear yourself from, a smoky environment that you feel suffocated in so much that you want to escape from, horrible nightmare that you want to awaken from, a bad bruise that you want to heal from ….

The process is not daunting as one thinks it to be. There were two friends who unfortunately fell into a bad patch. One nursed a grudge silently for many years, without voicing it out, however it was burning her deep within. The other was may be aware of it but chose to let the thought pass and went on with her life normally without worries and negativity spoiling her present moment... Who do you think lived her life, and who just existed? Simply put overt retention of bad memories is failing to enjoy the present moment and in turn ending up losing it to time

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Begin each day with a smile and by believing you are healthy.

Spend some time even 5 minutes in silent inner reflection.

Observe your breath   developing a witness attitude initially

Everyday send positive thoughts to someone you think needs a bit of positivity.

 Believe in the infinite power the Energy and its potentiality.

Be alive to every moment and its immense possibilities

Attend to yourself and make the best of all that you are

Celebrate the success that you are and do believe that life is beautiful!

It all turns out Just Wonderful For Sure!

Savvy

Handle stress wisely!

Handle stress wisely!

 Is it only me or there are more of you out there who are at times challenged by these moments I would call ‘ what if ‘… if only I had done this , if only I had said that, if only I had the sense  to think this way and so on and so forth…..!!!

The main reason I feel these feelings occur is that when we are faced with a trying situation for e.g. sometimes some of us buckle under the pressure, maybe to conform with the norm or worry about what is the ideal way to behave that we don’t focus on what is necessary for the moment and fail to capitalize on our strengths.

 A few of us feel threatened enough to attack the offender or be brutal enough verbally or physically and regret later about our lack of discretion and control.

 Still others who are so numbed by what is happening end up being dumbfounded that they don’t know what struck them... And there are those who are quite indifferent to the situation so much that you wonder if they are human at all only to realise later that there is an emotionally charged outburst long after the stressful event.

 Basically when one is feeling pressured or during extreme stress of a new situation with a feeling of being pushed to a wall , we need to be aware of it , but the force of what is coming must be cleverly deflected from our path and neutralised  . If only this learning is valued, taught and applied many of us will be much happier souls. This means we must learn to be present in the moment, for which we first need to develop a keen sense of balance and control in all areas of our life. In thoughts words and deeds. This in itself is a powerful tool to calm a person enough to handle any so called crisis. When we are in a state of balance we are clearer in what we want and our existing resources.

This opens up possibilities of channelling the strengths of our resources positively to the common good of all.

Daily we could simply strive to imbibe at least some of these in our lives…..

 To reduce our impulsive reactions

To balance our needs and expectations

To conquer our ego but value ourselves

To focus on the present moment

 To cleanse the mind by thought awareness

 To cleanse the body by healing movements

 To learn to be patient and develop perseverance

 To understand the importance of equanimity and composure

 To control anger and other sensory indulgences

 To be kind and generous and open minded and tolerant

 To believe in equality

 To conquer our unnecessary fears and inhibitions

 To live our lives lovingly, completely being in every moment of it without passing it up for another time!

 To develop a sense of respect for self and equally respect another.

Finally to be grateful for all that we have at this moment…..When we have the grace of gratefulness we will possibly be more balanced and composed to deal with situations wisely and life’s moments will be turn to be positively enriching experiences.

Savvy Raj