In an independent state, I am free. No strings attached and no doubts or fears where I need to hold onto anything. Nothing to prove, and in no fear of loss. It is so liberating to know that I am not holding onto anything and that also nothing is tying me down. What an amazing and exhilarating feeling!
The bodiless state means to go beyond all forms of impressions of the body. At that time there is nothing of this body or the world that I am taking pleasure from. So if I am beautiful, it doesn’t matter. If I am rich, that also doesn’t mean much.
No matter what your age, or whatever are the circumstances of your life: BEGIN NOW to perform the actions that will take your life in a positive and beneficial direction. Don’t think it’s too late, or you are too set in your ways to change. We can change now! We can improve. We can shine. We can start to give back. Begin to take the right decisions now. This will set into motion the wheels of kindness and compassion which will give back to you multifold.
So too in life, it is important to stay focused on why we are here. For this, one needs to define our life’s purpose. The emphasis on the purpose is not a doing verb, even if it may be defined as one, but the living quality behind the verb. For example, we are here to love, care, share, stare, dare, to dream and beam! We are here to experience the fullness of our being. Once we are clear on our focus, we can then divert all our energies toward that. That is concentration!
We greatly underestimate the power of our virtues. In fact virtues are a form of spiritual wealth that we often neglect and fail to nurture. When we do not invest in our own ‘self’, then we find that our inner powers of the soul become depleted. Once we are depleted then we find it a struggle to face the challenges of life with all those twists and turns that present themselves to us.
If you really want to make something of the day without feeling like a loser, why not see Valentine’s Day as a DAY TO LOVE ALL! Instead of waiting for that heart, chocolates or champagne to arrive. Why not be the one to send out your heartfelt good wishes to all souls? Why not share your love with the whole world without any expectations?
The point is as I observe the world around me, I can sense that mine is not the only way. I need to be able to understand the other, their traditions and ways of being. Try having an eye for discovery, with newness and not judgment. If I decide that something is ‘wrong’ then it always will be wrong – but in my eyes only! And then I will never even try to understand. Then recognition, realization and harmony will always be out of my reach.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), was celebrated every year in India on the 9th January. It is a day celebrated for those souls of Indian origin who live outside of India, known as Non-Resident Indians, NRI’s. The day also commemorates the return to India of the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi. It was on the 9th January, 1915, that Gandhi travelled from South Africa back to Bombay, now known as Mumbai.
Now is the time to do the things you have always wanted to do. Do not leave things for later, because the pain of regret is the punishment the soul experiences. Do you remember those times after the exams, when you wished you had studied just that little bit more? Well, let us not have that kind of feeling when we take our last breath!
The benefit of learning to become more Avyakt is that I no longer feel trapped by the world. The Avyakt consciousness is a dimension that I can fly to whenever I am feeling confined or imprisoned by the limitedness of this world. There is hope. There is light. There is another world that is waiting to be discovered