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Sunday, July 26, 2020

Meditation Tip




Meditation Tip for daily routine!

                                           The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

Thanks to Covid most of the houses don’t have maids to do the daily chores. Many consider washing and drying clothes drudgery and hence suffer the job. But, unfortunately fact remains that it is a must.

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Because of these life style changes few of us end up having ‘no time’ to do meditation most of the days.

So, why not join excuse and fact and come up with a situation?

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Since, most houses have washing machine, I’ll just use drying for this exercise!

It’s very simple!

Do you have hangers in multiple colours to hand your clothes?

If yes, then good.

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Those who have, use this trick. When you hand ‘empty hangers’ hang them in order of colour – meaning all oranges, then green etc. group them as one colour and hang them together – colour-wise.

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Next, hang type of clothes together – i.e., group them type – wise. All shirts should be hung together. Similarly, all towels, all night dresses and so on and so forth.

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Those who don’t hang clothes in a hanger, skip first exercise. Do just the second. Again, if you’ve similar shade shirts then group them together.

Very simple! Just do it for a week.

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Rule : Don’t be tensed to do it right. Enjoy it as if it is dance or some art work you are doing. No one is giving you marks there, so don’t freak out while doing thinking ‘I should do it right’.

There is no ‘right and wrong’ way of doing it.

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It is very simple and can be included in your routine. So try it. But it is very beneficial.
And that you would tell after trying for at least couple of days!  

# meditation, way of life, lessons of life, turn boring job into interesting


Points to be understood and questions answered : 
  • How to turn something uninteresting into something useful and beneficial for us?
  • Instead of justifying how you can't find time to do things that you say you want to do, ask yourself how to do them? 
  • Ask yourself how to fit things that you wish to do in your daily routine without feeling burned down.
  • Make 'sadhan' easy and beautiful.
  • Sadhan or healing is not a burdensome task.
  • If you consider it as painful, troublesome and tiring, then you are doing it wrong in some way.
  • Meditation is to beat the stress. If meditation itself gives you stress, then - ???
  • If you are stressed about meditation, then purpose of meditation is lost.


Friday, March 22, 2024

World Metta Day – 22nd March

 


World Metta Day – 22nd March




Today is celebrated as World Metta Day. The word “Metta” means benevolence and love for all beings of the World! This day calls all people from all walks of life and of all religions to practice one to two hours of silent Metta Meditation. This is done all over the World from noon to 2 pm – local time.

History of Metta Meditation says that a group of 500 Buddhist monks settled in a forest during a rain retreat. There, the monks felt unwelcome and unwanted by the forest spirits. They came back and reported to the Buddha about the same. They even requested him not to send them back to that forest. Buddha asked them to meditate with an open mind and heart. He also emphasized that they have welcoming thoughts and feelings during the meditation. Later, he sent them back to the forest. Now, the monks found that the spirits were welcoming. These monks now found their practices based on “Metta Meditation” from then on.

This meditation emphasis that we show love for one and all including ourselves. The meditation just does that.

As Reiki channels, those who have completed Karuna Reiki, do “forgiveness meditation” today!

Others can do “Rebirth meditation” with “anger, dislike, resentment, hurt, conditions, expectations or hatred”.

Higher degrees who have been taught “Love Meditation” do that.


You can also do “Emotional Healing” with people in your life especially those whom you dislike or are angry with.

You can also do “Earth Healing”.

Every technique that takes you away from fear and towards accepting yourself and others is a "Metta Meditation".

As Reiki Channels, you have been taught the “Metta Principle” in so many ways and through so many techniques.


Those who are reading this and not Reiki Channels or those who are Reiki Channels but not under me (as they may not know the techniques that I have mentioned above) - to you (don't feel left out), do 1- 2hr simple chanting "Om shanthi, shanthi, shanthihi".

If you are not an Indian or one who practices some other religion and have a problem saying "Shanthi" as it is in the Sanskrit language, you simply sit and chant "Let there be peace within me. Let there be peace in the world. Let peace permeate through the entire Universe". That should do!

A sadhak is one who uses every excuse to do some or the other technique. He knows that every technique is a tool that takes him nearer to Himself!


Those who do this come back with your experience/observations/ understandings.

I always have said and believed that “Love is all that needs to be experienced. And healing is all about removing every obstacle that stops us from experiencing it in toto!”

Come, let’s fall in love with ourselves – once again!

******

# World Metta Meditation Day, love, on relationships, meditations, loving self, loving kindness, awareness, mindfulness, ego, we reap what we sow, our thoughts and us, 

also read previous post on love : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2023/02/its-love-love-and-love-all-along.html 

As always said "Read the complete post" using the link given at the bottom of the post. 

Question time:

We have traveled a lot on this journey. Now the question is "What has this journey taught you about love?"

How much have you been able to experience it, live it, or understand it?

How has the definition of love changed before Reiki and after for you?

How have various techniques to increase love in you and in your life helped you previously at you various points of life?





Thursday, July 7, 2022

Gratitude everyday!

 

Gratitude everyday!




Every day brings with it millions of reasons to be grateful for....

Let's use our emotions to celebrate life....

Let's use our emotions to express our self....



When we are angry, irritated, complaining, fault-finding, ego-driven, arrogant, unforgiving and so on, we are throttling our life of its essence. No doubt, we feel stifled...we feel suffocated...we feel we are dying.....

Look within....take time to retrospect. Take time to be with 'self'. If even you don't have time to spend time with yourself, how can you expect others to take time for you?

If even we are not able to stand being with ourselves (that's what happens to us when we meditate and that's why we don't meditate), how can we expect others to like our company? No doubt we have issues in our relationships....


Take time to slow down...take time for yourself....take time and be with yourself for your sweet sake...no body would, no body can....


Because, until and unless you look at yourself honestly, validate it and accept who you are you can never outgrow that limited self and become who you are capable of!




The best relationship you can have in the world is the one you have with yourself. Your every other relationship just reflects that ultimately. Even your relationship with your Guru or God reflects how you connect with self....So if you want happiness, peace, love, affection, acceptance and respect in any of your life relationships, first mend your relationship with yourself....

Once you mend that fence all other things fall in line effortlessly...

# being self, meditation, mindfulness, aware, being aware, i am what i read, on pain and suffering, source of suffering, peace of mind, miracles, gratitude, healing self

also read suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=being+self 

Questions answered : 

What do we do to mend our relationships?

How to get what we want in life?

How to receive grace and blessings from Universe/Guru/elders/God?

How to heal our karma?

What is the source of pain and suffering?

How to let miracles happen in our life?



What am I doing wrong that things in my life are going all wrong?

How stopping for a while brings order in the outer world?


Understand the following points :

  • Connection between how you feel and how it reflects in your life
  • Need to slow down and take notes on self
  • need to know self
  • on being aware 
  • being mindful
  • Being aware of self is not a luxury but essential for all the abundance in life..
  • Know how we are pushing all that matters to us in our life away from us by being ourselves - all because we are adamant about being lazy, not wanting to know self, give me what I want then I will sit in meditation etc excuses...
  • Learning to know yourself is the first step towards loving yourself...

  • Enough to loving the 'image of who we are'. Let's daringly look at who we actually are. Then, only then we can shove away all that we don't like about how we express ourselves and bring order in our life...
  • You are the seat of abundance. Why limit yourself to self-pity image by denying yourself of that abundance.
  • Come let's embrace ourselves....


Friday, February 12, 2021

Me, My Guru – Indra and I

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Me, My Guru – Indra and I






One who is lost in penance with one pointed mind and complete enthusiasm can win over even death - Saint Thiruvalluvar.


Shishya called ‘Manda’ was 25yrs old when Guru had a strong urge to do penance in Himalayas. Asking Manda to come near him, he repeated and revised all that was taught to him. He said “Son, my destiny calls me to go to Himalayas for at least 10yrs and meditate there. I am leaving you with all this know-how. Work with the techniques till I come back and become eligible enough for me to give you higher knowledge. Here take an extra ‘dhoti and angavastram’ for you. Stay simple and be in meditation all through the day. Work on your mind and learn to control it. Go to village only once in a day for bhiksha*. Putting everything aside, work on your mind”.

So saying, with heavy heart he left his student. Manda kept looking at his Guru till his form crossed the distant farms and then returned to his hut to resume his life. He would get up at 3am, as was his routine, attend to his personal duties, go to river to bathe and sit in meditation after doing homam. As the sun shone above the head, he would go to the village, seek alms, come to the ashram, eat it, take rest and then meditate till late in the evening. As the sun set, after few hours he would go to bed.

This was the routine. Few days passed. 

One day, he took dhoti (cloth used to cover the body) that he had washed and kept for next day’s use on the mat. He was surprised to see that it was bitten by rat and the holes were so many that it made that dhoti ‘un-wearable’ to him. He had only one spare dhoti and even that was bitten by the rat. Not knowing what to do, he went to village and asked for a dhoti. One of the villagers gave him but said “Sir, I’ll give you this. But the rat is sure to bite this too. This way you’ll receive dhoti by us but lose it to that rat soon. Instead do something about the rat first”. 

Contd.....

(*bhiksha – alms received by Brahmins from the village they stayed in. this way, the Brahmin caste would be able to devote all their time and energy in pursuit of spiritual knowledge. This way the group of Brahmin would be rich in spiritual strength and that would be passed on to the next generation who would come to them as students)

# My, my Guru, Indra and I, purpose of life, right and wrong, on following orders, on breaking rules, 

also read : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=buddha+alms to understand how 'ONLY WHEN WE take what other gives" do we suffer. The other person can give anything. We can condition and expect him to give ONLY blessing, love, respect, affection, material comforts and benefits BUT he can choose to give anything away from any of our expectations. It is our CHOICE as to what we choose to take when given. WE NEED NOT TAKE EVERYTHING GIVEN BY THE OTHER. WE HAVE A CHOICE TO REJECT. There in lies our clarity of thought. There in lies our freedom. There in lies our power. 

Self healing tip : 

How to avoid disappointing Guru or for that matter anyone in particular?

We get angry at others for following reasons:

When we expect something from them

They don't fill our expectations and conditions

The 'Dharma' to be followed in any relationship is instead of looking at 'what is in it for me' to 'how can I contribute in this relationship?'

Homework : 

Meditate. Look within and search for any one relationship where you think on the grounds of 'giving' instead of benefiting or receiving. Are you not happy in that relationship?

Now, apply the same principle in every other relationship in your life. Start with the one where you have maximum complaints and you think is the cause of misery in your life.







Saturday, April 18, 2020

Putting Quarantine to good use!


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Putting Quarantine to good use!


Healthy body means less medical expenses. It also means you are able to explore and experience life fully. It also means your immune system is good and you are protected not just against ‘this virus’ but all other diseases you are prone to in life.

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After the quarantine also things wouldn’t come back to normalcy immediately. We wouldn’t go back to our old lives. No, not possible on so many accounts. We’ll have longer working hours may be. And that too for lesser pay may be! To work for longer hours we need stamina. We can’t rest then. So rest now. Build your strength, stamina, health now! And then when the time to go out and work comes don’t crib about working hours. Don’t ask for free time. Don’t desire ‘vacation’. This break must have killed the desire of ‘no work’ at least for couple of years. You should go back loving your work like never before. Work for the sake of work! So build that body ready to go on that war footing working mode!

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Next the pollution levels have come down drastically. It is noticed by so many. The rough cough, gale ki kharash (roughness or irritation in throat), early morning sneezing of many has come down surprisingly. And, that too without any meds.

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Use this to your advantage. Do pranayamam regularly without fail at least for ½ an hour daily. If you can’t do for ½ an hour/ day then do 15 mts morn and evening i.e., 15mts twice daily. You can do it immediately after ‘suryopasana’ (homam) that most of us reiki channels do**. If you are reiki channel then do rebirth meditation with selfishness and hatred daily (during this COVID time). That way you complete rebirth + homam in one go. And if you can do the same on terrace or balcony (basically basking in sunlight) then your vitamin D quota also completes for the day. This would address so many of your problems in one go!*

(*Disclaimer -  these all are just suggestions to make good use of quarantine. I don’t become ‘BOUND’ to show results in your life if and when you follow them the way you want it)

(Exceptions : mothers to be and just delivered this doesn’t apply to you. Eat as you like and should. Exercise ONLY when Dr. okays it. You have done a noble job of giving birth to a life. We love you however you look now, so relax! We can get you back to shape when it is time to!)

(Doing homam** - those who are not doing homam for various reasons no need to give explanation to me…..) 

Contd....


Note : Share at least one healing experience of yours daily till this covid situation lasts.......i am spending 3-4 hours only on blog, can't you at least spend 5-10mts writing/sharing one of your any reiki experience.......

also reads suggested on this topic : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=health

questions answered : 

  • How to get back our health?
  • How to put this free time to good use?

Points to be understood : 
  • If we don't take time to take care of our body then we have to take time for our illness.
  • At best, most of the illness can be avoided by keeping our body healthy.
  • Healthy lifestyle, right eating and sleeping habits, right breathing can keep us away from most of the modern day diseases we live with.
  • Body can be repaired if only mind puts in effort in the right direction
  • Healthy body should always take priority over the money we wish to earn.


Thursday, May 28, 2020

Me, My Guru – On death and healing




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Me, My Guru – On death and healing


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But she continued her explanation unaware of my thought process. “How many times your wish didn’t come true and yet on a later day you thanked Reiki for the same?”

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That shows how we ask our wishes even without knowing if it is for our good or not. Reiki doesn’t fulfill a wish for various reasons. Sometimes it’s just that the time is not right. Other times, it is because it is not right for us. Sometimes, it is even protecting us against some possible event! That way Reiki knows and can see beyond time and see if a certain wish is for our good or not! It thus gives us what is good for us, when it is good for us” she concluded.

“So now did you understand why and how healing helps to heal the Earth?” I asked Vaishnav.


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“No, not really...But I understand that if we heal some good is sure to come out of it” replied Vaishnav.

We all laughed.



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Actually most of us didn’t understand it either. But we have seen the miracles of healing on so many occasions that we had stopped questioning it now. We knew it worked. Maybe our understanding didn’t increase to the level of understanding Reiki’s working. But our trust surely had increased over the years. And based on that we kept healing and seeing the way it shaped us and our lives. For now that much of knowledge seemed more than enough. 

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We sat to do Earth healing silently…….

Concluded..........

Read previous post to know on how to handle expectations https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=the+traveller+and+the+river 

Some thinking to do - 

Who is the river? 
Who is the traveler? 
What does the story tell you? 
What are the various events in it and how do you relate them to your life and its situations? 
Who are these people?

Don't just answer these questions like a 5th grade student.......questions are given as a indication of how we are to process the information and the story here. Understand it completely and give the complete picture of your understanding. That's how you answer these stories......not just answer to a question asked......think like a Phd student and answer like one......

Points to be understood :
  • Expectations, desire and belief if understood right and applied right can become our strengths. If misplaced they can create havoc in ourselves and our life.
  • They can charge us with energy enough to win the world.
  • They have power to drive us crazy and in turn drive people away from our life.
  • If your expectation is already driving you crazy, making you restless then look around you. Do you see smiling faces looking at you? Do you have people who will stand by you or wanting to spend every minute available to them to be with you? If answer is no for even one of the above question, then sit and meditate on your expectation. Know its nature. Know how it is sending wrong vibrations that is sending away good things and right things from happening in your life.
  • If the energy you are sending is not right, how many ever people who invite or find coming into your life, your life will always be a mess. 
  • Change in the name of the person or the name of the relationship will not and can not give you that 'elusive' happiness you are looking for if you can't change the energy of expectation you are generating.
  • No body need punish you for who you are! 
  • We are curse unto ourselves with the energies that we generate!
  • We are blessing unto ourselves with the energies that we generate!
  • Which one are you?
Questions answered :

What are the questions that are answered in this entire post? 
Read the whole topic post again in one go. Sit in meditation. Calmly go through the post and see how many of your issues have found answers in this post....
share if you care.......