Start living today

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Start living today.........

It was so with school/ college and any and every other phase of my life!

I’ve two options available:

1.     To go on living, complaining and suffering the same way for the rest of my life.

2.     Accept my nature to be at fault. Accept that I don’t have a problem. I am the problem! Stop blaming, accusing, hating, calling names, abusing Reiki, master, Universal laws and God and start first living the life the right way from now on. Stop complaining about everything and everyone!

Start looking at good things instead of only ‘few flaws’ (so called) in life!

As I work on my goals and desires, I should also celebrate what I already have in life! We usually take what we have with us for granted. We are so involved in possessing, hoarding and chasing things and people in life that we don’t take time to be with them. Life is not getting things and people! Life is about being with them. Life is about living.

I have board games at home that we hardly put to use. Instead we complain about ‘bad content’ on TV and still keep watching it. Can’t we put it to rest and go on to playing games with our family and friends. Where are those days gone?

We have parks in our vicinity/ colony/ neighbourhood that we hardly visit. And yet complain of being unable to take vacation in some hill station?! Even if you go to the park, it is just to do “rounds” of walk and rush back home. Walking is also done either gossiping or listening to phones. Some great souls watch videos as they walk! Walk as if that is the only thing worth doing for the day! Enjoy your walk! Be with yourself in that walk of your day! Connect with your self during walk! If you can't and don't want to be with self, why would someone else be happy being with you?


Wow!

How much time did I spend per day with the little ones at home playing, listening to their dreams, imaginations etc? Do we have family time that doesn’t involve just ‘what to cook tomorrow’ or ‘when to leave for that family function’ type of questions? We already have family that we don’t spend fun-time with and yet complain that we want love; a partner in life!

If you can’t love the people already in your life, are not happy with ones you spend time with now, then no new friends/ job/ partner can give that love/ joy in your life!

So on and so forth…

I need to start living and living today! Yes, I need to stop day dreaming and hoping to live in the future. I need to live today! I need to start living instead of chasing things and people I need….I need to live! 

Isn't it an irony that 'today' I want to do few of these things like going to park etc and I can't because of social distancing and lockdown?

But still the good news is there are few things which still are within my reach like spending time with family etc and I have been blessed with time and opportunity to experience the same. My wish has come true! This wish has also come true like many others earlier........

Can I trust that other wishes too would come true like this?

Concluded....... 

# living in the moment, challenges of life, art of living, living and existing, hoarding and experiencing life, happiness, mindfulness, 

Previous posts on the topic : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=little+joys+of+life 

Food for thought : 

• If you look at things for which you can be happy and grateful, you'll find 24hrs a day to be much lesser time to count them.......
• Dreams, goals, desires are to be worked for. They are to be chased. They propel us to get up and work. But their fulfillment or possessing can't be the condition for our happiness!
• Happiness is the 'state of being'. It doesn't need anything external to validate it or experience it.
• Sense of achievement comes from external possessions and getting things and wish being fulfilled. 
• Happiness and sense of achievement are two totally different things.
• They are not a 'single package'. 

Life tip: 

Can you describe three people closest to you in a word or a sentence?

I know a person and the best way to describe him would be  "....and he gave a damn!" 

Other person I know would be "she lived life to the fullest on her terms!"

One woman would be "She lived for others"

So you get the picture, now do it!

Reflections – on living the moment!

 

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Reflections – on living the moment!

So what is the moral of the story here?

·      No point regretting on the other opportunities

·       We can’t live all the endless lives and decisions at the same point of time and in same life time. Knowing this, our God (Vedic philosophy) has given as scores of lives.

·     
  Peace, joy and abundance is finding joy in living what we already have or chosen over what could be.

·       Concentrate on the beauty of the present (the one present too!) Just this application in life will change the quality of your mind. This is enough to lighten you up, give you joy and leave you with energy enough to chase that you desire.

Chase away regret the moment you become aware of this.

Live the decision. Live the life. Life is in NOW! If you lose it in regret, then yours would roll out and you’ll be left with only regrets at the end of the day.

So, to commemorate or seal our understanding let’s do this exercise for next 3 days. Let’s just watch Sunset or sky for ½ an hour. And yes, we have done it previously too – but still let’s pick up this activity.

And do get back with your experiences – if any….

And yes, you can involve your family and friends too in this activity – though they may not be Reiki channels – just remember not to be talking while doing this activity…..

Concluded.....

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# living in the moment, mindfulness, awareness, beingness, now and here, life is in the present, Il dolce far niente, life, present moment, 

further on this topic: https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=il+dolce+far+niente 

There will be other posts also in line with this topic.....you may resonate with them. If you come across them do mention the same and help others also in connecting with older blog posts.....

Please note: As ever I repeat and suggest you read the topic in one go at the end of it. Do it every single time the topic runs for more than one post/day. You will need just about 10mts max. But the benefit you'll receive will be by way of understanding the topic. Only when you understand right will you be able to apply it right. Only when you apply it right will you benefit in your life.

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wow for the number of posts so far!

Wow! for the number of posts so far 

Last year the number of posts for the year was 174 and this year we have already touched 175. Good going i would say....

What is there to celebrate in it? Nothing if you see it from one angle.....

                                        

In fact, i can also choose to bring down the 'sense of achievement' by saying something like "but there are lots of comments and healings posts in here and that actually don't count or shouldn't count etc..."

The highly enthusiastic ones will say "don't bother about others maam, you wrote so many and that it self is wow for us"

Each unto his perception. Each unto his attitude.

                                                          

For me, it is neither a need for being 'optimistic' or 'boosting self esteem' by such thoughts or words........it is about celebrating life!

For me, life is lived in moments!

                   

And I have said so so many times. And again I repeat what I have said so many times "Life is not a set of events or string or achievements or possessions. Life is lived in moments. Happiness is experienced everytime you live 'that moment'. To make a moment we don't need a person, material, to get something, for something to turn out our way. 

Every moment has something to offer. We miss out on looking at those 'small packets of joy' that is on our path unasked and unworked for. 

This is my way of reminding you of seeing every mile stone that we cross in our life - they are milestones and every mile stone is worth celebrating for what it is! There are 'no' big or small milestones. They are just milestones. 



The day we realize it, accept it, live it we'll be happy and appreciate life for what it is!

We'll still be working for what we 'desire for' in our lives. But we'll not work out of 'lack of reason to celebrate'. We'll work towards our dreams and desires with a 'happy heart' that is filled with joy of having all that it needs and wants right now. The heart knows that 'this moment is complete'. It just wants to experience that completeness from an other angle viz. fulfillment of one more desire or dream. 

                                      

For the month of June HW is : Look for the 'moments worth celebrating' in your life and share it if you want to.

                                          

'These moments are your day to day moments' and can happen every single day multiple times too for each one of you.......

https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=new+record+in+blog

An interesting reflection: Slow Down Culture

Patience - An answer to lots of our issues

It's been 18 years since I joined Volvo, a Swedish company. Working for them has proven to be an interesting experience. Any project here takes 2 years to be finalized, even if the idea is simple

and brilliant. It's a rule. Globalized processes have caused in us (all over the world) a general sense of searching for immediate results. We have come to possess a need to see immediate results. This contrasts greatly with the slow movements of the Swedish. They, on the other hand, debate, debate, debate, hold endless meetings and work with a slowdown scheme. At the end though, this always yields outstanding results.

Said in another words: 1. Sweden is about the size of San Pablo , a state in Brazil . 2. Sweden has 2 million inhabitants. 3. Stockholm , has 500,000 people. 4. Volvo, Escania, Ericsson, Electrolux, Nokia are some of its renowned companies. Volvo supplies the NASA. 

The first time I was in Sweden , one of my colleagues picked me up at the hotel every morning. It was September, cold and snowy. We would arrive early at the company and he would park far away from the entrance (2000 employees drive their cars to work). The first day, I didn't say anything, neither the second nor the third. One morning I asked, "Do you have a fixed parking space? I've noticed we park far from the entrance even when there are no other cars in the lot." To which he replied, "Since we're here early we'll have time to walk, and whoever gets in late will be in a hurry and need a place closer to the door. Don't you think?" Nowadays, there's a movement in Europe name Slow Food. This movement establishes that people should eat and drink slowly, with enough time to taste their food, spend time with the family, friends, without rushing. Slow Food is against its counterpart: the spirit of Fast Food and what it stands for as a lifestyle. Slow Food is the basis for a bigger movement called Slow Europe, as mentioned by Business Week. Basically, the movement questions the sense of "hurry" and "craziness" generated by globalization, fueled by the desire of "having in quantity" (life status) versus "having with quality" or the "quality of being". The French, even though they work 35 hours per week, are more productive than the Americans or British. The Germans have established 28.8 hour workweeks and have seen productivity driven up by 20%. This slow attitude has brought forth the US 's attention, pupils of the fast and the "do it now!". 

This no-rush attitude doesn't represent doing less or having lower productivity. It means working and doing things with greater quality, productivity, perfection, with attention to detail and less stress. It means re-establishing family values, friends and leisure time. Taking the "now", present and concrete, versus the "global", undefined and anonymous. It means taking essential human values, the simplicity of living. It stands for a less coercive work environment, happier, lighter and more productive where people enjoy doing what they know best how to do. It's time to stop and think on how companies need to develop serious quality with no-rush that will increase productivity and the quality of products and services, without losing the essence of spirit. 

Many of us live our lives running behind time, but we only reach it when we die of a heart attack or in a car accident rushing to be on time. Others are so anxious of living the future that they forget to live the present, which is the only time that truly exists. We all have equal time throughout the world. No one has more or less. The difference lies in what each one of us does with our time. We need to live each moment. As John Lennon said, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans". Congratulations for getting to the end of this message. There are many who would've stopped in the middle so as not to waste time in this "globalized" world.

Patience is a virtue highly under-rated in today's world but yet worth possessing and practicing....

start working on developing this quality to better the quality of our lives......

Il dolce far niente!

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“Everything that you did today is termed as ‘Il Dolce far Niente’ by Italians. It’s in their character and way of life. It means “the sweet joy of doing nothing!”.

“And in our country we call it laziness” I blurted out and everyone burst out laughing. She couldn’t continue as others joined me “And we are experts in doing nothing!”

“Yes and we wear laziness as our identity badge. We are proud of it too!”

“We get away with this attitude saying ‘chaltha hai’ (it happens) and ‘light lo’ (take it easy). Everyone were in splits. Some of us were still giggling when she continued her explanation.

“No.no. Il dolce far niente is not about ‘doing nothing’ as we mean. It is not being lazy or complacent. It is about ‘living the moment’. Italians and Romans did not believe that Time is something that can be spent, wasted or passed. Every moment holds the possibility of Goodness, Sweetness and   Pleasure.  Not because of how much we squeeze into it, but because of the beauty that fills life itself.  Goodness, blessings and pleasure are in every moment, we just need to pause long enough to notice. In fact Romans have taken this apparent non activity to the level of art form. To a Roman to see and be seen, to experience life to the fullest, to love and be loved is the very essence of living. They were experts in that. They knew life is not about running behind something or achievement. They knew that ‘life comprises of moments lived’ – moments as simple as watching sun-set, playing with the kid, feel the grass under your feet or let the food tease your eyes and nose before you eat. That doesn’t mean they were any less of achievers. Infact they were great artists, rulers, scientists, lovers and what not. But that didn’t stop them from ‘living the moment’ as they live through their routine. Infact no act was performed – no is performed as a routine. They savour ‘every moment’ thereby bringing joy and play into their every act. 

Great Artists of Italy

Considered One of the most beautiful paintings of all times 'Monalisa' by The genius 'Leonardo da vinci'

Shastha said “but Guruji, give us examples as to its’ application. You just now said they apply while eating. How? This seems more Greek and Latin than Italian” everyone laughed. I liked the way she used the words Greek, Latin and Italian in that phrase. Good word play!

“Fine! How do most of us eat our food?” asked our Guruji.

“We gulp it as we walk, drive, while watching TV, checking whatsapp and “got it” she cut our phrase. “See you are doing something else while eating. You are not with the food. Why I see people checking their mails etc over phone even in the restaurants. Even there, they don’t savour their food. No doubt we have dumped our system with food but haven’t ‘enjoyed eating’”.

“oh” so many voices gave it out that it was obvious they got the point.

“When you eat, first eat with your eyes. Look at the food. Admire its’ colour, texture etc about it and then smell it. let its smell intoxicate your senses. This way saliva has already started forming and this aids digestion and good digestion means ‘less ill-health’. Got it?

Now eat it don’t gulp it. Let your tongue enjoy the taste melting into t it. Then chew consciously and by now you are already happy to eat (just practice this and observe the look on your face at this point). Enjoy your food. See it’s a routine – a must in everyone’s life and how it’s turned into an enjoyable experience. Don’t wait to go to some ‘fancy live the moment class’ in fancy 5-star hotels paying thousands of rupees to appreciate doing this. Do it daily. Increase your joyful moments.

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