Friday, 29 November 2024
Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Self-improvement
Self-improvement starts with the surrender of arrogance, ego and cultivating humility. We are constantly becoming aware of what we should be giving up to gain a foot in the door of heaven, so to speak.
Spirituality implies a gradual
elimination of the unwanted that we have wanted all our lives, in our
ignorance.
Yes, it could shake comfort
levels. It could isolate in a small way and later, as your practices increase,
in a big way also. But this kind of isolation does not necessarily take you away
from people. It may lead to a dropping of people whose energies are not on par
with yours at that time.
There is however, no cause for
any lament! That is a natural phenomenon. It WILL happen.
Ultimately, this is not a loss
but a gain. A gain to strengthening your energy to be directed towards a higher
awareness and higher goals.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Friday, 22 November 2024
Perspective
The mantra for life, I have discovered, is “that was THEN, this is NOW”. If we reflect on our thoughts, how much of our thinking patterns come from past experiences? A maximum percentage, I would imagine. We judge people from past experiences.
Our relationships, more often
than not, are dictated by the past experiences too. Our trust factor also comes
with time, again only from the past. Our behavior stems from early conditioning.
Our guilt comes from what we did wrong earlier. Our lack of forgiveness is
because someone has hurt us and that becomes a negative past memory. So, the past,
which is really a ghost, rules over us even though it has passed.
It is incredible that we still
won’t let go. Irrational that we won’t give our present a chance. The more we
read about living in the NOW, the less we actually do. The past has occupied so
much space within us
Popularly said, “nowhere” can be
changed with a new perspective, “NOW HERE”. But our mind is here and there all
the time. Never in the NOW.
Awaken, people, to what we are
doing to ourselves during our life here! Improving every moment in the present,
trying to clean each such moment is the only thing we can do.
As we clean, and declutter, we
create new spaces to attract the energy which can change our lives and bring in
what we call miracles”.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Monday, 18 November 2024
Realization
Ironically, the day you start
healing is the day you realize that you really have no control over anything
anyone says, thinks, understands (or misunderstands) or acts. You realize that
you are constantly pushing yourself or being pushed into corners all the time.
And suddenly, the tipping point
happens and you just invert the bag of baggage into a dust bin instead of your
mind becoming the dustbin where the unnecessary baggage should have been thrown
out long ago.
I guess karma could also be a
sudden realization after a lot of struggle. That change could be lifesaving,
better, soul saving.
Any realization comes with awareness.
When, how and why will depend on our own reflection.
Surekha Kothari
www.BodyMindSoulCentre.com
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
Friday, 15 November 2024
Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Evolution
I wonder when you reach a point
when you are able to streamline your life. When the transition is happening, it
could be confusing. You might opt for something and then opt out of it. You
might be really enthused one minute and lose interest the next.
One tag which you might acquire
may be “erratic”. But no! It could very well be a streamlining process active
within you that is leaving behind old ideas, old patterns and learning new ways
to evolve.
I have never believed in tags pinned
on others. We really are not qualified to judge. Are we? Because we are
constantly changing, or so I would like to think.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
Monday, 11 November 2024
Motivation
Everyone has difficult circumstances to tackle in life. But, it is disturbing to see so many people developing a victim mentality. Worse still, making their victim card a weapon and playing it to their advantage to gain sympathy.
Today, we need more courage than
ever before. Life is fast and no one has the time. We need to do things for
ourselves because the support systems of families and elders is crumbling.
To blame life is completely
futile. Nothing just “happens”. The fatalistic card of “woe is me” can only
mean defeat / lack of motivation to get up and walk again. There will always be
supporters around you in strange ways though you may never see them as such out
of wallowing in self-pity and confused feelings. I have seen many an olive
branch by well-meaning people, rejected again and again.
Actually, you can beat yourself
up all your life, with comparisons, maybe for bad decisions made or a karmic onslaught,
branding yourself as “unlucky” or whatever. But you know what? It only makes it
worse. Only you can turn your life around.
Again and again, I come back to
the courage needed to transform a negative pattern of thought to an “I can do
it” mode. It is hard work and sometimes, many tears before you smile again. But
that one smile is worth the tears preceding it.
Surekha Kothari
www.BodyMindSoulCentre.com
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
Thursday, 7 November 2024
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
Evolution
How long can you be apologetic for your evolution? At some point, you have to be prepared for changes around you. Your comfort levels WILL be shaken. You will enter a new space where you may not find a known ambience.
The people around you might even
wonder how they ever felt aligned to you? And you will not be able to explain
any of it to anyone.
Still, regression into the old
ways is neither easy nor advocated. Because empty spaces get filled very fast
with new energies that are attracted to that quality of space.
This is why, forward movement is
better, even on unchartered territory. New experiences can be exhilarating and
profitable for growth. And each will be a new learning as well.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
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