Comfort Zone

 Ideally, we should gravitate towards people and experiences that will teach us and help us grow and evolve. But idealistic situations often remain just that: an ideal. They require a complete turn around from the superficial to the meaningful. They require sacrificing comfort for elevation. Yes, the two cannot go together.

If you stay on land and dream of conquering mountains, well there is no tax on dreaming but that is all it will be an unrealized dream.

Living in and around comfort zones is more for the weak hearted. And I don’t necessarily refer to climbing mountains here. I mean shaking yourself out of anything you find yourself settling into on a long term basis. At least, going beyond it once in a while, gaining new experiences and then maybe, returning to that comfort zone for a while.

I know the world is not always an easy place but it was never meant to be ! It is up to you to gain and lose according to who you are and what you can become or want to become or not!

Surekha Kothari

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Responsible

 It doesn’t matter how many lives you have lived. Live this one to the best of your ability. Life can be perceived in so many ways! And created in so many ways. We are the creators, never doubt this!

Do you notice how we have an innate ability to change, cloak, mask our emotions in a second? As also the ability to move on from any situation, unless we don’t WANT to!

Have you noticed how in a second, we can become our own friends like no one can, and the next second, our own worst enemy?

How can all this be real if we don’t control our own lives?

And even when our lives are NOT within our control, WE are responsible for this condition as well.

Friends, every finger points only at each of us. We learn, write our own exams, do well or not and face all consequences of our actions.

The moving finger writes… and having writ, moves on! (or not). WE are responsible.

Surekha Kothari

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Journey

 Sometimes, when the world lashes out at you, you react with random things. Angry and quoting many past events which have no bearing on any present situation. And that’s not ok. It is a realization that dawns after many such episodes.

When you register anything negative, letting it go immediately without storing it is wisdom. Only, we don’t wear those imaginary helmets which would slide off reactions without storing them.

When keeping the mind clean becomes a necessity, it becomes easier. As we move into different phases in our karmic cycle, this is a great way to keep tossing out any thought or reaction that may become an impediment in your journey.

People will be people. Why worry? Why not worry, instead, about how much you can face yourself in your own mirror and find yourself smiling at it one day? Perhaps in triumph!

Surekha Kothari

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Journey

 The happiest way to be is to wear blinkers and not worry about the reactions of others as long as you are clear about your actions and your own journey. Ironically, we are conerned about what the same people will think of us who don’t even have their own act together nor know where they are heading. But they happily criticise what they see in you without recognising many undesirable traits within themselves. Typical !

Don’t let your life depend on anything except your own reflections, your introspection on what your life should look like.

Granted, sometimes we are stuck in situations we did not visualise would get us stuck. But its ok. We just need to shoot down that body of karma by getting immune to it.

No one is indispensable as we see today when each one is just for himself or herself. In a way, it gives you the freedom to chalk out your own life without interference.

If you step back, everything gets levelled out.

Surekha Kothari

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Words or Actions

What makes you feel peaceful after you have acted on it is generally the right thing. If you have an active conscience, it will tell you when you need to repair damage done through your words or actions.

As you move on in life, it is your feelings that will indicate your path. Feel guilty? Then there is work to be done angry and also happy? Then you are on the right track.

So, instead of judging others, look inside yourself. And ask, is there work in progress or has it slowed down or completely packed up?

Surekha Kothari

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Meditation

Watch your breath ! It takes some training but if you watch your breath or keep your breath within your awareness , whatever else you are doing at that moment, something miraculous happens.

You just never let go of your control . The breath regulates your thoughts, your reactions and your emotions.

If you notice, the pattern of your breath changes with the quality of your emotions. When you are angry, your breath is shallow and fast. In meditation, your breath slows down .

People get confused about what exactly meditation is. Constant breath awareness is nothing short of meditation. There is no need to sit down specially, and close your eyes and try to remove your thoughts. Many people find this frustrating and they drop meditation completely. For these people, I would really recommend watching your breath and experiencing beautiful changes.

Surekha Kothari

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Truth

There was a time when truth prevailed more often than not. Today, the rumourmongers and mischief makers, inspired and encouraged by vested interests have spread such a wide net of falsehoods , misinterpretations and misrepresentation of facts and reality that people are in a state of utter confusion. What to believe and what not.

Money exchanges hands and “ facts” are born / created. We have all become storytellers. There are many twists in every tale , reality being a huge casualty. But who cares !! People want to believe what appeals to them, not what is the truth. So, everyone watches the “Tamasha” while reality quietly sits in a corner , ignored and rejected.

Surekha Kothari

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Consequences

Why is it that when we have been doing the same drill for 20 years, like climbing the same steps we can actually climb almost blindfolded, that in the 21st year, we fall on the very same staircase ? You get hurt for sure: your ego takes a knock as well. How did you do something so silly? You should have been used to it by now.

Well, folks, maybe, it is all about losing your awareness at that time.

Haven't we seen again and again that it's all about awareness in everything, As opposed to the fact that you can never take anything or anyone for granted; constantly to be within your awareness, watching yourself and others? To understand how to respond based on the conditions before you. How best you can act in the moment.

It is so strange that responses from the same people can be different. And so, presuming can land you into troubled waters. That's why most people just cultivate the art of treading water.

So, lose your awareness and pay for the consequences.

Surekha Kothari

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