I AM THE BEST

I remember a habit of mine which even i never took note of and was subjected to notice around more than thirty years ago.One day while on a visit to my uncle's place one of my cousins teased me on that.And that's how i realized that people noticed whatever i was doing.

Now what i was doing actually...

At my uncle's place there was a mirror in the passage,and we had to pass through the passage very frequently.This is something very normal..a mirror and a passage...and every body passed through the passage frequently...nothing special.

But what became a teasing tool in the hands of my dear cousin was that every time i passed the passage, i would turn my face towards the mirror and have a glimpse of my self and felt pleased and that showed on my face,and that was the cause of amusement for my cousin.

Jokes apart but yes...definitely a reinforcement of such kind for uplifting the self esteem is a must for all...at any age...at any status....in any culture.Deep down everyone needs some assurance...then why not to give this beautiful self assurance that all is perfect,go ahead.

How good it is to feel that ..yes...I am the best....
It definitely improves your self approval.The confidence level improves and definitely all this positivity helps in improving self worth.Your health improves if you feel confident about yourself.All the skills you possess get enhanced.

Why this happens actually......
When you see and appreciate yourself say for a moment intently...the level of concentration improves.Have you ever observed anybody praising self.....one look at his or her bright face....he or she is the happiest at that moment and is trying to extract the information of self from the self with full concentration without any distractions...so the basic reason behind the enhanced concentration is the happiness that one derives out of self praise.

You don't have to be authentically beautiful or outstanding in any way.........Every body is perfect in his or her own right....It is only about feeling positive about self.This mirror exercise is worth giving a try.
Happy being the best............

THE MUSIC OF DESTINY

Destiny .....what is it....before going to that, let's have a look in the dictionary for its correct meaning........
Sometimes i feel that whether i may like it or not many things in life don't happen as expected.We may chalk out the path, the goal, everything well planned for reaching that goal, having perfect ability to accomplish the task....suddenly something happens and the course of plan diverts to unimaginable bends.........and here you reach a goal, but different from what you had set for yourself initially.

Someone once said.... that if something happens according to my wish then its good...and if it happens according to His (God's) wish its even better.....We are prone to doubt the very existence of super consciousness, the supreme wisdom due to our own fickle minds which are full of fear of numerous diversified elements, aspects.........constantly wavering mental disposition.

Nothing happens just for the heck of it.Everything that happens in life has a deep hidden or it can be obvious motive. So why have doubts when He never commits mistake as we lesser beings do due to our ignorance.Plan we do, but what actually happens depends on his will.

Just a small example,i conduct early morning Yoga Classes in open natural environment six days a week and generally don't miss one without a solid reason.It so happened that due to some preoccupation had to miss the class for two days consecutively.So it was obvious that third day in a row i won't miss it.The night before i planned accordingly as it was a must for me to attend the class the very next day.

As i opened my eyes in the early morning the next day i could hear the sound of rain pouring in....out of no expectation for such hurdle i could only remember His Ultimate Will......Although it's a small incident, we do find contrasting diversions in our path time to time in life.Somewhere certain readjustments are happening.

What happens if we resist these readjustments, we do expend major part of energy resisting the change of plan.....whole of our energy is wasted in that act and there is hardly any motivation left for the final goal......Then why not to be with the flow.I think that's a more intelligent choice.Still that does not mean that we should stop planning or dreaming.....the need is to also understand and accept the Supreme Wisdom and act accordingly.

As it is raining i was thinking about the birds in either their nest or perched on a branch of a tree....These birds hardly get wet...and even if these are ...these are able to dry up in seconds....God has genuinely thought of a super plan for every being.....its better if we understand that also and be in sync with it.

Enjoying each and every note of life .....accepting diversity in all forms......listening to the silent music of destiny with joy fearlessly in perfect surrender mode.

ONE THING I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

Well that's a common question all my favorite personalities are asked by an interviewing journalist.....Some of the persons will speak of a genuine necessity in their life which probably they are dependent on and others may reply in vague.

Sometimes i wonder what if i am allowed just one thing with me....a hypothetical question.....probably not easy to answer.....i sincerely can't pin point on a single item.....may be a book....but how many repeated reads i will be interested in....or some musical instrument.....because i can't carry any music player as that won't last long.....power issue.......

Most probably i would like to take some musical instrument only which i can play and sing along. But i feel i would love to have a natural, green, fresh environment....full of natural positive energy.......So the bare basic necessity for me is clean and natural environment.....that may belong to any century or country..............
More raw..... unexplored.....untouched ...the better............Serene peaceful environment.

Well this introspection has led me to another issue...that is... can all other things that i have collected over the years.....over my life time....can be meaningless for me in some given situation......May be yes......

Well earlier i never gave a damn to this question, as i felt its just a gimmick carefully exercised by celebrities to gain more attention.....but on exploring  more about it, has really helped me to reach at a decision about what all i may need in the last years of my life.................What i can't actually live without....

LIVING YOUR ECCENTRICITIES....

Being normal or being oneself is the advice we generally hear for self realization and for self liberation.
What is like being oneself.....isn't it very close to being natural....with natural actions and reactions.........following only natural reflexes....inborn instincts.

How far away we move from this so called natural behavior with every advancing day, month or year....depends solely on how much one is not living in accordance to one's own inherent capability and capacity.....How much influence an outside environment has on one.

People and culture around do have a tendency to leave an impact,there is no doubt about that.......but how much to get affected depends on practically how much one has trained self....whether we are positively confident about ourselves or not.

In such a constantly changing environment around, finding something which is a constant and can be banked upon is the inputs given by self......We can't say that we are always thinking perfect.....there can be certain fall outs and then some uncontrollable series of events....which are beyond anyone's control .....not possible physically.Still self is the most important companion of all.

Knowing oneself needs lots of patience and perseverance.... It needs lots of time spent with oneself only.Once you start knowing yourself you start finding different aspects of life....thoughts.....your eccentricities..... wrapped and kept away from you yourself, by yourself only due to some umpteen number of reasons.....be it societal or religion or emotional or cultural bondage......

Generally people who escalate good heights in their field have followed their eccentricities may be to the hilt....and achieved something big in their respective fields.
Knowing your eccentricities and then following them can be a way to find out what one needs out of life.....