Grow within, live fully

  “Peace begins where assumptions end, understanding begins.” Assumptions are the interpretation we believe or give to what we see? What we heard? And to what we observe? About the people, about the situations and more importantly about ourselves. It has nothing to do with reality. As it builds upon our quick observing and thinking process, without knowing the background of the particular situations or people.  Moreover, it is like the story building without knowing the facts. As it builds upon missing links or without background.  These missing links and the story without facts not only consumes so much of our mind but we also have to pay a huge cost for it. That is… our peace.  Our peace begins to disturbed when we believe in the stories that our mind creates. As we consider them as a universal truth or reality. Without knowing… that it is just one interpretation that our mind created. It can be the other way around.  Our assumptions create problems that may n...

  “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk on the path.”                                             Buddha Hardcore success of others often gives us goosebumps. It excites us to walk on the same path. We do walk for the first few days… as we also want to achieve hard earned success like them, and make ourselves proud.  After a few days of struggles… we couldn't keep up. But why? Are we not capable enough? Are we not worthy of success? This is the story of all of us who want to be successful, but couldn't maintain the pace of doing hard things.  This happened because the source of motivation comes from outside. Which faded away in time being. And we rely more on motivation than inner and conscious will power. If the source of the motivation comes from within with conscious efforts then things go quite easy. Here, your ...

You are smart,  You are intelligent,  You know everything,  But, the problem is You don't follow anything.  You only scream,  That life is unfair,  That life is hard,  But, deep down,  You know everything,  Yet, you don't follow anything.  You are smart,  You are intelligent,  You know everything,  But, the problem is,  You don't follow anything.  You only worry,  You only cry,  You know everything,  Yet, you don't follow anything.  You are only lazy,  You only complain,  You can't do anything,  But, you know everything,  Yet, you don't follow anything.  You only sleep,  You only dream,  You only see big,  You know everything,  Yet, you don't follow anything.  You are smart,  You are intelligent,  You know everything,  But, the problem is,  You don't follow anything. 

  The common parameter of the richness in our lives is money. We all value money more than anything in our life. We are not wrong either… This is what we learn from our parents, from our society and from the world.  In our consciousness one thing we all realize is that “Money is the Master”. Without it we are nothing, we neither have respect nor have recognition in the society. Money defines us, money makes our identity.  That is all… .  Then what about the wealth beyond money? What about the things that actually makes you rich? Which is considered to be real wealth not only by the ultra rich but also by the great sages and scholars of all time.  For some the concept of “real wealth” comes after the peak of success, after the peak of wealth and after the peak of attaining worldly things. While for others.. This is the way of living. This is the way of valuing small things in life. This is what… make them richer in  their lives.  What are the things tha...

  Seven years ago when I was travelling through a metro train to cover a short distance to save my time, I got a wonderful piece of advice from a middle aged woman, who was sitting just next to me. She started to chat with me as soon as I boarded the train. In the beginning she asked me like what I do? Where am I going? What do I want to be in the future? After listening to my views, she suddenly took a pause of four to five seconds, then she told me “Whatever you want to do or become… . First try to become your own best friend.”  At that time I didn't pay much heed to this advice, maybe I was too young to understand this or at that time I barely knew the concept of “self exploration”. Now, after seven years and so much suffering from my own expectations, I finally come on the path of becoming my own best friend. Now I truly understand what the lady was trying to say.  I think your life becomes different when you see yourself like your best friend. You become more aware ...

  Like most of you, I also feared failures to death. I used to think “ Failure means the end of life, it means you are good for nothing. There is no point in living, if you fail in life.” I used to believe that if you couldn't clear a prestigious exam that gets you name, fame and money in life, you are doomed to be unhappy for the rest of your life. You are going to lose your face not only in front of your family but also in society. You are no longer entitled to remain present in social gatherings. You are entitled to fail in everything in your life. You are entitled to remain unhappy and dissatisfied all your life. You are entitled to achieve nothing significant in your life.  But wait, these are your thoughts or your reality. This is your overthinking or self reflection.  How do we know that this is our reality? On what parameters you are deciding “your worth”. It is also quite possible that what you consider failures are the stepping stones for you to reach on the top...

  Our life is nothing but "our choices". Our choices determine the course of our lives. Everything that happens in our life, our struggles, our failures, our success and our relationships all depend upon our choices. Our choices are the default setting of our lives.    Our choices are the inputs of our life. These are like commands we give to life for ourselves. And the results are the events that happens in our life.  That's why, if you choose suffering, there will be suffering. If you choose freedom then there will be freedom. Similarly, if you choose growth, there will be growth, if you choose regrets, there will be regrets.  Our mindset determines our choices, our choices determine our actions and our actions determine our life. So, I choose freedom over suffering. I choose efforts over results. I choose moving on over holding things. Moreover, I choose to grow and it's my default choice.  I choose freedom over suffering Our suffering is an outcome of o...