Category: Life

  • Life Goes On….

    Lately one of the saying stuck in my head is “Nothing changes, if nothing changes”. There are two ways to look at it. Nothing will change if you do nothing or nothing will change if nothing happens. The later is more subjective and former is more objective. Example: Covid-19 changed everything around us, the way we work, the way we travel and the way we make lifestyle choices. 

    Nothing would have changed (hopefully) if Corona virus didn’t bring this change into force. We saw millions of lives affected by it. Just because a teeny-weeny thing decided to change the world. Corona virus (SARS) has been around since 2003, why did it only decide to take this form in 2019? We may say it is China’s fault, meat eating people’s fault, greedy economy’s fault, political fault etc. However the end result is massive scale change in everyones lifestyle world wide!

    I’m not sure if we would ever go back 5 day work in office week anytime soon (specially in office jobs). This was a subjective change, life wanted to find it own course and it did. If we don’t bring an objective change in our lifestyle or thinking it will be brought in anyway. So why wait? Before it is too late? Why should we wait for Corona virus to change the world? Why can’t we decide and change it ourselves? 

    Reason being, we are afraid of change. As humans we like to stay in the comfort zone, our brains are hardwired for keeping us safe like rest of the mammals. However, we are gifted with human intelligence to make things smarter unlike birds, reptiles and other mammals we can perceive things. This is a great gift, but how wisely are we using this gift?

    Even if half of the people on this planet start to use our human intelligence wisely our world would become a better place within a decade. But the fear of change keeps us away from seeking out new avenues. Let’s take this as wake up call from the mother earth and start working towards change for better. Let’s reach out and make this world a better place!

    “There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures”.
    – Bryant H. McGill  

    Originally posted on June 16, 2022

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  • Only If You Believe

    Hello there!

    You know on an average around 65000 thoughts pass through our minds every day. Our mind is just busy building up the web of thoughts even if we don’t want it to and if you have a creative bent of mind then the problem is even worse. Have you ever pondered upon why does this happen? Is it because of the dreams we have? Is it because of your nature? What is it? I think it is because of something deep within us that is part of our value system. The inner recordings of subconscious brain that keeps playing on and on, the things that tell us what is right and what is wrong, the voice that guides us through our tough times, the voice that makes you love what you like and hate what you don’t. This voice is part of our daily life our routine and habits. You may call it spiritual self, inner strength, value system or the part that make us analytical being, things that make us believe.

    As Master Oogway says in the movie “Kung Fu Panda”, oh yes that reminds me Kung Fu Panda 2 is being released this week. I loved the first part and very much eager to see the sequel of this great kung fu legend with such a simple message. Here is one of the excerpts:

    Oogway: My friend, the panda will never fulfil his destiny, nor you yours until you let go of the illusion of control. 
    Shifu: Illusion? 
    Oogway: Yes. 
    [points at peach tree] 
    Oogway: Look at this tree, Shifu: I cannot make it blossom when it suits me nor make it bear fruit before its time. 
    Shifu: But there are things we *can* control: I can control when the fruit will fall, I can control where to plant the seed: that is no illusion, Master! 
    Oogway: Ah, yes. But no matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach. 
    Shifu: But a peach cannot defeat Tai Lung! 
    Oogway: Maybe it can, if you are willing to guide, to nurture it, to believe in it. 
    Shifu: But how? How? I need your help, master. 
    Oogway: No, you just need to believe. Promise me, Shifu, promise me you will believe.

    How simple but profound message “you can’t believe until you let go the illusion of control”. Recently, I started a new business that introduced a new brand of organic natural beauty products into the market. Apart from the usual roller coaster style changes happening around me, I added one more i.e. moving into a new country. Every morning I use to wake up and go for run in Hyde Park thinking how to control this situation and day by day it seems like getting out of my hands, until I recalled this “illusion of control” and there was the answer just in front of me.

    No matter how hard we try to control things around us, no wonder how much we think about it over and over again. I’m not saying not to take action but nothing can happen until we believe and let go. You may call it law of attraction, Murphy’s Law or law of universe but in simple words all it boils down to is belief in yourself. As the renowned wise sage said “believe in yourself and the world be at your feet” you just need to believe.

    Posted On June 9, 2011
    By Arwind Baswan

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  • Matter of Values!!

    Matter of Values!

    Lately, my two-year-old daughter has by-hearted this phrase “Daddy what’s the matter?” The other day we promised to take her to the beach if she sits in the car seat and be a good girl. She pretty much was in anticipation of her reward until we drove home without taking her to the beach. First words she exclaimed watching me reverse back into garage, “Daddy what’s the matter with the beach?” I gave her some gibberish reason and she cutely accepted.

    Later on, I thought I shouldn’t be doing this to a two year old, for two reasons. First, “Integrity” being one of my core values if I exhibit this behavior to my kids, it would register in their subconscious brain and would later on become part of their personality. Second, Aanya & I both love the beach so not to miss out on great opportunity to escape from the grind.

    Our value system is reflection of our personality because it feeds off directly from the experiences our brain had registered in past. For example, if “love & connection” is one of my values then I’m bound to have certain rules around looks, dress up, appearance and what I portray to the outside world. People with such values would want people to admire them when they look good and they do the same to others. It is part of the basic instinct “dress to impress” and becomes their second nature and a rule ensuring they wear their attitude.

    Now if someone stops them from dressing up nicely or objects to their appearance they feel attacked and would react either passively or aggressively. In my personal experience, best way to stop such retaliation is to be authentic to them and vice versa. Irrespective of colour, race, or sex value does matter because it is deeply ingrained in our neural pathways based on personal experiences we have since childhood. They are your rulebook to decide what’s right or wrong when faced by situational or emotional dilemma.

    So when in doubt speak to your values…

    “It is not hard to make a decision when you know what your values are” – Roy Disney

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    First released to the audience on November 20, 2016

  • Emotional Roller Coaster

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