Tag: NewYear

  • 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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  • Who moved my Cheese?

    Who moved my cheese?

    “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart” ― Helen Keller

    Long ago, I read this book “Who moved my cheese” I learned something about human psychology that day but never understood the real meaning until quite some time, until someone moved my pack of cheese, until I found the real meaning of emotional resilience.

    There is something peculiar about us human beings, especially when dealing with emotions. Emotions are distinctive set of body sensations, which we experience under specific situations. These can range from subtle to very strong. There are only three primary colours – Red, Blue and Yellow but we can get spectrum of colours by mixing primary colours. Similarly, there are four types of emotions – Joy, Sadness, Anger and Fear. But we can generate a range of the emotions using combination of these. For example, jealousy is combination of anger and fear, pride is combination of joy and anger. We go through different emotions every moment based on situation to situation testing our psychological response to know if that is going to bring pain or pleasure?

    We rely on relations throughout our life. One of the prime areas of our existence that deal with this reaction response every day is relationships. I still remember one of my managers telling relationship is the most important part of your life, be it personal or professional. Relationship does not mean only relationship with people but it also means relationship with profession, relationship with sports, relationship with music and so on. Let’s focus on relationship with some activity such as profession.

    In relationships, we experience various primary and secondary emotions like love, pride, respect, envy, anger, frustration, sadness, and loss. I remember, when I was ready to move to Australia and resigned my job in India, I was having mix of emotions. I was having emotions of joy, excitement, curiosity to explore new country, meeting new people, gaining wider work experience. But somewhere inside me, I was sad leaving my current job, my friends and my country. To my surprise, I was grieving about the loss and it hit me real hard when I returned after my brother’s wedding back in 2005. Leaving a house full of joy, party, celebration and togetherness to a lonely apartment in Strathfield, it was like a punch in the guts as if a great loss, kind of death.  

    Coping with any loss always involves the same dynamics. In every case, whether it’s the loss of a friendship, a career, a limb, whatever, we are forced to admit the fact that we will never experience something or someone again. We are forced to feel an internal emptiness and to accept our pain. Every loss is losing part of us which needs to be rebuilt so that we can replace the loss with new job, new friends and colleagues.

    No one can help you unless you get up and start reconstructing the lost part of yourself. I started attending few seminars, going to temple, found a new job and got connected with new people, made new friends “my eagles group” to who I’ll be eternally grateful. I left my comfort zone behind and started taking life head on; I never imagined I would pursue passion for writing and public speaking. Eternal grateful for that change it made me rediscover myself. I had found new cheese, I embraced my new life.

    So if you are at the juncture where someone has moved your cheese then get excited because it’s time to do something you never thought you will do. It is time to look after your physical and emotional state. It is time for new adventures you never tried before. It is time to go for a run or fitness class or any other sports you like. Maybe try out meditation you might discover something that you’ve never experienced before. I remember my first meditation session back in 2002 I felt as light as a feather, a bird set free to roam the skies, it was pure and serene.

    It is time for New Year to begin, in essence that is what a new year is all about, who cares about earth spinning round the sun in 365 days? But if you look closer it can be real powerful only if you’ve found your cheese.

    “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” 

    Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi.

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    Originally published on January 21, 2018