LET IT BE THE YEAR OF POSITIVITY!
Yet another year has passed us by.
Yet another 'New year' is here!
Some of us make our personal resolutions at this time, and not without reason; Since the human brain is accustomed to work on linear signals,the first of January marks a good starting point for
re-programming our mind set. I too,have had my share of resolutions year after year, mostly to be frittered away in a matter of days..
And this time,I sat down to reflect on why our will is not strong enough.There could be a plethora of reasons, but reasoning itself embarked on the fact,that since all things are connected, one resolve ,without the other, does not work. We know from our workplaces ,the importance of Teamwork. Well,our mind needs that too. A resolution,therefore,must be such that is holistic,
full. Holding in its content all the small bits of the team of good resolves.
It should be affirmative,not negative; that is, rather than thinking on what I should not do,
how about focusing on what I could do...
Again a huge number of thoughts came up
and among these, all the noble ones found their summation in the one word "Positivity".
This lead me to the understanding that to " Let it be the year of positivity",
was an uncomplicated resolution that would take care of teamwork among thoughts,as well as goodness. And that too,without asking for an Olympic standard of genius and spiritual wisdom...
In eastern mysticism,the wise attribute all 'lucks' to three broad categories:
A) Adi Bhautik ( Those created by elements of Nature)
B) Adi Daivik ( Those created by higher powers)
C) Adi Aatmic (Self created)
While we can do little for the baby that is born blind , or an earthquake that destroys our homes and tenements ( Adi Bhautik), or the evil that resides in men as greed and expresses itself in oppressing others ( Adi Daivik) ; however, there is much that we can do about our own thoughts and their power ( Adi Aatmic).
A contemporary mystic, and my dear friend Lillian Too,in her brilliant book"Inner Feng Shui",
( an excellent tool for anyone that wishes to tune in to their positivity) explains about this power:
"You can make yourself distressed,bring tears to your eyes,simply by thinking of something sad -
a tragic event,the loss of a loved one,a sad movie.In the same way,you can make yourself confident by thinking about your achievements,and make yourself excited by thinking of your loved one.Your thinking will control your moods.The extent of this control will vary from person to person but thoughts determine your state of mind. Now let's look at your state of luck.You can make yourself feel lucky by thinking of all the good things that happen in your life.All the opportunities that came your way,all the big breaks you got. All the good health you enjoy.You are lucky even to be alive,what with all the wars,diseases and accidents in the world! When you adopt this perspective of life,you realise how really lucky you are.
Or,you can make yourself feel unlucky by thinking of every bad thing that has happened to you.
The toast got burnt.You slipped on the bathroom rug.You missed your deadline.You lost that promotion.You never win at lotteries.No one appreciates you.Everything that can go wrong with your life,has gone wrong.
You can compound these feelings.You can strengthen feelings of good and bad luck by adding further thoughts to them. Thinking lucky thoughts brings you good luck.
thinking unlucky thoughts brings you bad luck.
It is as simple as that!"
I laud Lillian's ability in sharing such profound wisdom in simple terms, with millions of seekers the world over. This is what transforms one's personal resolution into a transpersonal guidance for all. Everything is within you, the Sages have repeatedly exhorted throughout the struggle of man over circumstance, and in due course of time ,even the Bhautik and Daivik smile on the efforts of a dexterous meditator...
Begin with your self created luck,yes, and that which seems to be beyond you,will one day,
twinkle in the palm of your hand....Start now, Let this be the year of positivity.
( This article was written about 20 years ago )
~ From the notes of Shail Gulhati, Author of SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
Available on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/dp/
and for INDIA exclusively:
https://www.amazon.in/dp/
Yet another year has passed us by.
Yet another 'New year' is here!
Some of us make our personal resolutions at this time, and not without reason; Since the human brain is accustomed to work on linear signals,the first of January marks a good starting point for
re-programming our mind set. I too,have had my share of resolutions year after year, mostly to be frittered away in a matter of days..
And this time,I sat down to reflect on why our will is not strong enough.There could be a plethora of reasons, but reasoning itself embarked on the fact,that since all things are connected, one resolve ,without the other, does not work. We know from our workplaces ,the importance of Teamwork. Well,our mind needs that too. A resolution,therefore,must be such that is holistic,
full. Holding in its content all the small bits of the team of good resolves.
It should be affirmative,not negative; that is, rather than thinking on what I should not do,
how about focusing on what I could do...
Again a huge number of thoughts came up
and among these, all the noble ones found their summation in the one word "Positivity".
This lead me to the understanding that to " Let it be the year of positivity",
was an uncomplicated resolution that would take care of teamwork among thoughts,as well as goodness. And that too,without asking for an Olympic standard of genius and spiritual wisdom...
In eastern mysticism,the wise attribute all 'lucks' to three broad categories:
A) Adi Bhautik ( Those created by elements of Nature)
B) Adi Daivik ( Those created by higher powers)
C) Adi Aatmic (Self created)
While we can do little for the baby that is born blind , or an earthquake that destroys our homes and tenements ( Adi Bhautik), or the evil that resides in men as greed and expresses itself in oppressing others ( Adi Daivik) ; however, there is much that we can do about our own thoughts and their power ( Adi Aatmic).
A contemporary mystic, and my dear friend Lillian Too,in her brilliant book"Inner Feng Shui",
( an excellent tool for anyone that wishes to tune in to their positivity) explains about this power:
"You can make yourself distressed,bring tears to your eyes,simply by thinking of something sad -
a tragic event,the loss of a loved one,a sad movie.In the same way,you can make yourself confident by thinking about your achievements,and make yourself excited by thinking of your loved one.Your thinking will control your moods.The extent of this control will vary from person to person but thoughts determine your state of mind. Now let's look at your state of luck.You can make yourself feel lucky by thinking of all the good things that happen in your life.All the opportunities that came your way,all the big breaks you got. All the good health you enjoy.You are lucky even to be alive,what with all the wars,diseases and accidents in the world! When you adopt this perspective of life,you realise how really lucky you are.
Or,you can make yourself feel unlucky by thinking of every bad thing that has happened to you.
The toast got burnt.You slipped on the bathroom rug.You missed your deadline.You lost that promotion.You never win at lotteries.No one appreciates you.Everything that can go wrong with your life,has gone wrong.
You can compound these feelings.You can strengthen feelings of good and bad luck by adding further thoughts to them. Thinking lucky thoughts brings you good luck.
thinking unlucky thoughts brings you bad luck.
It is as simple as that!"
I laud Lillian's ability in sharing such profound wisdom in simple terms, with millions of seekers the world over. This is what transforms one's personal resolution into a transpersonal guidance for all. Everything is within you, the Sages have repeatedly exhorted throughout the struggle of man over circumstance, and in due course of time ,even the Bhautik and Daivik smile on the efforts of a dexterous meditator...
Begin with your self created luck,yes, and that which seems to be beyond you,will one day,
twinkle in the palm of your hand....Start now, Let this be the year of positivity.
( This article was written about 20 years ago )
~ From the notes of Shail Gulhati, Author of SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
Available on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/dp/
and for INDIA exclusively:
https://www.amazon.in/dp/
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