Positive thinking

Today is my mum's birthday. I wished her a happy birthday.  She always wishes me good luck and prays for me. Miles apart, I dedicate this blog post to her.

I read these sentences as I was preparing for my exam. ''If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Being hurt is something you can’t stop from happening, but being miserable is always your choice. Winston Churchill reminds us, “Success is moving from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” The mind must believe it can do something before it is capable of actually doing it. Negative thinking creates negative results. Positive thinking creates positive results. Period. Things always turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out".

Don't be afraid to be alone

Man is a social being. During his journey of life he meets people, situations, circumstances, and gains all the paraphernalia in the form of love, knowledge, wealth and misery.
People always strive to associate themselves with others and it is this very tendency has gained popularity in the form of Facebook, Twitter, Blogs and so many others.
Although I use social networking, the real core in me has always struggled to communicate my thoughts to the wider public (except through my blog). I thought I was a shy and timid person,but that is not the reason for my struggle. My perspective has changed now. I realized it is not a struggle in the first place. It is the maturity of the self to lead a life and begin the most important part of human journey ALONE. It is the beginning of the journey to inner self. It is the path of no return. To accept the loneliness is the challenge. This loneliness doesn't mean that we shut us from our relationships or lock us up in a room. We have to respect all the relationship as they are, take over the responsibilities, but remembering to keep our soul alone and work towards our destiny.
Some people get confused with Destiny and Duty. In my opinion, Duty is that we already know, Destiny is that we have to Discover. The path to this discovery is loneliness and we should not be afraid to go on this path all alone!!

Enjoy Life

How many of us know how to Enjoy Life? I just released that I have not written anything about the title of my blog. It is a human right to enjoy life. The methods and meanings of enjoying life differs from person to person. For some people it may be going on a vacation and read a nice book and forget about work. For others, it may be spending time with family and simultaneously use a work phone to attend to business. Whatever it is it is a human right to enjoy life.
I have been trying to understand how I want to enjoy life. I am some one who is not passionate about life. I can't fix my mind to any particular thing or interest. I realised that I am some one who wants to take life as it is.
How can I enjoy life if I don't know how to? and want brings me joy?
This question brings us to an associated topic called 'joy'. I hear from the learned that one does not need a reason to be joyous for the self is the joy! People may have reasons to be sad but there need not be a reason to be happy.
For the wise, happy and sad both mean the same and that stage is where the wise finds the 'inner silence.
Inner silence can occur to anyone who undergoes a sudden state of crisis (for example, death of a close member of family) and that silence brings clarity in mind. The same inner silence occurs in deep sleep when we are unconscious. To see that inner silence in consciousness is through Meditation.
Meditation allows us to see God and attain clarity of mind.
To summarise, if I want to enjoy life I realise that I am my own happiness, but  happiness and sadness are wheels.One follows the other. I don't want to get caught in this wheel. I want to get out of this circle which means I should experience inner silence when I am conscious. That can happen through meditation. For me to enjoy life, I need to meditate and experience the inner silence.
Once inner silence is attained I can enjoy life because I then will see things equally. The two monsters called Desire and Fear can be conquered and Bliss follows. When one attains Bliss who cares about life anyway!! Long ways for me....the key is not to go finding for things, let them happen when I am ready....