REFLECTIONS 24 SEPTEMBER 2021

The Australian Ministry of Home Affairs rejects my application of travel ,  to leave Melbourne.  What a strange situation we are in, that we have to write for permission in the first place.   A bit of a blow to my confidence ,  a strange feeling of restriction and house arrest.   A shadow of how people must feel in really restrictive and dictatorial countries.   Insightful.   Inability to return to the familiar at this time and get back into my same-old rut.   Personification of the synchronistic New Moon Oracle cards I seem to be picking up these days ,  that tell of compulsory new beginnings. 
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Saturday’s personal chatter with my colleagues highlight the strength of the universe , the path it chooses , and how usually, we should let it guide us rather than force our intentions upon it.   I am humbled by their open sharing ,  the tenacity they display with unexpected Covid-fraught challenges .  Truly inspirational young leaders without that conventional title (yet) 

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A loving and thoughtful gift - 50 Affirmation Cards to Help you Help yourself - without the Self-Helpy-Ness !

​My very first pick reads as follows :

Life is Art

I see my entire life as a work of art , and I choose to be the artist creating it. Rather than sit around as a passive audience member , I pick up a pen and write my own story. That means every day is an act of creation , as I constantly strive to be the sort of hero who fearlessly follows their bliss , curates beautiful non toxic relationships , and almost always resists having a donut

My Daily Learning & Takeaways

Nir Ayal – Nir&far.com
Stealing Advertising Hacks & transforming them into Motivational ones

1. Offering the Right Reward
2. Giving the right of refusal -  Building choice and flexibility , offering options. 
3. Changing  the narrative – the framing of words 

​Blinkist Book Summary – Pick of the Day
OSHO MEDITATION  

• Contrary to sitting still and attempting to empty your mind of thoughts , OSHO meditation revolves around movement ,  doing what you normally do in any case  , but executing these tasks with complete awareness. 
  
• OSHO was started by Rajneesh ( 1931-1990)  who opined that “ Unhappiness comes out of too much seriousness “ and essentially having the wrong attitudes.  Much has to do with perception. Example , the western world likes a small waist and big six pack chest ,  the oriental culture likes a big happy midriff like the Buddha statues , and a small chest. 
  
• “BE THE WATCHER”  -  watch and observe your body , your thoughts , your emotions , without getting caught in them.    The ebbs and flows and ranges of feeling through the gift of your day. 
  
• Meditate in nature if possible.  Trees are always meditating.   Carve out a sacred & reverent time and space for yourself.   Methods are needed only until the state of meditation – of relaxed awareness , of consciousness and centering – has become not just a passing phase , but as intrinsic to one, as say, breathing. 
  

 

​How Yogis live without food and water  - Sadhguru Podcast

• Living in the right mental state increases and maximizes your energy levels.  This is akin to the concept of friction in physics.   The more friction in a machine , the more energy needed to overcome.  Friction free function  =  reduced metabolism. 
• Right now, the “range” of energy that people carry is very small.   A little extra on them and they get overwhelmed.  A little less and they freak not knowing how to handle the silence.  They seem to be living at higher RPM than is optimal  ( Shades of transient Hypofrontality ?  )  .  
• A different dimension of energy is required ,  which is more than physical.   Daily SADHANA ( spiritual practice ) are the things you need to do to get into this state.    Your own body and mind should support you , hold you up and not trip you down. 
• Understanding “boundaries” – is like understanding soap bubbles.  

       Your body , my body     ( very separate ) 
          Your mind , my mind        (somewhat separate ) 
               Your life , my life               (boundaries blur) 
                   Your air , my air                   ( we are one )  

• How much of life you have captured will determine how significant you feel . Not the size of your body , intellect or your IQ  .