The Power of NOW

Monday, 31 March 2014

Have you ever thought of the power of NOW?

Past is past and the future has not yet arrived. We truly live at present. So the feeling of NOW is the only reality. Consider seriously, what is past is only your memory. And what is future is only your imagination/planning. What you are experiencing is the NOW. So your mind knows only one reality and that is the power of NOW.

Can you see the problem you are facing now, in terms of the FPN category? Is your problem concerned with Future event/s? Is it related with past incident/s? Your present problem, the one you are worried about right now, may be the after effect of some course of action in the past. Or it can lead to some kind of actions in future. Realize that you have the capacity only to act at PRESENT. You can neither go back to your past nor reach your future. So actions already passed are out of control. You MUST experience the after effect of them. No escape. Your NOW faces this reality. But how you react to this reality of NOW shapes the characteristics of the future.

So calmly, with patience, develop a good habit of demarcating FPN category of any problem you are facing. Future and Past categories of actions are not at your hand. But what NOW is in front of you. Never miss the chance of making use of the power of NOW. Do not procrastinate. Act NOW. Live NOW.

Planning a day hour by hour and translate the planning into action is the only way to build up methodically the awareness of the power of NOW.

All real happy men/women are living in the continuous memory of the power of NOW.
Develop the habit of understanding your problems on the basis of the power of NOW.
Nurture the ability to experience the beauty of The Nature through the power of NOW.

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I AM Centre

I AM Centre (Internal Awareness and Management Centre) is a space where you can visit daily for acquiring perfect peace and happiness of mind.

I AM Centre (Internal Awareness and Management Centre) is a space where you can visit daily for motivating yourself for effective functioning of your duties and works.

I AM Centre (Internal Awareness and Management Centre) is a space where you can visit daily for building up the habit of SIT Analysis (Self Investigation and Thought Analysis).

I AM Centre is a truly spiritual centre concerned only with humanity and social service. It has no connection with any religious/political organization.

Why this centre: Strong and spot-less Character is the basis for developing all skills in life. Character formation is the after effect of sincere introspection. So the visit to I AM Centre daily helps to cultivate the habit of introspection, hence self purification, hence concentration, hence skillful functioning of life. 

Requirements: An I AM Centre needs a hall where at least 30 people can sit comfortably. There will be a small library/reading room connected with the centre. This library contains books on self knowledge, the process of self investigation and the methods to cultivate internal management. There will be a care taker (man/woman) who will be in charge of all activities and maintenance of the centre. There will be daily free lunch served in the centre for all who are in need of it.

There will not be any symbol of any religious/political organization inside the hall. It should be free from all symbols.
It should be free from all sounds.
It should be free from fundamentalism.
It should be free from fanaticism.
It should be free from hatred.

There should be love, silence, understanding, acceptance, togetherness cultivated in I AM Centre.
I AM Centre will organize occasional workshop/camps for bringing the participants closer to various aspects of I AM like positive thinking, better character formation, practical goal setting, effective time management, cultivating emotional intelligence, importance of daily physical exercise etc.

What to do: A daily visitor in an I AM Centre must have initial awareness about the importance of I AM in life. He/she can acquire this knowledge by participating in the I AM workshops, by listening to talks or by reading books on this subject. He/she must spend at least 30 minutes inside the centre daily in silent meditation or by doing Yoga asana-s.
I AM Centre is a place of silence.
Observe silence.
Feel silence.
Allow silence.
Respect silence.

What not to do: No loud prayer or chanting is allowed inside the centre hall. No conversation in allowed inside the centre hall. No feel of silence of others should be disturbed by any voice/action.

Free entry: There will not be any kind of entrance fee for using I AM Centre for your internal awareness and self motivation.

Who can build: Anybody who has the will, service mentality and a piece of land can build an I AM Centre.

SIT Analysis (Self Investigation & Thought Analysis)

Monday, 24 March 2014

Acronyms are useful for SIT Analysis. (Acronym is an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word. Example: AIDS is an acronym for 'Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome'.)

It is very important that we try self analysis at least once a day. Those who want to grow internally with pure heart and creative mind, must practice this three times a day.

What do you investigate inside your self? We must realize the fact that our heart is a 'bad habits prone area'. It is very easy to grow a bad habit at heart than cultivating good ones. Complaining about others, competing with others, cheating, hating, possessing all these are easy for human mind. No teacher is needed to teach such negative deeds. Man learns them simply by association. But to cultivate positive habits, you need a lot of will power. Good character is the firm ground for cultivating positive habits. Thoughts, words and actions build up your character. So checking your thoughts, which is the source of words and actions, very often is inevitable for building up your character. Better habits sprout up from of good character.

Self Investigation & Thought Analysis (SITA) is very simple. Stop your activities and sit calmly for a moment. Start introspection. Just look deep into your thoughts. Listen to your thoughts. Try to understand the nature of your thoughts. Not assuming about the behaviour of your thoughts. But listen with a realistic sense. Just be attentive to what your thoughts are trying to 'explain' to you. Once you are 'friendly' with your thoughts, you may use different acronyms for effective investigation. For example: Design DISH. Design Diet, Design Interaction, Design Sex, Design Hobby. Generally an acronym helps you to remember a lot of things easily. Here in this example, DISH stands for Diet, Interaction, Sex and Hobby. Investigate in your thoughts to know what is your diet habit, how do you interact with people, design your interaction with each one, what is your sex habit and what are your hobbies. You will get clear picture of your personality through practicing SIT Analysis using this acronym. Once you have clear knowledge about yourself, it will be easier to manage yourself for the betterment of the habits. Are you having a healthy diet habit? How can you improve the effectiveness of your interaction with people? Are you following a purposeful sexual relationship? Do your hobbies make you more creative and better human being? Ask yourself. Get the answers and act accordingly and courageously.

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What does it mean by a creative mind?

See this incident: A & B are working in a small room. A wants to open the only window of the room. B doesn't agree with that idea. He does not want to open it. They started arguing on this matter. A wants to open the window and B wants to keep it closed.
Then C comes to the room and asks them about their argument. When C understood the problem, he started to sort it out. C asked A, "why do you want to open the window?" A replied, "I need fresh air." C turned to B, "Why do you want to keep it closed?" B was a bit irritated, "can't you see that I am sitting near the window? I can't bare the hot Sun rays falling directly upon me." Both A & B have their justifications. C became CREATIVE to come to a compromise between them. C suggested,"okay, now, you have only one window in this small room. See, the windows in the next room are open. So, if you keep the doors open A will get fresh air from the next room and B won't be disturbed by hot Sun rays. Right?"
Both A & B agreed and were happy.
So to be creative means to react in full awareness of the situation with compassion/empathy.

Nature has embellished human beings with such qualities of mind & body.
Observe them,
Realize them,
Cultivate them, 
For a qualitative & peaceful life..!

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Have you ever faced the question, 'What is success for you'? Have you ever thought about it?

The definition of success varies from person to person. Each one follows the personal idea of success, shaped knowingly/unknowingly by his/her own experience and self awareness. My personal concept of success is imperative to me. I keep it fondly. I keep it proudly. Generally what others judge about it is not much important to most of the people.

There is no surprise, if a child believes that getting him/her a chocolate everyday is success for him/her. If a grown up man thinks in the same manner, it would be assessed as silly thought, unless he is a diabetic patient. If that man thinks that I am successful when I become an MLA/MP, people appreciate it. People check very rarely whether he wants to become MLA/MP for truly serving the people or to acquire a lot of wealth. His personal concept of success is very significant for him, Whether he really wants to serve the people or he pretends like that for being rich. If he is a hypocrite/pretending person, there is a chance he may lose his position very soon, because his electoral circle can understand the truth very easily. So when he pretends or acts or cheats, the success he gained through the act of treachery is not stable. It is only a temporary success. And when we observe deeply, we realize that it is not even a success. Because he can never escape from his own pricking conscience. No human being has a safe evasion from the judgment of his/her conscience. That is the way of Nature. He might not be aware of this fact in the beginning. He experiences it as a series of befallen unhappy incidents around him which destroys his peace of mind. Actually one of the main reasons for disturbing his peace of mind is nothing but his pricking conscience. He has not taken it into consideration. He is focused upon 'his success', to become rich and rich through pretending as serving the people. Gradually he loses sound sleep and becomes physically/mentally sick. When we assess such a situation we can understand that what he thought as his success is not a success at all. It was success temporarily. In the long run, it was proved that it was an act of failure. It was not permanent success.

We must examine the nature of our concept about success. Am I following the dream of a permanent success? Am I following the idea of a temporary success? Am I following an illusion as success?

Where should I examine? How can I examine this fact?

Just sit for a while, silent and introspecting. Turn towards yourself and look deep into your thoughts. Try to see for yourself, truly and sincerely.. Ask yourself, am I following the idea of a permanent success? Am I satisfying my conscience for good? Am I listening to myself..?

Trust yourself, if you meet your conscience deep inside you, your conscience can never cheat you.. Make sure that you are meeting your conscience, but not the chattering inner habits are persuading you. When you hear the words inside you, try to understand them separately, to know where they come from. If you recognize your conscience internally, It can never misrepresent you.. It can never betray you.. Follow It's suggestions, your conscience will lead you to permanent success and ever lasting happiness and peace.. 

Admit it, your conscience is your best friend!

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Have you ever waited for a moment to listen to your inner chattering?

Just stop your activities for a while and sit calmly. Try to listen to your inner voice. You will start hearing somebody throwing endless words from your inner yard.
Are you pleased with the words received from the inner world? Are you disturbed with them? Please do not try to judge them. Just listen to the words. Slowly try to understand the real meaning of those words..
They come from your habits.. Your habit of loving, habit of competing, habit of possessing, habit of worrying, habit of blaming.. The moment you realizing the nature of the habit, it transforms and stops chattering. Your realization brings a special kind of silence inside you.. Silence with perfect attention! Jiddu Krishnamurti says that the chattering habits are like thieves. The moment you switch on the light of inner vision, they run away. They simply can't stand the power of awareness.

Just be aware of the inner chattering to get rid of them.

DISH DASH DOSH

Monday, 17 March 2014

It is necessary to have self inquiry system for an individual for keeping a clean and clear self. Action, words and thoughts must be checked continuously. An easy, short and tested method for self inquiry is given bellow.

The acronym-s (A word formed from the first letters of a series of words) are useful to remember a number of words in order for using during the occasions of self inquiry. The letters in an acronym should be kept in mind and the one who meditates must move consciously from one letter to the other reading each one with a keen and interpretative mind. Each word must be looked upon closely so that its meaning must provide a chain of related knowledge and memories. This helps the self-inquirer to pass through a vast area inside her/him. The right knowledge of how to use an acronym is necessary.

The acronym given here covers all important areas in the consciousness to be checked at least once a day. If you do the inquiry three times a day, that is very much effective and powerful for cleaning the thoughts and actions.

 Design DISH,  Check DASH and  Encourage DOSH

Design Diet, Design Interactions, Design Sex, Design Hobby.

Check Desire, Check Anger, Check Selfishness, Check Hatred.

Encourage Discrimination, Encourage Organizing habit, Encourage Stability, Encourage Harmony.