A QUESTION AND ANSWER

A sweet friend asked me:
Q: Why do we suffer so much in this physical world? What is the purpose?

A: I do not claim to know everything dear one. Sometimes there are no reasons and searching for reasons only brings stress.
All I can say is that pain is an experience but "suffering" because of the pain is a mind story, the mind cannot look at the gifts of the present moment. Whatever we need at any given moment is provided for us benevolently by life, nothing more and nothing less. So everything we need is there for us, not everything we desire.
It is funny to note that the mind is always desiring something other than what is in front of us. So when we completely tie our emotions with the mind and its stories of "suffering" we are paralyzed by fear and worry and we cannot move ahead.
Since I do not like the idea of living in fear, I have chosen to see every pain as a gift, for pain has helped me to create grander visions and greater solutions which I am able to share with humanity. Challenges have made me learn the true meaning of trust and patience.
I feel that we are here in these physical bodies experiencing humanity to fulfill the assignment of our soul. And our soul's assignment is to learn unconditional love in every way possible. And challenges are the doorways to learn and be unconditional love.
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

MOVING INTO STILLNESS

THE BEST WAY TO STOP THOUGHTS AND MOVE INTO STILLNESS

The breath goes in and the breath comes out in the physical body, the thoughts come in and the thoughts go out in the mental body. We are neither out body nor our mind; we are the watcher or the witness of these things. When we watch our breathing, our thoughts come to a stop.

It requires alertness on our part, bringing our conscious presence in every action of life is the most powerful way of living. There is no other solution greater than alert awareness in removing unwanted thoughts and bringing the light of wisdom and understanding into our life.

Choosing to become the watcher, the witness of every incoming and every outgoing breath, surprisingly we notice that there are no thoughts in the mind. This is because breathing and thinking cannot occupy the same space in the presence of conscious awareness. But when we are unaware to our breathing, both breathing and thoughts continue to come and go from everywhere around us. Most of these thoughts are not our thoughts, and because we are not aware of this truth we tie our emotions to these thoughts and become easily stressed.

When we breath with awareness our consciousness is focused on breathing and we are not bombarded with unwanted thoughts. We become aware that we do not work to do the breathing, the breathing is free and we are being breathed every moment.

By bringing our conscious awareness into the breathing process we understand that we are not our body and not the thoughts of our mind, we are much much more than who we think we are, we are the sacred witness of every action. Living from the place of being the sacred witness brings stillness, and the light of understanding and wisdom shines through, so that we can live our lives from the place of effortless ease and peace.

Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

A FUN EXERCISE TO UPLIFT YOURSELF

A FUN EXERCISE ON POSITIVE THOUGHTS -
(From Abraham Hicks)

Tell it aloud or silently to yourself absorbing the meaning of each sentence, feeling them as true for you smile emotic Enjoy!

Enjoy!

I'm good at what I do.
Anything I want comes into place.
The Universe yields to me when I ask.
Well Being abounds.
Well Being is my birthright.
I am worthy.
I'm figuring it out as I go, I'm good at that.
I don't have to know everything that's gonna happen, I know enough.
I like it where I stand.
This is fun.
This is being fun.
This is getting funner.
I'm more and more in control of my own vibration.
My vibration is my point of attraction.
The laws of the Universe are responding to me.
I can easily set my tone.
I'm getting better at it everyday.
There is no risk involved.
I can wade through contrast and give birth to desires without yielding my Well Being.
I never get far from Well Being.
I've already discovered how to hold myself within range.
Now I'm in the process of fine turning.
I'm a really good fine tuner.
All of this is for fun anyway.
I can't get it wrong.
I never get it done.
It's all about enjoying the powerful NOW.
I really love what I do.
I love that there are others interacting with me.
It's so much fun to interact together.
I like it that we all get to choose differently.
I like it that we are not the same.
I like it that in many ways we are all the same.
It is so exhilarating to realize that this is all here for our
expansion and for our pleasure.
The expansion is inevitable.
The pleasure is our choice.

I'm a worthy being.

THE LABYRINTH

THE LABYRINTH

Our life is a sacred journey. It is all about growth, discovery, taking courageous challenges, accepting and choosing change, transformation, creating grander visions,listening to intuition, and creating greater solutions. We all are on this path, in this sacred journey; we are in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing; we are constantly moving forward every moment.

A labyrinth is a spiritual tool, an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It is an archetype with which we can have direct experience. If we have a problem, we can use the labyrinth to help solve it. If we have a need to discover spiritual meaning or find inspiration, a labyrinth can be of service. A labyrinth represents our life's journey, when we walk the labyrinth it creates a sacred space for us to help us get out of our egos and connect with our Divine Presence within.

When troubled by disturbing emotions or unfortunate events in life, walking a labyrinth can help resolve our inner discomfort and still our mind enough for us to get clarity of what is going on.

The labyrinth can be walked by foot or by fingers. We can draw a labyrinth on paper or on the ground. A labyrinth looks like a human brain, its purpose is to bring union to the right and left brain hemispheres there by releasing distracted thoughts and bring in greater solutions to problems. The labyrinth can work with us as a most effective tool if we are willing to choose to let go, relax, and allow union with our Divine Presence within. This brings in many "aha" moments and helps us to tap into the wellspring of wisdom that is within us.

Labyrinths are easy to construct on paper or on the ground. It is very important to create a sacred meditative space while constructing and using this tool. This link shows the method of constructing a labyrinth:
http://www.labyrinthbuilders.co.uk/…/labyrinth_building.html

May your moments be filled with wonderment and ease sweet friends!
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

Thought for contemplation

Bringing our 'PRESENCE' consciously into every aspect of life is an act of bringing 'Heaven on Earth'. 
We are the Presence, the Beingness, expressing itself as a human being. 
The Presence is the Sacred Observer, the Sacred Witness to every aspect of life.
The mind is a data collector, it collects data about every aspect of life through the help of the physical senses so that it can protect the physical body. Its work is survival. The mind is just a minuscule part of who we are. The mind craves for gathering information, its thirst is unending. Hence it attaches to thoughts and identifies itself in the act of becoming a survivor.
Identity with stories of the mind are always stressful.
Data and mind stories are what we create, we can always choose to let them go.
The moment we choose to let them go, we will come into our Conscious Presence. The Presence can be known only by being alert and awake to the Present moment.
The Presence is a sacred space of awareness that envelops all beings, and all situations without the created barriers of mind stories. It brings true freedom. It helps us to realize that we are ever evolving unlimited beings, part of the All that Is.
Bringing our conscious Presence into every aspect of life, changes the quality of life situations, they shine with a different vibe.
Let us choose to bring our Conscious Presence into every aspect of life.
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

EMPOWER YOUR LIFE

EMPOWERING TREATMENT TO BRING TRANSFORMATION

Many of us believe that this world is broken and that we have to struggle hard to fix everything, we believe that we are not good enough and that we do not deserve to live wonderful lives.  These belief systems keep us in lack and limitation.

Prime Creator created us in joy, we are the beloved children of the Universe and we are so greatly loved!  Well being is our birthright!  We are so greatly loved that whatever we ask is given unto us.

If we say that we are not good enough and that we do not deserve then that is taken as our will and it is done for us and at the same time when we choose to claim well being for our life then that is provided in abundance.  Life is always on our side in all things. It is time we take up our power and claim our birthright of deserving to live a wonderful life.

These affirmations of deservability (from Louise Hay) are magical.  When they are said with 'feeling' many times they are powerful to transform our way of thinking and living.

 I am deserving. I deserve all good. Not some, not a little bit, but all good.
I now move past all negative, restricting thoughts.
 I release and let go of the limitations of my parents.
I love them, and I go beyond them.
 I am not their negative opinions, nor their limiting beliefs.
 I am not bound by any of the fears or prejudices of the current society I live in.
 I no longer identify with limitation of any kind.
In my mind, I have total freedom. I now move into a new space of consciousness, where I am willing to see myself differently.
 I am willing to create new thoughts about myself and about my life.
My new thinking becomes new experiences.

I now know and affirm that I am at one with the Prospering Power of the Universe. As such, I now prosper in a number of ways. The totality of possibilities lies before me.
I deserve life, a good life.
I deserve love, and abundance of love.
I deserve good health.
I deserve to live comfortably and to prosper.
I deserve joy and happiness.
I deserve freedom to be all that I can be.
I deserve more than that. I deserve all good.

The Universe is more than willing to manifest my new beliefs. And I accept this abundant life with joy, pleasure, and gratitude. For I am deserving. I accept it; I know it to be true.

May these powerful statements along with your feeling them as 'true for you', create wonderment and joy in your lives my sweet friends!  Let us choose to create Heaven on Earth!

Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar 

A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION

A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION TO SHARE

A sweet friend asked me this question:

Q: Why is all this senseless violence and war going on around us, So many people are suffering for no mistake of theirs. I know I can do nothing by just getting agitated, but aren't we failing them collectively?

A: Yes, every decision we make we are adding to the collective consciousness.
There is actually no individual karma, karma is collective.
So we are responsible for every thought , word, and action we bring to play into the collective consciousness.
If we choose anger and unforgiveness we pour it into the collective, and if we choose peace and no judgment we pour that also into the collective. Our choices affect not only the collective but also creates unnecessary stress in our individual lives.
From my experience as a school teacher and spiritual teacher, I have noticed that only wounded people hurt others. People who have been disrespected, disempowered, unjustly treated are the ones who take out their frustration on others.
Sadly our justice system and our common human mentality chooses to punish the wrongdoings without inquiring into the root cause. The root cause would be that they have been hurt, physically, mentally or emotionally and they are suffering deep within themselves and they are releasing it by making others suffer. These people do not need punishment, they need help. When we choose to change our prisons into healing centers, we will be able to build a peaceful society.
So as individuals it is our responsibility to bring non judgment , peace and kindness into our heart , into our homes and into the human collective.
Every individual decision counts, every individual decision has an effect on the collective, when one person chooses they influence those around them, and those others influence more others, and at one point we will be able to see a society free of violence and war, and there will be absolutely no need for the police, military, or justice system. For each individual will be capable of being responsible for living from the place of peace, kindness and non judgment.

To explain this more I am reminded of the 100th monkey experiment conducted in the islands of Japan.
The Japanese monkey, Macaca Fuscata, had been observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years.
In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The monkey liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes, but they found the dirt unpleasant.
An 18-month-old female named Imo found she could solve the problem by washing the potatoes in a nearby stream. She taught this trick to her mother. Her playmates also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.
This cultural innovation was gradually picked up by various monkeys before the eyes of the scientists. Between 1952 and 1958 all the young monkeys learned to wash the sandy sweet potatoes to make them more palatable. Only the adults who imitated their children learned this social improvement. Other adults kept eating the dirty sweet potatoes.
Then something startling took place. In the autumn of 1958, a certain number of Koshima monkeys were washing sweet potatoes -- the exact number is not known. Let us suppose that when the sun rose one morning there were 99 monkeys on Koshima Island who had learned to wash their sweet potatoes. Let's further suppose that later that morning, the hundredth monkey learned to wash potatoes.
THEN IT HAPPENED!
By that evening almost everyone in the tribe was washing sweet potatoes before eating them. The added energy of this hundredth monkey somehow created an ideological breakthrough!
But notice: A most surprising thing observed by these scientists was that the habit of washing sweet potatoes then jumped over the sea...Colonies of monkeys on other islands and the mainland troop of monkeys at Takasakiyama began washing their sweet potatoes.
Thus, when a certain critical number achieves an awareness, this new awareness may be communicated from mind to mind.
Although the exact number may vary, this Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon means that when only a limited number of people know of a new way, it may remain the conscious property of these people.
But there is a point at which if only one more person tunes-in to a new awareness, a field is strengthened so that this awareness is picked up by almost everyone!
~From the book "The Hundredth Monkey" by Ken Keyes, Jr.

Change as a collective cannot happen immediately, but change is happening as we speak, with one person at a time, with persons who are able to practice and live in conscious awareness.
Conscious awareness means making a choice to go beyond the mind and its fear stories, to live in the now moment with trust and non judgment, to find the gift in every situation, and understanding that our every choice affects not only ourselves but the collective also.
Trust that I have answered your question my dear.
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar