MAY YOUR MOMENTS BE FILLED WITH SWEETNESS AND DELIGHT!

Sweet Friends,

Greeting you today with these lovely, fragrant yellow roses from my garden.
May your moments be filled with sweetness and delight!
Blessings and love!
Premlatha

SHARING SOME THOUGHTS FROM MY HEART

BEING AUTHENTIC AND CHOOSING TO LIVE AS SPIRITUAL BEINGS

Being authentic seems to be a difficult choice.  The intention of the world around us does not always synchronize with the needs of our inner being.  The intention of the world is for every human to be able to serve those who are in power.  Even though we try to resist this, the games of money, materialism, and recognition have forced us to play into the tunes of the society rather than to our true self.  The more efficient we are in doing the things of the world the more honor and respect is gained in society.

We are born as spiritual beings, our inner being is pure unconditional love.  The world tries to mold us into obedient, useful, efficient, never rebellious beings, who can be of service to those in power. This creates the problem of repressing our spiritual nature, our oneness and connection with each other.

No individual is born to be a working machine and work for survival, or a killing machine and go for war, or a slave to serve the whims and fancies of people just because they are families or bosses, leaders or teachers.  To mold individuals to cater to the needs of the society and its systems is a form of degradation, taking away their pride and dignity, and reducing them into helpless, dependent, mechanical individuals.

The intentions of the family, the religion, the education system, the country everything creates a great burden on the individual.  And out of the need to feel loved, honored and supported the individual hides his truth and strives to fulfill the needs of others.

As children we are hurt because we come to know that people are asleep and they say they would love us not for ourselves but only when we do what they want us to do, to follow what they follow and to believe what they believe.  We are hurt because we cannot live from our truth and we do not want to hurt others so instead of resisting we choose to surrender.

It is a big risk to be authentic and fight this big force of the society hence we repress ourselves and pretend to go with the intentions of society. We strive for perfectionism which is self destructive it destroys love and compassion within us.  We forget our spirituality and celebrate all kinds of separation, separation of religion, economic status, work status, etc.  The game of Duality/separation continues creating more hurt for everyone.

Brené Brown, author of ‘The Gifts of Imperfection’, says that, “If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: - anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.”

Letting ourselves live life from the place of authenticity is scary because we have danced to the tunes of society for a very long time.  It takes great courage to make a choice to be honest, to be oneself in all situations, it is a deliberate choice to make every day, and this choice helps us to live from the place of joy.   It takes love, patience and forgiveness towards oneself to live from the place of our truth.  When we live from the place of our truth, we are sure to lose the support of friends, family and others around us who want us to be their version of us.  But life is kind and when we take one step towards being authentic, life brings beautiful situations and new friends to support us in this journey.

The world is hungry for joy because there is a lack of gratitude for the things in life.  Everyone wants to please, prove themselves and they want more of everything.  This craziness of striving for more continues to keep the game of duality alive.

Appreciating every moment of living, relaxing and enjoying the simple things of life, understanding the oneness of humanity, realizing our connection with each other by a power greater than us is spirituality and this is the truth of who we are.

The meaning of  life is to allow ourselves to be grounded in love and compassion for each other and for this Planet. Loving the unlovable and forgiving the unforgiveable, refusing to play all games that lead us to separation is a choice that each of us choose to make from our heart.

The wisdom from our heart helps us to understand that this world is not broken, and that we have not come here to fix a broken world, we are not here to create perfection.  Instead we have come here to live a wonderful life.  Life is always wise and kind, we know it only when we choose to simply trust.

Let us choose to remember and re-member with our Divinity and choose to live as spiritual beings, our authentic selves!
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar  

Q&A

QUESTION AND ANSWER

Some dear friends were asking this question:
Q: If  people in our life are negative or are not on the right path, we feel so frustrated. Can we stop them from doing what they are doing? How can we best help them?  What would you do in this situation?

A:
Everything in this Planet begins from within us.  First we must work on ourselves by loving ourselves and choosing to let go negative judgmental thoughts about things or people around us.  These are blocks that do not allow us to see clearly. So when we first work on ourselves, the light of the Divine will flow through us, then we will be choosing wise decisions.
When we are fully empowered then we can help someone only when they ask us to.  Otherwise we cannot help them in the right way,  we will only become more frustrated and even more judgmental, adding more to the problem they are already facing.
Above all one must completely trust life,  life is always kind.
Life places certain things in peoples path in order for them to learn and gather wisdom from it.
Life is our teacher, you cannot take control or teach anyone anything.  Only life experiences can do this for us.
Allow people to go through life experiences,  pray for them if you can and do not judge.
If you ask me what I would do in this situation, I will choose to pray that the person be given wisdom and strength to deal with the situation.  I choose not to interfere;  only if they ask for help I can help in the possible way I can.
I choose to completely trust the wisdom of life here and stop believing my mind stories of judgment about the person or situation.
And when we work on ourselves everyday,  like loving ourselves and letting go negative thoughts,  I have noticed that  the light of our Presence will shine so much that when we are near this person we need not say or do anything,  our light from within us will show them the path.
Trust that I answered your question.
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar  

IMAGINE.....

IMAGINE.... - A FUN EXERCISE FOR TODAY

Just for today try imagining that as a soul you have been given just this day in this physical body. Take every moment of this day and enjoy every thing that life brings your way, it may be judged by the mind as good or bad, but remember that you are a soul enjoying this day in a beautiful physical vehicle, so embrace, and experience everything without getting involved in the judgment of the mind.

Try this exercise for fun, just play it and you will be surprised to notice that you can really enjoy it all (good/bad, sad/happy)... every thing becomes a sacred experience. And you will appreciate the wisdom hidden in every life experience.

Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

THE TRUTH OF WHO WE ARE

THE TRUTH OF WHO WE ARE

We are timeless, infinite beings of immense magnificence and beauty. We love our infinite expansion, we love to go and experience the farthest, and the deepest. In our quest we chose to enter into this experience called human, ..space, ..time, with all physical limitations.
We are the Ocean, and sometimes we like to experience ourselves as the wave. The wave rises, but falls back to become the magnificent ocean. Yes, being a human is a dream to experience all kinds of limitations, so that we can more deeply realize our magnificence.
The mind is the tool that holds us in this dream called human, physical ...time, ...space... we are not locked in this dream, it is possible to wake up from this dream of humanity.
The powerful truth is that we are Pure Awareness. We do not need to make awareness happen. We walk, we eat, we breathe with the physical body, when we start listening with alertness to our walk, to our eating, to our breathing, it becomes the key to wake us up from this dream.
It makes us realize that we are the watcher, the infinite, the timeless Presence. Let us allow the 'Presence of the Watcher' in everything we do. Every one of us is responsible to wake up from this dream. And the awakening can happen only by awareness.
When the mind is full of thoughts that bring frustration, stress, and suffering, let us pull ourselves out of it by practicing to listen, feel, and notice ; in silence let us allow ourselves to see the beauty of nature, to feel the breeze touching our skin, to listen to the song of the birds, to the laughter of children. Let us make every physical action of life sacred, let us choose to slow down and experience the sacredness of life. Let us just allow it, just be there, just be aware.
And in that moment of allowing and silence walks in the wisdom of the timeless part of our being! When we get to know the timeless part of our being, the experience of 'our physical being' in time and space flows with ease and grace.

Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

CHOOSE HAPPINESS NOW

CHOOSE HAPPINESS NOW

YOU have the power to make your moments happy and joyful.
Choosing happiness over suffering triggers the creation of a happy future. Cry, forgive, learn to let go and keep moving forward, let the past become a bad memory.
Choose to find beauty in the simplest things, connect with nature, smile a lot for no reason, choose being happy over being right anytime. Being happy does not mean you have no problems but it means that you are very capable and well able to deal with your problems.
Happiness is the purpose of human existence. When you choose happiness you choose it not only for yourself but for everyone around you, happy people bring the energy of happiness and uplift everyone around them.
When we choose to be happy we let the Universe know that we are willing to live a wonderful life and the Universe in all its benevolence matches our happiness with exciting magical gifts.
May you choose to make your moments happy my sweet friends!
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE EXPERIENCER OF ALL THINGS

CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE EXPERIENCER OF ALL THINGS

A QUESTION AND ANSWER

A dear friend asked this question:

Q: Why do our ancient scriptures say that we have lived many lives as animals and plants and then have attained the human experience? The saints also say that being a human is a grand experience, but I am not able to say my human experience is grand. Please explain.

A:
If you read about past life experiences there are memories in the human psyche that remembers being a fish in the water, having a simple life as an ant, even memories of being a happy corn cob on a corn plant, gently swaying with the breeze.
Hence to answer your question let me explain about consciousness as much as I know at this time.
There is no man inside a man, there is no tree inside a tree, there is no cloud inside a cloud. For it is only consciousness inside everything. Consciousness experiences itself in every created physical thing.
It loves to be inside a rock, inside a tree, inside an animal, inside a human body so everything is only consciousness. And when we are able to connect with consciousness by choosing to live in the now moment without travelling to the past or future in the mind then we experience the bliss of oneness and peace.
If we take time to notice our breathing we come to the understanding that we are not breathing, we are being breathed by something beyond us. Our heart liver, lungs, kidneys and all organs inside the body are working without any effort from us, so we are being lived every moment.
Life breathes us and lives us every moment. We are this grand consciousness that is experiencing physicality by forgetting itself and dreaming itself to be in a limited physical body.
This life is a cosmic dream, we are the grand dreamers, everything that happens in the physical is for us to witness and gather wisdom.
So every physical experience in which we bind our emotions help us to gather wisdom. Wisdom from experiences can be gained only when we are willing enough to live in the now moment connecting with our inner being/ our conscious presence.
This life journey on this planet is just a fraction of a moment in eternity. We are travelers beyond space and time and this physical experience on this Planet is a beautiful way for us to gather wisdom, empower ourselves, and expand our consciousness.
Once we finish the body experience we once again merge with pure consciousness which is unconditional love where there is no judgment or expectations.
Hence we can say that, that which is God/Pure consciousness can never judge or expect anything, for it is pure unconditional love. The idea of a judgmental God with expectation for you is just a mind story of fear passed on from one human to another. Then of course the mind lives constantly in fear and judges and expects all the time.
When we choose to connect with our inner being/ pure consciousness/ our sacred Presence, we move beyond the fear stories and judgments of the mind and live a stress free life.
Truly there is no separation, all ideas of separation are only mind created stories.
Trust that I have answered your question.
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

KEYS TO CONNECT WITH THE DIVINE SELF

KEY PRACTICES TO CONNECT WITH THE DIVINE SELF

Forgetting our Divinity within is the greatest illusion on this Planet.

Sharing some Key practices from my experience that can help to re-member and connect with our Divinity:

1. Love begins from within, the more we learn to love ourselves as the temple of the Divine Presence, the more we become the well spring of love, we begin to love everyone and everything unconditionally.

2.  Criticizing oneself or anyone else is wasted energy.  Instead channel the energy towards thoughts of appreciation; they are powerful antidotes against stress.

3. Bless every person, every situation in life regardless of the mind’s perception of them as ‘good’ or ‘bad’.  Choose to train the mind to see love everywhere rather than fear.

4. Open your heart daily, and make a conscious choice to keep the heart open in all situations.  Practice the attitude of appreciation, and let the Universe know that you are willing to live a miraculous life.

5. Sincerely pray for inner peace once every hour of the day.  Great help will be given to manifest peace in all aspects of life and the life of everyone we touch.

6. We cannot feel joy until we let it out. Doing that which gives the feeling of aliveness and joy and helping others to feel joy has wonderful results. It releases the well spring of joy within us.  And Joy is the greatest magnet that attracts well being.

7. Find a place in nature, go there often, listen to the silence, the heart and mind will open to the message of the Universe.  This would make us connect with our Divine Self, thereby helping us to live every moment in freedom, fearlessness, and peace.
 Blessings!
~Premlatha Rajkumar