COME PLAY HIDE AND SEEK WITH THE CREATOR

Reality or the Divine is always kind, it is up to us to find this gift of kindness in every person and every situation, for no situation or person can exist without the Presence of the Divine.
I have been telling my mind data, "I am sorry", and "I love you", all day long today.
 I am reminded of Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len, a Hawaiian therapist who cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients through a Hawaiian healing process called ho'oponopono, a shamanic practice of forgiveness native to Hawaii.
It explicitly encourages verbally forgiving one's own inner child and loving the self.
With the technique of ho’oponopono, Dr. Hew Len healed the patients without seeing any of them. He took each of the patient’s charts and looked within himself to see how he created that person’s illness. As he continued to work on himself, the patients were healed. The work he did on himself was to say the words “I am sorry” and “I love you” over and over again.
The simple technique of Ho’oponopono is to love the self and to forgive.
So as I am saying "I am sorry" and "I love you" to every data of my mind about people and situations,  my soul brings to me this message, it says that reality/God is always kind, it is me who needs to take responsibility to find this gift of kindness in every person or situation in my space.
  I realize that anything other than love feels like stress.  I choose to live in love, and I tell my soul I choose to find and see this gift of kindness in every person and in every situation.
 The entire world is our creation – everything we see, hear, and touch is our responsibility just because it is in our life. Thus, everything outside is a reflection of the world we have created on the inside. Anything good or bad exists because of us holding certain concepts in our mind stories. So the problem is not with the world outside, it is with the world inside, and to change that we must work on ourselves.
The Divine lovingly asks us to seek and find the Divine within every person and every situation.  Let us choose to play this game of seeking, finding, and experiencing the good, the kind, and the beautiful gift of the Divine in every person and every situation in our space.
Start by simply telling all your mind data, "I am sorry", and "I love you" continuously. You will definitely experience the miraculous. I have experienced it and I know it to be true.   Are you willing to play this game my friends?
Blessings!
~Premlatha Rajkumar

THE WORLD BEGINS FROM THE SELF
Love begins from the self, and if we do not know how to love ourselves we cannot love anyone else. If we continue to judge and condemn ourselves and feel that we are worthless, then we will do the same to the person living next to us and the world at large.  The most dangerous person on the Planet is the one who cannot love himself, this person will be an angry person who would not hesitate to destroy himself, other humans, or the Planet in the name of religion, patriotism, or borders that can be noticed only on a map.  For many years religions and society have kept us within the walls of self condemnation, this is the reason for all the wars that are going on from ancient days till today.

When we condemn ourselves love becomes impossible, we cannot love ourself, we cannot love others, we will not allow others to love us, and neither will we allow God to love us.  Fear and guilt are the most debilitation feelings in a person and this person can be easily exploited, they will not fight back nor be rebellious.

We accepted the Creator’s offer and chose to come into this physical bodies at this time.  Each one of us are a unique creation of the Creator, there is an amazing amount of love and wisdom poured into the creation of a human being.  This Planet runs on duality, but duality is an exciting opportunity to take advantage and grow from.  Every contrasting situation in life is an opportunity to create a grander solution and harvest wisdom.  This is the most exciting purpose of life.  We are born with immense power to overcome obstacles and create grander and greater beauty on the Planet.  Our power comes from our union with our Divine Presence and not from our mind.

~ Premlatha Rajkumar and Sheryl Lynn Christian ~ excerpt from the Twelve Steps to Inner Peace
Copyright © 2012 P. Rajkumar, S.L. Christian All rights reserved.

WABI-SABI LIVING

WABI-SABI LIVING

Wabi-Sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection, of accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death. In Zen Buddhism Wabi is described as an active aesthetical appreciation of poverty; poverty in the more romantic sense of removing the huge weight of material concerns from our lives. Wabi is to be satisfied with a little hut, a room of two or three tatami mats and with a dish of vegetables picked in the neighboring fields, and perhaps to be listening to the pattering of a gentle spring rainfall.

Sabi can be applied to an imagery that is transient. The look of something that shows its age, that imparts something of its life. Sabi represents the passing of time, perhaps a longing for the carefree existence of childhood. When put together wabi sabi would logically mean being in a simple state of living placed in the context of the passing of time.

Wabi Sabi honors all things old, weathered, worn, imperfect and impermanent by finding the beauty and perfection in the imperfections a magical transformation happens. A Japanese art museum would put an old large vase with a big crack in the middle on a pedestal and shine a light on the crack. Or, they might fill the crack with 24k gold!

 Wabi Sabi is the practice of appreciating our own and everyone else’s imperfection, cherishing and valuing all things in life and making life more simple and joyous. Wabi Sabi is getting out of the mind stories.  By removing mind stories about your partner, your mate, or your friend, your relationship will be pleasurable.  By removing the mind stories of keeping up with the trend of modern life, your relationship with life can be more pleasurable and stress free. The simplicity of life brings immense joy and transformation.

We can start a Wabi-Sabi living today by recognizing the gifts we have around us, our bodies that help us to walk this planet, the sun, the air, the breeze, the food, the friends, the ability to experience through the senses.  The recognition of the beauty and harmony of life can be done only by taking a small break in our busy day everyday and connect with simple things that bring joy to our heart. We can make a list of simple things that we would love to do, it can be a moment of silence with oneself, it can be a walk in the park, it can be standing under a tree, or listening to the rain, painting or drawing for fun, flying a kite, playing with a pet, playing with children, jumping on a trampoline.
Let us choose to bring small, simple pleasure breaks, in our busy life.
Blessings!
~Premlatha Rajkumar~

GOD WITHIN

GOD WITHIN

Physicist refer to matter as energy that pulsates in different wavelengths. Our body is energy that is denser, our mind is also energy but not so dense.  When we go within and bring awareness to the Self, we experience consciousness which is also energy but in a more subtle, more pure form.
When body and mind unitedly work with consciousness then the Divine Presence is felt in oneself and in all beings. The Divine Presence is not the totality of body, mind, and consciousness, instead when the body, mind, and consciousness come together  it is felt as the infinite being that holds all of existence.
The experience of the Divine Presence is very personal, it arises as feelings from the heart, it cannot be logically explained by the mind in anyway.  Each person has to go through the experience to know this.  When we come to this experience we know deep in our being that we are a part of this infinte being who experiences itself through us.
 By being conscious we participate consciously in every act of living, we become the witness of life and the Divine Presence becomes the Ultimate witness.
Beloved Master Mooji asks people in all of his discourses to contemplate on this one question “Can the perceiver be perceived?” If you have perceived the perceiver then you have awakened and you cannot go back to sleep.  When you have awakened you live as the awakened “God within”, and your creations are from the place of harmony and peace.
Blessings!
~Premlatha Rajkumar~

MAKE LAUGHTER YOUR DAILY MEDITATION

Did you get to laugh today my friend? Can you try laughing for no reason?

Laughter is the best medicine and the best meditation.  Laughter brings you to the powerful place of enlightenment more quickly than any meditation can. Notice that when you laugh you stop thinking and get out of your mind and out of time and space for that moment.  When you laugh, you become ONE with all life.
The Buddhist monk Hotei, affectionately called as the Laughing Buddha, started laughing the moment he attained enlightenment and continued to laugh throughout his life.  His Presence healed people wherever he went.
No being on this Planet other than humans have been given the capacity to laugh.  Laughter is very contagious, it is a powerful gift you can give to this Planet.
So start your day with laughter, and end your day with laughter, and notice that you have brought in the most powerful energies of harmony and wellbeing into your life.
The Universal energies are supporting you at this time, try making laughter your daily meditation.
Blessings of Joy and laughter!
~Premlatha Rajkumar~

REMEMBERING & ALIGNING WITH 'PATIENCE'

Patience is a grand quality.  Unfortunately, In this busy world we have stopped to exercise this grand quality called patience.

The mind is always in a hurry. We have become addicted to "instant everything" from instant coffee, instant painkillers, to instant answers from the internet, everything is supplied but nothing satisfies.  Humanity is still searching, searching for that meaning, that missing spirit in life.

If we choose to slow down, to relax in the moment and observe patiently, we will be amazed by the grand enlightening experience and wisdom each moment brings.  Life is never boring, life is a vast journey, a beautiful mystery.  And this beauty can be unfolded with complete satisfaction only by patience.

The magic and miracle in a child's laughter, a hug from a friend, the blossoming of wild flowers on the edge of the roadway, the grand experience of cooking for yourself and your loved ones by pouring your conscious presence of gratitude, hugging a huge tree, feeling the gentle touch of the breeze on a hot summer day, looking into the eyes of a stranger and blessing from the heart, holding the hand of a loved one, sitting silently under the vast expanse of a starry night sky, asking a question and searching for an answer within the heart and allowing for the experience to unfold, sitting with pain and communicating within the body for answers and allowing the body to show us the wisdom.....the list goes on and on.  Every moment of life is magical and precious if we are able to be patient enough to be present in the moment.

It is imperative that we choose to exercise patience every moment, for the journey of life is timeless and full of wisdom.  If we live in a hurry we will be at a loss and will keep on searching and the search can never be satisfied.

 Patience is not being passive, patience is being very alert to life, it is  being in excited anticipation of what the next moment brings.  Patience is wisdom, it is waiting for life with great love, it is a great trust towards the Divine.

Let us choose to anchor patience and harvest the immense wisdom life brings our way.  Let us stop searching for instant answers on the outside and patiently learn to go within and realize the great wisdom we have brought with us into this Planet.  We are the wisdom keepers, it is time to wake up!

Blessings!
~Premlatha Rajkumar~
© 2012 Premlatha Rajkumar

WHAT MAGIC HAVE YOU NOTICED IN YOUR PATIENCE TODAY MY FRIEND? PLEASE SHARE ...

WE HAVE THE POWER TO TRANSFORM OUR LIVES

Have you ever thought about questioning your beliefs? 

Your beliefs have the capacity to either destroy you or empower you. Whatever you put your belief on becomes true for you.

How many of us believe certain things and create them again and again in our lives and also ask 'why is life so hard on me?' 

How many times we repeat in our minds and in our

 speech things like - ' I get a cold at least 3 times a year/ this is the flu season/at age 40 my aunt and my mother had cancer/there is unemployment everywhere/people get old and sick/money is hard to come by/ this world is not a safe place/I am a sinner/ nobody loves me.....etc'

What are your beliefs today my friend?

Sit with yourself in silence and take time to note down your thoughts, take courage to question them. Ask how your life would be without these thoughts. Take each negative thought and think an opposite thought for it. If your thought says 'my mother does not love me', think an opposite thought for this, it can be 'my mother loves me/ I do not love my mother', and when you think the opposite thought, find good reasons for the opposite thought, and you will be surprised that you will remember the times you have not loved your mother, and the times your mother really went out of her way to do things for you. Then you will realize that the world around you was not crazy, but your beliefs about the world around you made you the crazy one!

It takes real courage to question our thoughts, accepting that we are the creators of our reality and that no one other than our own selves is responsible for the way things are is the first step to transforming our life to a richer, healthier, and more positive place.
When we change our thoughts, things around us automatically change!

Let us choose to give this gift to ourselves, let us choose to sit in meditation with our thoughts, be very aware, and notice that we are powerful beings beyond limitations, and we can choose to create the reality we want with what we choose to believe.
ARE YOU READY MY FRIEND?
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

© 2012 Premlatha Rajkumar