A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION

A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION TO SHARE

One of my young friends recently asked me this question. This is a common question for many of the youngsters who get married in India, especially if it is an arranged marriage, the people around them, the elders and their relatives expect them to have children as soon as possible, this is because of the traditional beliefs of legalized procreation and preservation of family wealth.
But modern life with all its "busyness" where both husband and wife have to earn for a living is creating so much of stress for the young married couples and along with the stress of tradition and culture many are asking this question. The answer may also bless those who are not bound by culture and tradition but are trying to have children. In all cultures children are considered the fruit of the Spirit and when a woman is not able to conceive she criticizes herself more than the society around her.

Q: I am going through extreme stress and frustration because it has been more than a year (2 years/3 years/5 years) since I got married and we still have no children. Every time we make love our thoughts are only on trying to have a child and love making has become so very stressful. Please help me with a solution to this problem.

A: Thank you for sharing your heart with me. I am sorry that you feel stressed by this.
It is a common misconception that all our life we have to prove, and please others and live our lives for others. But in reality if we are not there then there is no world, only through your body mind and soul you connect with the thing outside called the world. You out of your love asked the creator for a body and came into this planet to interact with the planet through this body. Every interaction you have with the Planet will be excellent and efficient if it comes from the love for yourself. But this world on the outside taught us to prove and please others rather than ourselves. So in order to get the approval of people on the outside we stress ourselves and lose our joy.
We are indeed created in the image and likeness of the Creator, so every aspect of the mighty creator is in us. We can create anything we want but.. BUT, if we do not live from our joy we cannot create. Creation needs JOY! Every teaching of this world outside, from our families, the education system, to our societies and culture have taught us again and again, that "we are not good enough" and that "we do not deserve" this has made our lives so stressful, for we lost our knowledge of the Creator’s essence in us and also lost our joy in the process of satisfying others. Know that you deserve to live a wonderful life. Your body is the temple and the Divine lives in you. Your first and foremost duty is to love yourself immensely and respect yourself. It is not necessary to give in to the whims and fancies of the world outside, whoever it may be, it is not worth it. Learn to love yourself, I would say re-learn, because as a baby you did love yourself, but as you started to grow up you forgot that because of trying to please everyone outside.
A child is definitely the fruit of the Spirit of the Divine, and when there is joy there is the work of the Divine in us.I would suggest that you let go stress by getting back to your childish nature, go connect with nature, take a walk in a park , sit under a tree, go fly a kite, blow bubbles, see a comedy video, take a chocolate break, do things which would bring back laughter and joy into your life. And make love with your dear husband not because you have to get a baby but because you deserve love, he deserves love and because you admire, respect, and love each other. Start appreciating each other with kind words and small gifts of love every day for each other, in any creative way you can. Start loving and playing with each other for fun, do things for fun, go run on the beach, or fly a kite, or play games for fun, bring lot of fun into your life. Drop others’ opinions whatever it might be , now only do things for yourself. And one fine day you will notice that the Spirit of the Divine has co-created a new life with you both.
To enhance the process of re-learning to love yourself, please do this affirmation/mantra everyday as many times as possible. You can memorize it and say it when you are doing your work, cooking, cleaning, washing dishes, or going shopping, anywhere, anytime. You can also make a happy journal for yourself and write this affirmation down as a love letter to yourself as many times as you can. Also you can print it out and post it on your fridge, on your computer table, or on your bath room mirror as reminders for you. I would also suggest that first thing in the morning look at yourself in the mirror, and look into the eyes of the image looking back at you, it is the God/Goddess.... look into the eyes and say this affirmation/mantra (from Louise Hay)
" I love myself
I am wonderful
Today is one of the best days of my life
Everything is working out for my highest good
Whatever I need to know is revealed to me
Whatever I need comes to me
All is well!"
At first this affirmation may sound silly to you because you have not loved yourself for so long, you loved others but you criticized yourself. So now you are learning to love yourself immensely, so be patient with yourself and continue to do the affirmations as many times as possible with full feeling from your heart, making it your truth.
Forget the past, be in this NOW moment only, in this now moment you love yourself, as the most wonderful Divine being, who has unlimited capacity to create happiness in any way you want it.

Choose to become a joyful co-creator with the Divine.
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION TO SHARE

A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION TO SHARE

Recently a sweet friend asked me,

Q. How is it possible to show the same love and affection to everyone, sometimes there are people who irritate us in such a way that I do not have a good feeling and I cannot show them love ?

A. At one time in my life I realized that "all is one", that we are all "One Consciousness" There is no tree inside a tree, there is only consciousness; there is no rock inside a rock, only consciousness; there is no person inside a person, only consciousness, and the forms are all impermanent they may come and they may go away but the consciousness that resides inside the form is the one that is permanent. The more I realized this , the more I chose to hold on to the permanent rather than the impermanent.
Our beautiful Indian tradition of saying "namaste/namaskaram" is a grand reminder of this concept. When we say namaste by folding our palms in front of our heart and looking at the person in front of us, we acknowledge that the body is the temple and that the Divine resides inside each body/form, so when we say namaste, the Divine in us is saluting the Divine in the other person.
I can understand your feelings of irritation that you are talking about, do you know that in this planet there is no me and the other person. It is only me, everyone is a form of me, separation is only in the mind, it is an illusion, this is a cosmic comedy, everything around us is a reflection of our own selves. And that is why every religion and every great master who came into the Planet talks about doing unto others what we want them to do unto us. This is a grand secret to the way of wisdom and freedom!
We get irritated with people when we see our faults in them, so I truly feel that each person is a representation of every aspect of ourselves, they come into our lives as gifts so that we can see ourselves and choose the attributes that we would wish to live by. Some people are examples showing us how to live our lives in a wonderful way, and some people teach us how not to live our lives. So every one in a way is our teacher, it is wise to take that which you want and to give thanks for all the revelations that life brings to us in mysterious ways.
Realizing this we can easily drop our judgments about people, this will take us to our expansion beyond the mind stories. This will bring us freedom, help us to gather wisdom in every situation and allow us to live as our Divine Selves on this Planet. Forgetting to live as our Divine Selves is the only illusion on this Planet.

Trust that I have answered your question.
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

THE CHALLENGE OF HUMAN DRAMAS FOR THE EVOLVING NEW HUMANITY

THE CHALLENGE OF HUMAN DRAMAS FOR THE EVOLVING NEW HUMANITY

We are so fascinated by dramas, we love the theater, the TV serials and all kinds of stage performances.  It is important to notice our fascination with the roles of victims, villains and heroes in these dramas. Unconsciously we identify with these roles and continue to play them in our everyday lives.  We create these identities based on mind stories of good and bad. The more unaware we are the more we are trapped in the roles of victim, villain and hero.

The society, the family, and the religion assign these roles for us to play through many belief systems of fear.  We desperately want to fit into these roles to please and to prove. This traps us indefinitely in the struggles of life that bring pain and bondage. These roles are played within our every relationships whether it be the spouse, parent, children, friends, relatives, strangers, or co-workers.

Shifting into the awareness of this game we find ourselves playing this game by exaggerating, making bigger and giving names through mind stories. Without blame, guilt or lies there would be no roles to play, instead there would only be healthy responsible relationships based on honest communications. The moment we bring conscious awareness into the role playing, there is a shift in consciousness. Awareness is the key.  Transformation begins with awareness.

Belief systems and lying to one’s own self keeps one stuck in these roles. These roles always bring pain, powerlessness, and irresponsibility, they can never make one to stand in truth and freedom.

The moment we choose to play any one of these roles, we will end up playing all the three roles. Victim consciousness is based on the belief that everyone in the world is 'out there to get me'.  It is a constant looking out for what is wrong with the world.  There is always a pity party going on that brings mind stories of “ poor me”, “you are bad”, "bad things happen to me."  If you perceive yourself as someone’s rescuer you find yourself as someone’s victim, while at the same time that person will perceive you as the persecutor. We continue to attach to these roles emotionally and judge everything around us.

  The basic and most important truth is that we create our reality, absolutely, there is nothing called a coincidence or an accident. At some level we create it all. We have to remember that this Universe is our mirror, this mirror truly reflects everything we send out. Therefore when we hold on to the idea that we are victims, the Universe thinks that we want to experience being a victim, and we will find villain consciousness in our space for us to experience our victim consciousness. The Universe will bring  to us more of what we hold in our consciousness till we wake up and take responsibility for what we are choosing to experience.

The ego loves role play, and if we are asleep we feel stuck in the dramas of the ego. As long as we continue to wage war between opponents, between two sides, or between good and bad we will continue to play these dramas of victim, villains, and heroes.   No matter which part we play in the struggle, we are actually perpetuating the struggle by keeping ourselves stuck in this duality game   As long as we think that we have to eradicate evil, we get trapped in this mindless game of being victim, villain, or hero. It takes discernment to refuse to play these roles, and discernment comes from living from the heart, connecting to the 'kingdom within'. Any belief comes from the fear in the ego, freedom involves eradication of beliefs.

 There is no God ‘out there’ to serve, the Creator dwells in all beings, in all things seen and unseen.   The true Creator can be found within, thus every master who came to the Planet spoke about connecting to the “Kingdom within”.  Aligning to the kingdom within, reveals the Creator that is in all life.  This understanding will help one to go beyond this game of duality. This understanding will help to let go the desire for justice, revenge, or making up for the wrongs by committing more wrongs. Understanding the Creator within will lead to unconditional love, trust, and surrender which is the grandest devotion to the Divine.

 Instead of fighting, resisting, or feeling victimized when we choose to surrender and trust unconditionally, we go beyond the duality game and life opens innumerable opportunities for us.  By our choice we also inspire others to realize that there is more to life than involving in the duality struggle.

The challenge in this new paradigm is to refuse to play these roles and trust life to open up new and beautiful opportunities. Being in integrity with oneself is the key to get out of this role play and evolve ourselves into a new paradigm of love and truth.  Accepting, approving, and loving the self is the golden key that leads to freedom.

We are the bringers of the New Paradigm, we are the new evolving humanity. The new paradigm has no beliefs only love and truth.

Let us choose to create this new paradigm of love and truth.

Blessings!

Premlatha Rajkumar

© P. Rajkumar 2014

GOD IS THE CONSCIOUSNESS PRESENT IN ALL OF US

GOD IS THE CONSCIOUSNESS PRESENT IN ALL OF US

“I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.”
― John Lennon

Please do not take sides in religion, religion is man made.  The moment we take sides we lose our divinity, we forget to be the love and compassion that we were born to be.  We forget our human brotherhood, and we get blinded by prejudiced teachings against groups of people just because they have a religious label (as Christians, Muslims, Hindus etc.)  To live on this Planet as our Divine self and live as the love that we are we drop all labels and live in oneness remembering the most important teaching of all religions " Treat others as you would have them treat you"
 This golden rule can be found in all ancient scriptures of our Planet:

This is the sum of duty; do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you. (The Mahabharata)
Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. (Udana-Varga 5:18)
Surely it is the maxim of loving kindness; do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you. (Analects 15:23)
Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss. (Tai Shang Kan Ying P'ien)
That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself. (Dadistan-I-dinik 94:5)
What is hateful to you do not to your fellowman. That is the entire law, the rest is commentary. (Talmud, Shabbat 31a)
All things whatsoever ye would that man should do to you, do ye even so to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. ( Matthew 7:12)
No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. ( Sunnah)

All teachers of all religions were representatives of the grander human consciousness.  They do not ask us to worship them, they ask us to listen to the teachings from the silence of our heart space and remember and re-member with our Divine Selves.
There is no one religion, no one way to the Divine.  All day to day actions done with the depth of the sincerity and goodness of the heart is a way to re-membering with our Divinity. Forgetting our divinity is the greatest illusion on this Planet.

May we choose to drop all labels of religions, countries, and traditions, may we choose to live from our heart space of love and kindness!  May humanity awaken to its divinity!  May human brother hood and love prevail!

Blessings be to this beautiful Planet!
~ Premlatha Rajkumar

WORKING WITH THE MOON CYCLES

WORKING WITH THE MOON CYCLES

For thousands of years people lived largely in harmony with the rhythms of nature to ensure their survival. Keeping pace with the course of the moon, they were able to predict the forces that exerted influence on all life forms contributing to the success or failure of everything from planting, harvest, storage, hunting, to healing the body ailments.
Ancient knowledge says that the moon is the controller of the water, and circulating through the universe it sustains all living creatures.
Our human bodies consist of about seventy percent liquid. It is accepted by physicians that our bodily fluids flow more freely at the time of full moon. People suffering from asthma, bronchitis and even certain skin diseases, find their ailments aggravated under the influence of the moon. It has also been observed that people suffering from mental ailments invariably have their passions and emotional feelings affected during full moon and new moon days.
Thousands of years ago, the ancient people had recognized the influence of the moon on cultivation. Farmers were very particular about the effect of the moon on their crops. They knew that certain grains would be affected if blooming took place during a full moon period. Medical science had also ascertained the different reactions of certain medicines under different facets of the moon, because of the influence of the moon on human beings.
Many calendars of the ancient people of every continent are based on the course of the moon as the forces indicated by the position of the moon in the zodiac have far greater importance in our daily lives than those indicated by the position of the sun.
By the end of the nineteenth century the knowledge of working with the rhythms of nature was no longer in use because of the advance in technology. For when we have a telephone we no longer need to improve our telepathic skills, when there is a clock there is no longer any need to observe the sun, modern technology and medicines have promised faster solutions for all problems of daily life.
Forgetting the knowledge to live in oneness with nature, and living a fast paced unconscious life has become a very high price to pay. The quality of health, food, the value and respect for life, relationships with oneself, with the human family, animals and nature have considerably become degraded. The value of creating patience and willingness to anchor deeper wisdom from within has been totally forgotten, and we rush from past to future in such a way that the Present Moment, which is the only point where life truly occurs, gets completely lost.
The success of any intention depends not only on the availability of the necessary skills and resources, but also on the timing of the action.

(Books for reference " Moon Time" and "The Art of Timing" by Paungger & Poppe)

A short information on the moon cycles within a month and the things they enhance in our everyday life if we choose to work with them:

New Moon brings -
New beginnings, fresh starts, optimism, hope and faith,

Waxing Moon brings -
Building, accomplishments, creativity, strength, growth and learning, positive transformation

Full Moon brings -
Abundance, harvest, wish-fulfillment, manifesting desires, sexuality, achieving all dreams, protection

Waning Moon brings -
Letting go, clearing away, cleansing, releasing, shedding old patterns, undoing bindings, opening up problem-knots, making space

Dark Moon brings -
Rest, Peace, deep wisdom, divination, contacting the guru within, letting things die away completely

From the information above it is clear that measures taken to remove things - like clean the house, or detoxify the body or go in for a surgery will be more effective when the moon is waning. The waxing moon on the other hand enhances growth of everything about life, so whatever we choose to grow can be done effectively during this time.

This blog is written in order to bring back to memory the ancient wisdom of living in oneness with nature for those who would like to slow down and take time to anchor wisdom from within.

Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION TO SHARE

A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION TO SHARE

A dear friend who was troubled by all the recent violent happenings around and asked this question.

QUESTION
If soul writes its Journey before birth then why some people are violent /criminals , why does the soul write to rape/murder others ?

ANSWER
In this physical planet we chose to work only with our minds and we chose not to give room for the soul or its messages. So in order to understand anything related to the soul we need to move from the dimension of duality (good/bad, ugly/beautiful) and be in the place of non-judgment.
To be in the place of non-judgment one has to REALLY DO the spiritual work of practicing silence, slowing down to notice the breath, taking time to connect with nature... for these are the grand teachers who will help one to shift to the place of non-judgment and compassion.
Doing the spiritual work takes practice, practice, and more sincere practice. This is because for many many years mankind has fallen into the trap of mind stories. The mind is the one respected, adored, and valued till now. Hence if one needs to understand the soul one needs to get out of this zone of the mind.
So if you are willing to come with me into this realm of the absolute/non-judgment, I can show you the answer.
If possible at this time please take a deep breath, notice your breath as it moves within and around you without you taking any effort, place your hand on your heart and notice your heart beating and doing its work without any effort from you. You are being breathed and lived without any effort on your part.
Now let us analyse the answer to this powerful question. Please know and understand that this Planet is a place of co-creation, and great beings from the realm of the absolute decide to come into a human body and choose to play the game called "I do not know who I am" , " I do not know who God is". In order to play this game there needs to be the theme of duality (which is everything to do with good vs bad, right vs wrong, ugly vs beautiful). This game of duality is a great co-creation, for here the good needs the bad to survive, and the bad needs the good to survive and so on and so forth.
The players are willing volunteers in this game and they know deep within that there is never any damage or destruction done to them, all the so called damage or destruction is the illusion of this game of duality. The game was created for experiencing the opposites and gathering wisdom from each experience.
Hence the victims and villains are voluntary co-creators who agree to play the game from the soul level. When we are in the place of the mind and its judgment we can never understand the game, our mind knows only what it knows, it cannot understand the absolute. The mind judges and reacts to all the situations with intense fear, for the mind is born only when the body is born and the mind has to die with the body when the body dies. The mind was created to protect and help the body survive, so the mind takes its job seriously and lives in extreme fear of death. It cannot accept any harm done to the body.
Every game of duality is a catalyst for the players and everyone touched by the game of the players to turn within and seek solutions beyond the mind and body. Hence we find many turning towards spirituality to find answers. Sincerely practicing and working to open ones heart and live form the heart space rather than from the mind will help one to move beyond the games of the mind and understand the truth of existence.

The 7 GREAT TRUTHS here are that
1. there are no victims and no villains,
2. every game of duality is played only by agreements, some souls agree to play the game of the victim and some agree to play the game of the villains in the physical, this is a teaching learning process which can be understood only by the wisdom of the heart and never by the knowledge of the mind.
3. Nothing that happens in the physical is accidental, there are no accidents, even if an ant has to bite you, it will not bite unless you give it the permission from the deeper place within, the mind is totally unconscious of this.
4. There are no meanings for anything in this physical dimension, the meaning for everything is the meaning the mind chooses to give.
5. Choosing to live from the place of awareness, becoming the watcher or the non-judgmental witness helps one to understand the meaning of existence.
6. Since every being is emanates from the Creator, every being is endowed with the natural aspects of the Creator. The Creator can never be harmed or damaged, and this is true for every being existing on the Planet. There is no harm or destruction, there is only wisdom gained through the experience of the physical illusion.
7. Ultimately the purpose of this game of duality is the evolution of the soul into greater wisdom and compassion, and to live on this planet as our Divine Selves.

These truths are sharings from my heart connection with my soul, they need not be your truths . But, I would suggest that you practice connecting with your heart in every way possible through meditations, silence, connecting with nature, connecting with your sacred breath, anything that can help to connect you with your heart space and you will definitely get the answers/truths for all your questions from your inner being.


Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar

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THE GIFT CALLED "LOVE"

" LOVE" THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIFT 

Love is the ALL, love is all there is. Everything in the Universe brings love to our space in many many ways. If we choose to see them, then we are immensely blessed. Love comes in the form of people, in the form of a loved one, in the form of strangers, friends, neighbors, or a cashier in the store. Love comes in the form of beautiful displays of colors and clouds in the evening sky, love comes in the form of a beautiful blooming jasmine plant, love comes in the form of a bird that chooses to sit on your window sill to sing its choicest songs, love comes in the form of a big butterfly that chooses to land on your shoulder, love comes in the form of a huge tree that speaks to you as the breeze passes through its branches, love comes in the form of the walls and furniture of a silent home that give their silent loving support at times of loneliness, love comes in the form of technology and its connection with people far and wide.

The forms of love are innumerable, the body is the form of love, our hands that help to feed us, comb our hair, wash our face and help us do everything for the body and also show love to our fellow beings is a grand form of love, the earth mother who holds us and supports our every need is a grand form of love, the sun that warms our body and brings light and joy to our existence is a grand form of love, the moon and the stars that embrace us in their mysterious arms are a grand form of love.

Love also takes the form of the so called dark/negative situations that helps us seek for the light and tap into our potential to create grander visions and greater solutions. We are never alone, we are the beloved children of the Universe and love sustains us every moment. Love is the All.

Sharing some pictures of the huge, fragrant jasmines in my garden today, one of the many beautiful gifts of love.
Blessings!

Premlatha Rajkumar