CHANGE is the whole purpose of Life
Oh what a way the nature brings on change. Change is inevitable… change is subtle yet fragrant, like the cool breeze of
winter transforms into warmth that touches the body. Really, nature is one of the best masters you can find. It goes on
spreading the knowledge for us again and again in its own way. The beauty is in that the teaching Soul Wisdom in Songs
is glaringly visible yet we take it for granted. The moment winter is in its final glory you can see the change in the whole of the surrroundings
– all the plants and trees shed their leaves and wait for new and fresh leaves to decor them. This change is so prominent yet
rarely people seem to enjoy it let alone become aware of it. Some love the climate change while others continue to resist it.
Now, people who resist the change are the worst affected with seasonal illnesses like cold, cough, fever etc. Such people also have weak stomach, weak digestive system and it becomes evident with sore mouth and development of acidity. Now the crucial thing is that nobody can change the nature’s cycle but you can change yourself by reducing your resistance to change. This resistance to change is not only restricted to season but in every aspect of life.
Our life is a series of continuous change and if we are able to acccept the changes then it helps us in our own growth and evolution.
It is some part within us which always fights with us and resists change. When our recoiling becomes stronger than our reach, we
end up procrastinating. The more the resistance, stronger we feel the struggle, pain, tension and stress in a continuous cycle.
We know that we are suffering but seldom do we opt to change but on the other hand if we are able to form a relationship with change then the change becomes a tool for freedom, creativity, joy and happiness.
It is as simple as having a partnership deal with change – the more cordial the relationship, better would be the functioning between
the partners.
CHANGE – The Fantasic Condition for
GROWTH
The first and foremost thing that stimulates growth is GROWTH. Growth is the most prominent change that occurs naturally. A
child who loves to read comics at any moment suddenly grows up to read novels and mature equally suddenly start reading self-help
books, thesis etc. You ask a mature person to read a comic, he would glance through the whole magazine with a smile and then put it aside. But the comic gets transformed in the hands of a child – the child gets related to it immediately and he starts flying like a
Superman, or cling to the wall like Spiderman. A mature person would get more relationship in those books and matters that are
crucial to him i.e. related to work, course etc.
Growth is a natural way of letting go of the old while moving ahead to catch another. Every new belief and faith give rise to letting go off the old one. All these changes create a personal growth and this may lead to evolution…but then it is to be understood that growth leads to change while change does not mean growth.
You may lead a life of illusion of change but it does not and will not change the emotions inside us. Illusions will never lead to growth
of any kind except a growth of ego.
HEALING
Change is another form of healing of emotions. You must have seen people changing their appearance feeling that changes would
definitely change their thought process, feelings and nature. Does it happen? Sometimes the change becomes a medium of motivation for others and this, in turn, helps them to get motivated due to the push of others and then the whole transformation happens for the positive results. A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. See, it is like an actor who dons the role of a pilot and acts like one. If he dons the role of a thief he would act like one, but imagine a pilot who acts like thief and a thief who acts like a pilot. It would be confusing to be in such a situation. An actor is able to get into depth of the act and play the role but he does not remain a pilot or a thief, the moment the shot is over he comes out. But a person who watches the movies enjoys the actor not as an actor but as a pilot or a thief, like James Bond… you would remember who Pierce Brosnan or Sean Connery are… why? The character has become so strong that the persona of the person has also changed to suit him in real life also.
All the basis of the form is the emotion and that has to change to bring about the change genuinely. External changes boost the ego
and ones you are able to overcome this boosted ego, you will reach deep down to know the change soul wants from you. The radiance appears from within like when you are happy it shows from inside; you do not need to put on a cosmetic smile for the world to see, the fragrance of happiness automatically spreads. So change from within first is required before you change from outside.
CHAOS
When the change happens then another major event occurs and that is utter chaos. Life and everything works on two extremes – if you are alive, you will die; if you have happiness, you will carry load of sadness; you love then you will also hate. Thus when you change you have chaos too. Nature gives everything in two forms – one pure and other totally impure. Yet both are required to
make the event a success. The moment mind changes the whole concept, the body works with the conscious self to boost the ego.
Now ego resists the change by creating chaos. Now how does egocreate chaos when the mind is supreme?
It does not directly do so rather it takes hints from the surroundings. For example, if a person is going to get promoted to
a post that you feel is desired by you, then all the comments from the colleagues and friends on the matter would create a sense of tension in your mind. In the beginnning you might accept the change but now the change is confronted by chaos, which creates anger and resistence. The moment resistence is there, ego gets boosted to the extreme.
The beauty of all this is that the inner self requires chaos to survive, the soul loves to flow with chaos as it is with chaos only creattivity rises to a new height. Chaos is a mysterious element which helps trigger many events and changes in a person.
Ego is the most suffered element in all this as it is ego which indirectly creates the chaos but once it happpens it tries everything to avoid the chaos as it threatens ego’s defense mechanisms and it’s delusions of being in control.Most people, in the illusory world
of ego, feel that it is ego that controls their life and they destroy their life. It is essential that life is mastered by our soul and spirit.
How can we help our Soul and Spirit to master our lives?
Here are a few simple tips for you
to follow:
a. Let the mind be clear that the we are not just this body.
b. Let there be a hundred percent surrender to chaos and you would survive the worst scenario in your life.
c. Be more of a spectator to the event. It does not mean that you do not participate in it but even when you participate, be a witness
to what your involvement would do on the whole.
d. Allow the soul to show the direction of the future. Do not wait to see what future is all about, create it.
The main flaw with our thinking is conditioning into which we have been trained. We flow in similar patterns of thought process that
has been followed for millions of years. On the external front, we have changed but the thought process is still hundreds of years
old.
Humility and strong vision with intense faith in implementation of the event would create the future.
For example, when a smoker wants to quit he thinks that he would be able to quit smoking by reducing the number of cigarattes. But does this happen? Yes, for a short time
and then again he starts smoking. How can he quit smoking… he has to quit. Period. No other event can resolve this.
Yes! Many tools can be used for this like meditation, visualisation,
affirmations, but if we wait for the direction to be provided by someone to make changes in life then it is going to be too late for the actual event to take place.
You have to ask yourself what is that you want from your own life:-
a. What is the desire of your life as per
1. Health
2. Career
3. Relationship
4. Finance
(please include whatever categories you want in it and can have a long list)
b. What are your strong points?
(do not hesitate in answering whateever you think is the strng point)
c. What are your weak points?
(do not hesitate in answering this question… be true as this is essenttial
for knowing what you can have)
Place all the three sheets side by side. Now is the crucial area. Start eliminating the strong vis-a-vis the
weak areas. (Be true as you will only need to know this). At the end you will have the true strengths and weaknesses.
Place the final list with the desire and meditate (visualise) with all the changes in the future already in place. Be sure to remember all
the strengths and weaknesses Let the visualisation be perfect to the minutest detail and be there and feel the surge of emotions
coming and going. Do it for a few days and you would be surprised that many of the desires you feel are unwanted and then the process of elimination of the desire happens. Continue this process for a period of one week and you would find that you have a smaller list of desire.
Write down all the desires on a fresh piece of paper with the strengths and weaknesses. Carry this paper with you always and
once every day look at the list and visualise all the things.
A small surprise waits for you…in future
article from atma sanchaya dhwani