The Word - The personal reality!
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Hope, all my dear blog readers are keeping themselves safe, happy and healthy. We are solidly moving into the second year of a pandemic. But as I wrote in the previous blog post, this too shall pass. Everything in this Universe proceeds in a cycle, always. For sadness there is happiness, for anger there is kindness, for stagnancy there is flow and for hate there is love. Every single thing is available in this Universe as well as this material world- Samsara Sagara. It is always a matter of what we choose for ourselves.
Are we choosing chaos, deceptions and falsity or honesty, authenticity and originality? According to the choices we make, the next set of circumstances start to take shape. For example, I chose biotechnology at 18 years of age. Next thirty years, almost until 48 years, all things science and biotech opened in my life- whether it was laboratories, classes, research work or projects. Everything science! The only thing I did at 18 years of age, I chose to pursue a science undergraduate degree. Same way at later twenties got married. Today above a daughter and a sibling, I am also a mother and a wife. It was one step that opened up a whole lot of other steps.
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| Genuine thoughts are like light bulbs that are waiting to be switched on Image credits - Pixabay.com |
Thoughts: But there are many innate steps before this opening up. Today we are going to analyze that. Whether we realize or not, everything starts with a thought. And that thought is usually words or images or songs or phrases that imply some meaning or symbolism. Here, let us bring in some Hindu mythology as well as Bible Psalms.
In Hindu mythology, the Universe started as sounds that emanated from the musical instrument damaru, which lord Shiva used to make sounds. From those sounds, the Universe as well as the worlds came into existence. In the Bible, New Testament, the first three sentences start as- In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God. The Word was God - John 1:1. Both these scenarios depicts the act of creation. Similarly, the world got to sees the fantastic creations of many personalities, whether it was of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Michael Jackson or Madonna.
People are amazed, how did just this one single person create so much? For example, Michael Jackson was only alive for forty-eight years, just forty-eight. But in that space of time, he created so much that others can imagine only with ten lifetimes. How did he do it? What did he do different compared to others? This is where the difference in existence starts. While many others looked for guidance outside, Michael Jackson looked for guidance within. His talents, singing, performing and dancing abilities became the boat that took him through his life. His talents created a very specific space for him in his life.It would have been the same for others mentioned above. Every single being in this globe comes here with some talents. Some are loaded with talents, while some have slight talents and for some people the talents are dormant. It becomes the duty, free will and personal choice of the person whether to pursue it or not. Some Souls choose to pursue their talents, some are forced to pursue and some are called to pursue. But it is in that space of being, the very best of the person's talents come about, nowhere else.
Souls have been sent to this globe specifically with those talents to be tools that help them to create whatever they are meant to create. But many times, above the person's timing there is a greater or a divine timing at play. For example, take the case of the current American President, Joseph R. Biden. He ran for Presidency twice before in 1988 and 2008. which didn't manifest as reality. But it was in 2020, when a greater cycle and a personal cycle aligned Joseph Biden became President Biden. Now, we can very well say-Congratulations, Mr. President!😊
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| The talents and the creativity of the mental space Image credits - Pixabay.com |
Even though we try our heart out, sometimes things may not work out if our personal timing is not aligned with a greater timing. So, there are greater things at play always. But with everything in this world, the first seed is that of a thought. That thought bubbles up within our mind. The outcomes come about as per the intentions and actions we take. A thought comes up and if we don't do anything about it, that thought goes away and gets replaced by another thought. Like this, thoughts continuously keep on coming within our mental world.
Some thoughts are very deep and profound. Some are flimsy and fragile. Only an intelligent mind with a very sharp intellect can differentiate between what is a genuine, useful thought and what is pure fluff/chaff. So, everything becomes important whether critical thought, analysis, intelligence, intellect, intentions or actions. Because in every step a thought can turn out to be pure gem or mere chaff.
It is in the hands of the being, how they are using that thought and what they make out of it. So, the mind of the person becomes extremely important. What kind of a mind is it? This same world has seen Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Michael Jordan and Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot, Benito Mussolini. Two very different sets of minds and two very different sets of outcomes. So, everything in our life starts with our own mind and the underlying thought.
Intentions: Now, think, we realized a thought is very valuable. I have written before, that a thought we notice and capture only if we have deep grace. Otherwise, we as a human would miss many thoughts which can deeply transform our own lives. For example, it was just one phrase - "Have you ever considered your spiritual gifts", that has brought such a new career and deep transformation into my own life. Just a single sentence. I could have very well missed it. I could have ignored and thought, "What a random and stupid idea" and kept on working on my stagnant and stale biotechnology career for the next thirty more years. So, even to notice a thought, deep grace is needed.
Once we have captured a thought, then the real work starts. With anything in this material realm, a genuine thought has to be changed into intentions. Many people have absolutely no clue about this step. As long as that thought is sitting within our mental world as a thought or idea, it is just a mental thought form. It can be genuine or fluff or chaff, doesn't matter. It is going to be sitting within us, never to see the light of the physical reality. Ideas and thoughts come to everyone all the time. But many don't consider it or ignore. Such thoughts are just the clay, which never sees the potter's wheel or become a sculpture of creativity.
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| Make the world a better place with our original ideas Image credits - Pixabay.com |
But a mind that realizes an idea is golden like that of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates (business entrepreneurs), Abraham Lincoln or Mahatma Gandhi (social entrepreneurs), doesn't sit on an idea. They start to work on it. Sometimes this thought comes as an idea or a calling or a purpose. It can come about in any shape and form. That is not important. For example, for Jobs and Gates, it came as ideas and for Lincoln and Gandhi it came as a calling. But the basic form is the same, a thought that has deeper aspects to it and as of now has appeared as a seed.
An idea or a calling is just a seed, like any seed from which a plant and later a tree grows. We can always wonder how an acorn holds an Oak tree inside or a black Walnut seed holds a Walnut tree inside. Same concept. The idea is just a seed. Whether it becomes a plant and later a humongous tree is in the hands of the idea person. To bring this idea or calling into reality the person has to start working.
This is what Jobs, Gates, Lincoln and Gandhi did. They started working towards their thought in their own ways and means. This is same with every great personality who achieved something in this world. The point and problem are in the first stages, where it is just a seed or an idea that is within us. Nothing and no outer proof. No way to know whether it would work, even take root or grow. This is the hassle every budding entrepreneur faces. Almost nobody except a few handfuls of souls believes in them.
Many times, it becomes the deepest inner and outer struggle for the person. Sometimes above not believing the person, people may troll, devalue or put down the person. That is when it becomes imperative for the person to have faith in themselves and look up to greater personalities who accomplished much in this world. Such an idea person should not look to everyday Jane or John, but to a Lincoln or Gandhi because these are the people who had to struggle with an idea, calling or purpose, chug along decimating every obstacle in their path. Instead, if we keep an everyday Jane or John as our model, that is where the idea person also would stay, among Johns and Janes. But then, we were given the idea, not a John or Jane.
Instead, if we have an idea, we should look up to the great beings and personalities who accomplished much in this world. Once we keep such people as models and have faith in ourselves, we can turn that idea into intentions. An idea becomes an intention, if we start to act upon it before seeing any benefits or outcomes. We just have a seed. We have to plant it, water it, manure it and nurture it to make it a plant and later a tree. We cannot sit and dream about having a tree from a seed. The seed has to first take root, grow into a plant and then into a tree. So, with every idea, it takes time for the seed to become the tree where the idea has to grow and take root.
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| Ideas should be brought to physical reality through actions Image credits - Pixabay.com |
Actions: This is where actions come into the picture. The thing that changes an idea into intentions are actions. Many times, an idea is just an idea unless the person starts to act on it and turn it into an intention. For example, as I mentioned I just had a sentence about my spiritual gifts to work with. That is about it. It was my choice, free will and prerogative what to do about that. My choices were writing, YouTube videos, blogging, novel, podcast, images, Instagram and any number of other options. I chose writing, blogging and Quora answers. It is according to the person's talents and passions who is intending and acting upon the idea.
To write, one has to have a good fluency on a particular language, sentence structure and vocabulary. They should be able to portray the meaning, thought, idea or concept through the words. Not everyone is capable of that. So, here the person's talents, passions and interests come into picture. Someone may not like writing. Another may think writing is boring and yet another may think writing takes up too much of time. So, in such a case a person needs to have passion and interest in writing. Like this, every person is unique and one of a kind. So, the way a thought is made into intention through actions is unique to every person.
It becomes imperative that the person act in a way where the actions become pure joy and creativity. Because as a person we are using our truest resources- time, energy, mind and effort. True resources! It is our choice and free will, how to use it to our advantage. It should be used in such a way it brings value and worth for us and our life. But without actions, the idea or thought just stays in the mental space never to become a physical reality in our own life. This is why even though many people have fantastic ideas, it never comes into their reality, because they keep no intention to act. But without actions it never comes into the physical reality.
So, anything, any idea, thought or calling, if it has to come into the personal reality the person has to take the idea, plant it in their physical life using actions, manure it, nurture it, cut anything that brings chaos or confusion (cutting the branches), streamline it, water and grow it into a big tree. Usually, any idea starts as a tiny seed, slowly with time and effort, grows into humongous trees or legacies. It is usually ideas that looked very insignificant, that later become humongous empires or multi-national organizations.
It is these simple and elegant ideas, the Souls put intentions, efforts and actions and grow into big businesses, empires and multi-national structures. But during the initial years of setting up the business, company or the enterprise many times it is solitary child of the entrepreneur. People may not even have a clue what the entrepreneur is doing or all about. Others start to see it only when the creative gig becomes big and takes a life of it's own. Until then, the entrepreneur may have a solitary and tough mental journey to travail.
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| Actions that change ideas into creativity Image credits - Pixabay.com |
Same way, it is the ideas, intentions and actions that become our personal reality as we keep on taking actions towards things that we find interesting, passionate. Those that give us great personal worth and values. But without actions and intentions, an idea or thought stays in the mental space never to see the light of the personal reality.
So, whether an idea blossoms and blooms, overtaking our life to make it beautiful or remains a seed within our mind and is ignored/dumped in the trash never to be looked upon again- is the choice and free will of the being. Personal choice and free will!