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Happy New Year 2024! Leave yesterday’s stories behind. Write out a new story each moment with Conscious Choice and Presence. Feeling grateful for this human life to work through my karmic patterns. #new year #2024 #gratitude #newstory #transformativesolutions #prerna #inspiration

Dearest Fellow Travelers on the journey of Life

This is my last post of 2023. I send you my best wishes and a heartfelt dose of gratitude for your continuous source of support in my journey. I draw inspiration from many of you and learn each moment of the way. Gratitude from the bottom of my heart.

We have been trying to see the Northern Lights in Iceland over these past few days with no success. Nature runs on its own agenda. I noticed disappointment in the eyes of my loved ones. I was gently reminded of the gift of acceptance. Once we master this, we can face any situation we are faced with. Let us understand what we can control and predict. May we receive the wisdom and gift of discernment to humbly surrender to the flow of life when we find things deviating from our expectations and desires. This has been my lesson of learning in 2023.

Blessings to each one of us on our journey of life.

Namaste and Happy Holidays!
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The ego and attachment stings in the most subtle manner taking me on a merry go round. When I think of the behavior patterns of another, it indicates that I’m still holding onto an unfulfilled desire and a deep attachment towards the actions of the other. This creates a dissonance within myself, which deprives me of experiencing bliss, freedom and an innate sense of joy. The attachment clearly moves me away from staying connected to the deep wisdom of the scriptures.

The concept of detachment was given to us for a reason. We create a spider web of our agendas, desires, expectations and judgements, which keep us severely trapped.

As I was observing myself, I recognized that this was creating toxicity within my way of being. As my clients have heard me say tirelessly, language is generative. The language and narrative helps me understand how attached I am to my ego which shall only destroy me. The mind must be tamed first by awareness and then by acting upon the discovery. Transformation happens with repetitive practice until it becomes an ingrained habit.

My practice has been to consciously stop the mind from thinking about others. The results have been magical. I am listening to podcasts that inspire and uplift me. I am reading a book a week. I reflect on a poem for days and aspire to live from that space.

What will your practice be? Please feel free to share with me personally as you always do or in the comments below.

Gratitude with humility,
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I was explaining four attributes that one needs to lead a fulfilled and balanced life mentioned in the sacred texts to some clients this week. I’ve written these down and am sharing at their request.

The two attributes that are necessary to live a happy life in the material world are our financial safety along with a healthy desire. One cannot buy basics if one struggles financially. Financial instability gives rise to a great amount of stress. I translate a healthy desire to a life that lives with a wholesome sense of purpose and motivation. It is the energy that drives one to get out of bed every morning. It is important to feed the body enough to keep it running efficiently. Desire when lived from a healthy perspective serves a being well. The food ingested provides energy and serves as a fuel to run the body smoothly. One consumes only what is necessary and abstains from hoarding and living from a place of lack to experience abundance in every area of life.

The spiritual attributes of dharma and moksha can be translated in simple language as follows. One needs a set of values and boundaries to define how one must live consciously in this body. It gives rise to a healthy sense of fear. I define moksha (salvation) not as a phenomenon that happens after we leave this body. For me, it indicates the ability of a human to live out of awareness and shift age old patterns. It requires us to manage our minds in away that serves us. It indicates mind mastery.

As a conclusion, let each one of us reflect on how we are doing in relation to these four attributes. My understanding and experience is a feeling of well being and bliss when all the four work symbiotically and support each other like the wheels of a carriage.

Humbly in the spirit of service
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I have coached several clients over the span of my coaching career where there is dissonance between words and actions of stakeholders. The root belief of one’s values when broken is hurtful, deceiving and confusing for many. We expect for our dignities to be preserved and respected. Very often this does not happen. It leaves us frustrated and angry.
The anger is like a poison that eats away at us in the bargain.
The practice that I’ve been led to acquire has been to lower the intensity of my interactions with stakeholders to a level that suits me. My expectations are carefully managed and I am less susceptible to deceit, hurt and pain.
How do these thoughts resonate with you? What are your best practices to protect yourselves?

Humbly
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It seems that the Universe continues to teach me lessons in giving myself dignity first. This pattern gets challenged from time to time. Once I practice acknowledging my values and virtues as a being, I feel that the body, emotions and inner narrative shifts too.

Lessons learnt:
> Give yourself the love that you honestly and sincerely deserve
> Always stay in the observer seat. The pain, sadness and discomfort will elevate you to the next level required in your journey.
> Work around shifting the inner narrative intelligently. Use powerful self fulfilling language that empowers and supports.
> The mind loves to attack, ridicule and mock. Be aware and beware.
> Taking care of oneself does not mean that you are selfish. It means that you honor the Divine within.
> Continue practicing kindness to each one and staying surrendered with a spirit of faith and trust.
> Remind ourselves that faith and doubt cannot exist together. There is a method to the madness metaphorically.

Blessings in the spirit of service,
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The image that comes to my mind is of a derailed train falling off its tracks during a brisk walk on a crisp autumn morning. My mind seems to be derailed from its usual peace, calm and bliss for no reason to explain. A horrifying nightmare wakes me up as a result of a feeling of sadness and despair. Restlessness, annoyance, anger and some unwholesome emotions fatigue.
I continue running through my day, observing consciously, staying present noticing this derailment. I bring satisfaction, contentment consciously and after a few hours notice a feeling of lightness with a clear discerning understanding of getting rid of some past impression on my unconscious.
Stop taking yourselves so seriously is the advice that I can share. Stay in the here and now to create a powerful past and conscious future.
I’d be happy to assist you on your journeys. Please get in touch for a free introductory call and register for some sessions to live a life full of clear understanding and purpose.
Blessings Prerna #wisdom #transformation #lightness #awareness #observer #transformativesolutions #service #inspiration #saturday

Each one houses Light within herself. This light is lit by several matchsticks. Some trigger the inner Light by listening to devotional music, some meditate, some practice mindful walking, some do yoga, some read, some have deep conversations with friends or family. Some go to a place of worship and indulge in a structured form of practice.

The wisdom and discernment one experiences when the inner light is lit helps tap into the resourceful genius lying within each one. Intuitive awareness, clarity, and abundance are the fruits of these rituals. A state of contentment and feeling satiated is the quality and way of life for such a being. There is no desire to go somewhere and be someplace.

This holiday season of Diwali and the Hindu New Year, my thoughts go back to the endless lamps we physically light year after year.

How many of us can authentically claim to light the “whole” that is within. Do we experience this kind of clarity and wisdom every moment? Might we claim for ourselves this gift on the auspicious occasion of Diwali, in addition to the other practices that we follow?

I can assure you that your quality of life shall be energized and tranquil both at the same time. Sounds wonderful doesn’t it?

In the spirit of service
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I noticed a slight disturbance within my way of being one afternoon. I sent out a request to the Universe asking for its Divine Guidance.
During my walk in solitude while listening to the waves hitting the banks of the river, I received the answer to my dilemma. “Ask and you shall receive”. Trust in the magic of life and witness with awe and wonder.
When I feel forced to explain my perspective to another, which sends me into a feeling of discomfort, I find it better to stay quiet. I recognize that I cannot make the other understand. Why then must I speak or spend precious time that robs me of my centered way of being?
Reflect on the above, speak less and only when necessary, listen more to wholesome materials and live wholeheartedly protecting your senses at all times.

In the spirit of service
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It seems to me that the Universe is teaching me to rigorously start practicing compassion and kindness towards others. It helps me overcome my idea of the limited self to tap into the universal Consciousness that reverberates in both sentient and non sentient beings. This helps me in truly practicing the emotion of love.

One afternoon, at a small place that I go to regularly, my lunch order came out wrong. The owner and chef had remembered my order but had prepared something different. I went up to him and simply mentioned it out of surprise but told him not to worry.

He later brought me some extras to compensate for the mistake, which was very sweet and kind. He shared with me how his mother was very ill and in the hospital. This confirmed to me a practice that I have been following for a while now, which is that every time something out of the ordinary happens, I put myself in the other person’s shoes and truly awaken the feeling of kindness and compassion. I remind myself that each one is on their own journey and that I have zero business to focus on others.

Hope this post inspires some to help build a world of kindness and compassion.

In the spirit of service
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