Illuminated Minds Blog

Getting rid of the old symbolizes making room for the new in my life.

Illuminated Minds Want to Know

Bhagvad Gita – quote

Whatever happened, it happened for good.
Whatever is happening, it is happening for good.
Whatever that will happen, it will be for good.

What have you lost for which you cry?
What did you bring, with which you have lost?
What did you produce, which has been destroyed?
You did not bring anything, when you were born.

Whatever you have, you received as a gift from Him.
Whatever you give, you will give to Him.
You came empty-handed and you will go the same way.
Whatever is yours today was somebody else’s yesterday.
And will be somebody else’s tomorrow.
Change is the Law of the Universe.

If you look at what you do not have in life,
you don’t have anything.
If you look at what you have in life,
you have everything.

Flow – continued

Ask a physicist ‘what creates the universe’ and they say energy. Ask them to describe energy and they tell you,’It can never be created or destroyed; it always is, always has been and always will be; it is always flowing into form, through form and out of form.’Now, ask a theologian ‘what creates the universe’ and they say God. Ask them to describe God and they might also tell you,’It can never be created or destroyed; it always is, always has been and always will be; it is always flowing into form, through form and out of form.’Hmmm, interesting! It seems that science, philosophy, spirituality and myth are all just different perspectives on reality, our different ways of enquiring into the nature of things.

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Coincidentally, when we do this we also recognize that, in spite of what we previously believed, we are not separate from one other. We are all part of one Universal Consciousness, and the intelligence, power and incredible love that are all aspects of this Life Force are available to every one of us.

Life 2.0: The little book of Flow – revised

The Flow ..

These experiences are not just confined to sports either – most of us have experienced something like this at least once in our life, usually by accident rather than design. They can be the most beautiful, sublime, carefree, creative and happy moments in our lives. We often recall them later in life – how we felt more alive and everything seemed more real than anything we had experienced previously or since – almost like tantalizing postcards from a magical kingdom that we never really got to go to.

Life 2.0: The little book of Flow – revised

Inspiration

Look to this day,

For it is life,

The very life of life,

In its brief course lie all the truths

And realities of your existence;

The bliss of growth

The glory of action, and

The splendour of beauty.

For yesterday is but a dream

And tomorrow is only a vision,

But today well lived makes

Every yesterday a dream of happiness

And every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well, therefore to this day.

Such is the salvation of the dawn.

- A selection from The Bhagavad-Gita.

Also attributed to the Indian poet Kalidasa.

My mantras

My mantras are as follows:

• Look, listen and learn ( Remember that you have two ears and only one mouth).
• Communicate
• Think smart….. Don’t reinvent the wheel. (definitely required in IT industry where developers keep on recoding the same stuff!)
• Think think think….. God has given you a brain… use it. (even if you don’t believe in God, you still have a brain !)
• Every experience comes with a lesson. Learn from it and move on to the next stage.
• As you sow, so shall you reap (GIGO) .
• Be flexible, respect others and be  compassionate.