Aspiration Practice of the Week: Sustaining and Intensifying your Aspiration Last week we converted our raw aspiration into actions for us to practice, by creating a habits chart. How consistent have you been with practicing them? When we first discover
Aspiration Common Challenges while Focusing on your Aspiration Many of us may make promises to ourselves to eat healthier, go to the gym or another activity towards one of our goals. It is exciting in the beginning when
Aspiration Practice of the Week: Translating Aspiration to Action Last week we gave our aspiration a physical form. Let us now invoke that energy and translate the pure energy into material action. Sit in a quiet place with your
Aspiration Invoking Aspiration A magic leverage suddenly is caught That moves the veiled Ineffable’s timeless will: A prayer, a master act, a king idea Can link man’s strength to a transcendent
Aspiration Practice of the Week: Verbally or Visually Representing your Aspiration Last week we attempted to experience aspiration. Now let us give it a physical form. Sit in your room/undisturbed space and have a paper, pen, pencil, colours and some
Aspiration Identifying Aspiration Have you felt a gentle tug, a quiet nudge to pursue something that brings out some goodness in you and fills you with a calm happiness? This is aspiration. Aspiration
Aspiration The Practice of the Week: Discovering your Aspiration List down goals that interest you. For each goal, ask yourself why it interests you. Is it outcome driven (richness, popularity), ego driven (‘I want to prove how good I
Aspiration Awaken Yourself With Aspiration Jyoti and her friend had a conversation at a New Year's party. "Jyoti, what is your New Year resolution for the coming year?" Jyoti replied "To sing better". "But you
Discipline Challenges on the Path of Discipline Consider these situations:A child is playing with her toys enthusiastically. As soon as its mother asks her to put away her toys and clean up she suddenly feels lethargic
Discipline Disciplining Different Parts of Your Being. PhysicalThe body cannot function without strict discipline. Digestion, growth, blood-circulation, everything, everything is a discipline. Thought, movement, gestures, everything is a discipline, and if there is no discipline, people immediately
Discipline Discipline From the Deep Resonance When you want to form a new habit, check where the push is coming from. Is it purely because you mentally know that it is good for you? Do you
Discipline Going Beyond Activity Trackers and Motivation to Cultivate Discipline Using fear, punishments or harshness are unhealthy ways of inculcating discipline into oneself or others. We can create crystal-clear activity logs or emotionally-charged posters to push us into a desirable
Discipline Introduce a Two-Minute ‘Good Morning’ Practice and a ‘Good Night’ Practice into Your Life! As soon as you wake up, greet yourself with a cheerful ‘Good Morning’ and a smile. Spend two minutes on experiencing the joy of being alive, of waking up and
Discipline The Truth of Discipline When we mention the word ‘discipline’, some imagery of negative enforcement is not uncommon. Harsh strictness or force, either from within or outside, do not uphold the spirit of discipline.
Discipline Discipline at Work Whatever your work may be, discipline is indispensable for being efficient and productive. It is realised that work or life without discipline would soon become confusion and an anarchic failure.
Discipline Why Should You be Disciplined? Think of a goal that you wanted to manifest. To achieve it, you wished to wake up an hour earlier from the next day and work towards it. When the
Sincerity Sincerity Practice of the Week If you want inspiration to be sincere then read the biographies and stories of those who have been brave enough to follow their inner truths even in the face of
Sincerity Some More Practices to be Sincere Last week we saw how observing our mind can help us to develop sincerity. One of the best ways to embed that into our lives is to start a journal.
Newsletter Sincerity Practice of the Week Create a list of situations where you feel insincere. Are there people who you stay quiet around because you are afraid to say what you think, or tasks that drain
Newsletter Practices to Be Sincere We saw that the key to cultivating sincerity is to look within ourselves in an honest, direct way. We can begin this journey with a very simple practice. Simply ask
Sincerity Inviting Sincerity in our lives ContemplateHow can you be more sincere in your life? Practice of the WeekReflect on the last big decision you made in your life and what your motivation was. When you
Newsletter How to Be Sincere? Last week we saw it is in our nature to deceive ourselves, but the good news is that we can cultivate sincerity. First we can notice the justifications we give
Sincerity Associations with the word “Sincerity” ContemplateWhen you think about the word sincerity what comes to mind. Are there specific images, or sounds or sensations or feelings? Practice of the WeekLook for an opportunity to speak
Sincerity What is Sincerity? Last week we saw why sincerity is important, but what is it? Sincerity means the absence of pretence, deceit or hypocrisy. It goes beyond honesty, requiring earnestness in all you
Newsletter Experiencing Sincerity Contemplate What is your experience of sincerity so far? When was the last time you encountered it and what happened? Practice of the Week Start an sincerity journal to review