You fall; you get up

All of us have grown through the same steps of childhood. Born as a baby, each one of us held the little finger of our parents to take our first tiny steps. We tried the lion's style by trying to walk on all the four limbs that God has blessed us with. Elders showed the difference between legs and hands, and we were taught to stand on our limbs and hold the wall or table for support to walk on just two limbs. There have been umpteen times that we have fallen down, but still didn't give up the determination to walk. Finally, we reached the stage where we could rely on two wheels rather than our two legs to move from one place to another. We fell down with bicycles and bikes too at times. We stood back and lifted the two wheeler and continued our ride again. Moral of the story - You fall; you get up.

Walking, riding, falling and getting up are physical acts that are so clearly visible to our eyes. On the other hand, when our self-confidence falls down or when our courage or motivation slides down, we cannot see that happening. They are virtual and invisible. We have to apply the same logic of lifting ourselves up from depressing states of mood when the moods go down. The act of getting up from the ground is so naturally imbibed in us that we don't even have to think about it. Our parents have shown how to take the support of nearby objects and our knees to stand back on our feet. Unfortunately, during childhood, physical acts of falling are more than mental states falling down. As a result, we aren't coached much of the times on how to bounce back from the tough emotional states. As we grow up we get into emotional conflicts and our mind is more susceptible to negative influences. At such instances of time, we need to get back to our normal states. How do we do it?- is the question. If we are strong enough we can do it on our own selves. If not, we can definitely take the help of people around. Someone who sees you fall only can help you to get up. Likewise only when someone gets to know that you've fallen down in your mood can someone help you to rise up. It's not a mistake or a shame to share with someone that you're down and take the help of the person to get back to your energetic state of happy mind. Share about the issue that has affected you with the person you vest your trust in and take his/her help to get back to rock.

The world around shall never stop its operations just because anyone of us has fallen down, may be in whichever form it is. Nothing changes, nothing stops, nothing halts. Everything just keeps progressing as this world belongs to not just us alone but to a population of close to 7 billion people. More the time we take to get back into momentum more is the loss in the progress that we are able to achieve. Hence it's very essential to get back into our momentum. If we are unable to get back on our own fast, it's definitely worthwhile to take the help of others to bounce back. Only if we can be on our feet can we help others who have fallen to get back to their feet. We have to help each other and progress together in life.

Happy Independence Day!

Being an Indian I am very happy and proud to celebrate Indian Independence Day today. I appreciate the Google doodle as well for the amazing depiction on the occasion of Indian Independence Day celebrations. On this occasion, I would like to take the opportunity to salute and pay respect to all those people from different parts of the globe who have worked for the freedom struggle of their respective countries. There are a million lives that were sacrificed for a billion lives to breathe the air of freedom today. The question is how well are we making use of this freedom that has been passed on to us.

All of us know that nothing comes free of cost. Everything that we receive takes some kind of payment either in terms of cash or kind or efforts. Likewise, freedom for the oppressed nations wasn't bestowed just by asking. It took ages of years, thousands of lives and millions of movements to break the shackles of the dominations to achieve the freedom for the respective nations. All of these were done with only one hope, that the country with freedom would progress much faster than a suppressed one. I am not here to comment about which country is progressing at what rate because a country never progresses, it's the people who represent the country, who need to progress. How well are we using our freedom to grow much faster and much bigger? Are we still in the mindset of surrender where in we are afraid to even nudge a step out of our boundaries? The mindset has to change. We have to dream beyond the existing support. Only then will we be doing the right justice to the freedom vested in our hands, in the best way possible.

It's up to us to use our time the way we want. The same way it's our wish to use the freedom that we possess in whatever way we want. There is no authoritative body which tells us to lead the life in a particular fashion. We can make the choice of the type of education we want to and the kind of work that we want to pursue. As long as what you're doing is moral, legal and ethical, there is no one who will question you. This is the biggest advantage of freedom. Let's use it to create wonders that shall stand as iconic examples for the future generations to follow our footprints. Let's make the best use of freedom to create more opportunities and platforms, which can help loads of others to succeed.

Congratulations! Grab your copy of LS by SL!

All this time, I used to take out phrases from the book 'Life Simplified!' and elaborate on them as blogs. Further more I cannot deny you the opportunity from accessing the book yourself in your hands. Congratulations to all those people who have been waiting to get their hands on this marvellous simple book that carries the power in it to simply life.

 

I have been getting queries from many people all across India that they wanted to get the hardcopies of the book 'Life Simplified!' but were unable to get it due to various reasons. No doubt that in today's world internet has made it highly feasible to access anything that we require by just ordering online while sitting at home in front of our laptops and desktops. Finally, you shall be happy to know that you can order your copy of the book 'Life Simplified!' on www.iuworldwide.com either through your debit/credit cards or netbanking facilities. It shall be no more a dream but a reality soon the moment you order your copy of the book. According to me 'Life Simplified!' is one of the few books that carries immense power in the less number of pages that it contains. It is stripped of the power to bore you at any point of time. You shall not feel like dropping the book down until you finish reading it completely. This was the first book that I, myself completed reading at the first attempt itself.

 

I am sure that everyone of you who has either heard to Mr.Sujit Lalwani's talk or just heard of him would love to know what he has come up with in his first book that has been even appreciated by the networking queen of the world, Carole Stone. You can even order more than one copy for your friends and family and I won't take much time of yours as you want to share this online book launch for purchase with your near and dear ones right away.

Planned and packed

It's time to get back to the powerful phrases from the book 'Life Simplified!' by Sujit Lalwani, serial entrepreneur running a number of businesses and social projects. This time we get into a quote that speaks about the optimum and efficient utilisation of all the time that this Universe has blessed us with during an entire day.

 

The author says that when your days are completely planned and packed, you shall soon realise that the pain of past fades, vision of life gets clearer and all that seemed to poison your life ceases to exist. I have spoke about planning a number of times before and hence shall avoid repeating the same here but definitely I would like to touch upon the point of packed days here. Everyone has only 24 hours in a day and no one can work for more than that in a single day. I have seen people who ask for 10 minutes of rest for every 30 minutes of work. If your work schedule is something like this then definitely you are not making the best use of time. You have to pack your day with different work that you need to cater to with proper time planning. Not all the times just a day is sufficient to complete all that you have planned. Hence it shall be very important to plan and pack your work for days ahead and also stick to the strict plan made by you. Every work's completion should be followed by the beginning of the next work with absolutely no idle time in between.

 

When your days are filled with work and commitments, seldom do you get time or mental space to think about problems of your past and hence the pain of past fades away. As you keep working, you progress nearer to the vision day by day and it gets clearer. More the work less the thought of problems in your head. Just by disallowing the mind from being idle all the above advantages can be exploited. Do let me know what you think on is.mohanbn@gmail.com

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Get out and get it

Get out of your comfort zone if you are looking for comfort in life. Lying in a cushioned sofa and whiling away all your time shall not bring the comfort of parking a luxurious car in the balcony of your huge mansion constructed and customised exclusively for your family which you dreamt of. All your dreams shall come true only if you are not watching them while you're asleep but working for them.

 

Everything is achievable in this world. I don't have to cite the stories of successful men who made a private jet a toy for their kids, people who loved golf and hence built golf courses and many more. All that you want exists on this earth and all you have to do is to go and get it if you want it. The prayers or chants or spells that you cast at home with your empty hands shall not bring any of your dreams back home. You have to get out of your comfort zone and get into the outside world, search for what you want, work to get it and bring it back yourself. I am fed up of seeing people who complain that they don't have what they want and always sit at home. Man was given legs only to get out of his home and find what he needed and not to fold and sit liesurely on the sofa.

 

It is so important for each one of us to realise that we need to work to get what we want time and again. Some of the most important treasures of this planet are hidden deep inside the earth and we need to excavate the ground to find them. Similarly what we desire for also exists deep inside the world outside our homes. We need to excavate through all the noise to reach them. Feel free to share your feedback on is.mohanbn@gmail.com

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Love, Trust, Character, Brotherhood

It's time to hit back at one more awesome quote from the book 'Life Simplified' by Sujit Lalwani, the magician who has changed many lives for the better. In this particular quote mentioned in the picture he speaks of the greatest religion on this earth and that's called humanity. He mentions the key ingredients that form the four pillars of the religion called humanity.

 

Every bron child grows up into an individual because of the love that parents shower. Every soul finds another soul completely unrelated upto the adult age who lasts for lifelong along is because of love. The reason an illiterate child turns into a literate student is because of the love of a teacher. Only love is responsible to create and maintain relationships between people through different means of respect, kindness, generosity, compassion and others and hence love is one of the strongest pillars of humanity. Trust is what keeps the relationship strong and going forward in any case. Lesser the trust, lesser the bond and co-operation between people, more the trust more the bond and co-operation between people. Trust develops in any relationship based on the characters of the two individuals related. If not for the character, trust shall never develop. Hence trust and character form the other two pillars of this sacred religion.

 

Universal brotherhood is what that can bring about unity among all those people habitating the earth. Lack of brotherhood shall always create gaps and loops and give rise to enmity between people. Hence brotherfood forms the binding factor that can keep people united irrespective of their backgrounds. Thus these four qualities shall form the four pillars to uphold the religion of humanity. Feel free to share your views on is.mohanbn@gmail.com

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Keep aside the emotional side

Man was born with emotions and shall die with them. Still at times it's necessary for us to see this life and the life around us from a higher plane. It is just like how we talk about a third person. Every occasion brings along with it some associated emotion. Not just an occasion, people associate feelings and emotions with people and things too. This is what makes life complex and miserable.

 

As I had mentioned in one of my previous blogs named 'Mood matters', the emotions through which a person is going through definitely matter to the reactions s/he will show and decisions s/he will take. We have so many favourites and so many unfavourites and
correspondingly we start
associating different feelings with these two. Unfortunately because of some wrong assignment here and there, we tend to lose the major lessons of life. A very simple example is that of time. We say those times during which we don't enjoy as bad phases. May be those are the phases during which we learn the best lessons of life. We are no one to decide which time is good or bad. So the author Sujit Lalwani drives home the same point in his book 'Life Simplified!' that if we can keep the time devoid of our emotions then there are no such bad times that cause us pain. All that happen shall happen for good and make us feel good.

 

It's difficult to reach the spirtitual stage of life where in we can separate the emotions from things happening around. Bhagvadgita also states that it is the highest level of life to see both good and bad as same and feel hot and cold as the same. It should be an aspiration for each one of us to reach such highly stable levels of life. Please share your feedback on is.mohanbn@gmail.com
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People shall fight

All of us are aware that we need to work to get what we desire for. In one of my previous blogs I had spoken about working and as well as making sure that this work is projected well to yield the result that it deserves. You can refer the blog 'Project your work' for your reference. When one is not rewarded for what one deserves, I had mentioned that one should fight for it and even that is a part of his work. Just 2 days later after writing this blog a superb thought struck my mind which said that when one has genuinely given his best not just him the world around him shall fight for his reward.

A very simple yet profound example that I would like to bring to your notice today is that of Mahatma Gandhiji. He struggled and fought for the freedom of India. When He was arrested by the British no doubt that he fought to get out in order to continue the freedom struggle but even the people fought for the release of the Mahatma. When there were Hindu-Muslim riots happening Gandhiji went on satyagraha without taking any food. Even at that time people fought to stop the fight just for the sake of Gandhiji. The current example we can talk about is Sri Anna Hazare who went on Satyagraha to fight corruption on his own will and wish. People joined hands to end the Satyagraha taken up by Anna by fighting against the government to take reforms to end corruption. I have seen so many posts on facebook wherein people share about the struggle that any person is going through and seek support of all their friends to help that person though they are not even connected to the struggling person directly. I still remember one of the unforgettable incidents in my past in schooldays when I was slapped by the principal for no fault of mine. At that time though my self-defence couldn't resolve the situation completely, it was few friends of mine who stood by me and proved my innocence regarding the incident. When you are RIGHT people shall fight for you.

Remember folks! keep continuing your genuine work irrespective of the results and the opinions of people. Give your best to what you're doing and keep an account of all that you're doing as well. World has become a nasty place that asks for your Life certificate though you're standing in front of it alive. So you will have to fight to get what you deserve. When you are contributing your work towards the progress of the people around you, be very sure and happy that the people around you shall fight for what you deserve.
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