THIS YEAR, DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE COMMIT TO A BETTER PLANET!

We are all born to do something unique and wonderful on this planet. Make sure you don’t let this opportunity pass by. Take up something creative in the new year. Not a year should pass without doing something creative.

Unless you have a dream, you cannot realise it. Every invention has come out of a dream. Give yourself the freedom to dream and think big and have the valour to pursue them with total dedication. Often people who dreamt big were ridiculed, but they remained steadfast in achieving their goals.

The energy in our life needs some direction to flow. If you don’t give it the right direction, you will be left all confused. For life-energy to move in a direction, commitment is essential.

Today, most people are confused because there is no direction in life. When you are happy, there is so much life-energy in you; but when this life-energy doesn’t know where to go, it gets stuck. When it stagnates, it rots.

The secret is-greater the commitment you take, greater the energy/power are given to fulfill that commitment. Greater the commitment, easier things are for you. Smaller commitments can be suffocating for you because you have more capacity, but you are stuck in a limited sphere.

When you are working for the betterment of the society, of people around you, even if you have ten things to do and if one thing goes wrong, you can keep doing the other ten things; the thing that has gone wrong will set itself right! That’s Usually how grace works. We think we should have resources and then we will commit. Greater the commitment you take, the resources simply come to you. Whatever you are committed to, rewards you with strength. If it is your family that you are committed to, your family supports you; if it is the society you are committed to, you enjoy the support of society. Even before you ask, you’ll get help.

When the mind is totally in the present, the right ideas come to you. Not only should you plan your goals, but plan the means and methods to work towards them. Where would you like to see yourself after three years? After 20 years? After 40 years? Don’t be feverish about the results. Give your 100 per cent.

Usually, we hurry the mind but we’re slow in our action. The right formula for success is patience in the mind and dynamism in action. Embrace both passion and dispassion. Move ahead with the courage to strive for your goals while also letting go when necessary. Abundance will follow naturally.

When you meditate, there is keenness of observation. You become totally relaxed, yet at the same time, you possess the strength of intelligence, the sharpness of awareness and intuition. When you are aware, and then you act, then that is the right action.

An undeterred focus and an intuitive mind will help you achieve your goals. Meditation is the way to a stress-free energy-filled life, with a clear vision of where you want to go.

Commitment will always bring comfort in the long run. Make a commitment to make this world a better place to live.

Dream the impossible!

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR The writer is an Indian yoga guru, a spiritual leader, founder of The Art of Living