Live the journey...

Whether you are an individual, a family or an organization, whether the journey that you want to start is private or professional ; the first step, Realization (Rubaru™) is the most critical step of the journey and that’s why I want to talk a bit more about it. Some of it may be repetition but as they say:

Rock iT™ Mantra:  Repetition is also a key to communication.

So, here we go:

My life is not a race. It is a journey, my own unique journey. Agreed that there are millions parallel journeys happening around me and sometimes the paths collide with others but that still doesn’t make it a race. In my journey, I won’t change my chosen destination just because a fellow traveler has done that.

I am not here to live someone else’s life. I will define what I am, what is my SWOT, what is it that I want to do and what I don’t want to do, what gives me happiness, joy and peace etc. I may not end up succeeding in everything that I realize. Sometimes I will succeed 100%, sometimes 10%. 

But I will always know what I was trying to do because I am doing everything consciously.  Circumstances will be against at times but I will not become a prisoner of them. Too many people are doing something and wishing that they were doing something else. I will define my direction. I will try to be the best me....

Once Gautam Buddha was talking to a disciple when a fly came and rested on Buddha's cheek. Still deeply engaged  in the talk, subconsciously his hand went to his cheek and the hand waved the fly off.  Later, Buddha realized what he had done and he was aghast. He once again (and this time consciously) touched his cheek with his hand and virtually waved off the fly. The disciple got confused and asked him why he did what he did? Buddha's answer was “I practice and preach consciousness and when first time my hand waved off that fly, it was subconscious. If my hand can wave off a fly subconsciously, someday it could kill someone subconsciously too. That’s why I consciously waved off the virtual fly again. To nullify my subconscious action”.

Epitome of Realization !!!

Many of us will find this example difficult to digest but I am sure we get the idea that I am trying to put across. Millions on this earth end up living a life they don't identify with , influenced by family, friends, peer pressure, media, film stars, sport stars, internet, social media and don’t even know it. There is so much noise out there. How can I shut my mind from the distracting noise and live my life as per what I define ?

Rock iT™ Mantra: It is said that a lion stops and looks around after every five steps. You know why?

In Rock iT™ journey, after R ( Realization) there are five steps that take you to desired goal (We will talk about them in following posts) and then you do Rubaru™  again…