Intuitive Living

Intuition

To living a life,

With a new, more evolved mind.

A mind that thinks clearly,

A heart that’s open to new experiences.

A spirit that embraces change,

A vision that’s dynamic and optimistic,

And beautiful and inspiring.

For fulfilling the soul.

A charged life force,

Raring to go,

Through the unknown.

To a place unseen,

To new perspectives,

To new endeavours,

While being in the flow,

Enjoying every moment,

Smiling through the highs and lows,

Living the journey,

Consciously, Intentionally,

Yet Flexibly,

Without worry,

Leaving behind what’s happened,

Looking ahead to the new,

Together, yet alone,

Alone, yet together.

Building new and interesting relationships,

Friendships that are truly meaningful,

With anyone and everyone,

Feeling richer and richer,

Enriched by experiences.

A fullness within,

Taking full advantage of being human,

Doing what I’m meant to do,

In my time here,

Being clear, undisturbed,

Being inclusive,

Yet independent,

Being my own best friend,

A champion at heart,

Having strength,

A gentle courage,

Absorbing the essence of nature’s gifts,

Using my instincts,

Following my intuition,

For the good of myself and those around,

Living with love.

Living with joy.

Living in peace.

With a sense of belonging,

A sense of knowing from deep inside.

A magical confidence,

That surpasses the superficial.

And transcends the see-able.

A compassionate temperament,

With a brave soul,

A natural cheerful demeanour,

Unshakeable,

Building true courage,

For being able to face anything, calmly,

Always,

Dancing to the beat of my drums,

Tapping into the energy that’s uniquely mine,

Remaining true to my rhythm,

Singing along to the song I was meant to sing.

To intuition over logic,

To meaningful living over superficial living.

 

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The Best Kind Of Help…

There are a ton of ways to help people.

And you can never be sure which one is the best way to help them.

Someone might need food, you could buy them food. Someone doesn’t understand how to solve a problem, you can help them solve it. And so on..

But, again, what’s the best kind of help? What’s the best way to help someone who needs food? What’s the best way to help someone who has a problem but doesn’t know how to solve it?

 

I had a brief, but meaningful thought about ‘the best kind of help’. I think there are 2 main kinds of help:

Type 1: When you help someone based on what you think they need, utilizing your abilities to help them.

Type 2: When you help someone help themselves.

And there are other types too:)

Type 1 is needed a lot of the time, as there are things we all need help with that we have no idea about. Ideally, the person seeking help is crystal clear about what it is they need help with! This takes time to figure out too:) But it’s a lot easier for someone who wants to help you to know what you need help with.

In all humility, I think things can go awry with type 1 help, particularly in deeper, more personal matters. Someone helps you solve a problem you have, and that’s it, the ‘help’ is delivered. The person being helped gets the help they need, and move on. But they still remain ‘helpless’ in the matter they were helped with. For example, if someone didn’t know how to cook pasta, you could cook pasta for them to help them, but that person still doesn’t know how to make pasta!! They’ll continue to ask you for your help in making pasta. This kind of help creates a dependence between the person who is helping and the person who received the help, leading to an unhealthy relationship in the long term.

Type 2 is when you help someone help themselves. All the answers to all our problems (well, most of them) lie within us. So if you really want to help someone, why not help them help themselves, and solve their own problem, based on the insights and answers they have within themselves? That creates zero dependence and also leads to a more mutually beneficial outcome in the long run.

So basically, if your friend doesn’t know how to make pasta, don’t just always make the pasta for them. But, help them learn how they could learn to make pasta, and they’ll probably appreciate you more for it, having learned something new. Unless of course, they’re OK with never learning how to make Pasta and are happy to be ‘blindly lead’ by your help!

We all need a combination of Type 1 & Type 2 help but with Type 1, it would be in everyone’s favour if the helper declared by they’re delivering Type 1 help so the helper and the helped are in sync!

So: Help yourself, help another, help yourself help you, seek help to help yourself better and you’ll feel a lot more helpful than helpless!

Disclaimer: Don’t put yourself in jeopardy while trying to help. Look after yourself!

 

 

 

 

The Creative Adult Is The Child Who Survived

I happened to read an interesting quote. This one caught my attention as it’s so true, yet so unnoticed, so ‘un-practised’ in practice.

The quote says “The Creative Adult Is The Child Who Survived.”

 

I find that it’s so true. When we’re younger, we’re most in touch with our most authentic self. Our emotions are natural, and they’re the purest when we’re young.  (even though they need to be channelized correctly, hopefully by someone who knows how to channelize them in a constructive way).

As we’re growing up, people around us try to influence us in their own way. By being who they are, they influence the children around them, unknowingly, by default. The words they speak, the way they interact, and the things they tell the children around them, all play a part in determining how we’re being ‘shaped’ by them.

Most adults, be it parents, teachers, wives of husbands, bosses etc. want to tell you how to do what you should do. Most adults use this as a way to ‘vent’ and ‘speak out’ and sometimes “puke out” what they want to say, only because they want to say it. They’re not facilitating the child to blossom, but “TALKING AT” the child because they think they’re more experienced adults ‘who know better’ and ‘have seen the world’ and know how ‘it’s always been done’.

This is the saddest thing that can happen, especially if the child/children are perpetually around adults wanting to influence or ‘talk at’ them. Unknowingly, or knowingly, they start to kill the child’s soul, causing a massive disconnect between who the child really is, who the child thinks he or she is, and who the child ends up becoming.  They feel like they’re in a position of power over children, so they lash out at them, verbally and psychologically, and sometimes physically (even something small like a slap, especially when it’s unnecessary and there are better ways of addressing misbehaviour). Some children stay unconscious about how they’ve been influenced, right through until later, when they’re adults. And some adults still don’t realize how they’re being influenced or have been influenced. They just continue to be influenced, not having developed their ‘authentic self’ and finding ground in who they truly are. This lost ‘sense of self’ has major repercussions in later years, as the world, and it’s ways, continue to influence the adult who’s inner child hasn’t been nurtured, watered and cared for. The clever folks in the world often sees this and takes further advantage of the ‘not so sure’ adult.

This blog article is a reminder to all adults, parents, teachers, wives, and other folks out there. Please check yourself in front of children who are looking up to you and viewing you as their guiding light. You are influencing them by not just saying things to them, but by being who you are, in FRONT of them. Do not influence them with what you know (unless it’s timeless wisdom) but facilitate them into blossoming into the truest, most honest expression of themselves. If they express a curiosity for something, help them explore it. If they smile, encourage it. If they’re quiet, ask them why. If they’re not so sure about something, ask them what would help them. If they need help, ask how they’d like to be helped. Never ASSUME you know them and how they should be treated. Never think you’re ‘higher’ or better than them because they’re not fully developed, successful human beings just yet. DON’T MAKE THEM NUMB. If you really think about it, they’re far closer to who they really are, than you are, and have a fresh pair of eyes. See them as flowers to be nurtured, as energies to be channelized into doing what they’re best at given their strengths and talents, as perfection personified who may or may not need to be ‘fine-tuned’ into becoming a little less perfect to survive and thrive in this imperfect world. Just let them be who they are, and help if you can. They’ll be more creative, more fulfilled and more effective as adults!

 

 

 

The ‘Odd-Even’ Days

Hello:)

Just thought I’d share my experience Delhi’s Odd-Even days. For those who don’t know, the Delhi State Government in India introduced a new ‘Odd-Even Policy’ to bring road traffic under control. Basically, cars with odd registration numbers can drive on odd days and vice versa, you get the idea. I think the policy is a copy of a policy originally initiated in the Phillipines, not sure. Ha ha 🙂

I’ve been fortunate enough to be given a car to drive (even though I just hate using it for personal reasons) that has an ‘odd’ number. So I can drive on an odd day. But I wasn’t so happy about the ‘odd-even’ policy on even days, when I’ve had to walk 2 Km from my house to catch local public transport or an auto (3 wheeler cute and compact, open air taxi). In the burning heat of Delhi, it’s really not that pleasant! I mean, the whole Odd-Even thing is great for reducing traffic, and I support it fully, but it does suck big time for transport convenience at times.

But then I thought, is it really that bad? I mean, at least I was getting some exercise. And just then I had an idea when I looked around me.  I mean, there were all these people around me driving motorbikes, I’m sure someone would be willing to give me a ride! So I tried to call out to a few people. And yep, was pleasantly surprised to see people EXTREMELY willing to help and offer me a lift. I haven’t had to walk on a single ‘even’ day, thanks to the help extended out by some motorcyclists on each day. Good to see some ‘DIL WALLAS’ in Delhi! They still exist!!!!!!!!!! Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! 🙂

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I started a little Facebook group to encourage people to form carpools. Check it out by clicking here. Noone’s really formed any carpools on it..EPIC FAIL! BUT, I’m using it to share my experience, and also share that there’s still some ‘Dil’ left in this pretty despicable, yet vibrant and happening city.

I used to hate even days, but now I like them in the spirit of asking for a little help and expressing gratitude, and being amazed at the warmth and openness extended out by people in a pretty stressed out city.