It is a fact that the power within you is infinite. There is no end to exploration, irrespective of age, to conquer the hidden energy that you have not sufficiently explored. Sit quietly, as the day begins, think of a new way to orient yourself to face the unexpected challenges ahead, by treating them not as problems, but as opportunities that ultimately foster your growth. What I am experimenting now a days is to free myself from the traditional ways of seeking deeper meaning to be a conscious human being in an evolving world.

Truthfully, to find peace, seizing the reins of mind avoiding runaway thoughts we need to train our intellect to create pure good thoughts evoking a magnificent response in daily life. Keeping oneself engaged in positive human efforts, distancing from the distractions around us, we slowly cultivate compassion overcoming our complex working of mind. Resisting ourselves tossed all over the place, swept here and there we can overcome fast-moving tides of exponential change.– the anxieties, fears, failures that are generally holding us back leading to living a monotonous life. Most of the time, we are attracted by the negativity surrounding us.

In spare time, the mind dwells upon with depressing thoughts as if everybody is victimizing us making us feel very pathetic and demoralizing. Instead, involving oneself with operations brandished with a passion to serve others, one can acquire an extraordinary, valuable and blissful life. Having selected totally an unfamiliar and challenging path, it is wonderful to experience life as precious, auspicious, esteemed and wonderful. While driving down with my associate to meet a new client, I seldom ponder how a small change in our outlook brings an instant transformation triggering harmony in life thus overcoming illusions of old age barriers.

As a layman with my limited knowledge on religion, I am still trying to understand the ever-prevailing ultimate truth by cultivating inquisitiveness in sharpening inner vision. I seldom wonder that lots remain to be understood of these tall words making me feel as if I am chasing a mirage. Unable to comprehend much from masters who have their own reflection of experiences from a different perspective, I did select a different path evoking a magnificent experience by keeping at bay selfishness, jealousies and other faults, providing me an inner calm. Remaining ever social and active in the society, life responds in seemingly miraculous ways to your positive efforts. It is wonderful to take a leap beyond the cobwebs of selfish “me”, engaging in a selfless service, by way of showing generosity towards the needy, though in a small way. In the process, the negativity of mind is curbed as problems that were holding your growth slowly turns into opportunities bringing easier solutions to your doorstep.

You may recall sometime back, we watched on T.V, President Obama and Michelle dancing and sharing laughter with children to whom no Indian big-wig would ever dare to amuse. Life is not all about materialistic aspects around us. Could we all imbibe little compassion and pave the way for the needy who look starved for any guidance from those who have over accumulated their possessions - both materialistic and physical much beyond their one-life needs.

Most of us in India have great enduring qualities having full faith in God. With spiritual awakening, a more practical solution integrating and connecting thread to unity of the enlightened beings to those who are unfortunate in this life can be narrowed down by those who look complacent and talk high of their achievements of their success stories.