Night

Gentle night embracing me, wrapping her arms beckoning me to sleep,

Eyes heavy, mind unburdened, soul is drifting to ocean of dreams..

Subtle whispers of abandoned dreams rise forth to weep,

 At this time, why are you weeping in streams?

The moonlit caress upon the shimmering waters, a ballerina in trance,

Shadowy figures creep upon the lake,

Will I defy the figures and continue to dance,

Mastering it, ready to perform for the dawn’s sake.

Self

A moment's surprise, a glimpse into the unknown

A serenity that pervades all, is that God?

We long to contact something above us,

But forget in our conceptualizing, that it is all engulfed within.

Words, mere signposts, seeking justification,

mind seeking clarification for what evades its essence.

There exists within it, both the means to light and to darkness,

choose what you want, but know that you co-create

of which the mind knows everything, yet at times deludes itself in vain...

Conscious surrender unto the Magnificent is the name of the game,

yet the mind feels like it is hard to tame.

Are we all blossoming into flowers unaware of their essence,

with faces painted and bodies tainted,

Artificial flowers withering away into despair and the chaos of egoic form,

Yet suddenly in joy, we bloom into a flowery meadow,

A surprise then dawns upon us, we rise above this chaotic pyre

A transcendental place of blissful awareness takes over,

How long will it last is something to be surpassed,

Give not a name, a time zone, a time limit, I meant,

For that which is Spirit is detached from the mind...

Yet calms the very nerves of the over-worked brain.

~ Raisa

Heart Chakra meditation (Pink rose exercise)

Imagine if you are standing outside yourself looking at the middle of your back... looking at  a pink rose bud sticking out from your heart, it sticks out directly towards you, its bright beautiful pink rose, 4-5 inches from the middle of your back. Now bring your consciousness back inside our body,facing forward and now imagine that pink rose starting to open- the Big pink petals starting to open up, getting bigger and bigger, larger and larger 2 & 1/2 inches and now there is pink light starting to pour into your heart.its becoming larger almost 6 inches and more and more pink light pouring into your heart, back , chest, stomach , hips , thighs, calves ends of your toes,shoulders arms elbows, wrists hands fingers, head scalp and filling your entire being with pink light and then say to yourself - '' I allow myself to love myself  and I feel good and loving towards myself even in this no matter what trauma or emotional upset I am going through.

You can do it any time you have fear, anger, emotional upset coming along and feel how the pink light works in your body, feel your heart, feel your breath,feel your spirit opening up and encompassing love, bringing in the love through the pink light down into your body; the love of God, the divine Mother,the love of your Higher Self, the love of your guides and angels  and feel that pink light permeate your entire being and spread out to everyone around you and through our your entire world.

This is the original video from YouTube.... Above is the transcript.

Spirit

When you start overflowing with gratitude and joy, a sudden 'aha' moment comes into cognizance, and you're literally an inventor, rebuilding your own mental & emotional paradigms into a beautiful, self replenishing system. What I mean is that, in an instant you're not just metamorphosed, albeit through a rather arduous & heart-pinching catharsis, into a world of ecstasy, real-time happiness, overflowing gratitude yet an earthly practical attitude with emerging courage. Now, you may say, she is just blabbering onto your computer-screen, but believe me it is not so. The catharsis involves constantly evolving, uplifting your level of consciousness, cutting through the pain and heartaches, into a paradise of freedom, willpower infused with determination and truthfulness, acceptance of one's nature completely - be it sexual, emotional, and spiritual, as well as weeding out the iniquities in one's nature that is obstructing one from giving unconditional love to everyone.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference - Reinhold Niebuhr. 

This subtle difference can cause people too much pain- in the sense that the spirit is essentially formless and remains the same, is devoid of evil and sadness. It lies at the core of our Being. You may have been able to access this centre during meditative practices or during sudden bursts of joy. Once you completely and whole-heartedly accept the formless dimension of yourself, be rest assured that things will certainly fall into their right order. It is indeed resistance to 'what is '(the moment) that causes us to compensate the true joy of Being by masking it with an overtly obsessed need to possess objects, manipulate people or feel sorry for ourselves. 'Courage to change' indeed involves our freewill through which can free ourselves of unnecessary hurtful situations by our own willingness to let go and then with courage change our track towards something which leads us to our ideal life.

Re-building paradigms helps to carve out a way for us to leap forward, and combined with the courage to accept change and the willingness to rejoice each moment, we are indeed catapulted into a mesmerizing whirlpool of heavenly bliss and gratitude. You are the one guarding the gates of change in your life, so it will take an introspective attitude and serenity to reach your core. Humour and taking things light heartedly will lead you there. 

The Secret: Revealed ?!!

Let us together appreciate the beauty of the Now; let us not forget that there is one realm of psychological time which is only an instrument of the mind to constantly project us either into the long-gone past or either the Hopeful or the Sad Future. Let us rejoice in the Now, this moment even if your mind-identified state, thinks otherwise and does not honor the Now, the present. It wants and wants and is never satisfied and although truthful and graceful intentions asked with a pure heart do manifest over a period of prolonged adherence to qualities of faith, integrity, belief in ourselves, that we are much more than this biological suit that we are wearing- indeed a vibrating embodiment of the divine, sparkling with the light of prana or chi, if u just allow it to be - The egoic mind tries to obstruct even the manifestations that you want by creating doubt- the single most factor that has caused many a strong men and women, also Governments to lose faith in their own uniqueness. 

This is exactly which brings me to the same point again, don't you see that, just open your eyes and let the ego die its natural death- It creates wants out of a false self image. If you are creating it without the ego's interference in it, you will see that these wants and motivations/goals are leading eventually towards a higher goal and you want good for everyone. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne was a huge success, because of the fact that it contains seeds of wisdom, taken for granted and put up in a sort of earthly manner, for the common man & woman to understand its startling, yet not talked about significance, most naturally, almost intuitively grab its essence and start applying that readily. But for those of you who are reading my post, I want to clear a few things about the secret and would like you to understand something:

1) See, firstly if you want a a lot of material wealth and abundance, it is most assuredly the inner abundance and generosity of spirit & openness to receive which will give you this wealth. You need a plan to put your 'purpose' out there so that you can not just benefit yourself but also others. You life purpose may be an activity you enjoy a lot. Definitely think about the end result, yes it helps greatly- the vision board experience, visualize it but also honor the 'Now'. I don't recommend wishful thinking. Strategically targeting a particular goal, then sending out sound waves of the desire helps to achieve it. In Hinduism, and Buddhism , we chant mantras and they have certain divine quality to it because of the fact that very enlightened beings created them and also repetition makes them powerful or dynamic. Multiples of 9 specifically 108 chants are recommended. But see, even if you don't believe in all this, because your religion disallows it, it means you are blocking something which is freely available to be made use of and to help your aura become powerful. You can go ahead and say words like Love, I am positive, anything starting with I am, but use the mirror technique: look into your eyes, know your purpose and say these words. You will feel an immediate surge of energy.

2) For those of you, who are going through a tough emotional or financial time, I would say believe in a power greater than yourself, yes it is within yourself - We are all created in the image and likeness of the divine, and have a spark of the divine- this is the fastest way to access God- You have to understand that everything cant be seen by the eyes, but if you have immense faith, I am 100% sure you will start seeing beautiful angels and even God. 

3) Nowadays I hear a lot of chaos and fights about religions, and I say only one thing - all this violence is a game of the egoic mind to keep us all apart- it is our insecurity, fear of being challenged- at the end of the day, what you believe in, you will most assuredly believe, but I can only light the flame of wisdom in you- I would say Keep your mind Open. If you think someone is draining you emotionally and mentally, just separate yourself from them, don't react or talk, silence will cure everything. You have to value this moment and make the best use of it, to have a beautiful future. All these fights and ego hassles will vanish in the light of your consciousness rising to greater levels when you value THIS MOMENT. 

4) Don't be afraid of the truth or have your beliefs questioned by others. The truth inside knows what is good and what is fake. Don't hide otherwise you will keep perpetuating a false self image. 

5)  The soul is neither feminine nor masculine, we take birth to learn some lessons in life, our karmic lessons decide what kind of experiences we have. But you can always choose, think before you act, and you can change the karmic influences of the past. If you want, you can chant the Vishnu Sahasranama(1000 names of Vishnu) on YouTube: type Vishnu Sahasranama for beginners... And see the difference. 

5) Don't let the ego come in the way of manifesting desires and wants, let them manifest out of pure love and joy, true intentions, faith. Belief in yourself will take you to great heights. 

Remember the journey of a 1000 miles, begins with a single, firm step... Try little things first, believe me: Your faith in yourself, others and God, will grow manifold. 

Read this book: 

Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle and Practicing the Power of Now... It is amazing and life changing....

~Raisa V. Pradhan

Law of Attraction: What works and what doesn’t?

Most of us are familiar with the law of attraction, or the art of manifesting whatever we desire through the power of our creative thoughts. Indeed, we understand the theoretical construct of it and if we think closely we know of some incidents in our life where we were so centered on our aim that we manifested what it is that we wanted. Indeed the Universe works in mysterious ways, giving us ‘surprises’ that we hold on to that thought of expectation, not just in terms of the thinking/cognizing part of it in the brain, but also feeling that childlike joy of hope, of believing in our ability without any oppositions from the objective, logical mind. Incidents where we knew we were going to get that something because the subconscious mind was more open to suggestions.

Then, adulthood happened to us and conditional life got replaced by life-giving desires, making us succumb to irrational insecurities and doubts about ourselves when we couldn’t manifest our desire. We created a chain of distraught scenarios which for reason kept repeating, one side of our self, diverted into two distinct minds- one which is guided by intuition, knows everything will work out in the end and the second which caused us unease and disturbance through creating of different scenarios that would end terribly. 

    

So, the question is how do we get rid of the pessimistic enemy in ourselves and make our positive, best friend shine out most profoundly. This will not only free up our mind and blocked energy will be released to be used in other useful purposes that serve our goal in life. Basically, the subconscious mind is the mystical and hidden part of us, which is extremely open to suggestion and knows the truths of our real nature. Through the power of repetition of the right kind of thoughts and a firm belief in our-self, we can awaken the subconscious. Get really excited and let all your worldly limitations fade away. Let nothing block you emotionally, mentally, physically… Just decide it, because this step is the most important step to going forward. Your Willingness to Change. Once consciously decided and centered on our aim, we are ready.

But until you beckon it, how can it respond. So, what is the way of calling forth our subconscious mind so that it come to the forefront and listen to each and every suggestion that we give it?

Before you try this method, I’d say try to clear up any emotional burdens that you are carrying inside. A very unique way of clearing up emotional worries is visualizing the color pink coming from a beautiful pink rose on your back, visualizing the color pink in your mind and allowing it to spread throughout your entire body and then saying to yourself- I allow myself to love myself and I feel good and loving towards myself, no matter what trauma or emotional upset I’m going through. Feel the love of God, your spirit guides and angels, mother goddess entering your body through the pink light and it spread it throughout your entire body and to everyone around you and throughout your entire world. This will help you immensely and you can find this meditation online on youtube by typing in How to open your Heart Chakra.

After you have done this, you will significantly feel relieved and less stressful.. Just take a few minutes to clear your mind of all doubts, have a mental chat with yourself to get yourself charged up. If you have come to a centered state now, which is open to suggestion, you can say in your mind 3-2-1 and at the count of 1, you will swap your conscious state with your subconscious state which come to the forefront now and now you can re-affirm your goals and positive suggestions to it. Do not have a doubt that it hasn’t come to the fore. Please be focused on what it is that u want and be assertive and kind while you make your demand….. The subconscious will connect your desire to the Universal Consciousness which is all-knowing, kind compassionate and every so abundant. When this circuit is complete, please be patient and say to yourself that your wish has been granted. No matter what happens, you have to believe this and be happy and joyous in the NOW. 

~ Raisa V. Pradhan