5 steps for unfoldment

Step by step, practice withdrawal of the mind and look inward. One by one, you will witness the myriad good things within. Now and here below, you may meet the Lord for whom the ancient Veda still searches everywhere. - Tirumantiram 578

Step One: Attention
Step Two: Concentration
Step Three: Meditation
Step Four: Contemplation
Step Five: Self Realization (Samadhi)

Contemplation is concentrating so deeply in the inner areas of the mind. We go deeper, deeper, deeper within, into the energy and the life within the cells of the flower, and we find that the energy and the life within the cells of the flower is the same as the energy within us, and we are in contemplation upon energy itself. We see the energy as light. We might see the light within our head, if we have a slight body consciousness. In a state of contemplation, we might not even be conscious of light itself, for you are only conscious of light if you have a slight consciousness of darkness. Otherwise, it is just your natural state, and you are in a deep reverie. In a state of contemplation, you are so intently alive, you can't move. That's why you sit so quietly.

Takeaways from the book "The monk who sold his ferrari"

Mind is like a garden, dont allow the weeds to spread, weeds can be analogous to negative or impure thoughts, Treasure every thought as if its a most prized possession. Opposition thinking, heart of the rose, The Lake method are some of the takeaways to be followed. (Garden)

Success on attaining goals makes one happy and makes one prepared to take on tougher goals. Follow your goal, have a written goal, think about the outcome, create a positive pressure, set a timeline/deadline to finish it, keep doing it for 21 days, enjoy it as u do. (Light house)

Kaizen is the japanese word for continuous self improvement, be it spiritual or material. Practice Kaizen. Self mastery is the DNA of life mastery. Do the things you fear. Success on outside begins from inside. Follow the 10 rituals for radiant living - 1. Solitude for mind, 2. Physical fitness, 3. Food intake - Live foods. 4. Knowledge enhancement 5. Self Reflection-identifying areas of improvement 6. Early Awakening 7. Music 8. Mantra - Spoken word- self talk 9. Congruent character - follow the ancestral character path. 10. Simplicity - cut down unnecessary things and do those that really matter. (Japanese Sumo wrestler)

Lack of willpower is a mental disease. Simply put willpower is finishing what u start. Dont race against others, race against yourself. Willpower gives u freedom, it gives u the control to live the life u have imagined rather than accepting the life u have. We have the power to control every single thought we get every second, +ve thoughts are as easy to think as negative thoughts, whn u start to focus on the good thoughts and refuse to think the bad ones through sheer will power the -ve ones will shrivel up very quickly. Unfoldment doesn't take a lot of time. It just takes a lot of willpower. Someone can go along and sit at attention, and concentrate and meditate for years and years and years and, with a minimal amount of willpower, constantly be distracted, constantly be complaining and constantly be unsuccessful. Another person can have the exact same approach and over a short period of time be extremely successful, because he has will.

• Use this mantra "I am more than i appear to be, all the world's strength and power rests inside me"
• Repeat the mantra along with the daily practice of seeing yourself as you hope to be will give u an enormouse amount of support as u create the disciplined principled life that will connect u to ur dreams.

(Pink wire)

Time is Non-renewable, be serious about time management. Apply - The deathbed mentality, Rule of 20, and manage time effectively.

(Gold Clock)

The quality of our life finally comes down to the quality of our contribution. Selflessly serve others with compassion. See the divine in everyone. By serving others u are actually not doing anything great, u are just serving yourself - The energy source or soul is common. Give up notion of 'I' and 'mine' while serving.

(yellow roses)

Success is a journey, enjoy every moment .... live in the moment ...Never sacrifice happiness for achievement. Embrace the present.

(The path of Diamond stones)

Whats the purpose ?

Whats the purpose of creation ? .... why would someone create so many birds, insects, trees, acquatic creatures, animals with so much of meticulous designing as to where the lungs must be positioned, what sort of body it should possess and leave them as is ?

I dont know the reason behind creation, the reason why u and I are here, the best guess i can make is - God got bored and wanted to have entertainment, like how we watch TV for entertainment - he created this universe with all the variegatedness together with the laws of karma to govern each creatures next body. But why would God get bored if he was always eternally sat-chit-ananda (full of goodness, knowledge and eternal bliss) as the shastras describe ?

I have no clue .... none of the scriptures seem to explain this properly .... they just say there is a God, but they dont say why He did what He did .....

The power of Affirmation

This is based on the concept that the thoughts of the mind are immensely powerful but they last only for a short while. Power of affirmation can be used in order to achieve anything that is desired. This involves programming the subconscious mind by the conscious mind.

For doing this follow these steps

1. Put your goal in words.
Ex: I can finish reading this book. And I will finish reading this book.
2. Close your eyes and imagine how you would "feel" when u have actually achieved the goal
Ex: For the above goal, think about how u would feel if uve finished reading what u had planned to read. Actually feel the situation (as if u have achieved it already)
3. Now repeat the goal statement which u made in 1 a few time.

believe me, this puts you into action immediately. It can be used on anything especially when you are feeling lazy and want to get into action.

Beware of Deja-Vu

We experience a deja-vu every moment, wherther we realize it or not .... we realize it only when we are in the position of the "observer".

One of the biggest obstacles in persisting in the path is what is called as "cycles of experience". We must watch and be careful of these recurring cycles in our life. They consist of both joyous and sorrowful occurences that our "awareness" experiences, sometimes each day, sometimes each week, sometimes each month - are totally dependent upon the +ve control we have of awareness. But then there are greater experiences that have even longer cycles. - perhaps a 3 year cycle, a 5 year cycle, a 10 year cycle and so on ....

The subconscious area of the mind is something like the sacred cow of India. It relives what it takes in. The cow will take in grass and chew it, and then she will chew her food all over again at a later time. The subconscious area of the mind does the same thing. You will find yourself aware of reliving your life, or getting back into the same cycle of the same pattern of life that you experienced many years ago. This you want to avoid, naturally. It is easy. Ponder over what you are doing now, how you are living, and then go back and find out within yourself how that compares to a previous time in your life when you were living more or less in the same way. In this way, you will come to know what area of the mind you will become aware in next.

If something good happened to you after a series of events in the past, you can expect something good to happen to you again. If something happened that was not as good or joyous as you would like it to have been, then you can know that you will become aware in this area of the mind in the future. This you can avoid. You have the power to control your cause and effect. By developing this awareness, one will soon realize that every moment is nothing but a reaction to what we have done maybe moments ago, years ago, decades ago or lives ago .... Knowing this one starts to know the process of escaping from the laws of karma or the cause and effect principle or what u say newtons 3rd law of motion .....