Our physical reality is our consciousness manifesting itself using matter. The universal energy is constantly interacting, expanding and evolving through the physical. 

Whether you are aware of it or not, you are always connected to the higher self, the conscious energy. It's in a continuous state of guiding and messaging. 

So it's not so much about learning to connect with your higher self, it more about learning to pick up on the communication that is always sent your way. 

Around the planet, there is a mass spiritual awakening that many people are experiencing. Maybe you have too. There is a rise in the number of people learning skills to understand this connection, question what they know and move to a more evolved state of being. 

There are quite a few ways in which this connection can be felt and understood. 

Here are the five most common ways messaging comes through:

1. Situations and Opportunities: You find similar situations and opportunities show up again and again. It feels like deja vu and very cyclical. It's got similar messaging and its appears like a flow that's coming towards you.
2. Mental Nudges and Thoughts: There is an increase in a particular word, memory and thought within the mind and self-talk. You can't place these thoughts and nudges, they seem to have been 'dropped' out of nowhere. 
3. Physical Manifestations: You find certain physical manifestations on your body. Aches, pains, throbbing etc, which are unexplained because it isn't caused by an injurious action. Different energies manifest in different areas of the body and the chakras are one of the systems that deal with such links.
4. Dreams & Visions: You find a rise in a particular type of dream and vision. They aren't linked to anything you've seen in reality like a movie or a conversation etc. The are vivid, feel real and have a quality of clarity in them.
5. Intense Feelings: You start to feel certain feelings intensely, it's an unexplained pull. Emotions are signals that consciousness uses to draw your attention to lessons and opportunities that are yours to walk on. 

Each of these are a means by which your higher self is providing you with guidance. They are powerful indicators of your connection and communication with higher self.   

Self Awareness and Introspection are tools that can unveil the message that's been sent. Ask yourself, what is this directing me to do? What is it drawing my attention too? What feels like a natural action to take right now?

We all operate at a deeper level, the sub-conscious, higher self, source energy, whatever word makes sense to you. We all are connected and have access to this infinite wisdom and when we start to listen and understand the deeper beliefs and causes, we begin to take greater control of our realities. 

Like any other skill, it requires learning and then practice to master the guidance but the good news is that it's very much possible for each one. 

We are already wired for empowerment, to be creators, to be masters of how we experience life. All we need to do is take the first step. 

Write in with your thoughts and experiences, tell me how you listen!

​Written with Love!

The mind, the tool, the energy space used by higher consciousness to expand and evolve. The mind is where we get our sense of identity, decode our reality and create what happens to us next. 

The mind can either lead us to further illusion or reveal the truth. We all, at every moment, live within the framework of our mind. Good or Bad, Heaven or Hell, Success or Failure, are interpretations that solely depend on the state of our mind. 

So it's no coincidence that there is much written and investigated about the inner workings of the mind. 

Haven't we all had that experience where we suffered unnecessarily, thinking about the worst possible outcome? Sleepless nights, outbursts on loved ones, uncontrollable roller coaster of emotions?

And haven't we all experienced on top of the world enjoying simple pleasures, the first time our child calling to us, the cool breeze on a rainy day, a surprise dinner party by close friends or the warm embrace of a loved one...

The state of our mind dictates how each of us experience our surroundings and the reality that is unfolding around us. ​

Yesterday I was questioned about the accuracy of my experience; that I haven't spent a single day out of happiness this year. 'Are you saying you have moments of happiness? Like you experience a couple of a-ha moments each day?' 

'No' I said, 'I am living IN happiness every moment. The down feelings don't spread, they melt away.'

'I am skeptical' said this person, 'I know what finding a connection to source feels like. And I do have moments where I feel on top of the world and that I can do anything. Is that what you mean?'

'I feel like that all the time.' We laughed, and I assured them it only seems skeptical because they haven't experienced it, YET. ​

I promise this is possible. And we are going uncover much of it with the State of Happy course, starting July. (Which I hope you choose to participate).

But let me list 3 things that enhance the Power of the Mind that we need to actively engage as part of our daily practice:

1. Insight: Insight is the magic that brings with it clarity and has the potent energy to create huge shift's in perception. Seeking reality for what it is, seeing the potential and connection to something bigger than the moment. Developing insight should be a continuous endeavor. 
2. Nutrition: We are what we consume. Our cells are nothing but food and water converted into a different form. The functioning of the mind greatly depends on the quality of the brain, the nervous system, and immune system. This seems obvious but rarely seriously acted upon. Food can either be an enhancer or a barrier to our life experience. Taking an active role in our nutrition must become a priority. 
3. Interactions: We are solitary beings that need to connect and communicate. The mind is greatly influenced by the quality of our interactions. Who we surround ourselves with will dictate the quality of thought and the expressions that we absorb. An open and free mind requires uplifting, eye opening thoughts to flow in. Building connections that channel uplifting, creative energy is an irreplaceable action. 

Join me all of July as we discuss a conscious way to get centered and change the way we interact with our daily life situation. Each of you participating will have access to one on one coaching along with the calls, group support, and activities. 

Mastery over the mind is the key to achieving everything. Struggle, pain, fear, the worry is not normal. These are signs that we have moved away from our connection. But there is a way to bring the mind back into a state of connection, there are certain insights that the mind can be reminded of that can be a gamer changer in the way you live your daily life. 

Happiness is normal, don't let anyone normalize anything less. 

Till next time!
Happy Manifesting. 

Email me if you have questions or want to join us in July. ​

As I write this I am trying to come up with the best way to present without causing overwhelm because let’s be honest, it’s a lot of layers and nuances that are specific to me and my perception.

That’s why I am going to present to you the key concepts that I use and apply in variations to achieve my goal. I believe these are the essence of universal truths that make up a comprehensive toolkit. Everything stems from these and everything flows back into the wisdom held within these concepts.

That’s a bold claim I realize, but then if it wasn’t, it wouldn’t be a fun experiment, would it?

Before the concepts, first let me share with you a few things that can be labeled as the guidelines for a healthy practice. I like to think of them as the skeleton that helps effectively mobilize the knowledge of the concepts into personal experiences. 

• Actual Practice. Doing the work. There is no shortcut to this one. There is a lot of knowledge out there, there is much that is written but I never made any progress till I got serious about applying it as actions in my life. Lips service will yield no result except to keep you distracted for a while but eventually, you’ll find yourself at the same spot sans progress. It’s all about actual practice, the hours you put in.
• Being Continuous and Steady. Transformation and living in a state of connection is the long game. It’s not enough that I do the work and practice, I have to remain in my practice continuously. It has to become a way of life not something I do when I have the time or when I feel down. Continuity and diligence keep the experience alive.
• Going Deeper. I have had the opportunities to be guided and presented with multiple philosophies and techniques. This was the case largely because I have always been curious and at any point in time I was always looking for new information. I found that any significant progress I made was when I ‘choose a spot and dug the well’ so to speak. Any technique will help but only when the practice is at a deeper level and not just wavering between one technique to another. Trying a little bit of this, then a little bit of that only caused me frustration. Like an onion, each technique opens up new possibilities but I’ve had to bunker down and move deeper to benefit.
• Personal Experience. This is a big one. Turning the information I learn to the wisdom that is applicable to me and to eventually finding my own truth is the single most powerful turnaround that made a difference. Yes I ask questions, yes I seek guidance but I do not take someone else’s knowledge, wisdom or experience to mean my truth. I find that by working the information, I find my own experience and feel the wisdom of that knowledge. Each concept or philosophy works its magic just a little differently for each person. So when I experience the wisdom for myself, I find transformation is easy, the shift is permanent and it’s no struggle at all.

When I work any tool or technique keeping these as guidelines, I’ve never failed.  

There are five core concepts at the heart of my practice. They have helped me understand and experience the reality for what it is and helped me unfold into the person I am destined to be. 

I have found that there is a natural law of consciousness, the essence of which is experienced and described in different ways by different people and these below,  is how I describe them. My intention is that you walk away with the essence, use any words that make sense to you.

1. Karma: Karma is a yogic philosophy that is translated best as cause (creation) and effect (manifestation). The causes will create a flow that manifests as an effect. The manifested effect, in turn, will be the trigger that results in a cause. And so the cycle continues. What we see and experience around us is a sum effect of the collective and individual causes of all things. The law of nature is such that every action, every cause, generates an effect or manifestation that the one creating, must personally face. People tend to understand this concept as describing the hopelessness of life, that we might not have control over what’s about to happen. That's not my view or experience. It’s a very empowering natural law. Once I truly experienced the simplicity of the cause and effect, it increased my circle of influence tenfold. With every moment I have the power to create what I'd want to have happen to me, in this life or the next. 
2. Mindfulness/Awareness/Staying Present: Awareness means to have knowledge of something, to have information or a perception about a situation or person. Present means existing or occurring right now. It’s the combination of the two that leads to the magic that allows for a creation of a happy experience at will. Being aware on it's own was not enough. True Mindfulness means to be completely aware of the present.  I can be aware yet at the same time be dwelling in past memories or future possibilities. I found that reducing the amount of time I spend rehashing the past or going over the future that hasn’t happened was the best way to create a continuous state of happy. 
3. Impermanent Nature:  Impermanence of nature is one of the universal truths. From spiritual and scientific perspective it is an undeniable and inescapable fact of existence. Spiritually, the flow of life is ever expanding and every evolving. The manifestations that appear in the physical world is part of the energy which furthers expansion of the consciousness, there are no exceptions. As a result, there is a continuous state of becoming and it is never ending. From a scientific perspective, we know cell division is continuous, and all energy cyclically changes form. The person you see now is not the exact same person you will encounter in the very next moment. The mental, emotional, psychological and physical makeup changes from moment to moment and is so quick it gives an illusion of continuity. When I work within the framework of the impermanent nature of the universe I realize the power of living in the now. I get braver to attempt the creation of my own reality. I get incentivized to soak in all the goodness of the moment. I get galvanized to choose which emotions to dwell in. Nothing in my experience right now is of any true significance for the next moment of my life because I can create in each moment and who I was before is not the same as who I am now.
4. Craving & Aversion: Two sides of the same action, judgment. We are always in the process of gathering information and making a judgment of what has shown up in our reality. This process is continuous and relentless and up until now, for me, it was an unconscious activity. We use our senses to send feedback to our mind and in turn, our mind puts the experience into two categories: either it’s like or it’s a dislike. This pattern stems from a sense of I-ness, a sense of separation from the rest and identifying with the physical body as the be all and end all. Liking leads to Love, leads to Clinging, Leads to Craving. Disliking leads to Hate, leads to anger, leads to Aversion. Both these bring with it a potential to disrupt alignment. And if the depth of the spiral is not caught in time, both these will result only in misery. I find likes and dislikes are a good tool to guide if I am going in the direction I am meant to. Knowing to take the guidance in an objective manner without moving towards carving or aversion to my reality makes a huge difference. 
5. Surrender / Letting Go: Surrender in the spiritual sense means to let go of personal preferences and remain in connection to source energy irrespective of what is unfolding in the external reality. This has to be looked at from beyond the material world where letting go looks like handing over something. This concept is a very active practice which requires a heightened practice of staying present, detaching from likes and dislikes, creating through actions with what’s manifested at present and remembering the impermanent nature of things. This is deliberate creation without the struggle; this is flowing from within the source energy and knowing the power within. This is also, in no way a victim mentality or somehow to be seen as a passive way to move through life. This practice requires an intense connection and control over the senses and witnessing the consciousness inside. 

​I have had to take each thought, past memory, feeling, fears and mental blocks and process them through these filters. With each question and there were many more questions which come into my head which must be looked at, must be dealt with. And that I do.

But I find as I have started to use these daily, it became easier and easier to work through creating a reality and still staying in that state of happy. 

There is more to say about each of these, nuances that aren't captured here and personal examples that demonstrate how it's worked out. That has prompted me to create an opportunity for you, the reader, to join me on a platform where you can actively participate in working these in your life. 

I am working out the details and I will have an invitation for the 'State of Happy' series sent out soon. My hope is that each of you join me. 

As always, Written with Love


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