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Friday, August 28, 2009

Purpose Driven and Balanced Lifestyle

Just when I was looking forward to another session, I received an invitation to the second talk on a purpose driven and balanced life by Vision Plus++.

On Thursday, 27th August 2009, I arrived at Jalan Besar CC along Jelicoe Road at 7.30pm after getting lost and being led on a detour. The talk had begun at 7pm and thanks to Mr Guna, I managed to catch up on what I had missed.

The first speaker, Uncle Yadav, touched on Living the Dash to a purpose driven life. We were told to fill out two boxes in the handout that he passed. We were to indicate the personal and professional differences we wish to make. He encouraged us to keep our goals specific and a sentence long followed by a date and measure.

He guided us through six processes and we had to rate from 1 to 10 for each of the processes. The steps are as follows:

1st - Define a good reason for the purpose
2nd- Write it down
3rd- List the ideas that would help to achieve the objective
4th- Involve people who could help to achieve the objective
5th- Level of confidence
6th- Taking personal responsiblity towards our goals


It is interesting to note that the people we could involve need not necessarily be living. We could derive guidance from the works or books by late authors. He added that we know a lot of people indirectly. We could just be a few steps away from a prominent personality who could help us with our goals. Through networking, we could know someone who knows someone else and the link continues. He told the audience to not be afraid to ask and of course, when receiving a favour, there should be an exchange when the time is appropriate.

As a common person's concern, I asked about the fear of failure when he spoke about the level of confidence one should nurture in their pursuit. He explained that failure is inevitable. We need to learn from our mistakes but we must also know that when we fall, we can pick ourselves up.

After defining all the processes, we had to do a small calculation to estimate our proximity to our goals. The formula was to multiply all the six ratings, divide the result by 1 million and convert it to a percentage.

The next speaker, Mr Guna touched on the "U-turn". An unusual topic that turned out to be an enlightening one. He drew a sketch of a man on the board and attached stars to the different points of the body marking the seven chakras. He mentioned that the development of an individual begins from the top. He explained that babies have very delicate crowns for they absorb the energy from the top. Then, the developments move down till the sacral plexus where the individual attains puberty. Ironically, with age, the cycle reverses and heads upwards to the crown again. Thus explaining the senility that some old people experience. Hence, the "U-turn".

Certain things in our lives are pre-destined. We cannot change the time, date and star we were born under. We cannot change the place of birth, parents, family, features or bone structures. However, we have power to choose.We have the power to overcome certain patterns in life and transform it to work in our favour.

Mr Guna also explained that when energy combines with emotion, it equates into matter. Hence, positive emotions will result in positive results. It is needless to say that negative emotions reap negative results.

The last speaker, Mr Komal, our ayurveda expert explained how the five elements influence and impact our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. He gave the audience a handout on the list attributes that individuals would have if they were a part of the structures; Vatta, Pitta and Kappa.

The structures are based on the elements; space, air, fire, water and earth. Space and Air combined would be Vatta. Fire and Water makes Pitta and Water and Earth makes Kappa. An individual could also fall under a combination of these structures. When one identifies oneself with these structures, they would be able to tell the gems, diet, seasons, time of inactivity and many more that is suited to them. Mr Komal also added that these structures are also based on the Chakras and he did not include two of the seven.

I recognised myself to the Kappa structure. Kappa people emphasize a lot on relationship. The subsequent priorities goes to individuality, love, expression, communication and vision; in their respective order. I asked him if it is possible for an individual to make a transition from one structure to another, and he replied that it is possible for them to adopt the ways of the other structures to strike a balance.

The knowledge of the our body in association with the elements answers a lot of questions that boggles us. Knowing that we have been bestowed with a specific vitality that has specific needs emphasizes on the uniqueness of every individual. It helps us to understand and accept the way we are. I have come to realise that everything that has been bestowed upon me has been for a reason.

The 3-hour session ended at 10pm and I returned home with my handouts and once again with the feeling that I had explored a deeper and different region of a known dimension.

We were meant to be masters of destiny, not victims of fate. - Ronald Reagan

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