ConnectSoul

02/12/2024

A calm, organized, and focused mind is a creative powerhouse, while mental chaos can hinder its full potential.

In today's digital age, constant phone use can create clutter in the mind diminishing its power, especially if it's done haphazardly throughout the day. It's important to find an effective way to manage phone usage. Personally, I find that checking my phone for 15-20 minutes after each meal or snack works best. Since meals are a routine part of the day, this ensures I don't miss phone updates, allowing me to catch up on on social media, emails, and other essential tasks with focus, while avoiding its random use causing distractions.

I'd love to hear what strategies work best for you—feel free to share in the comments!

28/11/2024

A key factor in living a happy and fulfilled life is whether you are living it 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅.

Accomplishment of a task gives mental peace because mind has one less thing to worry about. But when one task is finished, another one is ready to be born. Living this way, day by day, will make you miss out on the deeper meaning life has to offer. This attitude often results into complains such as life is boring or there is no time.

So how can one live with life as the primary focus? The secret is to focus on most important things in life first and then sprinkle in a few tasks each day as secondary priorities.

The first and most crucial area to focus on is 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉. This includes 𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 (exercise, nutrition, rest), 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 (meditation, prayer), 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 (reading) and 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 (play, socializing with family and friends) growth. Personal growth lays the foundation for a fulfilling life and positively impacts every other area. So do not miss out on these and allocate time every day unless you have some other urgency.

Next, it's important to balance 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 (education, job, business) and 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 (meals, laundry, dishes, children's activities) responsibilities. A healthy balance between these two is vital for a thriving family, society, and even a peaceful world.

Finally, once your core areas are in place, you can add one or two 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔 each day to further your goals. Try to become more efficient in managing the tasks using ideas such as carpooling, buying items in bulk or combining shopping with other outside activities etc. This framework can guide you, but remember that urgent tasks such water or heater issue in the house, will take higher priority over any other planned activities.

19/11/2024

It is not the type of work you do or the position you command which matters. It is the attitude with which the work is conducted brings you the much needed fulfilment. Krishna humbly chose to serve as Arjuna's charioteer yet delivered the timeless wisdom in the form of Bhagwad Gita for entire humanity for generations to come.

When the attitude is that of service and contribution to the greater good, even a small act or role can have profound impact to this beautiful gem of creation.

21/09/2024

21/08/2024

“It is easy to be heavy; hard to be light.”
― G.K. Chesterton

Its easy to criticize, but hard to appreciate
its easy to complain, but hard to be grateful
its easy to control, but hard to let go
its easy to despair, but hard to be hopeful
its easy to be serious, but hard to have positive attitude

But one who consciously choses the harder way, achieves none other than the divine bliss.

12/08/2024

Do not confuse faith, patience and gratitude with inaction or laziness. It requires lot of internal work with continuous awareness.

12/07/2024

Relationships are built on understanding and connection, ironically they flourish when space is granted for learning, stumbling, failure and personal growth.

02/06/2024

Don’t let your past blackmail your present, to ruin your beautiful future
~A dialogue from movie 'Dear Zindagi'

God created us in his own image so we are destined to live with prosperity, meaning and freedom. But many remain stuck in the past living same life of suffering. It just takes a little conscious awareness and attitude of gratitude to think and utter thoughts of abundance than lack, harmony than disharmony, ease than disease, meaning than boredom and freedom than pain. Believe it or not, that creates the magic resulting into changed circumstances towards a beautiful future.

08/10/2023

In a vacation, 'vacating' a place is obvious to everyone but it is actually vacating the mind from sorrows and even accomplishments of the past; and vacating the mind of anxieties and even excitements of the future. Nothing remains except the joy and magic of the current moment.

We all can be on eternal vacation if we can learn to live in the present with mindfulness and be grateful of the place, people and things around us!!!

25/08/2023

Past if remembered, forgive it or thank it. Future if anticipated, hope for good things. That is the only use of past and future.

13/08/2023

God designed us to be happy consistently but usually we base our happiness upon the external circumstances. You can not wait impatiently for your circumstances to change before you become happy. You have to be happy now. Remember, 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆. And when you make a choice to be happy in each of your moments, you will experience that your circumstances wonderfully change to match that choice. It is easier said than done when you encounter difficult situations but happiness becomes your habit when you live with these three pillars of positivity-

✅𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 - Faith is strong trust in God to provide you with an abundant, meaningful, and joyful life. Scriptures tell, that is what God wants for all of us. Adverse circumstances are when we can exercise our faith muscles the most. Let God cruise you through them to bring you out as better and stronger. Keep that faith and patience.
✅𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆 - Usually we take our life and its blessings for granted. Some people go on with their life always seeing negative, complaining, and blaming. They need to remember there are many people in this world who would like to switch place with them happily. In worst situation, one can be grateful for being alive. When we are grateful for what we have, God gives us more of what we want. This is THE magic, and it can only be experienced by yourself, not explained by anyone.
✅𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 - We usually live our life affected by the ghosts of the pasts and anxieties of the future. That is one of the reasons to remain stuck and not progress. It is difficult to remain in present moment during hardships or trials, but remember present moment is what contains the solution to all problems. Present moment is a healer. Try to remain as much as you can in present moment with mindfulness, accept it and see it wonderfully change your circumstances for the better.

𝐵𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑,
Anant Mittal

05/08/2023

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…It’s about learning to dance in the rain.

~Vivian Greene

16/07/2023

One can greatly move forward in living an abundant, meaningful and joyful life if one can realize the complementary relationship between seemingly opposite things-

-Contentment creates the fertile ground on which growth occurs and without experiencing growth, contentment will not develop.

-Your life is your creation and self-effort is important part of it. But surrender to almighty makes you more powerful and active for self-effort. And without putting in effort, attitude of surrender will not develop.

13/04/2023

When drowning in a current of water, most likely response somone has is to resist the water flow and try to rescue himself. But when initial attempts of resistance do not work you have to let go with the flow. Then you will find avenues to escape.

Our life’s problems are like that. You have to discover your break even point when resistance can not work anymore. Because more you resist, problem persists. But going with the flow is not easy and it becomes easier when you can count blessings in your current situation and then keep faith that higher power has better things or experiences for you in store. You have to go through this experience to come out as better and stronger person. When HE can bring you to this, HE will bring you through this.

In the instance of drowning in current, you can choose to count your blessings that you are given hands, legs and eyes to flow with the water. The moment you do that you will be presented with more blessings to count such as a wooden log to hold on to. You may also realize that problem was not that big as you had thought or it was just a change in status quo and that caused discomfort.

Faith in higher helps you take actions which are uncomfortable and need courage. In life’s situation it could be having an uncomfortable talk with somone, taking calculated risk in business or making a move.

So have faith and count blessings, and your journey of life will be easier than expected.

Be abundantly blessed!!!

31/03/2023

On the occasion of Ram Navami, birthday of Lord Rama, lets celebrate the day by remembering and imbibing two values Rama symbolizes, as much as we can-

Rama was a true king. A king has lot to give and a beggar always asks. Rama's life teaches us that we are divine in nature - always complete. There is no loss to us when we act with unselfishness. Rama gave up his kingdom, his comforts, his relatives for fulfilling his father's promise to Kekayi, because he felt himself bigger than this limited material world. He had complete trust that there is no loss to him even if he is going to exile and live in forest. Instead he believed he is going to gain new experiences there. Rama's life teaches us that we should live our life with giving mindset and be ready to lose ourselves through our hard work, our time, our material belongings because there is no loss as such. But instead you assert your divinity with that mindset and you become what you assert - a true king - full of prosperity, health and purpose.

Rama saw divinity in others at the same time. When he learnt that Ravana took Sita to Lanka, he could have gotten help from his kingdom and other friendly kingdoms to bring Sita back. But Rama went with the life's flow to keep respect of his father's promise. He trusted that people he is coming across in his journey will help him sail through this situation. This was proved later on by Jatayu, a vulture giving him the first hand account of Ravana abducting Sita, shabri directing him towards monkey kingdom and finally all powerful Hanuman who helped him navigate the difficult terrain of oceans, mountains and defeating Rakshashas. All this may have not been possible, had Rama taken help from other kingdoms. Rama's life teaches us that we should consider people around us as divine as us. Believe in your relatives, neighbors, colleagues, bosses and they will help you navigate the difficult terrains of life. Take help from them as needed as they are the divine in action around you. Hanuman lives in each one of them and can come to your rescue as needed but only if you believe in them.

Be blessed and Jai Shri Ram
~Anant Mittal

14/11/2022

Bigger the purpose, bigger the trials and tribulations, only because false self (call it ego) is getting completely annihilated. But be patient and sit tight as you are on right path to realize your abundant, meaningful and joyful self.

26/08/2022

"Without patience, we will learn less in life,
We will see less,
We will feel less,
We will hear less.
Ironically,
rush and more
usually mean less."

~Mother Teresa