Intention for Today: Breathe

Today's intention is to Breathe.

Let us breathe with full awareness today. Let us become conscious of the flow of life within us. Let the breathing of fresh air, refresh and rejuvenate your entire being. Let your breath be your guide today.

Thank you Breath for breathing through us.

Intention for Today: Flow

Today's intention is Flow.

Let us flow into an ocean of ideas. Let our writing flow like the river. Let flow lead us to the shore. Let us welcome flow into our day. May we all meet personally with flow.

Thank you Flow for rolling into our lives today.

Imagination is the beginning of creation. -George Bernard Shaw

There has been a theme emerging in this month's weekly reflections. First, Eric Butterworth pointed out that our attitudes and thoughts are what design our life. This inspired me to take an inventory of my thought-pool and assess how the external manifestation of my life are in alignment with my values. Next, Mark Twain reminded us that it is up to us what we believe. Becoming aware of beliefs and thoughts that are running the show was the logical next step in this process for me. Now, the third quote for this month is from George Bernard Shaw who leads us into the exciting next phase and that is the creation of our life the way we envision it.

This phase is exciting because it opens up possibilities for the experiences of life that we can have and want to have. The potential for how we can design our life is exponentially infinite! So where do we begin? For me, this has several implications. 

First, I know that each day I can start afresh and anew. Each day showers on me unique, new experiences with open-ended "results". Leading from this knowing, is the un-attachment to results. I am coming to realize that not being attached to results is far from being passive and acting involuntarily. It is about giving your best to each moment and at the same time letting go of the outcome. In other words, being open to what may come. Since the universe is conspiring constantly in my favor, the "results" can only lead me to growth and to experiencing new dimensions of myself and this world. 

Secondly, designing from our inner core, life becomes unrelentingly juicy and multi-dimensional. How about we allow our imaginations to help us begin creating our life?

Imagination is not only fun but also liberating. It liberates us from the gravity of what we know as real and as possible, opening up avenues that never existed before. Imagination leads us to better and better versions of ourselves just like a high-definition TV is clearer, crisper and more dynamic version of the first black and white TVs from last century. How about we take on the activity of lifting all restrictions and all constraints on who we are and what is possible for us and create a brand new vision for our lives? This does not mean we need to drop all that is great about ourselves and start from scratch. We just take ourselves as we are and where we are and build from there. Let's see if new realizations and discoveries about our inner desires and dreams are revealed to us. We can start there. From that, we can cherry-pick and with complete attention design the vision we want for ourselves and create goals to bring us there.

Let your imagination give you wings.

-Sophia Ojha

Intention for Today: Believe

Today's intention is Believe.

Let us believe in the universal plan that is being played out. Let us walk on this path of life with complete faith and trust. Let us believe in our higher self. Let us believe that we are ready and prepared for all that may be. Let us believe in ourselves. Let us dare to believe. 

Thank you Believe for helping our belief to show up strongly. 

Intention for Today: Connection

Connection is the intention for today.

May we feel connected today. May being connected remind us of our oneness and unity. Let us connect with somebody familiar today. Let us share a few words with a stranger and connect that way. Let us make that phone call that we have been postponing. Let us make that connection with ourselves. Take a moment. Connect.

Thank you Connection for revealing the eternal bond that liberates.

Intention for Today: Revelation

Today the intention is Revelation.

From insight and reflection, may revelation emerge for us. May our purpose be revealed to us. May we be guided by the revelation of higher self. May the nourishing streams of the universe reveal our path and our actions. Let us welcome revelation with open arms.

Thank you Revelation for unveiling yourself to us.

Intention for Today: Insight

Insight is the intention for today.

Today let us take a couple of minutes to become quiet. In stillness, let us open to our own insight. May we welcome insight and trust our inner-knowing. May our insight give us the vision we need. Let the day be filled with insightful moments.

Thank you Insight for bringing our truth to sight.

Intention for Today: Alertness

Alertness is the intention for today.

Being alert is a strength that pours into each and everything we undertake or engage in. Alertness brings our attention to the moment at hand allowing ourselves to be fully present. Let us welcome alertness into our being. May we become alert and infinitely aware.

Thank you Alertness for drawing our attention to each moment.

Intention for Today: Perseverance

Today Perseverance is the intention.

With determination and resolute commitment, let us invite perseverance to emerge within us. Let us persevere to realize our goals and dreams. May we persistently persevere despite challenges. May the strength and steadfastness of our persevering efforts shine light on the beauty of who we are and the abundance of the world we inhabit.

Thank you Perseverance for showing us the fortress within us.

Intention for Today: Song

Song is the intention for today.

How about we sing a little today? Let us welcome song and music into our lives a bit more. May we enjoy melody and rhythm and the beat. May we notice a bird singing in its glory. May we hear music in the whistling winds. May every cell of our body sing in joy. May we admire song and its healing magic.

Thank you Song for singing to us.

If you think you can or you think you can't, you are probably right. -Mark Twain

In last week's Reflection we began with an inventory of our life. We looked at our life and realized that all that is, is a manifestation of our beliefs and attitudes. One of the questions we asked was: what do I need to change in my attitude in order to change the state of my life? We looked at what changes in our beliefs and thoughts we need to make in order to live our true purpose.

As I began doing this exercise, I realized that there are some strong underlying beliefs that I had allowed to cloud my true understanding of myself. These beliefs take the form of self-doubt. They emerge as a silent voice at those times when I want to go beyond my comfort zone or to break out of my old patterns in efforts to make a change. This voice may refer to my preparedness, for example it would say: "you are not ready" or "you are not an expert". Or it may test my perseverance; for example: "it will be too hard" or "it will take too much time". These voices can be so powerful that they translate into my inaction. I may believe these beliefs unconsciously to the extent that it leads to me postponing or delaying a certain action - an action, if completed would bring me further in the realization of my dreams. Conscious non-doing helps me where I mindfully take the time to do nothing. However, automatic inaction hurts me where I unconsciously drop into inertia.

This can easily go into a downward spiral where thoughts such as "I cannot do it" show up. Before it gets this far, I have the opportunity to realize that these beliefs are only "beliefs"; not the true reality of who I am. It is really not that I cannot do it, rather "I will not do it". Why? Because I am afraid. Ironically, I am afraid of the greater joy and the greater abundance that will flow into my life, if only I allowed myself to be fully who I am, to let my light shine and flood the entire universe. This is the fear of my own innate beauty and inner wisdom.

Then, Mark Twain comes to my rescue! :-) He reminds me that whatever beliefs I believe in, those are the ones that tend to become my truth. So all I need to do is to drop those beliefs that keep me small and embrace those beliefs that help unveil my inner truth. And I embrace the beliefs that infact, I am ready, I am more than an expert, I am me, it is easy, and it will take no time at all!

I open up to my true purpose.

Much love,

Sophia Ojha

Intention for Today: Openness

Today's intention is Openness.

Let us invite openness into our zone. May we be open and embracing of all that is. May we open the door and the window to our inner wisdom. Let openness show us the limitless possibilities for creation and expression and being. Let us open up to love, joy and bliss.

Thank you Openness for opening us up.

Intention for Today: Wonder

Today's intention is Wonder.

May we spend some moments today in wonder. Let our eyes sparkle with wonder like that of a curious young child, full of enthusiasm and awe about our world. May we be filled with wonderment about the "little" things in our life. Let us open ourselves to wonder; to how wonderful everything is.

Thank you Wonder for showing all that is full of wonder.

Intention for Today: Nature's Beauty

Today's intention is for us to admire Nature's Beauty.

May we be astounded by the beauty of nature. May the sky, the land, the water, the trees make impressions on our heart and soul. May the embrace of the cool air refresh our being. May the vibrancy of nature's colors nourish our eyes. May the smells of earth ground us. May the texture of grass under our feet tingle the sole! May the sands and the pebbles feel our weight. May we stroll lightly through nature's vast abundance. May we sip a little bit of nature's splendid nectar.

Thank you Nature for your magnificent Beauty.

Intention for Today: Focus

Today's intention is Focus.

May focus be our guide today. May we focus on well-being. May focus help to bring our attention to the present moment. May we bring love and life into our focus. May we focus on the breath. May we bring our focus to whatever we are doing or being in the moment.

Thank you Focus for bringing us into focus.

Intention for Today: Contemplative Silence

Contemplative Silence is the intention for today.

May we walk today in contemplative silence. May contemplation bring us deeper on our quest. May the power of contemplation lead us to connect with the unbounded consciousness. May contemplation open up new dimensions and reveal new horizons. May contemplation drive our transformation. May we contemplate in silence today.

Thank you Contemplative Silence for just being.

Intention for Today: Glow

Today's intention is Glow.

May we glow. Let us feel the glow of the sun in our hearts. May our glorious inner truth shine outwards in all directions. May our glowing light warm up everyone and everything we encounter. Let us bedazzle in the golden glow pouring on to us.

Thank you glow for lighting up our spirits.

Intention for Today: Movement

Movement is the intention for the day.

May our bodies and minds move today to a new level of harmony and inspiration. Let us allow movement to shake us up and loosen any tension there may be.

Thank you Movement for moving through us.

Attitudes are the forerunners of conditions. -Eric Butterworth

When we take an inventory of our life, what do we see? Our relationship with family and friends, our work, our experiences, the house we live in, the things we surround ourselves with, the places we go to, our sense of joy and fulfillment in our life- these are all external manifestation of our inner world. It is a reflection of our thoughts, beliefs and our attitudes. All we need to do is to take a close look at what we see in our life. We then realize that all of that is of our own creation.

Let us then ask ourselves these questions: what do I want to keep? what do I want to change? what do I need to change in my attitude in order to change the state of my life?

We can then look at our thoughts and beliefs that have hampered us from our true purpose. Then we begin anew, knowing that any condition we are in is an expression of our mental beliefs and our attitudes.

-Sophia Ojha

Intention for Today: Gratitude

Today's intention is Gratitude.

Thank you for the beautiful life we live. Let us all be grateful for our blessings. May we be filled with gratitude for the grace we experience. Thank you for the guidance and inspiration that carries us forward. Thank you for all the people in our lives. Thank you for abundance and joy. Let us express our gratitude in every moment.

Thank you gratitude for blessing us with a thankful heart.