Designing destiny - kamlesh Patel

 1. Like destiny, genetics is both fixed and flexible.

2. The first principle of destiny is that we can only change it in the present.

3. The second principle of destiny is that we create it for ourselves by our everyday thoughts,  our wishes, what attracts us and repels us, our likes and dislikes.

4. Meditation is the process in which we shift from complexity of the mind to the simplicity of the heart. 

Atomic Habits - Chapters 1 &2

 Key points which I liked 

1.Good habits make time your ally, bad habits make time your enemy. 

2. Breakthrough moments are often the result of many previous actions which build up the potential required to unleash a major change.

3.Generally when we form habits and do not see immediate results we give up but to make meaningful results habits need to persistent long enough to break through this plateau.

4.When you solve problems at results level you only solve them temporarily, but to improve for good you need to solve the problems at system level.

5. When all your hard work is focused on a particular goal, what is left to push you forward after you achieve it ?Long term thinking is not about any single accomplishment,it's about cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement. 

6. Just as atoms are building blocks of molecules,  atomic habits are the building block of remarkable results. 

7.You have the power to change your beliefs about yourself.Your identity is not set in stone. You have a choice in every moment.

8.There are three levels of change : Outcome change, Process change, Identity change

9. Don't focus on what you want to achieve, but focus on who you want to become. Every action is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.

10.Habits shape your identity and your identity shapes your habits.

Only Love is Real ~ Brian Weiss

This book is about Regression hypnosis therapy done by the practicing psychiatrist
Dr.Brian Weiss.

This is a gripping love story of two of his patients Elizabeth and Pedro, who were suffering from anxiety, depression, dejection and unable to pursue a loving and meaning relationship in the current life. But when the Regression hypnosis therapy done on them individually by Dr. Brian to find the cause of it from their previous lives, he was able to connect that both of them had been related to each other in many lives.

Through hypnosis the doctor takes his patient's to previous lives and all to states between two lives.The doctor also gets messages from elevated souls called as Master souls who guide other souls after death.

One thing which i liked the most was the experience of a patient who sees hell like environment(amidst fires and devils) after his death in previous life.Nobody paid attention to him,then Jesus walks to Him and says ",Don't you realize all this is illusion. Only Love is Real".Then the firs and devils disappear,revealing the beautiful light.Sometimes we get what we expect but it may not be real.

I also liked the quote on liberation which the Master souls conveyed. "when you
look into the eyes of another, any other, and you see your own soul looking back at you,then you will know you have reached another level of consciousness.In this sense, reincarnation does not exist."

There are many more wonderful messages(about karma, other states of existence,relationships,forgiveness,pride,ego etc) in the book and is surely a must read and more importantly one has to practice it in day to day life.

Deepak Chopra's Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

To Start with Chopra advices to follow one law every day!

1.Law of Pure Potentiality(This law is based on the fact that we are in our essential state pure consciousness)

a.Observe Silence for one hour every day.

b.Practice non-judgment (Begin the day with statement “Today I shall judge nothing that occurs”)

2.The Law of Giving(Universe operates through dynamic exchange, nothing is static)

a.Try to give something to everyone you come across. It can be material or prayer, affection ,attention, appreciation etc

b.Remember that the more you give, the more you will receive because the universe works on dynamic exchange

3.The law of Karma(we sow what we reap)

Three ways to deal with Past Karma

a. Pay your Karmic debts (Most people do)

b. Learn from your experiences which arise out of Karma (Taking positive lessons from all situations)

c. Transcending Karma (Through meditation)

Applying the law of Karma

When you make a choice ask a question “Will the choice bring happiness to me and those affected by this choice ? ”



4.The Law of Least Effort(This is based on the fact that nature’s intelligence functions with effortless ease and abandoned care freeness)

a.Acceptance – Accept people, circumstances and events as they occur.

When you are frustrated by a person or situation, remember you are not reacting to the person but to your feelings about the person or situation.


b.Responsibility – It means not blaming anyone or anything for your situation including yourself. It means the ability to have creative response to the situation as it is now.

c.Defenselessness – Relinquish the need to convince or persuade others of your point of view.

“Don’t be like a rigid oak that cracks and collapses in the storm be like a reed that bends with the storm and survives.”


5.The Law of Intention – We can have our intentions and desires but we need to surrender it to the womb of creation, trusting that when things don’t go my way, there is, a reason, and that the cosmic plan has designs for me much grander than even those that I have conceived.


6.The Law of Detachment – In detachment lies the wisdom of Uncertainty.
Don’t give up your intention or desire but give up your attachment to it.


7. The Law of Dharma – Everyone has hidden talents. Identify your talents and use it for the welfare Of humanity.

Books which I read

GENERAL

2002 

1. Many lives many Master's - Dr. Brain Weiss

2. Conversation with God volumes 1,2,3

2009
1.The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
2.The Pilgrimage – Paulo Coelho
3.Monk Who Sold the Ferrari – Robin Sharma
4.Who will cry when you die – Robin Sharma
5.Dollar Bahu – Sudha Murthy

 2010

1. Seven spiritual laws of success - Deepak Chopra

2. Autobiography of a yogi

3. Only Love is Real - Dr. Brian Weiss

2015

1. The Prophet - Khalil Gibran

2. Stilllness speaks

2023

1. Who moved my Cheese

2. Atomic Habits

Heartfulness books

2003

1. My Master

2. Heart to heart volumes 2,3,4

3. Spiders Web

4. The Heart of the lion

2009
1.Truth Eternal
2.Reality At Dawn
3.Voice Real
4.Efficacy of Sahaj Marg in the Lights of Raja Yoga
5.Complete works of Lalaji-Volume 2
6.Autobiography of RamChandra Volume-1
7.Autobiography of Ram Chandra Volume -2
8.Letters of The Master Volume-1
9.Letters of The Master Volume-2
10.Letters of The Master Volume-3

2015

1.The Beloved Remembered 

2022

1. The Heartfulness Way

2023

1.Designing destiny