Can you give an appointment to YOU?

The title of this blog is a bit strange but yes, it is a fact that many of us do not allocate time to ourselves. You need time for yourself, to review your vision & mission of life and understand what is happening within your internal world &the world around you.

This is like pausing your daily regular activities momentarily and listening to your inner world by making a connection to your deeper self. Imagine a scenario where one drives a car at a speed in a highway. The scenes around him appear blurry and in low definition when he drives at a high speed. The same person can experience the details of the scene in high definition when he drives at slow speed. To add to this, the scenes around him become a lot more clear and vivid when he really stops the car. This small pause of his driving is an energy centering process that allows him to continue the journey with the refreshed energy. Similarly, our clarity in life reduces as we run at high speed. Sometimes, we run so fast that we forget the very reason for our run itself. A pause in life allows us to consolidate & center to our inner self. This gives a revitalizing energy to start the life journey again knowing clearly our vision & mission and the direction of our path.

Why do we run so fast in life? There are many reasons for us to run at higher speed. The information are abundant in todays world due to the technological advancement. The technology itself is moving at a high speed and in order to catch up with the technology, we also tend to run at that speed. Secondly, we see around us and we sense others running at super speed & we tend to mirror their behaviors. This is called social mirroring. Thirdly, we get a sense of accomplishment by keeping ourselves busy all the time. See for yourself what you can do when you have some free time. Most likely, we engage ourselves with internet, some games, chat with friends etc and we become busy and under utilize the power of the free time that we have got. Finally, when we are not clear about our vision and mission, in particular, the direction in life then we distract ourselves in search of meaning to life with the abundant of information around us as & that keeps us busy again.

With all of the above reasons, we assume different roles and wear different masks as a friend, neighbor, player etc and hence, we are not to ourselves. In all of the above cases, there are the transference of energies flowing back & forth between you and the surroundings. The ‘Pause & Listen” act is an energy centering process where we are to ourselves without assuming any other roles & masks.  In this case of this ‘Pause & listen’ act, you stay closer to yourself and you are listening to your inner self. Not only your “self awareness” is better but the awareness around you i.e the “social awareness” is also better which gives you  a better control of your life.

There are many ways one can shift into the energy centering process. In my case, Yoga practice has offered me to center my energy. You can use any method that makes you to stay closer to yourself. For example, this could be like going for a nice outing & watching the natural scenario, a quite walk in the early morning, listening to calm music, dancing, cooking or it could be anything. Energy gets centered as long as these activities connect you to your deeper self, then the process of energy centering starts within you.

So, it has become obligatory to have ‘Pause & Listen’ everyday in our life. More importantly, we need to be regular with this activity that connects us to our deeper self. Then we find a better meaning to our life. Even the so-called successful people run from pillar to post in search of fulfillment of their life when they miss to recognize the power of this simple act of ‘Pause & Listen’.

So, can you give an appointment to YOU now?