Towards a better life - Freedom, Peace, Love, Happiness

During uncomfortable situations, do you often think “This is just how life is” ? 

There are ways to open up your thoughts on life. Life can be whatever you want it to be. 

Life can be free - freedom from internal conflict, freedom from external validation, freedom from the past and future, freedom to live, love and laugh.

Life can be peaceful. You can learn to be peaceful from the inside no matter what is going on outside. With inner peace, you are able to stop worrying about the little things that you already know you shouldn’t worry about. You are also able to stop worrying about the big things that you currently think you should worry about. You are able to live life without worry. Period.

Life can be full of love. You can learn to love everyone unconditionally. You can feel love in every cell of your body. When you feel this love, you feel compassion and can spread the love to everyone. You are able to forgive and trust with this love and build relationships.

Life can be lived happily. You can learn to make happiness a choice in all moments of life. Just imagine the possibilities when you can choose to be happy and content from the inside.

To enable such a life, you don’t need to live on a mountain, or give up your work or leave your family. You can live such a life doing the same things you are doing today (and actually do more with the new energy for life). You just need to learn how to do that. 

For most of the day, we are driven by our thoughts and emotions. This is an endless loop that many know is the cause of dissatisfaction and many believe that we can’t come out of. 

I hope some part of you believes that life can be different. The belief is important to tap into to come out of the loop. You can learn to observe and silence your thoughts and emotions. 

The silence can show you a source of infinite energy and wisdom within you. You can choose to call it whatever you want - energy, aatma, soul, etc. The word doesn’t matter. The experience matters. The experience can change everything you think you know about life. You will realise how you feel and think is a choice. You will realise you can solve any problem of life and much more. You will realise there is no problem in life - everything is just a situation that you can choose to either worry about or to handle internally and externally.

Learning to live such a life requires hard work, patience and persistence during doubt, struggles and failures. It is a journey that can take several years. But the journey has to start to be completed. You are required to surrender to the journey. The surrender and struggle is important and overcoming them will teach you what you don’t know about yourself and life.

The journey will take you to a life full of excitement, beauty and joy.

The only step that’s required to live such a life is to be present in the moment and pay full attention to everything within you - thoughts, emotions, body. The attention will drive everything else required. Life will teach you how you can live life.

The step requires continuous practice and an open mind to learn. 

So, you have a choice to work hard, challenge yourself and thus live a life of freedom, peace, love & happiness.