Reconnecting is like finding your lost soul. The union with the unique self is magical, mystical, where words fall short. This connection can only be experienced and is lost when we try to communicate it with the limited words in our language. It is expansive, deeper than the deepest ocean and vaster than the universe.
Marianne Williamson says it well in her soul provoking poetry:
‘A return to love’
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously
give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
Come let us return to that inner love we have longed for and shine as our unique inner rhythm.
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Intention is the fuel that drives your spirit. Intention is beyond goals, targets, finish lines… Intention is the connection of your unique self expression to the greater whole. What is the legacy you want to leave behind? Whether it is a legacy you leave for your family, your community, your nation or the world at large, that is secondary. How do you want this place to be different because of your unique self expression?
When we discover our unique self expression, it is so much bigger and brighter than the small perception of you that it brightens the room you are in.
For instance when I began to express my unique creativity in the form of workshops, a common feedback was that this was a life altering experience… I had no idea, I had it in me to create a life altering experience… The very thing that was creating such an experience was the inner conviction, the creativity, the unique self expression… that inner rhythm.
So when you sit down to set the intention, do not set it to gain something… but to give… giving of your talent to touch others… Go beyond your limited perceptions and intend to open up to your inner greatness. Do not settle for anything else.
And see yourself leaving a legacy behind with that inner greatness.
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When I first started to discover my inner unique rhythm, I became obsessed with it… Writing is all I wanted to do… I wanted more of that inner satisfaction. However, sadly enough, I became disheartened and irritated very easily because my focus became more.
After becoming aware of the consequences of total burn out, I was fortunate enough to strike a balance between my mental, emotional and physical well being. My self-expression was feeding my soul, my heart and my mind, however, my physical essence was suffering as it was not being looked after too well. With little exercise, unhealthy food and no play, irritation was a natural symptom.
For some individuals exercising comes naturally and as a matter of fact, it is one of the things they do where they lose track of time. As for me, if I have to exercise, even the seconds are hard to pass let alone minutes. But dancing and stretching come naturally to me. I began to incorporate physical activities after 2 hours of writing… For me that was striking the balance.
It is easy to drown yourself into work, especially if it is something you love to do. It requires discipline to take breaks and do something opposite of what your unique self expression is.
For those people whose unique self expression is something physical, like golfing, figure skating, building homes and so forth, they must take frequent breaks of non-physical activities, like reading, meditating…
How can you strike a balance in your life?
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What do you need to get started?
First and foremost if you think that you have a sense of dissatisfaction, then know that you are at the right place.
Now that you have the awareness that you are not satisfied and there is more to life than what you have encountered… you have obviously experienced both successes as well as failures.
Now it is time to begin to uncover the reservoir within you that is above successes and failures… that is the aspect of you that drives you to your inner greatness.
Here is what you will need to get started…
To unlearn the conditioned ways of being requires a discipline. Not the kind of discipline that is imposed upon you by someone else, but a discipline you will choose, it will be unique and personal to you. The three ingredients that must be present in the discipline are as follows:
- An activity that is inspiring
- An activity that is nurturing
- An activity that has a personal element of ritual for you
The Discipline must nurture and inspire the heart, soul and intellect. Inspiration is uplifting the self through activities that motivate the heart and soul. Setting a ritual is something we look forward to doing that is playful and yet keeps us grounded.
Rituals are the opposite of chores and carry light, loving and joyful energy. Ritual of beginning a day, a project that nurtures the heart, soul and intellect creates brilliance… the happier you are, the greater is your ability to carry brilliance into what you do.
This will be covered in depth in the course ware as you dive deeper into your sense of unique rhythm.
Now is a good time to make a list of things you love to do where you lose track of time.
Before you move forward, make a list of 20 such activities that bring you to life.
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Most people are concerned about finding time that will take to discover their unique self expression?
What if I told you that when you are happier and aligned to your inner rhythm, you inadvertently will have more energy to do all that you want to do and more in much less time. Yes, you heard me right, in less time.
Have you ever experienced dragging your feet with a particular task? Have you ever experienced spending twice the amount of time on a task that has taken you much less time based on your previous experience? The fact is some days you have the energy and focus and other days you simply don’t have it.
More than knowing how to do the task, what we need is energy and focus.
In today’s world where multitasking is the in thing, information overload a fashion statement, internet surfing an addiction to be proud of, we are drowning without a sense of focus and low energy.
Bringing our attention to what holds meaning and sense of purpose will give us the energy and focus to not just complete tasks further more accomplish great things.
When my unique rhythm was buried under jobs and contracts, I had no energy to cook or do something fun. My energy was drained and my focus was lost. Today, I can’t believe I am saying this but I love to cook, take nature breaks, walk the dog, write, connect with friends and still have time to do more. This is certainly not because I have found more time, There are still 24 hours in a day and I love to sleep.
I am able to do more and have fun because I have found my inner source of energy and focus.
You have a choice, you can continue to believe that you won’t have time for yourself or you can begin to create time for the most important person in your life and that is YOU.
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What’s in it for you? If you want to experience your inner greatness, the flawless, the inner perfection of who you truly are, not what your perceptions and perceptions of others have made you to be… then there is everything in this for you.
Your search for meaning begins with you and stops with you… there is nothing out there in this world that will come close to fulfilling you. Everything will lose its newness, its excitement. Without being fully grounded in your uniqueness life will be similar to a mirage.
All our wants and desires come from not knowing this inner unique greatness.
In the process of discovering my uniqueness I have gained everything by gaining myself. There is a sense of deep contentment, love, compassion, wisdom, inner power, restfulness and inner knowing. My sense of focus comes from within and idiosyncratic behavior and reactions fall away. There is insurmountable amounts of inner courage and peace and that comes from within ourselves not from out there. When we discover our unique rhythm, that very self expression becomes the reservoir of inner peace and contentment.
From this way of being comes inner fulfillment, optimum health, happiness, creativity, and more over fearlessness. When we begin to live life fully then we have no regrets and when there are no regrets then the fear of death goes away.
So what’s in it for you… everything you can imagine and more.
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Have you ever said or written something so profound or done something out of the ordinary? And after completion you yourself were dumfounded… amazed at what just came through you. If only you could recapture what you just created…
We have all experienced that magical moment. That is the exact moment when we accidently touch upon our unique rhythm. In that moment our Mind, Heart and Actions are aligned, dancing to the rhythm of your unique self expression.
For Gandhi his unique self expression was the path on non-violence to free India. For Einstein it was the theory of relativity. When that unique self expression becomes the point of focus then we become in sync with our natural rhythm… We are in the zone, in the flow, in the extraordinary… In that moment we break the chains of ordinary existence, because our sense of self expands… From merely being Neerja I become one with what is. My notions of who I am and who I am not drop, heightening my creativity and removing all perceptual blocks… it is in these experiences creativity expands giving birth to my unique rhythm. It comes through my writing… The act of writing is healing and expansive.
It is fulfilling, nurturing, meaningful and brings me a sense of self. It allows me to express myself fully… It is my unique self expression.
Prior to getting in touch with my inner rhythm I did not even know that I had a writer in me…
I have published two books and various articles… when I am writing, I am in the flow, I am happier, I have a sense of self and I have more courage than I have ever had before.
Why connect with that inner greatness? Dying without expressing that inner greatness is like life not fully lived.
When we are not in touch with our inner rhythm, we feel empty and to fill that emptiness, we become addicted to overeating, smoking, drinking, working, shopping, browsing the internet and so forth.
We only have one life to live, we can choose to dance to our own rhythm or let the Pied Piper drown us into the river?
There is more to life than being caught in the rat race that leads to the river of dissatisfaction.
Let us discover our own rhythm shall we?
Tags: Inner Rhythm
Welcome to the inner exploration site of your unique rhythm, a self expression that is your signature.
There never was nor will there ever be another you. You are unique and your uniqueness is what you long for. It is the key to fully expressing the self. The key that will unlock your genius within
We are speaking of the inner exploration that will bring us face to face with our innate human greatness.
We are born with that unique self expression, our creative voice and somewhere along growing up, that voice became faint as the voice of stigmas, labels, obligations, right doing and wrong doing became loud. Our dreams got buried under the ‘cookie cutter’ mentality of our society.
Our image of success is borrowed or inherited from the society. If your image of success does not inspire you, chances are that approval of others is more important than your own unique self expression.
Becoming intimate with our inner rhythm requires self-awareness, reflection and introspection. It requires truly looking at ourselves in the mirror and re-assessing where our happiness lies and how will we begin to gain freedom from false perceptions.
Have you ever felt that you are not the right fit for the career you have chosen? I have been there many times… mostly taking on jobs I had little or no experience with! In one way I took on these projects to prove to myself and perhaps others that ‘I could do it’… on another level I was looking for excitement because my inner essence was bored and longing to become fully alive. On another level I was lost and hoping that my sense of direction will re-surface if I follow a new path…
Each time I would achieve a certain amount of success, I would walk away from the project as it had no life, zest or meaning. There were times when I did not have the luxury to walk away due to obligations. Those were the times I felt like a caged bird looking to be freed. Some of us have given up and have stopped believing in ourselves. Too afraid to look at the greatness within, our exquisite unique rhythm, our creative self expression…
We are driven by the inner fears that keep us wanting more at the cost of giving up our inner freedom.
We look for security in the world of objects and there can be no security there… Security comes from trusting the inner essence, trusting our inner nature… trusting ourselves with ourselves. Success will be devoid of meaning when trust in the self is lost…
When there is no rhythm or outlet for our unique self expression and we are far removed from our creative voice, it is like dying a slow death.
Our inner exploration site is about bringing our unique rhythm back to life?
Are you ready to explore? Let us begin
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This article was published in Connecticut Post, on Jan 3, 2008
Click here to listen to Neerja’s interview on the Journey with Bernie Show, with host Bernie Kettle recorded on 12/03/08