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New Horizons…And a Theory of How Things Come Together.

March 6, 2012 Earthly Experiance, Musings, Spiritual Ramblings, Success Log One comment

“Are you sure this company is legit? I believe you have done your own homework to see if they are for real and if they do as they say and say as they do, go make it big out there!”

My boss was being the usual healthy sceptic when I told him about leaving the Bank.

This meant kissing my corporate retail banking bonus goodbye and swimming in a new pool that even I don’t know the depths and distance.

Which is crummy, considering I was just 2 weeks or so away from bonus announcement.

My 3 years in the Bank has been bittersweet. I will always remember the awesome workshops I got to attend as an International Graduate. We are like a Bank but unconventional. That’s the fun of it.

But the itch of trying something new (that usually bites after 1.5 – 2 years – I noticed) and living a life without boundaries was literally screaming at me.

So, I traded my 9-5 job (without the bonus I worked so hard for the past year) for a startup experience.

They don’t call it a startup for nothing

You literally start everything up. Sure, its scary but amazing at the same time.

For once, I don’t need to hear limitations – its as if there is no limits to what I can do and having that freedom is very liberating. Especially after working in a corporate environment for almost all my life.

Life is great when you are constantly creating, expanding, providing opportunities and growth.

The Theory of How Things Come Together

Its here that I feel that there is a funny mechanism at work. Even when I got shortlisted for the job and was in the process of deciding whether to make the leap – strange events conspired to just tell me what I was doing was the right thing.

There seems to be force at play that seems to bring things that vibrate alike together – will attract. We needed passionate people for the team – and despite some really crappy applicants – we pretty great people!

I am excited to see what happens after this and how we will proceed from here. Its a whole new horizon of possibilities happening.

Mornings seem much brighter now.

Odd Dream

February 12, 2012 Spiritual Ramblings One comment

I had an odd dream today.

As with most dreams – the details are sketchy. One thing for sure, I knew I was dreaming (wonder if its still considered a lucid dream if I just let events play out the way it plays out rather than actively change the flow of events).

I dreamt I needed to get from one point to another.

There were several ways for me to go about it. I was standing in waiting line with faceless people contemplating on which route to take to reach my final destination.

Is it my turn yet???

Option 1 – take a cab there. I was sitting in the cab and had an odd conversation with the driver. Before I knew it – I was stuck in a crazy jam and the sky was turning dark.

I knew I made a wrong mistake.

Suddenly, my consciousness threw me back to the time as I was in the waiting line deciding on what to do next.

It just felt as if I have lived all the decisions I needed to make and somehow, I knew the answers to whatever decisions I have before me. The only issue is just being clear enough to know which decision was the right one.

Because clearly – some of life’s pathways defies the very laws of logic.

Predestined Lessons…

February 4, 2012 Spiritual Ramblings 3 comments

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” – Genesis 1:27

I have always been swinging on two ends of the personal development tightrope – the more material side (eg. Zig Ziglar / Anthony Robbins) and the more esoteric / spiritual side (chakra balancing, Universal Energy, other New Age fluff).

It doesn’t help that I have both a very practical / pragmatic self and dreamer / spiritual side.

During different points of the year, I swing to either side – hit a plateau – go to an equilibrium balance and the cycle goes on.

Deep inside, I do realize its like a dog chasing its own tail.

The Eternal Search for Truth

The search of Truth its most pure nature often eludes us.

Sometimes Truth finds us not worthy of gleaming into Its secrets – like Shiva’s dance – it plays about – only to be shared to the most pure and sincere devotees.

I was brought up in a very conservative Baha’i family. I am grateful to have been brought up by very upright teachings of values. Being introduced to comparative religion at a very young age (it helps that you belong to a religious minority often misunderstood). I have always been fascinated with religions, God, prayer, and the idea of spirituality at a very young age.

By the age of 7, I was already reading Holy Texts from various religions and questioning faith.

At the age of 6, I had several Out of Body Experience (OOBE) and I could remember having Spiritual Guides advising me about life. I didn’t think too much about it then – thinking it was normal. Of all the advice, I remembered one advice that still stuck, “You are destined for greater things in life”.

By the age of 12, by some weird way – I got into contact with New Age literature – T. Lobsang Rampa being the first. I started learning about meditation, chakras, crystals, Arkashic records and out of body experiences.

But somewhere along the way towards adolescence, I lost the voice of my Guides. I was introduced to modern self help at 16 – Zig Ziglar being a primary influence. Leaving life less to intuition and more into self motivation. I was a go-getter. I hustled my way into being in leadership positions in High School. But between those lines – I felt as if I have lost the childhood dreams that I used to have.

Spiritual Whispers

For the rest of my years ahead until today – I had occasional “on and off” encounters with the spiritual. Either in the form of books, people I have met, experiences, or just a Calling to revert back to spirituality. Sure enough, I get sucked back into materialism.

Caught between two worlds – I felt trapped.

I decided to blog again – to document my path to liberation (or madness) – in balancing the two worlds and hopefully getting the clarity I had when I was younger. I feel that the older I get – the more I forget of how true limitless wisdom and clarity was like.

I believe that each conversation or events that happen in our life – happens for a reason. This ties in very closely to my StregthFinder assessment of my 2nd strength “Connectedness”.

I believe we are meant to learn something from each of these seemingly random encounters to somehow remember our True Selves. To find who we really are once again. If we pay close attention to these little lessons along the way to improve ourselves – then perhaps – just perhaps, Truth is within our reach.