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When your arms don't have any more strength to pick someone up from the way life has battered them, come back home and hold yourself tightly in your arms. When your bones are tired by lifting the weight of everyone's woes, shift your energy inwards, to yourself, so that you don't crack under duress. When your hands ache from helping people count their blessings which they themselves are showing a finger to, hand yourself some compassion and come back home. When your lungs are tired of breathing life into others, take a breather in the sanctuary of your being. When your heart is bleeding as you give love to those who are grieving, find it in your heart, the strength to come back home to your center. When your feet are tired from walking with someone who is not ready to walk the path anymore, come back home to a tub of warm water and epsom salt as you heal your heels. When your legs are tired as you run for those who find this as an entitlement, come back home to yourself and give those legs a massage to remove the knots of attachment. When your skin burns as you burn for others while they see their lives as a warm, safe, bath of their victimhood, come back home to your cocoon and apply balm on sores that are leading you to a burnout. As your mind feels the fatigue and exhaustion of finding answers for others, come back home to your heart, let your mind rest and not do the overthinking. When your stomach growls as you eat a lot less caught in a virtue trap of faux martyrdom, come back home and satiate yourself with self-love. When your shoulders hurt from the heavy lifting you do for others, come back home as you give yourself your own shoulder to cry and heal on. When your nerves of steel become putty in the hands of those who manipulate you with fear, come back home to your nerve center, your being. When your hair takes on the colour of winter as you help people be in constant spring, come back home and let your hair down for some well-deserved wintering. When your nails become hard and brittle for you have been using them to dig out and slay others' demons, come back home to a manicure and many a cure. Come back home. The world can wait.

Last night, you were spoken about in the heavens. A few devtas got together after dinner to share some life updates as part of a cosmic safe circle. The conversation turned to you, and each of them had an endearing story to share. One spoke of your generosity and how you selflessly committed to that business idea that will change the way people heal and love. Another spoke about how you have been holding space for your child, who has been facing his own challenges. They praised your authenticity and how you now create at will, manifesting love in the world like God himself. They called upon your guides and gurus to congratulate them on the brilliant job they have done guiding you from darkness into light. The meeting ended with a memo to all beings and a report card for all to see. No wonder, when you woke up this morning, every thread of your bed sheet and quilt didn't want to let go of you. They wanted to wrap themselves around you, having you lay in their arms. Every drop in the ocean raised its head to see who this magical human being is. Every tree swayed a little more, doing a happy dance as they welcomed you to a new day. Every grain of sand washed itself clean so you could walk upon them. Every sunflower faced the sun, but with quick side glances, they kept looking at you in awe of your light. The sun itself seemed distracted as it found a small gap in the curtains of your bedroom and kissed your face with a ray of light. The birds sang in unison a song they had prepared all night in their nests, waiting for dawn. The coffee beans were the happiest and the envy of the entire universe, as they would get to satiate you with their bean-ness and meet your cells first. Your toothbrush could hardly contain its excitement as it sat with all its bristles, waiting, eager to devote itself to you. The apple served for breakfast felt like a celebrity. They banana had a road named after him in the dimension of fruits. The bees had tears of joy as you licked the honey of the spoon that itself was having a kundalini awakening moment. Today, wake up believing that you are the universe’s favourite, loved and most celebrated child. + Request an invite at creativegarh.com for our upcoming life transformation through creativity retreats in Kasauli, Jodhpur and Andretta.

Getting out of bed when you have no reason to is an act of courage. So is choosing coffee over the half leftover bottle of gin from last night. Telling someone you love them is an act of courage. Showing up for them is too. But most importantly, showing up for yourself is what makes you brave and unreasonable. Being kind is being brave. Giving your word to someone is brave too. Following through on your word is brave. And keeping your word to yourself even when the sky is falling is brave too. Allowing yourself to get vulnerable in a conversation with someone is being brave. Telling your story is a brave thing. Rewriting your story is magical. Saying no is being brave. No to a toxic relationship, expectation, idea or demand. Saying yes is an act of courage too. Yes to a new idea, new dream, new challenges, new love. Keeping your faith in times of adversity is being courageous. Going out of your comfort zone to learn a new thing is an act of courage. And also is accepting that you suck at many things. Putting yourself out there is a brave act. And bravery also is standing your ground when someone says you don't belong here. Holding space for someone is an act of courage. Hand holding someone is too. Having a tough conversation is an act of courage. Just listening to someone when they are hurting is an act of courage too. Accepting your imperfections is courageous. And so is accepting your emotions. Saying thank you and saying sorry are acts of bravery. Forgiving someone after having been hurt is courage as well. Surrendering just the next 10 minutes to the universe is an act of bravery. And so is allowing one more minute after that. Letting go of control is courage. Simply letting go is too. Choosing to let go of being manipulative is bravery too. And so is being able to toggle between personality and beingness at will and being aware of it. Choosing to fix a relationship gone sour is an act of courage. Yet, not allowing the person back into your life and home is courageous too. Bravery isn't about groundbreaking endeavours but the little acts you do everyday to heal yourself and live a more fulfilling life from a space of love.

Now. Now. Now. Even now, it's divine timing. Divine timing is when you set an alarm for 4 am and it's also when you are nudged out of your slumber every 15 minutes to hit the snooze button. Every time is divine timing aligned and set to this very moment, snooze button or not, by a divine force. The movement of the moon around the earth, the rotation of the earth on its axis, the earth around the sun in the exact time, not a minute here or other, the comet passing through the cosmos, everything works like clockwork. If none of this happens by accident and there is some power controlling everything in the heavens, how can our lives be an accident and not be working according to divine timing? Why does it seem that we are not a part of the divine plan? Your birth, your 88th step, your 3330567th word, your first love, your eighth kiss, your first miracle, your fourth breakup, your first car, your second job everything is working according to a clock that keeps ticking somewhere in the dimensions of time and space. So, does this mean that if all this is an illusion you should just sit back, put your legs up, light a Cuban cigar and have a Vodka on the rocks? No! It means that you become an active participant in your life, a co-creator with the universe. It means that you start responding to life just like the universe responds to every thought, belief and action of yours. It means to start living life effortlessly and go with the flow and not against the current. You may feel that you are losing control over your life and you will get lost in oblivion, but as the moon is constantly being hugged by the sun, you are always in a tight embrace of the universe. The universe has your back, and everything in control. We feel it's bad timing because things are not going as per our plan. We feel it's good timing when things go as planned. But when it's divine timing, things always go as per the divine plan. Let go of the need to control, one little decision at a time. Have faith that your dreams will be answered. Know that you may be so focused on the future that you don't realise, you're in the middle of what you had always prayed for. That's divine timing too. + Request an invite at creativegarh.com for our upcoming life transformation through creativity retreats in Kasauli, Jodhpur and Andretta.

When you see your face in the mirror this morning, whom do you see? Do you see the face of your ancestor who worked as a daily wage worker toiling hard at making a living so you could live? Do you see the great great grandmother who was the first person in your family to have high cheekbones and clear skin and now these good looks run in the family? Do you see the ancestors who fought hard for freedom and your free spirit is the result of their sacrifices? When you sit down to write, do you feel all your ancestors holding your hand on their own and it's like an entire clan dictating and writing every word? When you look at yourself in the mirror, do you see your pet that loved you unconditionally and it's his love at every dark moment in your life that has delayed the stress lines on your face? Do you see your lover whose love has expanded your being and showed you that the magic lay within you? Do you see the effect of Vitamin D on your face from all the walks your father took with you on holidays under the sun? Do you see the muscular body that you have built as you focused your energies and channeled your pain on your growth after that heartbreak years ago? Do you see all the late night Maggi sandwiches that your roomies made for you in your college days that may have left a pimple on your face but also an indelible mark of love and memories for a lifetime? When you see yourself in the mirror do you see that you have been touched by butterflies, ladybugs, raindrops, breeze of oceans, dandelion seeds, hands of loved ones, lips of exes, autumn leaves, rainbows, doggy licks, bird feathers, glow of candlelights, Llama blessings, snowflakes, breath of parents, breathing of babies, breathlessness of lovers, kisses of the sun, caresses of the moons, always watched over by the stars and celestial beings? Do you see that all these have carried love for you from many dimensions of time and space? When you see yourself in the mirror do you see that that has been created by the love of the universe and its beings. And if you have been made by all this love then you are nothing but love itself. Don't think of yourself as anything less. + Request an invite at creativegarh.vom for our upcoming life transformation through creativity retreats in Kasauli, Jodhpur and Andretta.

A Knowing that doesn't belong to anyone has emerged somewhere in the annals of time and space. This Knowing wants to be expressed and brought into consciousness and takes the shape of an intuition that begins its long, arduous journey over time. As it crosses the chasms of dimensions, it shape-shifts into words that represent a rather deep, essential and self-fulfilling understanding of life. This Knowing flows and glides over black holes and shares a joke with a galaxy as it surrenders itself to be devoured by time. It puts on its dancing shoes and does an intimate Foxtrot with other exoplanets, sits in sadhana with the pillars of creation and joyfully waves hello to the pulsars and quasars that have seen more lifetimes than life itself. This Knowing knows that it can wake up humankind from its slumber of the ages, can shift consciousness and can co-create a new reality. As it travels across the vastness of everything and nothing, the Knowing and the words choose whom it wants to be birthed by and co-created with. It's a young writer who has been incarnated in a dimension called Mumbai. The Knowing comes to the writer, not in the usual process of a thought or a sense perception but comes as light through the cracks and the crevices of the wounds and sufferings of the writer. The Knowing comes as a healing source that has the potential to heal the writer and also be expressed in the universe. The writer has been writing her own story of victimhood over the years. The Knowing that comes to her as intuition tries everything to come into the writer's consciousness... as a road sign, a book cover, an Instagram post, a conversation, a film poster. The Knowing is strong but the writer is caught up in the busyness of the mind and life to even have the awareness of the Knowing. The writer chooses to ignore the Knowing, latching onto her own conditioning of control, reward and ego and 'waiting for inspiration' which she believes does not come as intuition. The writer believes she has no ideas, is a stepchild of the universe, becomes vitriolic, finds solace in the numbness of social media, and tells her publisher that she has no ideas, thus self-sabotaging her book and career... a repetitive pattern now emerging. The Knowing on the other hand having travelled over Yugas, creations, and universes is still on purpose and still wants to heal and be expressed. The Knowing then finds another writer. This time in Gorakhpur who has just woken up at 5 am to show up for his 1000 words of the day. The writer surrenders to the process. The Knowing slides out of nothingness, is held by angels, egged on my gnomes, led by fairies and enters the black Waterman of the writer and pours itself as 15 of the 1000 words. Little cherubs celebrate the pouring with a pouring of love. Continued in first comment...

Gruffy grown up men smiling at babies in prams and becoming clowns for that one moment. Busy office goers playing peek-a-boo with sulking children in trains. Otters holding hands while sleeping so that they don't drift away. Penguins offering pebbles to impress their mates as a form of proposal. Dogs bringing their favourite toys to their caregivers as a form of devotion. Fireflies lighting up to tell their mates and humans alike about the beautiful world. Dolphins dancing with waves as they spend quality time with others. People treating waitresses with kindness. Clients paying their suppliers before time just on trust. Trees coming together to feed the stump and roots of another tree that was felled by the storm. Trees producing nectar for ants and in return, the ants protecting the tree from herbivores. Air currents aligning themselves for the migration of Mongolian cranes. Drivers giving way to walkers, runners and cyclists. Flight attendants picking up your trash. Sunflowers growing tall so that they can share the light with other plants. Meerkats taking turns to become sentinels for their clan. The sun showing up every day without fail. People sending healing to the one in the ambulance going past. Drivers giving way to ambulances and fire trucks. Trees allowing monkeys and birds to make home on their branches. Chimpanzees hugging and sleeping together. Bees working together to take care of the hive and pollinate the planet. Seahorses dancing for weeks in courtship and the males carrying the eggs in its pouch till they hatch. Strangers complimenting strangers in the subway. Cyclists greeting cyclists. Societies setting up community fridges for their helpers and guards. People keeping water baths in the balconies for birds. Cooks making the first roti for their ancestors and crows coming in everyday at the exact time to become the conduits. Men and women on busy streets offering free hugs. Attendants in airport restrooms guiding you on how to use the faucets. Killer whales carrying their ailing loved ones to the surface to breathe. Kindness is all around us. What can you do today to make life more beautiful? + Request an invite at creativegarh.com

May you love each moment so fully that when the moment is over, it would seem like that just in that one moment you've lived a hundred years. May you pour your love into what you do that you leave a mark so strong that time can't erase it, but a mark so tender that your you-ness remains even when you don't. When you dance, may you dance with so much abandon that you leave everyone in awe but when the dance is over, only the dance remains and the dancer dissolves into the dance. May you give so much anonymously that your anonymity becomes a celebrity and what remains is just the outcome of your generosity and not you. May you give so much of yourself to a stranger that you remain a stranger but the strange life that someone is having becomes a joyful life in a magical twist of the tale. May you love so much and may your light reach the depths of someone so that one day if the sun decides to take a day off, they still have your love to nourish their being without ever knowing where the light is coming from. May your kindness evoke a sense of astonishment that people realise that miracles are all around them, it's reality that's the plot twist. May you disappear into your kindness that only the act remains and not the actor. And when your ancestors watch this act, their eyes well as they heal from their generational traumas. May you not see people as good or bad, ugly or beautiful, poor or rich, young or old but as light beings. And just your presence makes them shine brighter, a few watts brighter than yesterday. May you have that affect on every life that you touch. May you leave people happier, joyful, purposeful, more fulfilled than you find them. May you know that it's not the words that you speak to others that make you a beautiful person but the words that you speak to yourself. How you show up for yourself with kindness, how you hug yourself, how you are generous with your own growth and evolution. May you see that it is maybe, just maybe difficult to love someone at a human level. But at the soul level, you understand just love. And that happens when you lose your human-ness but not your humane-ness. May you be the love you seek in this world. + Request an invite at creativegarh.com for our upcoming life transformation programs in Kasauli, Jodhpur and Andretta.

You: I am confused, there is self-loathing, I feel that I am going down a spiral again, I don't seem to be able to live up to the promises that I made to myself and others. Youniverse: Why do you make promises? Why do you commit to things in life? You made a promise to yourself and others yesterday, but today, you are a new person, you are more evolved. You made the promise from a space of fear, to protect yourself, to feel loved, wanted, accepted, to please people. Today, you are not the same person who made the promise. Every experience changes, every situation moulds us. The life I have for you is a continuous flow but your mind is static, stuck in the past, glued to one dogma, belief, conditioning. Question everything. The only promise you have to make is to yourself. To your dharma, to uphold the truth. And that also in a way is not a promise, it's the way of being. Promises and goals are an ego construct. You: But I made this promise to those who trust me. Youniverse: Question trust as well. The ego needs trust because it promises predictability and the illusion of peace. Why do you need trust? Trust implies owning someone or how they will show up for you. So, again, it's a selfish, ego construct. Trust means there is an expectation. Expectation means there is a limitation. Limitation means there is a prison. Prison means there is no liberation. No moksha. Trust is love based on conditions. It means doubt. Not unconditional. Trust has to allow them to uphold their truth. Only they know if they are doing it or not. Question everything. You: But these are my closest people. Youniverse: Question the freedom in relationships. The relationship between a mother and child is unconditional love. They don't need to sign a contract or take vows. Why do you have to make it conditional with a partner then. Why the vows? Because it's your ego that wants to own your pleasures. My. My. My. Question everything. You: So what if I agree with what you are saying? Youniverse: Question that too. Sit with yourself and the answers will come from self awareness. Ego will call this bullshit. Trust nothing. Especially your own way of thinking. Question everything.

You: I have the fanciest cars, a fat bank balance, the best colognes, the finest designer clothes, I have a designation that people would kill for but I don't feel attractive or fulfilled... unworthy, something is missing. Youniverse: Hello, my child, it's always a delight to hear you rant. The question is, do you find yourself worthy and loveable? Would you love you if you met you? You: I guess, yes. But something is missing. Youniverse: That is you. 'You' are missing, my love. Your understanding of yourself is the missing piece. And this will not go away with all the fast cars, the riches in the coffers behind impenetrable vaults, the clothes from the catwalks of Paris, the colognes from perfumeries of France, and diamonds from the mines of Botswana. You: So what do I do? Youniverse: Take the driver's seat and go on a wild ride into yourself. Find what drives you, what fuels you, what gives wheels to your dreams. And on that road trip you will find the milestones that tell why you want a particular car, your need for speed, your mettle, and the colour of your hidden desires. Open your closets and let not only your designer clothes fall out but also the skeletons of your past crumble into a pile of questions at your feet. Pick up the thread and lead yourself into the bones and flesh of the stories that have written you off but have put your self worth in a five thousand dollar hand bag. As you open your velvet box of your stash of diamonds, sift through them to find the real gems and treasures that I have hidden deep within you. Attract yourself with your worth. Know yourself so deeply that the need for your worth being written and validated by anything outside of you holds no importance. Fall in love with your evolution. When you follow your dharma, the truth, you attract the abundance of the world. You: And what if I still don't feel attractive. Youniverse: Then start again. Know yourself more. Question everything that you have outsourced your worthiness to. And let the answers lead you to you. Your only designation is that you are a child of the universe. Eternal. Loved. Worthy. Attractive. Abundant. Magical. 1 in 8 billion.