You must be wondering why am I calling my consolidation of the findings, “The Elements”? Well, let me give you a brief introduction to “The Elements”.
Lot of people have different views on “The Number of Basic Elements”, I am not going into that debate here. For our Balance Life, we target Six Key Areas and each of these Key Area represent One Element. I presumed following Six Elements, Substance (Akasha/K?), Air (Vayu/F?), Fire (Agni/ka/hu?), Water (Jala/sui/sh?i), Earth (Prithvi/chi/t?) and Consciousness(shiki).
And here is how I linked these “Element” to what is called as “Creating the Balance”by most of the Successful People.
Substance = Spiritual. Areas where we talk about Our Values & Commitments. Deciding what we Study & also understanding the Power of Meditation.
Air = Attitude and Emotions. Area of dwelling into our Mental Status. Deciding what we Read, Visualize, Plan, Write, gaining control on our emotions and understanding the value of Synergy.
Fire = Family. This is one of the most important area to address, “Our Relationships”. Providing the Service and being Empathetic.
Water = Wealth. Focusing on your Wealth and Financial Freedom.
Earth = Energy. We sure need Physical Energy and Fitness to enjoy everything in our life. Focus on Exercise, what we eat, The Food and the Nutritions, as well as the Stress Management.
Consciousness = Career. Understanding your True Gift. Doing what we LOVE and Not what we HAVE TO.
I will share more about each in the subsequent Posts. Keep reading.
It’s been long since I had my last Post.
Well I was kind of in the process of studying the success stories. I was reading a lot, listening a lot and researching a lot on several aspects. And in this process I came across with some interesting findings and some wonderful resources. I am consolidating what I could gather together, and I am going to share it all with you.
You know the best part of it, “It is really coming from all those best of the successful people around the world” and here is a good news “You don’t have to reinvent the wheel”.
I will be posting these findings under category, “The Elements” on my website. I am sure you will like it and find it very useful.
To start with, I highly recommend you to view this 22 minutes video by Anthony Robbins at least 4-5 times, I really mean 4-5 times. Every time you view this, it will help you reveal more and more. Tony is awesome, and listen to his message about being “Resources-full” rather than limiting yourself for not having the resources at the same time understand how the different “Needs” drives us.
Attraction Acceleration Report is a special Interview with Bob Proctor on the revolutionary program Science of Getting Rich. Bob Proctor as we all know, is in the Personal development industry since lates 60’s.
The program Science of Getting Rich is designed to have similar impact that these books had on the people. Bob goes ahead and talks about the fundamental of getting rich, “You don’t get rich by doing certain things. You get rich by doing things in a certain way.†and the objective of the program Science of Getting Rich is to figure out how to win doing the things in a certain way and not just doing the thing without producing any result.
The program Science of Getting Rich goes deep into Different Laws and Intellectual Factors. Bob explains in details how Science of Getting Rich helps people underatand the Law of Attraction and makes earning money the simplest thing in the world once you learn how to do it.
To grow spiritually in a world defined by power, money, and influence is a Herculean task. Modern conveniences such as electronic equipments, gadgets, and tools as well as entertainment through television, magazines, and the web have predisposed us to confine our attention mostly to physical needs and wants. As a result, our concepts of self-worth and self-meaning are muddled. How can we strike a balance between the material and spiritual aspects of our lives?
To grow spiritually is to look inward.
Introspection goes beyond recalling the things that happened in a day, week, or month. You need to look closely and reflect on your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and motivations. Periodically examining your experiences, the decisions you make, the relationships you have, and the things you engage in provide useful insights on your life goals, on the good traits you must sustain and the bad traits you have to discard. Moreover, it gives you clues on how to act, react, and conduct yourself in the midst of any situation. Like any skill, introspection can be learned; all it takes is the courage and willingness to seek the truths that lie within you. Here are some pointers when you introspect: be objective, be forgiving of yourself, and focus on your areas for improvement.
To grow spiritually is to develop your potentials.
Religion and science have differing views on matters of the human spirit. Religion views people as spiritual beings temporarily living on Earth, while science views the spirit as just one dimension of an individual. Mastery of the self is a recurring theme in both Christian (Western) and Islamic (Eastern) teachings. The needs of the body are recognized but placed under the needs of the spirit. Beliefs, values, morality, rules, experiences, and good works provide the blueprint to ensure the growth of the spiritual being. In Psychology, realizing one’s full potential is to self-actualize. Maslow identified several human needs: physiological, security, belongingness, esteem, cognitive, aesthetic, self-actualization, and self-transcendence. James earlier categorized these needs into three: material, emotional, and spiritual. When you have satisfied the basic physiological and emotional needs, spiritual or existential needs come next. Achieving each need leads to the total development of the individual. Perhaps the difference between these two religions and psychology is the end of self-development: Christianity and Islam see that self-development is a means toward serving God, while psychology view that self-development is an end by itself.
To grow spiritually is to search for meaning.
Religions that believe in the existence of God such as Christianism, Judaism, and Islam suppose that the purpose of the human life is to serve the Creator of all things. Several theories in psychology propose that we ultimately give meaning to our lives. Whether we believe that life’s meaning is pre-determined or self-directed, to grow in spirit is to realize that we do not merely exist. We do not know the meaning of our lives at birth; but we gain knowledge and wisdom from our interactions with people and from our actions and reactions to the situations we are in. As we discover this meaning, there are certain beliefs and values that we reject and affirm. Our lives have purpose. This purpose puts all our physical, emotional, and intellectual potentials into use; sustains us during trying times; and gives us something to look forward to—a goal to achieve, a destination to reach. A person without purpose or meaning is like a drifting ship at sea.
To grow spiritually is to recognize interconnections.
Religions stress the concept of our relatedness to all creation, live and inanimate. Thus we call other people “brothers and sisters†even if there are no direct blood relations. Moreover, deity-centered religions such as Christianity and Islam speak of the relationship between humans and a higher being. On the other hand, science expounds on our link to other living things through the evolution theory. This relatedness is clearly seen in the concept of ecology, the interaction between living and non-living things. In psychology, connectedness is a characteristic of self-transcendence, the highest human need according to Maslow. Recognizing your connection to all things makes you more humble and respectful of people, animals, plants, and things in nature. It makes you appreciate everything around you. It moves you to go beyond your comfort zone and reach out to other people, and become stewards of all other things around you.
Growth is a process thus to grow in spirit is a day-to-day encounter. We win some, we lose some, but the important thing is that we learn, and from this knowledge, further spiritual growth is made possible.
"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil." -- James Allen
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