By Soniyaa Kiran Punjabi
It was three years ago, a day after my 22nd birthday, when I moved from the helpless victim to the powerful creator. After my fateful meeting with Dr. Yuvraj Kapadia, a renowned Hypnotherapists in Bombay, In spirituality, I finally found logical answers, to all the illogical situations in my life.
Through knowledge of the power of the self, mind and consciousness I was able to understand that everything in my life was a result of my own thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and perceptions.
The empowering idea that I could create anything that I wanted, be it a dream relationship, wealth, a life purpose got me racing ahead on a journey of visualization and manifestation. With each workshop I did, and the fascinating insight I gained, I felt one step closer towards divinity. I lived, breathed, ate spirituality and all the holistic concepts I learned from the angels, to meditation, yoga, hypnotherapy, soul, karma past life etc…
In less than a year, I catapulted myself into a new universe in which I manifested an amazing relationship, a new life path and purpose of spreading awareness through the Illuminations platform, a special gift from the universe. Not to mention a life full of travels, adventures and epiphanies.
I was spreading the word like wildfire amongst my circle of friends, family, and pretty much anyone who crossed my path. I felt I was being guided through inspiration. I believed in every word I spoke, and did my best to apply the knowledge in my life with love and integrity. The outcome of my actions, were always in my favor so it was easy to operate out of passion without focusing on the end result.
And just when I thought I cracked the game of life, racing ahead to reach the illusionary finish line I set in my mind, things started to change.
I felt like everything I was experiencing was not good enough. I wanted more, and I was no longer satisfied with the result of my creations. I remember an event in which I set an intention to manifest forty people in a training program. When it soon happened, I didn’t even realize, because I was so busy focusing on new goals I was trying so hard to accomplish. The so called long-distance relationship of my dreams became an obligation, limiting my growth, and soon fell apart. These are just few examples.
Everything I wished, visualized and manifested was no longer fulfilling enough to make me happy. I slowly started experiencing situations in my life where I was no longer in control of the outcome. I could not understand why it was happening. Dr. Yuvraj would always joke with me that I was the bratty child of the universe, because of its unconditional love for me, I was easily able to manipulate it, into giving me anything I wanted. I felt justified with this attitude because I had worked hard for the universe, so there is no doubt the universe would bend its back to work for me.
Little did I realize it was my ego which began gaining momentum, and my loving universal father soon had a great learning in store for me. I recently read, “If you want to make God laugh, make a plan, or stubbornly hang onto your idea of how the plan should manifest.”
I soon started facing challenges situations, which left me frustrated. It wass as if I changed lanes, from the path of least resistance to the most resistance. This is not how its supposed to be I thought! The idea of not being in control was scary. The universe was humoring itself, at my expense!
I began spending a lot of time worrying about the outcome I so desperately wanted, and the manifestation model was working to no avail. I was holding on to my own ideas of happiness, of a specific plan I thought would be best for me, and I held tightly. I started restricting myself and these limitations began reflecting in my life. At one point, I felt I was back to square one. With all the awareness I had, I was feeling like a victim all over again.
I am a strong believer in signs, synchronicity and divine timing. I questioned the universe, and once again began my search for answers. Every message I received from books, friends, guides, teachers and even my own intuition, came with one simple message. LET GO!
Set an intention, surrender it to a higher power, and trust that the universe will bring to you what is in your highest good. I began to realize that, up until now I was manifesting based on what my ego or intellect thought was in my best interest. However, the intellect is rooted in logic, past conditioning, and driven by fear, therefore very limited in its perspective.
In Dr. Wayne Dyer’s book, the Power of Intention, he states, based on our social conditioning, the ego/intellect often convinces us to believe the following:
1.) I am what I have. My possessions define me
2.) I am what I do. My achievements define me
3.) I am what others think of me. My reputation defines me.
4.) I am separate from everyone. My body defines me as alone.
5.) I am separate from all that’s missing in my life. My life space is disconnected from my desires.
6.) I am separate from Universe.
When we strive towards our set goals based on our ego, all we end up with are manifestation intended to fill our voids and eventually cause us more fear. When we surrender to the high power of divinity, we allow miracles to happen, which are filled with happiness, love and contentment.
So what and who is this higher power?
This higher power, is a powerful version of yourself on the mountain top, who sees the broader perspective with love, and knows exactly the way to a path of least resistance. The Higher self, has all knowledge of your original life plan/purpose.
The ego, which is the restricted aspect of you, way down in the valley, sees only one path. The higher self, guides us lovingly through our intuition, but our ego rooted in ignorance turns a deaf ear. It is only when we fall flat on our face with no where else to look but up above, we begin to hear the inner voice.
Our job is to surrender our intentions to the higher self and remain in a state of being as if our miracles have already happened. The Job of the How? Why? is not our responsibility, and when we take them on, it often leaves us feeling burdened, stressed and weighed down.
From victim to creator, I feel I have entered what Joe Vitale describes in his book Zero Limits, the third phase which is surrender. I am now in a situation where my ultimate faith in the power of the universe is being tested, and how! I must admit, initially I had doubts, as the first thought was whether I was simply accepting defeat and giving up. Especially when only recently, circumstances with Illuminations were not working out according to the my plan of action, causing me a lot of initial pain, but ofcourse a great learning.
As I now begin to practice the art of surrender, I see powerful miracles happening to me everyday. The outcome is turning out to be way better than my intellect can comprehend! It's as if I happen to be at the right place and time, with minimal effort! The intuition within me is guiding me towards actions of love, which I know will yield the most appropriate results, even though at times the intellect finds it challenging to follow.
Earlier, I only believed in the power of the universe. When I now listen to my favorite tune by Guru Josh project, I feel totally in sync with the lyrics, “...Take your time, to trust in me…and you will find infinity....” I smile, being reminded of this deep sense of knowingness and comfort, that this higher power resides deep within us, is working out our divine plan, and we don’t need to operate out of false ego to run behind it. In the end, as commonly as we use this phrase, Everything does happen for the best!
It was three years ago, a day after my 22nd birthday, when I moved from the helpless victim to the powerful creator. After my fateful meeting with Dr. Yuvraj Kapadia, a renowned Hypnotherapists in Bombay, In spirituality, I finally found logical answers, to all the illogical situations in my life.
Through knowledge of the power of the self, mind and consciousness I was able to understand that everything in my life was a result of my own thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and perceptions.
The empowering idea that I could create anything that I wanted, be it a dream relationship, wealth, a life purpose got me racing ahead on a journey of visualization and manifestation. With each workshop I did, and the fascinating insight I gained, I felt one step closer towards divinity. I lived, breathed, ate spirituality and all the holistic concepts I learned from the angels, to meditation, yoga, hypnotherapy, soul, karma past life etc…
In less than a year, I catapulted myself into a new universe in which I manifested an amazing relationship, a new life path and purpose of spreading awareness through the Illuminations platform, a special gift from the universe. Not to mention a life full of travels, adventures and epiphanies.
I was spreading the word like wildfire amongst my circle of friends, family, and pretty much anyone who crossed my path. I felt I was being guided through inspiration. I believed in every word I spoke, and did my best to apply the knowledge in my life with love and integrity. The outcome of my actions, were always in my favor so it was easy to operate out of passion without focusing on the end result.
And just when I thought I cracked the game of life, racing ahead to reach the illusionary finish line I set in my mind, things started to change.
I felt like everything I was experiencing was not good enough. I wanted more, and I was no longer satisfied with the result of my creations. I remember an event in which I set an intention to manifest forty people in a training program. When it soon happened, I didn’t even realize, because I was so busy focusing on new goals I was trying so hard to accomplish. The so called long-distance relationship of my dreams became an obligation, limiting my growth, and soon fell apart. These are just few examples.
Everything I wished, visualized and manifested was no longer fulfilling enough to make me happy. I slowly started experiencing situations in my life where I was no longer in control of the outcome. I could not understand why it was happening. Dr. Yuvraj would always joke with me that I was the bratty child of the universe, because of its unconditional love for me, I was easily able to manipulate it, into giving me anything I wanted. I felt justified with this attitude because I had worked hard for the universe, so there is no doubt the universe would bend its back to work for me.
Little did I realize it was my ego which began gaining momentum, and my loving universal father soon had a great learning in store for me. I recently read, “If you want to make God laugh, make a plan, or stubbornly hang onto your idea of how the plan should manifest.”
I soon started facing challenges situations, which left me frustrated. It wass as if I changed lanes, from the path of least resistance to the most resistance. This is not how its supposed to be I thought! The idea of not being in control was scary. The universe was humoring itself, at my expense!
I began spending a lot of time worrying about the outcome I so desperately wanted, and the manifestation model was working to no avail. I was holding on to my own ideas of happiness, of a specific plan I thought would be best for me, and I held tightly. I started restricting myself and these limitations began reflecting in my life. At one point, I felt I was back to square one. With all the awareness I had, I was feeling like a victim all over again.
I am a strong believer in signs, synchronicity and divine timing. I questioned the universe, and once again began my search for answers. Every message I received from books, friends, guides, teachers and even my own intuition, came with one simple message. LET GO!
Set an intention, surrender it to a higher power, and trust that the universe will bring to you what is in your highest good. I began to realize that, up until now I was manifesting based on what my ego or intellect thought was in my best interest. However, the intellect is rooted in logic, past conditioning, and driven by fear, therefore very limited in its perspective.
In Dr. Wayne Dyer’s book, the Power of Intention, he states, based on our social conditioning, the ego/intellect often convinces us to believe the following:
1.) I am what I have. My possessions define me
2.) I am what I do. My achievements define me
3.) I am what others think of me. My reputation defines me.
4.) I am separate from everyone. My body defines me as alone.
5.) I am separate from all that’s missing in my life. My life space is disconnected from my desires.
6.) I am separate from Universe.
When we strive towards our set goals based on our ego, all we end up with are manifestation intended to fill our voids and eventually cause us more fear. When we surrender to the high power of divinity, we allow miracles to happen, which are filled with happiness, love and contentment.
So what and who is this higher power?
This higher power, is a powerful version of yourself on the mountain top, who sees the broader perspective with love, and knows exactly the way to a path of least resistance. The Higher self, has all knowledge of your original life plan/purpose.
The ego, which is the restricted aspect of you, way down in the valley, sees only one path. The higher self, guides us lovingly through our intuition, but our ego rooted in ignorance turns a deaf ear. It is only when we fall flat on our face with no where else to look but up above, we begin to hear the inner voice.
Our job is to surrender our intentions to the higher self and remain in a state of being as if our miracles have already happened. The Job of the How? Why? is not our responsibility, and when we take them on, it often leaves us feeling burdened, stressed and weighed down.
From victim to creator, I feel I have entered what Joe Vitale describes in his book Zero Limits, the third phase which is surrender. I am now in a situation where my ultimate faith in the power of the universe is being tested, and how! I must admit, initially I had doubts, as the first thought was whether I was simply accepting defeat and giving up. Especially when only recently, circumstances with Illuminations were not working out according to the my plan of action, causing me a lot of initial pain, but ofcourse a great learning.
As I now begin to practice the art of surrender, I see powerful miracles happening to me everyday. The outcome is turning out to be way better than my intellect can comprehend! It's as if I happen to be at the right place and time, with minimal effort! The intuition within me is guiding me towards actions of love, which I know will yield the most appropriate results, even though at times the intellect finds it challenging to follow.
Earlier, I only believed in the power of the universe. When I now listen to my favorite tune by Guru Josh project, I feel totally in sync with the lyrics, “...Take your time, to trust in me…and you will find infinity....” I smile, being reminded of this deep sense of knowingness and comfort, that this higher power resides deep within us, is working out our divine plan, and we don’t need to operate out of false ego to run behind it. In the end, as commonly as we use this phrase, Everything does happen for the best!
SKP is the founding partner of Illuminations and a certified, practicing Holistic Healer
Learn more about spiritual surrender through the following resources:
Zero Limits, Joe Vitale
Letting Go, Let Miracles Happen, Kathy Cordova
The Shift: From Ambition to Meaning (DVD)
The Power of Intention, Dr. Wayne Dyer
Bashar Video's on YouTube, By Daryl Anka
Soniyaa, your article just gave me the answers I was looking for - Thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteSince I have started this spiritual journey, I've had this nagging feeling because of which I've not been able to completely surrender to the Universe and enjoy the journey to its fullest. And this nagging feeling, that I understand now, is my ego - not willing to give up control. Just understanding this, I am so relieved, it's like all this while I was carrying a mountain over my shoulders. Now I truly understand "Our job is to surrender our intentions to the higher self and remain in a state of being as if our miracles have already happened." :)
Thanks for your article! It confirmed a recent experience. This week I starting another career transition, and while I've manifested what I wanted all along, I did not see this week coming. Something greater drew me to a beautiful place of surrendering to Self. I am also a witness to this "letting go" being the highest state of creation. Because of this week, and this new level of ultimate trust of Self, I have gotten the answer to creating that I have been asking for a long time. As you expressed: just be, and let go. My constant prayer now is: Thank you, Universe, in advanced for the highest outcome for me for all lifetimes. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your article! It confirmed a recent experience. This week I starting another career transition, and while I've manifested what I wanted all along, I did not see this week coming. Something greater drew me to a beautiful place of surrendering to Self. I am also a witness to this "letting go" being the highest state of creation. Because of this week, and this new level of ultimate trust of Self, I have gotten the answer to creating that I have been asking for a long time. As you expressed: just be, and let go. My constant prayer now is: Thank you, Universe, in advanced for the highest outcome for me for all lifetimes. :)
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