It took me around 75000 words to understand that I hadn’t created one by myself. After the 99th article I was eager to do something major to celebrate the 100th one, yet nothing seemed to pass into thought. I had lost my ability to imagine when I became conscious of the impending milestone.

Conscious effort is the poison to imagination. When you think too much, you banish creativity and paralyze perception.

At the end of the day you are just bundles of energy, being used by the universal force to convey its messages. All you have to do is clear the the logical clutter from your brain.  Once you are successful in silencing logic, the universe starts talking to you. You cannot force this abundance as everything has a perfect time and place. You can either ignore the cosmic communications and chase material wellness and security or you can live in oneness with the universe and savor everything it has in store for you.

If you spend your time forcing the issue in order to create what you are not meant to, you are bound to be mediocre. The best thing mediocrity will make you is a slave, who is forced to be in a place where he doesn’t want to be, with someone he doesn’t want to see, doing something he doesn’t want to do.

This is the reason why you get tired working and complain through your weekdays and celebrate only on the weekends.

Had you been in harmony with the cosmic energy, you would not only know your real purpose, but possess boundless energy to pursue it with an effortless grace. You would never need to plan and scheme. Working towards your purpose would provide you more joy than stress.

The cosmic connection would render a blissful harmony to all your pursuits. You would connect to the universal conscious and utilize its abundant energy to push yourself beyond perceived limits.

Here are 50 people who are smart enough to have identified their purposes and worked on them for long enough so as to be gifted with effortless grace in their respective domains.

What Happens……

What happens when Kobe Dribbles, or when Shakespeare used to scribble,

Imagine the elegance in the movement and swerves, the relevance in every word.

What happens when Hamilton rides, or when Sachin used to drive,

Imagine the effortlessness in their demeanor, the intensity in their eyes.

What happens when Freeman talks, or when you see Bundchen walk,

With a grace so palpable, a dexterity which cant be taught.

What happens when Kai Green lifts, or when Dhoni hits,

With an instinctive ingenious, shredding competitors to bits.

What happens when David Blaine levitates, or when Buddha used to meditate,

In alignment with the universal force, destined to be great.

What happens when Eminem raps, or when Usain lights up the track,

Poetry in motion, expanding beyond preconceived limits, never looking back.

What happens when Jack Sparrow loots, or when Pele used to shoot,

One the master of golden chests, the other master of golden boots.

What happens when Maria Popova reviews a book,or when Jamie Oliver cooks,

Adding art to the most unexpected tasks, mesmerizing all who care to look.

What happens when Phelp dives, or when Bono lets his vocals slide,

Appears they were made for the specific art, divinity personified.

What happens when Messi controls, or when Arnold Palmer used to read the roll,

Such exquisite precision as if they decoded life’s secrets, which only a few can know.

What happens when Federer hits the back hand, and Fast car was sung by Chapman,

Standing ovations, all competitors and crows could do was clap hands.

What happens when Phil Taylor sees the dart board, or when Emilianenko saw his rival floored,

A focus so intense, far above the views of normal men they soared.

What happens when Bhagat clicks,  or when Dre produces them hits,

Lending their own touch to art,  redefining limits.

What happened when Sherlock Holmes used to deduce,  or Monroe used to seduce,

Breathing a fresher air into reality while others stood confused and bemused.

What happens when Steyn comes to bowl,  or when Bubka used to jump the pole,

Achieving uncharted heights, redefining their roles.

What happens when Caprio acts, or when Dynamo shuffles the pack,

Spontaneous like thunder clap, Natural like a lion attack.

What happens when Nicki Lauda used to rush,  or Van Gogh picked up the brush,

Surpassing excellence, all competition stood hushed.

What happens when Nolan creates or when Ari Gold negotiates,

They define fresher patterns of life which others try and imitate.

What happens when music is enhanced by Carl Cox, or when Ali used to box,

Floating like butterflies, stinging like bees,  craftier than a fox.

What happens when Craig Ferguson talks, or MJ moon walked,

A zone of their own,  creating an energy which uplifted thought.

What happens when Armani designs or when Alex Ferguson used to mastermind,

Creating legacies which will last till the end of time.

What happened when Napolean faced foes, or when Mozart composed,

Strategies and symphonies were devised, ones no one else could have supposed.

What happened when you heard what Martin Luther King used to say, or when Mother Teresa used to care,

A love from beyond dimensions, their efforts were divine like a prayer.

All these people seem to share the same qualities. They are the masters of their traits and perform extraordinary things with effortless ease. They have achieved greatness by honing their natural abilities and aligning with the force of the universe. They carry an electrifying spark which illuminates their surroundings, an awe inspiring energy capable of sweeping people off their feet.

It is not easy to possess such a God like aura. One has to let go of mortal inhibitions and connect to the force of the universe. This propels you to harness the energy of the universe and become representatives of this energy. Just like these extraordinary people.

I hope you give yourself the best possible chance to be extraordinary because it is the only way of immortalizing yourself till the end of time. Even if you are not chasing glory, the feeling of oneness with the creator is worth a lifetimes effort.

Have a good day.

The franctic speed of life in an urban city leaves little time for logic let alone reflection. When you are not working you are busy travelling, when you are not travelling you are busy planning your travels. Weekends represent a break from the work but not from the travels. The little time that remains is dedicated to the trivial tasks of eating, sleeping and staying healthy.

The modern day urban city demands three quarters of your day, and lets you enjoy what remains. Enjoyment then comes in the form of short term highs, ephemeral indulgences, virtual appeasement, which burdens you with further stress, rather than releasing it.

The lifestyle makes it very easy for addictions to percolate into your identities and before you know it these addictions start supplementing pre-existing worries. Worrying about the next cigarette, the next drink,  the next drug, the next compliment adds to worrying about the next interview, the next meeting, the next train, the next bus, the next traffic jam.

In an urban city, you seem to climbing a mountain of worries, refreshing yourself with addictions and then worrying about them as you climb along. You have come too far to back out of your climb but what you can do is slow it down. Slowing down will empower you to nourish yourself throughout your climb and prevent you from picking up addictions which hamper your progress.

How to slow it down?

It is not the place which makes you run fast, it’s your greed which does. Your greed to make more money in a shorter time, to pack more fun in fewer moments, to procure stuff you don’t require.

By slowing yourself down you make yourself aware of yourself, your wants and your limitations. By slowing yourself down you conserve vital energy which can be put to use at the right place at the right time. You also protect yourself from letting things slide and become a victim of someone else’s plans or your own vices.

Here’s how you can slow it down:

1. Meditate– Meditation has been transformed into a really complex practice because of monetary reasons. Complexity seems to attract more attention and money. It appears worthwhile to spend thousands on meditation workshops and classes just because of the complexity involved. While in reality meditation really means connecting with your inner self. This only happens when you gradually learn how to live without so as to look within.

Silencing the million thoughts coming to your brain appears to be a herculean task but all you have to do is sit and let the brain trace its own path towards silence. The more you force it the further away you go from this blissful silence. Once you have silenced all thought, you will be able to sharpen your focus and instinctively start concentrating on the relevant while ignoring the unnecessary.

2. Exercise– It is debated that exercise is an addiction in itself, but for me it is a form of meditation. You don’t need to become the next Mr or Mrs Olympia, you can just do it to train your brain and body the art of self control, while simultaneously burning fat and stress. You can involve yourself in a number of activities, ranging from jogging ,swimming, participating in some sport, gyming, hiking etc.

All these activities help in slowing down your brain by redirecting your attention from work and travel to the particular activity you undertake. As compared to other addictions, this is the one which benefits you the most. By putting yourself among a circle of fitness enthusiasts you automatically enroll for healthy conversations and a healthy life, away from the saga of normality. Even if it is just a break from regularity, it offers comlplete relaxation which doesn’t harm you in any way.

3. Isolate- This is the toughest and most important part of slowing it down. Both Meditation and Exercise require you to isolate yourself from the herd. The herd being a majority has its ways of not letting you detach yourself. The fear of being an outcast doesn’t let you detach, abuses from the majority makes you retrace your steps back into the herd, short term perks blind you from long term benefits and you fail at all your attempts to isolate. As a result you acquire all the addictions and habits of the herd sooner or later surrendering your individuality and uniqueness.

When you isolate yourself, you move at your own pace, you make your own decisions and control the choices you make. Isolation has to be balanced because the society is significant in its own way. Take time to read, write, run, cook, observe, explore. You will find out things about yourself, which till now, have been camouflaged among the crowd.

Slow is progressive, Fast is confused

You might argue that it is foolish to be slow, that you will be left behind, that you will lose the race. But no one really knows the finish line, everyone is running in circles, looking at each other to make sense of their own lives.

Slowing it down to observe yourself and your surroundings will awaken your senses to secrets about your life which are hidden behind your false projections of stability. It will break your mental shackles which force you to lead a socially viable existence and empower you to be an independent and unique individual.

Slow it down because you are running, out of time, Slow it down because soon, you will be running out of time.