Category: awareness

Could You Really “Do What You Love” These Days?

I have always loved music. I received music awards in high school. So it’s not a surprise that I started college as a music major. It was a mercifully short experiment. As I like to say, I majored in music until I discovered that there was an uncertainty generating money in the future for a job by majoring in the field of music. Simply  “doing what I loved” would have been a poor career advice for me. And yet, it is advice I have always followed. Is doing what you love a ridiculous concept in this economy? 

It seems to me now to “do what you love” is one of the worst pieces of career advice ever. Today’s economy, coupled with endless media coverage about the best-paying jobs  and the need to pursue a “practical” education,  seems to give lie to this classic career advice.

So where did this controversial advice begin? Like its companion philosophy, Follow Your Bliss...the philosophy of “do what you love” has been around for centuries, dating back to early spiritual texts. And also just putting down the book Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow has some responsibility for promoting the much heralded phrase.

Unfortunately most job seekers haven’t read her book, and the phrase has been turned into a bumper sticker, devoid of meaning and potentially dangerous in its simplicity. It reminds me of another common piece of advice, “Leap and the net will appear.” Yes, sometimes it does. And sometimes you just crash.

In the introduction to this book I was reading lately it isn’t suggesting in any way that doing what one loves means doing what one feels like doing. She describes people who are still waiting for the money to follow: an actress who has yet to catch her break; students enrolled in “tedious, often boring” graduate studies they hope will propel them to what they love; a painter who, knowing it will take years to master her craft, works at a day job and paints on weekends.

I am reminded of a quote from one of my favorite movies, The Peaceful Warrior  “A warrior does not give up what she loves. She finds the love in what she does. There are compromises and creative solutions along the path to doing what we love to do. To find the love in what we do. Money doesn’t just “follow” we must do the work first, invest in ourselves, and gradually see the results of our efforts. Finding the love in what we do in all aspects of our lives might be the best way to move forward in today’s career path. It’s all about mindfulness.

Take a few minutes and ask yourself if you have found your right livelihood. Are you pursuing what you love? or have you found the love in what you do? Because it might be that doing a less-than-ideal job that puts food on your family’s table is one aspect of the love you can find in it. And then you can begin to seek openings for what else you can love. Even in this economy there are ways to incorporate what you love into what you do. Because the truth is you probably love many things. I know I do. Once music was off the table, I shaped my career around other loves. Psychology. Writing. Literature. Art. Teaching. Counseling. Films. and YOGA.

It seems that our right livelihood will evolve over the years, that is, in a mindful way. Do what you love can be the best or the worst career advice depending on your self-awareness and mindfulness..

love, k

 

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Intuitive Affirmation of the Day

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Transcension – Overcome Lessons

No matter what the lesson is, transcension is the purpose to do something different than you have done in the past, in this lifetime and in others.

Rather than trying to change someone’s opinion of you, your lesson is to change your opinion of yourself, to stop limiting your life based on others’ opinions and perceptions and to acknowledge your divine worthiness in spite of whatever you have experienced in the past.
The moment you refuse to stay in a karmic cycle with someone, your lesson has been learned and when you re-purpose that energy you have achieved transcension that allows moving into a higher vibrational frequency (ascension) to occur. The next time someone says that ‘you are not good enough’ you can turn that energy around and re-purpose that affirmation,
statement to ‘I am good enough and divinely perfect’ you have overcome that lesson.

Woo Hoo- Shine on!

love, k 🙂

Happy New Moon in Aries

TONIGHT: A time of new beginnings when we access the courage to take the leap of faith on a new adventure that offers excitement & new growth!

Fortunately, these new moon partners with Mercury, the planet of communication going direct, making it easier to create plans & form agreements without misunderstandings.

Aries New Moon gives a good time to commit to personal goals that express positive energies of the sign of the Ram. It is time to take action, try something new and innovative, and go at it with confidence; discover our own personal courage.

This is a strong lunar cycle under which to re-evaluate our relationship to ourselves. With this potent Aries energy, we have the chance to make important changes in our lives.

Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, and a New Moon in Aries is especially prime with an opportunity to discover the benefits of expressing ourselves with authenticity – expressing ourselves as we are. We might also find ways to learn how to rely on ourselves and to be happy about doing so, it could go a long way towards finding inner happiness when we know that we can be self-sufficient without blaming others for not helping us out.

Enjoy this New moon cycle as it is a time to revitalize ourselves through experiences that break the routine that involves doing something fresh and new.

Happy New Moon!!!

love, k 🙂

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Bountiful, Blissful, Beautiful Sat Nam Fest

One of the most powerful archetypes that Yogi Bhajan shared in his lectures was the Ashtabhuja.

The Ashtabhuja is the archetype of woman as Goddess. She represents warmth, heat, energy and her body shines with a radiance like the glowing sun. She has ashta – eight, bhuja – arms.

In her seven hands she holds powerful symbols: a bow and arrow representing wisdom and awareness; the lotus which is a symbol of the feminine; a discus which is like a water wheel when it empties and spills forward creation; a scepter which when thrown is like a lightning bolt to dispel negativity or adversity; and a jar of the divine nectar of life. Her eighth hand holds a mala or prayer beads that give eight Siddhis or spiritual powers and nine Nidhis or treasures.

I was always intrigued by this Goddess of the Universe. She spoke to me and I felt her power every time I even spoke her name.

Let her be alive within each woman. That became my prayer. I knew Yogi Bhajan was asking each woman not to worship the Ashtabhuja, but to embody her.

My prayer on this day and forever is that as women we may embody this divine being throughout actions, words, and thoughts. And let these words of Yogi Bhajan resound in our hearts and spirit as he exalts our true power as a woman.

love, k:)

 

Kelly#3

 

 

 

 

 

Every Sunset Brings the Promise of a New Dawn

In times of uncertain reality it is easy to become attached to negative outcomes.

It is a time of reaching deep into the soul and remembering beyond the linear.  If attachment to the timeline is the primary source of energy there may be difficulty in creating reality.

A moment of courage is required when all the energy of the environment is in chaos. Realize that this is but on chapter in the story of you and your energy.  No matter what occurs, the continuance of your soul is true.

Take the lessons of a harsh reality and put them to good use.  Appreciate the small moments of success as they will attract more if encouraged to do so.

Love those whom you cherish with great warmth. Those playing in this drama have participated with you in other moments.

Attempt to clean up the small pockets of chaos as they approach you.  It will help sooth the mass consciousness energy so that the whole environment may heal and evolve.

Maintain the fierceness of knowing who you are and the role you play in this environment.  Know that you are far more than just the face you see in the mirror.

Keep counsel with the truth.  The truth of your incarnation and that of your eternal soul.

Be a participant in this life not an observer. Create, expand, and grow, and make life happen.  Do not let life happen to you.

You are the creator.

You have the possibility of changing it all.

Have courage and just do it.

love, k 🙂

Flexible Spine Equals Flexible Mind

One of the most basic goals of Kundalini Yoga is to take care of the spine. Spinal flex offers a series of exercises (a kriya) to activate, align and loosen up the spine.

Lower back pain and upper back stress are some of the most common health complaints of adults. The best way to avoid backaches is to take care of your spine on a daily basis. There are no quick fixes for back pain, but spinal flexes is an effective maintenance program.

How to Do It:

Sit in easy pose. Grab the ankles. As you inhale powerfully, flex the spine forward, keeping the shoulders relaxed and the head straight. Do not move the head up and down. Exhale and relax the spine back. Continue rhythmically with deep breaths. As you inhale feel the energy go down the spine. As you exhale feel it come back up to the third eye. Mentally bring SAT down and NAM back up the spine.

love, krishna k 🙂

Baisakhi Celebrations 2018

The Sikh community of Southern California came together for one of the largest Baisakhi celebrations at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 8th 2018 that saw nearly 25,000 people attending the festivities full of devotion and exuberance.

The Sikh Dharma of Southern California along with the Guru Ram Das Ashram and Gurudwaras from Central and Southern California participated in some way through organizing langars, prayers, chants, decorations and the (nagar kirtan) float parade of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

The kirtan started at 7 a.m., which included spiritual and devotional songs and music performances by various groups like children’s, youth and women’s Jathas, as well as Ragi Kiran Jathas. Apart from the spiritual programs, the committee also organized a bazaar which had beautiful paintings, jewelry, books, keertan CDs and indian fashion clothes for sale.

The event included an honorary ceremony during which “Spirit of Baisakhi Awards” were presented to dignitaries for their contribution towards the Sikh community. These awardees were Congresswoman Judy Chu. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and Internationally renowned teacher, author and spiritual leader Bhai Sahiba Bibiji Inderjit Kaur Khalsa, “Bibiji”, the beloved wife of Yogi Bhajan.

HAPPY BAISAKHI

love, k 🙂