Nothing materially matters

I am in gratitude of having unconditional love present in my relationship with people. In knowing that all of life is temporary, nothing materially matters, and everything of experience becomes essential.

Trust is about letting go...

Trust is about letting go. One of the biggest misconceptions made - build trust. Anything that can be built, can be destroyed. If you keep thinking that the world needs to build its trust with you, time then is your biggest factor. We do not have the luxury of time. It could take eons for some of us. If you know that trust is what you give out FIRST, regardless of the risk, then you create time & connection. The bigger purpose of giving trust has everything to do with your evolution as a human being.

Play the bigger game, GIVE. Big risk, eh? I'd say a BIG yes to it. What is not then? I found some of my biggest breakthroughs, discoveries, possibilities and freedom there. ;)

from my lens: Areef turns TWO!

Recently a friend asked if I could come and help take some pictures at her son's birthday party. I thought, ahhha...that sounded good. It was the first time someone actually invited me to come shoot some shots. I had over 300 shots, and enjoyed every moment with my little Nikon. So among the many that I shot, this is my favorite. Little Areef just being himself. :)

from my lens: One evening...

Edwina & Masami in Malaysia

In the last one week, I had the privilege to spent time with Edwina and Masami, learning a thing or two about life. The meetings I brought them to, were peculiarly different from my routine meetings with the corporates. And as I observed in the last week, I found both Masami and Edwina resonated from just being. What was that like? It was pure, it was enrolling, it connected to EVERYONE. It was love and joy in its truest. If I were to point out something about the source of that joy, I'd say because they have found purpose in doing what they do. The world becomes their playground. You should have seen them! Everyone that met them, got into conversations with them, left inspired to take life to the next level.....me, no exception.

Much of the work I do today, was inspired by Edwina in the beginning of my training career. Her understanding of human potential is just extraordinary. Not many would know though, she was one of the first few who had ASIAWORKS Malaysia set up in the early days. To be a master trainer there, your ability to facilitate human development has to be nothing less than extraordinary. Her integrity to live the life she preach, creating life from within, is just amazing.

Masami also adds inspiration to the work I do today. Her ability to GIVE unconditionally could leave you speechless. And when I say GIVE, I mean to say her spirit resonating to create just about the outcome that brings JOY. Those who have met her, know that exactly what I speak. In spite of her massive success with Buy1Give1, and how it is revolutionizing businesses in over 14 countries, her humbleness is just astonishing! The things she is doing to bring food and clean water to kids, building homes for the homeless, how she is shifting the world to live in abundance...it is just awesome.

I noticed the core of their conversations have always been inspiring. The last one week have given me great insights. I am blessed. I had the privilege to mingle and learn from masters. Yes, I call them masters only because they have mastered their domain. They live in the moment, without judgement. And if you and I could do just about half of what they do for life, the world is all together a different place.

After an interview with Reta @ Starbucks

The team having dinner with Masami. Surprisingly she loves Indian food! What more yummmylicious but banana leaf!

If you're reading this as your week begins, passion is only found where love is. If that is not an essential part of your day, you will dread it, sooner or later. Make that part of your day a MUST-HAVE and don't negotiate it for anything less. The meaning you find in it could make a world of difference.

For all that its worth here and now, it has been a pretty neat journey thus far.

Much love to you.

The Equilibrium

I believe the proportion of love you can put out to the world is equaled to the proportion of love you have for yourself. There is no way you can affect reality more than what the heart is about. There is always an equilibrium between the two.

Freedom in the present.

If you find yourself holding back forgiveness rather than giving it, regardless of what was done unto you...you unconsciously carry a baggage of grudge from the past. Chances are, the grudge has expanded and fills your present unknowingly. One who loves unconditionally releases the past in acceptance & forgiveness for freedom in the present.

True Liberation found within

True liberation is understanding that it resides within. Most limitations are formed within the confines of the human mind. The moment you find F R E E D O M within, then you find power to create your world, regardless of governments, laws, constitutions and boundaries. Underestimate that freedom, you lose all of it to circumstances of the world surrounding you.

Love is a state of B E I N G

Love is not an emotion. It is a state of being. Emotion is about humanity. Being is about divinity. Emotion thus exist in duality while Being spells O N E N E S S. If LOVE was an emotion, it would be scarce & God would love you today and perhaps not tomorrow! But you & I know LOVE is ever existing abundantly beyond every realm of creation.

Creating everything from nothing

I think possibilities can be created from nothing. If you know how to create possibilities from that space, then you will understand that you are NEVER at the mercy of the world's circumstances.

from my lens: to another ...

And it crossed my mind....

It's time to rock this lifetime!

Playing for Change - Stand By Me

I absolutely loveeeeeeeeee this one! Every time I hear this, it gets me on my feet! Enjoy!

To seek is Innate

Deep within, we know there is more to life than meets the eye. As a child, we have always grown from the questions we asked. As time went by, the quality of questions were different. It was of different perspectives. It was deeper. The more we knew, the more we seeked for answers. But unconsciously we conformed with the masses to not seek. We were wronged for it, at some instances. The message conveyed to us - the infinite unknown may be wrong. And we took a step back unknowingly, we suppressed our growth.

I recently was in a conversation where someone told me that there will never be answers to every question. My thought; that doesn't mean I cannot question. That doesn't mean questioning is wrong. It is simply seeking the truth. Questioning brings CLARITY. For fear of indifference and identity, sometimes we conform. Sometimes we hold on to beliefs and impose them, unknowingly. Beliefs have created boundaries with humanity. Values can unite them.

So question everything that you want to seek truth. It is NOT wrong. A growing child's questions must be answered, an essential part to growth. What more of an adult who seeks?

Somehow, in knowing the unknown, your life takes a shift. It breaks boundaries rather than form them. To seek, is innate.

from my lens: my fav piece from Zang Toi

Live & Inspire was lucky to be invited to the Secretaries week featuring Zang Toi's work. The Kelantanese from Malaysia, is today an inspired fashion icon that many sought after. I saw his work for the first time, and I now know why the hype resonates to the name.

Relationships

Deepak Chopra shares..."“Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.”

Jason Mraz inspires....Live Mighty mighty High!

I think I'm on a Mraz fever...but he is just a god with what he does. This is currently my favourite song. I like it even more after knowing why he wrote it...watch and find out!

Rainbow Connection

I absolute love this guy...and everything about his music! I'm sure most of you resonate with me on this...Found this lovely tune..Enjoy!

A Piece from My Favorite Book.

"Immaculate faith happens in a moment. Immaculate curing, healing, restoration happens in a moment. And the reason it takes so long for most of you? Because the road is paved with doubt and disbelief. Now if you can get rid of that, in a moment everything you want will fall right into place. It takes you that long to make it manifest."
~extracted from page 211, "A Beginner's Guide to Creating Reality." by Ramtha.

If you can get hold a copy of this book, please have a read. To date, it's my favorite book. If you're interested to attend the 3 days course in relation to a deeper content of the book, click HERE. I'm going for this the second time! :)

Vision

Do you work towards your vision or from your vision? One focuses on the 'doing'....in which, more often tires you. The other focuses on the 'being' which inspires you.

Resonating Unconditionally

The true joy of love is found in the giving of it. In receiving love, it only acknowledges how much you have put out unconditionally before anything else. That which you resonate unconditionally, comes back to you in infinite abundance.

Nothing Perfect

I am nothing perfect, yet everything whole. I choose life, love and inspiration. I believe in abundance. In that space, I find all possibilities I seek, and a choice to manifest them. My religion is to love beyond boundaries. The journey of unconditional love is one that shapes me daily, and I continue to perfect it from within.

Beyond Earth Hour

Watching the video and experiencing all the hype Earth Hour brought us, I'd say it was ramped up really well. My thoughts on this though...as much as it is about creating awareness about global warming and the crisis the world faces, what happens after that? As much as we're rallying to preserve this, where do we start? How can we continue from here on?

One of the significant learning I've come to realize from Earth Hour is that, people will unite for a cause bigger than themselves. The media has driven a home run with this, and the masses followed to make it big. Really big. No wrong to that, but it says alotttttt!....it tells us that if we can put into action and switch our lights off simultaneously beyond borders, we can do wonders...It tells us we can UNITE for a purpose...what if that purpose was about PEACE? and LOVE? I wonder how that would affect the world...Can you imagine the quantum effect of this being done daily instead of a year? what other possibilities will spring from that?

So yes, I am in support of Earth Hour, not because of the 60 minutes of just saving the earth, but the lesson it brings to what is possible. Question: why not Earth Hour everyday?

I love this equation

Scarcity = dependency = control VERSUS abundance = choice = FREEDOM.

It tells a lot about the matrix of today...
I got this from David Icke.

from my lens: Apeq and Hidayah weds!

Off lately

I've been trying to find some time to update my blog, and my schedule's back to back..So here are some updates....

Live and Inspire
The mag has been updated! yeap, we've got lots of articles to upload over time. I must apologize for not updating the mag some time then, as we were working to fix our backend.Now it's up again, and we're happy to have soooooo many contributors stepping forward.

Live and Inspire conference.
It is finally here! The conference takes place on Oct 24th. If you've seen the wave hitting facebook, that's only the beginning. hahaha! We've got DR.PATCH ADAMS coming to Malaysia. When I first saw the movie, 10 years ago, I told myself I will meet this man some day. Years passed, I think I saw that movie almost every year. The movie inspires me like it did with many...to do what I do with my work today. I've listed Gesundheit Institute as one of the places I'd like to visit in my list of 100 things to do. And I can't believe it, I'm bringing the real Patch to Malaysia. It's an amazing way to kick off Live & Inspire.
Putting this whole thing together for 2000 over people is one adventure in itself. We're blessed to have 3 other speakers sharing their stuff, my inspiring friend Masami Sato, Edwina Chiu and the fourth speaker - remains a mystery....muahahaha!

The early bird is now going @ RM350nett. Grab it before 25th March, after which tickets will increase to RM500nett.

KL Convention Centre.
Have been preparing for my session on "Building a Business in Times of Crisis." I was happy the session went well in KL Convention Centre...What made the closing of the day awesome was when author Billie Lim (who wrote Dare To Fail) told me that we wants to attend my session after we had an inspiring conversation. I almost dropped and fainted hearing him say that.

Trainings, Trainings, Trainings.
I'm not complaining. But I'm grateful for all the inquiries for me to develop customized trainings for my client partners. That would mean, lots of proposal to churn out.

Reading & Movies.
I found myself continuing to read Ramtha's A Beginners Guide to Creating Personal Reality. I have like the last chapter to complete and have no idea why is it taking me the longest of time...hahaha! Oh, I still have not got to see SlumDog Millionaire so I am pretty much blur with all the hype that has happened over the past weeks...I have however been watching a few documentaries such as What the Bleep Do We Know?(this is like the 10th time I'm seeing this), another documentary about Vipassana

Spirituality.
I just watched a documentary on Vipassana Meditation. I ended up signing up for a 10 day meditation retreat that takes place in on 6th - 17th May 2009. Yes, I will go missing for that moment so I'm preparing myself for that retreat.
Also planning to attend Ramtha's Creating Personal Reality in Hong Kong for another 10 days. That happens first week in July. Most likely that will happen. Anyone up for it?

Good nite, joy and love to you...

Abundance from within

The world crisis creates an illusionary fear of lack in resources, when really all that makes life work is the abundance in resourcefulness.

I Hope You Dance

It's been some time since I've you-tubed. This is a song by Lee Ann Womack. I was listening to Danny Gokey of American Idol as he sang this song. oh yea, he's my favorite this season - and he rocks! :) I you-tubed it and came across the original. It's a beautiful song. Here's a rendition by Ronan Keating. Enjoy!

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
GOD forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance....I hope you dance.

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance,
Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're worth takin',
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth makin',
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.)

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

Dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance..
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.)

from my lens: celebrating me

Thanks to dear Aida, Farah, Pasha, Edi and Muaz for the surprise.

Reality check

Do you generalize everything you experience, and conclude that the world is the way you see, think and feel? More importantly, do you impose your reality on others, when really it is simply your experience of the world? Do you believe that some things are impossible to achieve simply because the past have proved you right? or rather your past have proved you right? They say, there's always two sides to a coin. I say, there's more. The point of the matter is this. The hologram world comes in a whole package of time and space. It is multi dimensioned. That only means, your experience of reality is NEVER the exact same experience of another.

In the study of quantum physics, the world is made out of waves and particles. Some scientist have called this the hologram world. Once you understand the co-relation of waves and particles, then reality is a state of mind. Sciences are now proving that you affect your reality. Ancient yogis in the east have known this for thousands of years. One of the recent researches of them all is the HADO effect. In that research, Dr. Emoto shows you how your thoughts affect your environment literally affecting water on the molecular level. All of reality is a result of creation. The question is, are you that creator? If you are not, then who's reality are you living?

Create reality. Athletes who did the impossible knew that. Roger Banister who ran a mile under 4 minutes created a new reality. Now, over 20,000 people have finished under 4 minutes, and that includes people of all ages! The people who were healed from cancer, though the doctor told them they had a timeline to live on - they beat the odds. Many a times, the masses interpret reality to being realistic. Conforming to that state of conditioning, psychologically and emotionally one ceases to take a risk. As the result of this habit lived well, it has sinked into the core of our society, only to form the norm of what we call 'being realistic'. The habit is often to avoid the fear of failure, judgment, not being loved, disappointment etc....I remember Tony Robbins saying this years ago when I firewalked at his event......"Defy the odds. Set new standards. Step up!"

So reality check? Conform or create?....I suggest the latter. I promise you, you won't regret! I do it everyday, and life only gets better!

With joy and love to you...