I wonder how did we get conditioned so much in this world to see "success" in terms of the outcome. What if we can see it in terms of the inner growth, the embodying of beingness, and the process itself? I think this is a great shift in freedom. This will also make us the odd one in the mass.

I was watching the Cricket World Cup finals yesterday evening and I saw how masses of people were oriented towards one or the other team winning or worried about losing. I saw how I was reacting similarly. The body-mind is deeply conditioned to see reality through this filter. But after my 'preferred" team won I wondered what was the great achievement? Is it the validation others (who are conditioned in the same way) give for this achievement?

Yet it makes absolute sense that we perform our best when we don't care a jot about the outcome but are deeply intimate with the game itself. I think this is the mastery of life. How to be passionate and committed yet not lose oneself in the outcome. To see life as an infinite game where every growth through challenge is a win and we can never lose in this game because we are not oriented anymore in the way the world perceives reality but with the truth.

I like to share this short video I made - The Shiva Within. I went to this high-energy place to camp and meditate. There was a big dent in my motivation when I saw how my tent was broken and the initial plan was not going to happen. Nevertheless, I found the will to surrender and go with what I had.

Vimal 🙏