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Do we see the light, beauty, and magic within and around us? Perhaps all it takes is to simply be still in the moment and tune in to what has been present all along…✨

Beyond Assumptions - Emotional Freedom One of the most powerful principles from Toltec wisdom and Don Miguel Ruiz’s Four Agreements towards achieving emotional freedom is: "Don’t make assumptions." We often assume what others think, feel, or mean based on limited information or emotional reactions, and these assumptions trap us in stories that are not real. According to Ruiz: "All the sadness and drama you have lived in your life was rooted in making assumptions and taking things personally." Instead of assuming, just ask. Clarity is kindness - both to yourself and to others. 🕊️ #EmotionalFreedom #Clarity #Mindfulness #InnerPeace #SelfAwareness

Peak performance does not come from trying harder - it happens when the mind is still and focused. When we are truly "in the zone", we are not thinking about what to do - we are simply doing it. There is no analysis, no judgement, just effortless flow. When we stop labelling each moment as good or bad, right or wrong, we begin to experience life - with clarity, presence, and ease. As per W. Timothy Gallwey in The Inner Game of Tennis: "...when the mind is quiet and focused. Only then can peak performance be reached." "When the mind is free of any thought or judgment, it is still and acts like a mirror. Then and only then can we know things as they are." So, perhaps the real challenge is not to try more, but to let go - to drop the need to actively think and conceptualise, and instead, through nonjudgmental awareness, allow ourselves to enter a state of spontaneous, effortless action - trusting the infinite intelligence already within us. ♾️✨ #Awareness #Stillness #Presence #SelfMastery #Clarity #LettingGo #NonJudgment

"Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful." - Hazrat Inayat Khan Do we need to look for beauty, or wait for the right moment, the perfect vision? Or are we the ones meant to create it - starting where we are, one step at a time... Perhaps all it takes is awareness… and the energy to take the first step. ✨ #awareness #presence #change

"The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." - common paraphrase of Oliver Wendell Holmes’ quote What is seen cannot be unseen, and what is heard cannot be unheard. Still, in acceptance we find clarity, from clarity we gain a new perspective, and from this place, we experience growth… #Perception #Growth #MindsetShift #Change

The right path unfolds naturally when the mind is clear, the motive pure, and the action guided by integrity. “Be effortless… Your balance must be dynamic, based on doing just the right thing, from moment to moment… Rely entirely on your clarity of thought, purity of motive and integrity of action. You cannot possibly go wrong.” - I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, translated by Maurice Frydman

The search for more is endless. But what if nothing is lacking? "Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive?" "If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you." - Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu (Stephen Mitchell’s translation)

What we focus on shapes our perception of reality... "My experience is what I agree to attend to. Only those items which I notice shape my mind." — William James