Class of ‘95… Reconnected Rediscovered Redefined!!

I’ve been looking around for something new to do! I guess I need to fill in the gap of the idle mind, which is slowly becoming an workshop of the bored mind. Then I found some people truly have changed a million perspectives and have become such a brilliant part of the person I am.
Its time to take a post to introduce some of the strong women I’ve rediscovered, they don’t cease to amaze me, each time we meet, there is something special about each of them, that shows up… I am happy to have you in my life… Thank you Girls!!
The first relationship truly rediscovered was with Devika Chopra Mahajan, in the early days of Orkut, we connected, did some truly crazy stuff, included creating a community on orkut Honest Opinion, the wicked two did a lot of dhamaal on Orkut!! One of the most special things I remember is writing scraps in sync, almost a song… ha ha ha!! Since then, she’s mommy of two truly handsome little boys! Latest is that this special MOMMA is now a famous Momma… get onto FB and get the details Peppy ishtyle!!
The first of the series… well… Uma Handa Rai. A few chats over gtalk later we met in Delhi. A series of happy manifestations later… I realise that Jiah is the key to keep a tab on when we reconnected. Uma hasn’t changed since school and that is the most exciting part of reconnecting with her… meeting her… well… with the super happy news of her pregnancy. The fabulous part of reconnecting with her is getting a chance to bully Sonali Malik , who I’d been chatting forever on orkut and then facebook… we had to bully her into delaying a date ;) with a promise that we would deliver her to him personally, we got her to join us at Uma’s place… an evening to remember… Connaught Place, QBa… a brilliant journey of catching up started… I wonder if you’ve seen the photos of this first meet??? Take a look at them here…
Then came a series of opening conversations with girls from across India and across the globe, new connections on Facebook… here’s a list you’d want to connect with if you’re one of the girls of the batch of ‘95… Check out my friends list, you’ll find a load of familiar faces for sure!!!
Then came 2010 a year of great beginnings… January 1st… and after many online and mobile conversations I finally met up with Geetanjali Bhagra Sharma, Ruchita Chachra, Sonali Malik, Radhika Arora, Devika Chopra Mahajan, Uma Handa Rai!! And since there’s already a post on this meet… well… read more
A trend had begun, which we wanted to cash in on… we were ready for the next event… Nostalgia Meet… this time the venue, even more special… school. It was truly overwhelming really… every part of the school had a story to tell read more… and then ofcourse there were other discoveries to be made along with Ruchi Khanna Tandonand Manisha Gogia Sethi both of whom were quite a revelation in themselves!!! The clincher of this meet was the 178+ comments on the album and the fact that we had tagged more than 70 girls on a special feature created to mark the day. Creating moments of special bonding makes it even more special!!!
Then came our next date with nostalgia, this time for a cause… and the cause was… meeting up… as many times as we could!!! Diamonds are a girls best Memories this meet was planned to support Pooja Arora Joneja, who is a jewellery designer by profession… more importantly, one of the girls of the batch of ‘95. Here we had the pleasure of meeting some more girls, the regulars were of course always make it a point to be there… Ruchita Chachra, Sonali Malik, Radhika Arora, Ruchi Tandon and Me!!! The gang got extended… Radhika Sharma Singh, Niti Sobti Tandon all of whom were a super pleasure to chat up with!! We even did a number on the ramp for the pleasure of taking pictures, we even got to wear some of the exquisite jewellery she designed!! The Showstopper… well… the bracelet refusing to come off Radhika’s hand… ha ha ha. The star of the event… more than the diamonds… Jai Raj Singh… Radhika Sharma Singh’s personal diamond!!
Then came the shortest party of the season, this one introduced 4 new stars!! Hello Girls since that is about all we managed, there were quick fire updates, a chance to meet Radhika Arora’s two stars… Kanuraj and Yashasvini ( you can get a closer look at these stars on Radhika’s photos), have to mention here, that they are brilliantly brought up, very quiet like their Mom(used to be) and such a pleasure to give a quick hug. The girls we finally managed to meet up with, Naomi Ann Lobo, Jyoti Gupta Manchanda, Rimjhim Verma and Ekkta Madan… Here I have to make mention of something special that I’ve continued to observe… Radhika Arora always manages to make it to every meet, even if she’s there for 30 minutes, each of those minutes is super precious!! Ruchita Chachra is another person who ensures she is always available and so totally absorbed in every plan. Sonali Malik, managed to give us the ditch, I can promise you though that no meet feels complete without her being there… We even tried to blackmail her into coming, nothing works when she has work to do… We’re super lucky that you choose us more often… ha ha ha.
Then comes the time to tell you what all of this does for me… I am blessed to enjoy the power of belonging to such a fabulous lot of women. Each of them inspire me to be the person I’ve dreamt I wanted to be, from each of the girls I draw a special energy which is super special. I am blessed and each one of the girls is the miracle I needed to feel bonded for life. In rediscovering each of you, I’ve rediscovered the pleasure of being me. Its phenomenal to know I had you’ll for 12 years of my life… and truly discovered WHY of it all… NOW… that we’re connected again… Thank you Girls!!!

The Manifesting Way of Life

Idle thoughts maketh for great writing.

In my thoughts, there is a resurgent belief, EVERYTHING does happen for a reason… and the reason doesn’t always present itself in the present. Its like a surprise waiting to be discovered. A quick retrospect and I realise the power of idle thoughts, each of them have had the pleasure of manifesting in different degrees. These are the ones I’ve noticed.

The power of manifesting is when you have a thought, don’t follow through and then you hear the words ‘I TOLD YOU SO” so loud in your head that you are able to remember the specific moment, nothing and the one prompt you got, turned a deaf ear and then FORGOT!!

I had a moment like that this morning, am so excited about the learning. 2 days ago, I found my ipod connector on mum’s rack, super happy, though I was in the middle of looking for someone else, I kept it back somewhere there. I heard prompt, “keep it safely or you won’t be able to find it when you need”. Busy Dee that I am, I brushed away the thought to focus on what I was looking for then. For the last couple of hours I’ve been searching for the freaking connector and you guessed it… for the love of all the memory in the universe, this one eludes me. Now, all that is doing the rounds of my head… “I TOLD YOU SO!!!”

This is one of the smaller incidents, maybe its meant to be shared, a brilliant example of how we should follow the prompts!! Maybe an even greater learning, that I have a connect with guides at every moment of my day, just that more often than not, I turn a deaf ear to their constant chatter.

In meditation one day, I wrote the entire script of a conversation that came true 2 months later and changed the course of my life. The trill of manifestations, especially the ones you remember are a clear sign of the power of the mind in creating the reality you live.

Are there times that this process is scary… well YES!!! There are times when you receive messages that aren’t too exciting or you manage to say something you didn’t mean and the fear of manifestation brings it into reality. Its funny though, a couple of weeks back, I sensed a friend getting too overbearing, I didn’t seem to enjoy their company, it hurt to tell them to scoot off, at the same time, I knew something wasn’t right at all. It was the vibrations I picked up in their presence which seemed to weigh down on my energies. While I didn’t want them around, there wasn’t a nice way to say it. There is NEVER a nice way to say oUTA HERE!! In the week that followed, they stopped calling or asking if they could come over, its like they eased out, wanted their space. While, first finding out that they were infact behaving like SHIT, did hurt, then the voice within said, “Happy Manifesting”. Like a flash, the thoughts of their last visit flashed and I knew the source. Amazing isn’t it! without saying a word a lot simply happened and YES it was a manifestation of my thought… without any provocation from me, the hurt feelings don’t exist, for there is no memory to trigger it! Loving the manifesting!!!

The power of BEING AWARE OF MANIFESTATIONS also brings with it, huge responsibility. There is an immediate need to EDIT thoughts before the set into motion. It is an auto move to say the right things, feel the right emotions, take control of immediate thoughts. Is it easy to always stay tuned… NO… Each time you pin point the exact moment of the shift and breathe yourself back into the awareness of the present moment, you conquer another realm of learning to lean how to manifest. Another very important part in manifesting, is to be AWARE of emotions all around you, especially the emotions that come from people whom you truly truly trust. They have the power to influence your awareness. These challenges apart, manifesting is a cake walk.

Just as I decided to end this note, another thought comes my way… “Had you found the connector, you wouldn’t have been blogging”… the voice fades out… time for me find the connector and I can promise you, it will find me… and I shall feel silly, for some thought would’ve prompted me to go there… before this :))

Happy Manifesting!!

In conversation with….

…Dee. I’ve been doing almost nothing for a week and its disturbing me. Just a couple of meetings , cricket and Veer have filled up my diary for the week. Would you believe that for the last 24 hours I’ve been feeling unwell… finding it rather tiring, mentally to handle this.

Just the feeling of letting my mind wander into the vacant spaces in my life is causing more pain… for all of you who have been through this… let me know how you got out… and for those who are hearing of this for the first time… mark this space for the symptoms ;)

I don’t know if it is easier to bust your ass for someone else’s profit or work for yourself. In the last couple of months its been more meetings than work. I am wondering if that is the way all business starts… everyday there is a new learning and its fascinating and frustrating to learn at snail pace.

It is amazing how the point of thought changes from auto to manual. For most of us who are used to working for other people and finding all that could be set right in their processes there is an even greater pressure to create a world called business that is led by empowering the human spirit instead of burdening it with profit loss and revenue. For if you have read the lives of  people who made it big… I’ve had the joy of meeting and working with some of them… It is fascinating to see how passion led their path even when all else told them to quit!!

Making this frustration count is the story that must be told. You need to fight the internal need to take it easy to make things happen and you will be surprised how brilliant the path that unfolds is… there is a special excitement in the unfolding.

The power path of gratitude during this phase is the most intriguing…

Presentations that used to be 60 minutes of work have how converted to 60hrs… in thanking God for the blessing of being able to complete it… was a prompt to call a friend I’d promised to call… the learning… “ Get yourself to a Cafe Coffee day or a Five Star Hotel lounge and make your presentations… It gets done in a flash” . In accepting that things are going at snail pace is a realisation in itself I guess. In meeting or getting to know more people who are possibly headed in the same direction, the fascination that there is more to what I can do than I can’t.

Another brilliant understanding, well, you need a space you define as office to get into the mode of WORK. Simple, we associate home with rest, comfort and relaxation. Therefore, working from home, slows the pace of work. You take more breaks than you’d take while in office. Things to do at home continue to come in focus and take most of your time and attention. There is also this overwhelming need to switch on the TV and check what’s airing… just for a break… that takes up enormous time.

The connection between the calls you get are the thoughts you think. When I need a little bit of advice or want to share a thought manifested … more often than not… the phone rings… it usually is a call from someone who will not only listen patiently, who will also point to a possible way forward. The fascinating fact about being in this phase is that, it takes moments like writing these thoughts and making new foundations for remaining fascinated by the process. Till I started writing this piece, I didn’t realise how precious every manifestation really is… I am thankful, more now, than ever for every frustration… in sharing it… unedited from the core of my being comes the realisation that all is SWELL in my abundant world.

Got to sign out now… I’m waiting for another answer and the phone is going to ring ;)