Bonjour, Good Morning, Guten Morgen, Sabah Alkhayr, Shubh Prabhaat everyone!

Today marks the beginning of my blogging journey 5.8.2023, and I could not be more excited.

At a crossroad, shock the old ways…

As my life takes me to a crossroads, I have realised that the old ways are no longer serving me. It is time to give birth to the new, and embark on a path of true growth, true peace, true smile, true happiness NOW!

I aspire to play new roles, choose new behaviours for myself, my daughter, my family, my wider family, my lawyers, my friends. I aspire to choose to do better, and unlock what needs to be unlocked.

A daily habit, a commitment to self and others, my training…

I am currently leading a powerful informal meeting dedicated to chanting based on Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism (https://sgi-uk.org/), which started 3rd May 2023. This morning group 8 to 10 rise together on the morning ready to start at 6:15am, chanting together “Nam Myoho Rengue Kyo” from the 3.5.2023 to the 11th August 2023. Subsequently to that, we drew inspiration reading a piece of practical encouragement of my life Mentor Daisaku Ikeda, the New Human Revolution books series (https://www.sokaglobal.org/resources/study-materials/buddhist-study/the-new-human-revolution.html).

• This morning daily practice ( now consecutively for the third year in a row) has instilled in me a powerful habit of waking up earlier and bringing myself closer to the people in my life whom I am committed to seeing them.
• I observed the dynamic forces of forming a group, going through the storming, and norming stages. To begin with, I found myself resisting the storming phase to keep the peace, and refraining to judge the emerging issues by playing the pacifier. But then, I realised these challenges presented the opportunity for me to choose better and grow, and give permission for another to be supported to grow, and not fall back to old reactive responses.

Opening the eyes in society, my work contribution…

Even in my working environment, I have also started to see changes. The I, has made conscious effort to embody new behaviours I want to be part of, and I refuse engaging in actions that do not align with my values. Instead of getting entangled in conflicts, I create distance from negativity to see clearly, and access true options. Crucially, I started to open my eyes, stopped blaming myself for not being good enough or able to fix everything.

Return to the fundamental…learning to love…having fun…

Recently, I had a profound realisation about love. I was made aware that children are programmed inherently to love their parents, even if they have been abusive. They have no choice, it is an instinctual response for their survival. What if, some of us have loved someone who had never experienced genuine love.

• Love is not something complicated, rocket science, or the result of hard work like I have believed for decades. I am on a journey to allow people close to me to love me, and I wont be ashamed of it anymore. For too long, I wanted to play the emotionally independent, which only fuels the f*~€ consumer-driven society’s programming to fill the perceived lack with outside stuff. I have come to understand that most of our budget issues are emotional spending stemming from starvation of glorious ordinary love. You and I are love, purely love otherwise we will not be here in human form. It takes an incredible quantity of cosmic force for each one of us to come here, to do what we need to do, i.e. to emulate our inner treasures…gift to serve the world. Don’t be fool, self love is KEY, and will save you billions in money, time, efforts. It is not complicated, it is right here, right now, it is within you now.

My call to action…write, speak up what you embody…

For me, it was the most quieter voice I heard distantly back in 2020 during Covid 19. I want to write. Writing, sharing my ideas, insights, and giving it f*~€ air-time and spaces, liberated me. My being is existing, just by doing just this, I let go all of the resistances, I am it, I am present now. Thank you.

I am thrilled to embark on this blogging journey, and share more of my experiences and thoughts with you all. Lets grow together, learn from each other, and embrace the beauty of life.

Stay tuned for more updates, and thank you for joining me on this adventure!

Love, gratitude and authenticity drive me XXxxX

…our hearts become clouded by illusion and karma, we grow befuddled and confused. This prevents the brilliant light of the eternal world of Buddhahood from illuminating our lives.

… the difficulty, is that, even if one consciously makes an effort to become aware of the eternity of life, ultimately, it is life that supports the self that is trying to achieve this awareness.
One cannot comprehend what is large with what is small; a wave cannot comprehend the ocean over whose surface it passes. “

“The only way to awaken to live eternity is to cause the greater eternal self to emerge within the small self. And to do this, we need to undertake the task of self purification wholeheartedly, with the entire being.

This is the purpose of Buddhist practice.”

P258 Chapter ‘I am a Bodhisattva of the Earth’ From the book ” The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra” By Daisaku Ikeda Vol 3