Hello, I Am Ramkumar
A "LIFE LEADERSHIP" COACH

Life Transformation

The overarching design of the Universe is evolution, and the essence of humanity lies in the transformation of life. This entails our continual transcendence to higher states, emphasizing the pursuit of loftiest aspirations. Life originates from the spirit, with our inherent essence being spiritual. As we align with our profound spiritual essence, transformation unfolds in the external world. Our basic nature is Godliness and that is our destination too.

There are three types of living creatures. Plants, animals and human beings. The plant has only a body, no mind, no intellect, whereas an animal has a body and a mind but does not have an intellect. All the animals have been programmed to life and they have their built-in mechanism. A lion cannot become a vegetarian, a buffalo cannot become a non-vegetarian. Only the human beings have been provided with the discriminatory faculty called Intellect. We should make use of that. The animals have not been given a choice of action, only a human being is endowed with a choice of action. The protection to the human beings is given in the form as “Intellect.”

Life transformation, renewal, metamorphosis, or radical change is a profound and enchanting process. Suddenly, you become aware of undergoing an internal awakening. Although the person remains unchanged physically, deep within-spiritually it feels akin to a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis. Transformation is a door that opens from within.

Our essence is inherently spiritual. By tapping into this profound spiritual nature, we undergo transformation. Arrogance gives way to humility, greed to generosity, lust to love, complacency to compassion, and misery to genuine happiness. It's this profound transformation happens the divine presence makes way to transforms anger to calmness, jealousy to respect, and revenge to forgiveness. All the bad tendencies in us slowly gets annihilated. Connecting to the Divine through Faith we transform into a better version of ourselves each day.

I'm launching this website to impart my life experiences, stories, narratives, perspectives broadly on “Life and Living. They might be Inspirational, they might be about Vedic sciences, might be about Leadership, Management and new perspectives. I owe immense gratitude to my exceptional mentors: Swami Gautamananda, Vice President of Sri Ramakrishna Mutt; the late Mrs. Radha Burnier, President of The Theosophical Society; Mr Anoop Jaiswal, former DGP, Tamil Nadu and Mahatria, Founder of Infinitheism. Their guidance has been invaluable. The wisdom I offer stems from my own journey, teachings received, and three decades of avid reading of books on Psychology, Leadership, Scriptures, Health and Wellness and largely on Spirituality.

I would be thrilled and immensely pleased if the experiences I've conveyed through my articles and essays prove beneficial to you. Many of them have been published; some in Infinithoughts, an international magazine, some in AUETAA Newsletter, some in The Theosophist, and some in Wake-Up India.

Excited to be alive!

S. Ramkumar

Life Leadership

Your Spirituality

Every appliance comes with a user manual - The Do’s and Don’ts. We are born in this world without a user manual. We take inputs from our parents, friends, people whom we come across and with our own tendencies go about designing our lives. Whether we are born rich or born poor, it would be best to connect to the Spiritual Self since that is where Life begins. The Source, the Source of all Sources. People call it God. This could be reading scriptures. Knowledge about the Self is important. Yoga & Contemplation upon the Higher leads to Meditation or the state of Oneness. The state of “Oneness” with the Whole. Nothing is more important than beginning to know that “Your Spirituality” comes first. Every one of us are unique and each one of us have some unique special quality which makes one different from others in our nature, skills and actions. That is our Swadharma. We need be aware of that Unique Quality of ours and work in that direction and become the best in that.

Your Body

Your body is the temple of the Spirit. The Spirit or Atma is also called as Consciousness or God or an “Enlivening Force.” God, the “Spark of energy” is in the heart of all, equally present. As long as this Enlivening Force is there, we are alive. Once it has left, we are dead and gone. The body has to be nurtured with proper food for nourishment and taken in moderation, proper air (Prana) for respiration to keep the blood pure. The food should be sattvic in nature and easily digestible. The gross food makes up the body, the subtle makes up the mind and the more subtle is the intellect. “We are what we eat” is a famous adage. Things that are tasty to the tongue are mostly not good for your gut. Learning to sit still is an art. Spend spend a lot of time with nature and observe how interconnected we are with life. “Sit still” and know that You are God, said Jesus.

Your Mind

Your journey in the world outside with your thoughts. The mind is the “interface” between God, the inner most core of your Being and the outer world. When you turn your attention to your inner landscape you will metaphorically removing layers and layers of dross becoming purer and purer., kinder and kinder. While we can do that inward contemplation for some time every day, we also have our routines in the world outside - our education, work, family, relationships, hobbies, taking care of our destiny. Your mind has enough potential to make a heaven out of hell or hell out of heaven. The mind takes inputs from the physical body through the 5 senses – ears, eyes, tongue, skin, nose and acts as a Perceiver perceiving from the world outside and act through the 5 organs of actions – hands, legs, mouth (Speech), anus and genitals. The mind can be kept quit when the sense organs are under control. An average adult thinks about 60,000 thoughts a day and most of the thoughts are repetitive. To limit the thoughts, one has to be “in the present state” which is neither past nor future. It is “Living in this moment” with “Heightened Awareness.” Police the traffic of thoughts. The “Quality of your thoughts determines the Quality of your life.”

Your Intellect

The body, the mind and the intellect are three equipment of the human body. Consciousness enlivens the body. The body perceives through the five senses and conveys the message to the mind and the mind through its organs of action acts on the world outside. The large idea most minds possess is “to embrace pleasure and avoid pain.” How much ever the mind knows not to do a few things, the habits cultivated by it tends to do it. Eating sweet is wrong for a diabetic; but the mind says to the body, come on, just one more won’t matter and it is the intellect which has to come into the picture and say a strict “NO.” Any amount of intelligence won’t work in this world. There is so much of intelligence, knowledge available in this world already. Artificial intelligence has now made the entry. But, will it be any match for human intellect? The Intellect choses what to do next. That is called wisdom.

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Living life from a higher pedestal

Life resembles a maze, requiring navigation through various situations to reach desired destinations. Amidst twists, turns, and occasional dead ends, one retraces their steps, finding alternative paths and realizing that solutions always exist. Faith serves as the vital link expediting this journey from the present to the desired future. It embodies complete trust in someone or something and stands as a cornerstone of spirituality.

Spirituality gauges our openness to Grace— a force greater than ourselves—guiding our lives. At its core, spirituality prioritizes love for oneself, others, all living beings, the environment, and our planet.

The prayer of the Theosophical Society by Annie Besant is

  • O Hidden Life! Vibrant in every atom
  • O Hidden Light! Shining in every creature
  • O Hidden Love! Embracing all in oneness

May each who feels himself as one with Thee

Know he is also one with every other.

This prayer encapsulates the interconnectedness. Just as the banks of a river, seemingly separate on the surface, are fundamentally linked beneath, recognizing oneself as both microcosm and part of the macrocosm unveils life's interconnected nature, elevating one's perspective.

Embodying spiritual qualities like acceptance, authenticity, commitment, compassion, discernment, empathy, forgiveness, generosity, gratitude, harmony, humility, integrity, love, mindfulness, perseverance, patience, humor, strength, silence, simplicity, fearlessness, understanding, and unity in diversity, alongside practicing nonviolence in thought, word, and deed, grants clarity and understanding, enriching life.

Wise individuals, sages, and seers transcend the maze, perceiving it from a higher vantage point. Navigating life's labyrinth becomes feasible when viewed from an elevated perspective. Let us aspire to wisdom by embodying these higher qualities.

LIVING A HIGHER LIFE

Recently I celebrated my 60th birthday. I received a number of gifts and since my relatives and friends knew that I love reading books, most of the gifts that were given were in the form of some lovely books.

A couple of days later, after the celebrations I was climbing up the staircase in our apartment building block with a book in hand, planning to sit in the terrace and read. One of my friends living in the floor above, saw me going up, asked me where i was going. I replied,” I am going up for higher studies !!”

We had a good laugh but that chance answer I gave then that day made me ponder about what is actually living a Higher Life, ( I knew about higher studies and high living though !!) A high life indicates living an outside life which is exciting, luxurious way of living that involves great deal of entertainment, late night parties, entertainment and eating good food. A Higher Life means a Spiritual life and a High life is a materialistic life, I thought to myself. However we find that people are thronging and gravitate to be with people who are living a Spiritual or a Higher Life. Living a Higher Life is a way of life and is not about the way you dress or the way you walk or what you eat or the high places that you visit or your flashy business card or meeting the powerful contacts or the holiday destinations you go to.

A higher life indicates life living with discrimination and elevated, refined and sublime qualities like Love, Faith, Humility, Gratitude, Good conduct, Purity, Awareness, Integrity and Simplicity. All the lofty characteristics make your character. It’s not going to the caves or living a life like a recluse. It is working with enormous zest and zeal, earning money ethically with a karma yoga bent of mind, and not be attached to it.

From the Big Bang through the mineral age through the vegetable age through the animal age to the human age, the age of this Universe is about 13.8 billion years. The humans evolved after the animal age with the power of discrimination that was the differentiating factor between the two. By discrimination, the human beings were endowed with the understanding the difference between Real and Unreal, Right and Wrong, Important and the Unimportant, the Useful and Useless, True and False, Selfish and Selfless. Knowing this is the first step to a higher life. Of all the characteristics Love is the most important since Love encompasses all.

Everything is connected to everything in this world. There is interconnectedness, the life in you and me are all from the same Source. This is called Spirituality. If one understands the interconnectedness of all the lives in this world one would treat everyone and everything with Love and this includes the people, the trees, the animals, the ecology and the earth, the violence would drastically come down. When you love everyone without bias you are already a pure person. Purity is the basis for Spirituality. Purity in thoughts, purity in feelings. When you are a pure person the thoughts you have would be positive and will be good for humanity. This is the second step to leading a higher life.

Mahatria says that in the progress of human growth and development - is knowledge. We go to schools, college to acquire knowledge. On the top of knowledge one needs skills and attitude. Your college education alone is not sufficient. On the top of this comes the next rung in the pyramid i.e the positive attributes in life like if you think you can, you can,. All these things work when ordinary challenges come. Ordinary wind it can withstand, cyclone.. it cannot. Then you begin to feel that you need to understand the philosophical understanding of life. It is not possible to peep into philosophy without peeping into Religion. It is not possible to peep into Religion without trying to understand God. Because the central pivot in Religion is God. What is the factor called God? Is there anything beyond God? Faith is even above God, for only to those who have Faith there is God. So God is delivered through your Faith. The top of the pyramid is actually Faith. Faith is the connecting power into the Spiritual Realm. Faith is the basic ingredient to begin a relationship with God. Faith is the light that leads you through the darkness. With Faith everything is possible. Having Faith is the next step to a higher life.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart. Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. Gratitude is the healthiest of all the human emotions. Mahatria says that Gratitude is the mother of all emotions. Even without our asking there are so many things that are provided to us by Nature and through the relationships that we share with the world outside. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for. Further, one of the fundamental qualities invariably found in a grateful person is humility. So, if one is grateful he is humble. Being Grateful is the next step to a higher life.

Good Conduct is another important ingredient for a higher life. From where you are to where you want to be you need the support of people. Good conduct is most important in any relationship. Human beings are creatures of emotion and not logic. So, sometimes when you do not get what you wanted you should not get angry and conduct badly. You should always be calm and unruffled even when you are affected by sorrow, troubles, sickness, losses. All troubles are transitory and we should let that time pass, for in life - this too will pass. Bad weather will not last forever. Hold back from pride for pride comes from ignorance. Tolerance for all, cheerfulness at all times and One-pointedness to doing helpful, unselfish work, confidence and Trust in yourself would enable you to lead your life with Good conduct.

The real miracle in Life would be to awake during the present moment. Anyone who maintains awareness in the present moment becomes beautiful and radiates happiness, peace and inner joy. Being in the present moment means that we are aware and mindful of what is happening at this very moment. We are not distracted by the reflections of the past or anxieties of the future but centered in the present moment. It is quite simple to understand life if life is lived “in this moment.” The past is history, the future is mystery and the only thing you can control is the present moment and that is why it is called a “Present !” Living life with heightened awareness is another very important aspect to a higher living.

Integrity is the quality of doing the right things even when no one is watching you. Adhering to strong morals and ethics. It means that you are true to yourself and would do nothing to dishonor you. Honesty and Trust are integral part of integrity. Integrity means having a moral compass that doesn’t flicker at all weathers and it denotes a wholeness of character just as an integer without any fractions. Living life with integrity is another important aspect in living a higher life.

Life is very simple but we complicate it. Knowledge is a process of piling up facts, wisdom lies in the simplification. Simplicity boils down to two steps – Identify the essential and eliminate the rest. Remove the unwanted clutter from your life and keep it simple. In simplicity you will find the highest clarity and peace. Simplicity is another important aspect in living a higher life.

And finally one needs to listen to the nursery rhyme more times when you get busier

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream.

Life is sometimes difficult but we should never give up, never quit until we reach where we wanted to reach – a higher life.

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