Thought of the Week – 6th July 2026 (2)
Thought of the Week – 6th July 2026
Don’t Drift Into the Next Decade
JUL 01, 2026
Think back for a moment to events that still feel recent — a film everyone was talking about, a phone that changed how we live, a leader in office, a song you couldn’t escape. For a lot of us, the things that feel like “the other day” are now well over a decade old.
Sit with that. A decade is long enough to change almost everything about a life — where you live, what you do, who you love, who you’ve become. And yet, if we’re not deliberate, ten years can slip by with surprisingly little to show for them. Not because we lacked ambition, but because we never stopped to decide.
Continue readingAre you creating Life? Or are you witnessing its spontaneous unfolding ?
Ashtavakra points to the deepest illusion of the human mind:
The belief that “I am the doer.”
You do not need to abandon action.
You need to abandon the one who claims ownership of action.
Thoughts arise.
Breath continues.
The body acts.
Life unfolds.
But the ego steps in afterward and says, “I did this.”
Ashtavakra invites you to look more deeply.
Are you creating life?
Or are you witnessing its spontaneous unfolding?
The moment the false doer disappears, action becomes effortless. There is no pride in success, no guilt in failure, and no burden of becoming someone.
Action continues.
The actor disappears.
What remains is pure awareness—silent, untouched, and forever free.
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Inspired by the teachings of the Ashtavakra Gita — not a direct scripture quote.
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Thought of the Week – 22nd June 2026 (2)
Thought of the Week – 22nd June 2026
Questions for Inner Reflection
Looking backward — Where were you a decade ago? What were you like, who were your friends, and what were your hopes and dreams? If someone had asked you then where you’d be in ten years, what would you have said — and are you where you wanted to be?
Looking forward (the reframe) — Instead of “Where will I be in ten years?”, ask: How am I going to live the next ten years of my life? How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I’m committed to?
On values and priorities — What am I going to stand for from now on? What’s important to me right now, and what will be important to me in the long term?
On action — What actions can I take today that will shape my ultimate destiny?
On identity and contribution — Ten years from now you’ll arrive somewhere, as someone, doing something: Where will you be? Who will you have become? How will you be living? What will you be contributing?
The closing gut-check — When you look back on the 2020s, will you be pleased or perturbed? Delighted, or disturbed?
– Summarised from Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins
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