STRESS BUSTER- BOOK REVIEW

STRESS BUSTER- BOOK REVIEW

The book "Stress Buster" by the Author Gemma Naylor, was presented to me to review. And being a Lifestyle Blogger, whenever possible, I follow quality reading with insights into life and share the same with my readers.  This helps me to learn more about transformation in life and this is a continuous process.  Therefore, I was eager to read and review the book.

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STRESS BUSTER- BOOK REVIEW

Name of the Book - STRESS BUSTER - ISBN: 9781690798323

AUTHOR -GEMMA NAYLOR

About the Author : 

The author's extensive expertise in meditation, hypnosis and yoga allows her to engage these ancient wisdom to those across the modern world offering them access to the new-found modus operandi in a fun and informal manner.

The author has learnt through her own life experiences the ancient wisdom and its vast potentials to help achieve the desired results in own life. Therefore, her words carry the authenticity the readers always look for.

The author of this self-help book "Stress Buster" is also the creator of "The Stress Buster Technique" that helps guide people to relax, reset and refocus and turn stress into success.

STRESS BUSTER- BOOK REVIEW

The main theme - 

In her own words - "“In this book, I’m going to show you how to tap into your greatest human potential and I’m going to share with you secrets that will help you thrive in the 21st century.”

And that “In this book, I’m going to show you how to become a Stress Buster.”

In the Introduction of the book itself, the author strikes the right chords of the readers by asking two simple yet significantly interesting questions -

“Would you believe me if I told you that you were a superhero?"

 "Would you believe me if I told you that you possessed more control over your mind and body than you could possibly imagine?”

If you are suffering from the 21st Century Syndrome,  i.e. -

• you forget to play, 
• you forget to explore, 
• you stop asking questions and 
• you become conditioned to live to work rather than work to live, 
• your minds are either miles away in the future or consumed in your past, 
• you stop living in the present moment and experience unnecessary stress from your thoughts and
•  your false impressions of the world, 
• you lose connection to your core and in turn your Stress Buster abilities, 

and have immense desire to overcome the same,then this is a must read book for you.

STRESS BUSTER- BOOK REVIEW

With very few colorful illustrations in the beginning itself, the author has effectively communicated to the readers how the planet earth was a utopia, how the 21st Century Syndrome attacked the planet, and stress, anxiety and depression were felt by mankind,how the author traveled to  distant lands in search of answers, how she was approached by her master who trained her in the ancient arts, how one day he announced she was ready and her mission became clear to remind humans their inner power and to rid the world of the 21st Century Syndrome.  

And when you start reading the book, the Author’s assuring tone is already set in. You feel as if you are listening to your very close friend to whom you always approach for seeking proper guidance in the frustrating, disappointing and challenging circumstances.

The very term stress causes much more concern to all of us making us get serious at once. The author,however, makes the reader aware that "You were born a Stress Buster. You entered this world full of joy and with the ability to live moment to moment."  

Here, the author emphasizes the need for the readers to reflect on the time when they were learning to walk.  They were resilient and focused on their quest. They didn’t cry with frustration each time they fell down; they simply stood back up, brushed it off and tried again. They didn’t stay awake at night, fretting as to whether tomorrow would be the day they finally mastered the stairs and they didn’t start declaring how stressed they were to everyone around whilst wasting precious time that could be spent on mastering their strut. They progressed little by little, day by day until one day they just did it. This has strong analogy with our life journey.

The author points out here that If one could approach all the major hurdles in own life with the same optimism, resilience and tenacity as one did whilst one was learning to walk, life would become significantly easier to manage. 

The author frankly expresses her inability to promise  the readers that becoming a Stress Buster will guarantee that one will never face heartbreak, hardship or challenging times; however, she assures that it will give one the internal strength to handle them. 

The author make it a point to assure that becoming a Stress Buster will allow access to the inner voice, to guide oneself  gracefully out of dangerous waters and to experience inner peace whenever one needs. It will make one a more competent player in the game of life. 

And that is what the readers will be interested to know.

Her statement that stress can be a wonderful stimulant to achieving outstanding results, but only when you have learnt how to manage it, is very true. 

Subsequent topics covered are the factors that create stress, increase the stress level, the role of the challenging circumstances like fierce competition and need of achieving success, the effective ways to overcome stress building,the stress buster technique, and so on. 

Further, there is detailed explanation of character traits of a Stress Buster. And the real importance of becoming a Stress Buster developing self awareness and how to connect with the  own inner power. And this is true also for the reason that generally we look at external means to overcome stress rather than the internal means. For example, we try to engage our mind in watching cartoon films, reading humor books, spending quality time with our near and dear ones etc. But rarely we try to analyse our mental health and take necessary steps for maintaining the same.

The chapter titled the Science Stuff is very interesting. This is entirely devoted to help readers realize how stress can affect their body which will prove helpful to them understanding their personal needs and reaction to stress. The flow charts make it easy to comprehend the central idea. 

The metaphor called the Cup of Life explained is very relevantly explained.

The idea of  Your Magical List is also explained in an effective way so that readers may relate easily. Being stressed leads to the feeling of being overwhelmed at having to perform so many things.  A step by step approach is explained to tackle such a situation.  

Next chapter The Power of The Present deals with stress building that has origin in the unnecessary engagement of our mind in past issues and future worries. This is a very common aspect of our life which we are generally not aware of. Learning to keep our mind in the present moment is an incredibly powerful tool the stress busters have mastered.

In this reference, the role played by various breathing techniques (popularly known as Pranayama in Yoga lifestyle) are explained.  Here also step by step instructions have been provided.

Mindfulness, the art of being positive, meditation, brain waves, their types, deep sleep meditation, relaxation, relaxation techniques, self-hypnosis, their techniques,restorative Yoga postures, -- all these are the topics wherein the readers, especially from the Western World will be very interested to know more. And they will not be disappointed. 

All these techniques are incredibly helpful in reducing the stress but it takes time to master.  In reality, one faces lack of time to dedicate for such activities. It is for this reason, the author has created the Stress Buster Technique which is a ten-minutes exercise that can be used whenever needed to relax, reset and refocus. It consists of seven simple steps, which combines breathing techniques, powerful elements of meditation and confidence enhancing methods of hypnosis. 

Here is formal invitation for the readers for "training in this Stress Buster Technique for getting assisted further in reducing the stress levels so the readers can perform at optimum capacity and smash all of  their goals."

For stress management purpose, effective approaches are suggested- how to manage our own day, things to do, things to avoid, engaging in the means to provide relief to own mind- why rest is essential for both body and mind- what we should and should not eat- the quantity of food intake, keeping hydrated, daily exercises,all such important related things are discussed in detail.

A Stress Buster Self-Care Package provided is also meaningful.

At the end of the book, the Stress Buster's Diary is provided. To quote the author-  

"This will be an incredibly valuable exercise in self discovery and will help you to identify habits which might not be fully serving you and potential new ones that will help you to keep your mind positive. "

And she has not forgotten to add - "Try to complete the diary every day or it will be difficult for you to identify your patterns once we come to analyse it at the end of the 28 days. Take care of yourself my friend. I will check in with you very soon."

Readers may find a number of such books on the subject but Stress Buster stands apart because it reflects the immense desire of the author to share the ancient wisdom as well as Stress Buster Technique developed by her.  

As a curious reader,I wish the author had also shared insightful experiences with her teacher while learning wisdom of life. 

The book meets the expectations of the readers. I do not have any doubts that the able readers will complete the diary every day  to identify their habits which might not be fully serving them and the potential new ones that will help the readers to keep their mind positive.

Having read the book, I observe that  by writing this amazing book Stress Buster, the author has accomplished the mission her teacher has told her of reminding the humans of their inner power and to rid the world of the 21st Century Syndrome.

And I am sure that the author by writing this book must have achieved that sense of fulfillment in life every body wish to have.

I reckon this book as one of the best I have read recently related to achieving transformation in life.

And that I will not be surprised seeing the booked tagged #1 BESTSELLER in near future.

RATING : 8/10





Review of "Stress Buster" by Narasinh Purohit, Sarasar Vivek

THE ART OF LISTENING

THE ART OF LISTENING

MOST MEMORABLE LISTENING IN LIFE

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Have you ever wondered if there is any art of listening? 

And in fact, what is the difference between hearing and listening?

What exactly is the role played by applying the art of listening in our daily life?

And what is the scope of application of the art of listening?

How it will help us to achieve the desired transformation in life?

Do you know that you can listen to your body?

And your mind?

Or does your mind listen to you?

So many interesting questions, isn't it?

Well, this article is on the significant wisdom learnt while finding the answers to the above questions and their practical applications in our life. This helps one to live daily with ease, comfort, meaningfully in a significant manner on the path of living a fulfilled life.

THE ART OF LISTENING

Generally one gets confused between the process of hearing and listening.

Merriam-Webster defines hearing as the "process, function or power of perceiving sound; specifically : the special sense by which noises and tones are received as stimuli".

Listening, on the other hand, means "to pay attention to sound, to hear something with thoughtful attention; and to give consideration."

(Reference: https://www.healthline.com/health/hearing-vs-listening#hearing-vs-listening)

You might often have heard the comments from your near and dear ones- like 'You are not listening to me!'

It is interesting to know that -

1. Hearing and Listening uses both the ears.
2. Hearing is receiving sound waves through ears while listening means hearing and understanding what we have heard.
3. Hearing is part of the five senses, while listening is a choice to hear and analyze what we hear.
4. Hearing is using our ears only, while listening is using our body's other senses
5. Listening is observing other's behavior that can add meaning to the message, while hearing is simply receiving sound vibrations.
6. .Listening can build better relationship with others while hearing can not.
7. Take good care of our ears. Because we cannot listen when we cannot hear.

(Source: differencebetween.net)

THE ART OF LISTENING -THE MEANING

We all  have heard the popular phrases -like the Art of Living- the Art of Dying- the Art of Thinking for Better Life - the Art of Reading  for achieving Life Transformation and so on. 

When we face inevitable challenges in life,we find certain processes hard and cumbersome, boring, needing hard work and continuous efforts to meet them. 

At such times, we wonder if at all there is any art of doing the same.  

Because learning the required art makes the whole exercise easy and comfortable and even enjoyable. For example, cycling.

What is the art of listening?- The need to understand.

The purpose is to understand the art, learn and apply the same for our own advantage to make our own life easy and comfortable while achieving our purpose to achieve the sense of fulfillment in life. 

Know what. we hear so many sounds using our hearing sense.  And our ears are open to all kinds of sounds.  Like eyes, we cannot open and close our ears for selecting purpose.  I mean, we cannot open our ears to listen to the only desired and selected sounds.  Nor we can close our ears to stay away from the undesired sounds. 

The effective way is to listen to only those sounds which we desire and need to in the process of achieving our purpose.

Here the process of listening plays important role.  And understanding the art of listening  enables us to exercise option of applying our ability to listen only to the meaningful, significant and valued sounds having potentials to make our life easy, comfortable, meaningful on the path of achieving fulfillment in life. 

And that is achieving overall transformation in life.

THE ART OF LISTENING KEENLY

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Have you ever wondered as to how many different kinds of approaches are involved when you listen to others?

Let us see. 

If you observe carefully, you will find that when you listen to some body, you -

• have decided to do so
• are determined to listen
• stop talking
• are alert to listen
• try to make the speaker to feel at ease and open up
• avoid disturbances
• concentrate at what  the speaker has to say
• avoid impatience
• show your concern with what the speaker has to say
• show your empathy
• have open mindedness 
• listen to the central ideas
• interpret the tone of the speaker
• are likely to know the  hidden messages of the speaker

(Source: The 10 principles of listening)

THE ART OF LISTENING - ITS IMPORTANCE

We can understand and draw inferences of what is said only when we  listen to what is stated. 

If we are not careful while listening, we are likely to miss what is being communicated.  In this sense, effective listening is essential for effective communication. 

And failure to do so, leads to misunderstanding and wrong interpretation of the messages being communicated, and wrong decisions based on that.

THE ART OF LISTENING- ADVANTAGES

Listening with patience enables us to -

• understand the problems being discussed
• understand the exact needs of the speaker
• work on the probable solutions to the problems
• command respect from others
• build good relationship with others
• attract others eager to share and discuss their problems.

THE ART OF LISTENING- RESULTS OF POOR LISTENING 

Poor listening may result in -

• taking things for granted
• misunderstanding
• errors in judgments
• wrong decisions
• harming mutual trust

THE ART OF LISTENING- SIGNS OF A GOOD LISTENER

You are a good listener if you -

• pay full attention while listening
• keep eye contact with the speaker
• do not interrupt the speaker 
• listen with keen interest
• try to avoid looking at some thing else more interesting while listening

I remember one cartoon showing annual get together of alumni of a famous college, sitting engrossed in their own mobiles and ignoring the old friends.

THE ART OF LISTENING-  for security purpose and political gains.

The Govt. security agencies do not hesitate to listen to the telephonic conversations of the potential secret agents of the  enemy nation in national security point of view.

In the democratic countries, during election campaign, phone tapping is normal phenomena the ruling party resort to. And there are lot of  heated debates during the election period waning out in due course.

THE ART OF LISTENING

As mentioned above, having understood the meaning and significance of the art of listening next important step is to implement the same in our own daily life.  

Because only knowledge is not sufficient. It must be practiced in real life.  

This makes our life easy, comfortable. This also enables us to make optimum utilization of the  important resources viz. time, money and human resources.

And the result achieved will essentially be associated with our life connected with the external world.

THE ART OF LISTENING TO THE BODY AND MIND

Now let us consider the subtle aspects of the art of listening.

Have you ever listened to your body while indulging in your favorite dish? 

One serve, and you desire to have one more, and one more and one more. The craving is tempting and insatiable. 

But at one stage your body says, enough now !  Please, stop now, for God's sake. 

Do you listen to what your body says? 

Or you listen to what your mind says asking for more and fulfill the desire?

And you know what happens, if you do not listen to your body? 

Upset stomach, bloating, indigestion and so on. In short,  you face the consequences at body level.

THE ART OF LISTENING TO THE INNER VOICE

Here, the question arises as to what about the internal world?

The world we live in is the way it has been and it will remain so for ever.  

The only thing we must be aware of is that it is our own responsibility to receive minimum damage in the world we live in.

For this, another important aspect of the art of listening must be understood. And that is one must listen to own inner voice i.e. sarasar vivek (power of discretion).

It is our experience that while indulging in some interesting acts, we often feel that the thing we are doing at the moment should not be done because it is wrong, unethical, amoral and unnatural. 

But still we yield to temptations to do so because of the desires dominating our minds - because of the interests, passions, craziness and of course vested interests involved. 

For this reason, we are unable to listen to our own inner voice.  

And the result is inevitable downfall in our own life, leading to a miserable life. 

And consequently we face sadness, frustration, depression, isolation, inferiority complex, and even mental disorders and misery in the life.

This sarasar vivek enables us to understand various important polarities in our life - like truth and untruth, right and wrong, moral and amoral, ethical and unethical, justice and injustice, and so on. And the life is full of polarities.

This understanding of polarities in life enables us to make right choice before making decisions in our daily life.

Not only that, this knowledge  builds confidence in us to accept the consequences of our own right decision making.

Therefore, the art of listening plays vital role in our life, directing us to move on the path of attaining peace of mind and fulfillment in life.

In short,we must understand that the art of listening enables us to-

• live our life with peace of mind, ease, and significantly meaningful.
• discover happiness instead of running after fulfilling of our desires one after another.
• ignore peripheral things and pay attention to the core issues.
• prioritize our desires to be fulfilled.
• choose properly when to pay attention to the desires, body and mind.
• differentiate between our body, mind and spirit.

THE ART OF LISTENING 

Let us not forget that for applying this Art of Listening in our daily life requires strong determination, strict discipline and a lot of personal sacrifices in the life. 

And having applied the same in daily life, the fulfillment achieved in the life is sustainable for a longer duration.

If we are serious to live life lightly, easily and comfortably, well, applying the art of listening in daily life will surely help us to realize it.

Friends, do not forget to comment on this article. 

Thanks for reading!

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LIFE TRANSFORMATION

LIFE TRANSFORMATION

LIFE TRANSFORMATION

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Life transformation

You are right! Life Transformation is challenging, yet very interesting to engage with.
Ultimately it some thing worth to achieve in our own life.

This article explains the meaning of Life Transformation, its significance, the possible hurdles on the path to achieve the same, the secrets that can be practically adapted.

Life transformation

Nature of life varies from individual to individual.  Primarily, life is commanded by the four  natural instincts of life - Food, Survival, Procreation and Sleep. These are basic characteristics of animal life, no doubt. And being at the next level of evolution we always seek some thing beyond and above these basic instincts.   This is reflected in the fact that  we human being always try to seek, express, and share happiness with others on the path of fulfillment in life. 

And achieving fulfillment in life itself is not the ultimate goal.  Even having achieved the fulfillment in life, one faces the problem of what next?

And this path is built on various stages of transformations in our life.  And achieving each stage  in  life  is the most difficult yet rewarding phenomena  of transformation in life.

Life transformation

Change and Transformation- The Difference

Change in our own actions is brought about by using external factors - for example, academic, financial and social status etc. With respective abilities one can bring about a change in life.

We often use to say "Oh, yes, I am fed up with this routine life. Need some change." For this purpose, at least once in a year, we plan grand tour, odyssey, pilgrimage,quest, safari, excursion etc. 

In the corporate world also, training camps, seminars, conferences are arranged  to provide their employees   some sort of change from their routine life to ensure their vigor is maintained to keep them engaged in their tasks fruitfully.

Transformation is related to essentially positive aspects that involves identifying, adopting, and modifying own beliefs and bringing them in practice to achieve significant results in own attitude and behavior and consequently overall up-gradation and ease in our life.

Transformation also indicates holistic improvement in our  attitude, approach and experiences of own life.

We often learn the wisdom that it is the responsibility of the parents to ensure that their kids are raised in such a manner that they are placed in life at higher levels - that of educational, professional, social, financial, family and so on. And that this is a significant step in achieving fulfillment in life.

Likewise, we must learn the wisdom that it is the responsibility of every individual to seek transformation in own life for achieving that coveted  sense of fulfillment in life.

Life transformation

When Does One Realizes the Need to Transform own Life?

Life is very challenging.   Being  too much engaged in tackling day to day life makes one unaware of the things other than those he is engaged with in own daily life.  Consequently, one is inclined to believe that life means only those things he experiences and feels on daily basis. And that there is nothing beyond and above that.

Many occasions, one feels that in spite of having every thing in life, - good education, job,lovely spouse, children,wealth,, there is some thing lacking in life.

Even there are individuals who have made enormous wealth in life, they wonder what to do with this wealth?  They are also worried that their wealth should not fall in wrong hands.  And that they must do some thing to ensure that this wealth be applied for some charity works.  Yet, they are not sure what to do? Whom to consult?

And thus, a stage is reached when questions like "Why Life Does Not Make Any Sense?"  "Why Life Does Not Have Happy Moments only?" arise in the mind.

This is what is known as spiritual awakening.  At this stage, one starts searching for ways to get connected with the divine universal force.

And one starts thinking for better life.

At this stage, a seeker is born. This is a stage when an individual is determined to transform his own life and starts searching the effective ways for achieving the same.

Life transformation

How Long It Takes To Transform our own Life?

In the contemporary lifestyle, every one wants instant result.  But if one is serious about achieving transformation in life, it is advisable better not to expect instant results on this challenging path.

In this challenging exercise, discarding old undesired habits and replacing them by new desired habits is inevitable.  And we know very well, old habits die hard.

Achieving transformation in life involves our own determination, consisting of putting efforts to bring about transformation by way of identifying and modifying  life values and practicing them in daily life  as also many personal sacrifices related to our old habits, temptations, shortcuts.  

We must not forget that transformation achieved by sheer hard work,  personal sacrifices is sustained for a longer period.

When we achieve transformation in our life, it also brings about significant transformation in the life of our near and dear ones.  This is reflected in the standard of living, extent of peace of mind, happy and healthy atmosphere in the family, being connected with own near and dear ones and that coveted feeling of always being in touch with the divine universal force which a religious person addresses as God.

What is Internal Transformation?

Identifying  the old, outdated  and unwanted beliefs and values in life and replacing them by newly identified beliefs and values in life that are essentially helpful in bringing about the desired transformation in life is what is internal transformation. This internal transformation guides one's thought pattern, the nature of our behavioral attitude.

How Internal Transformation is Connected with External Transformation?

Our beliefs and life values are build up right from our childhood. And our thinking and behavioral attitude is based on these beliefs and life values.  And the same is reflected in our actual behaving in our day today life.

When internal transformation happens, external transformation naturally takes place without any deliberated attempts from our side.

How To Maintain Ideal Life?

The secret of an ideal life is having a perfectly healthy life. Let us see what is a perfectly healthy life.

Healthy life indicates -

• sound physical health
• sound mental health
• spiritual progress

Physical Health is most important. We must remember- Health is Wealth!

For this, sufficient exercise is needed - Surya Namaskara (sun salutation), morning walk, Pranayama, breathing exercises, asanas (postures) etc.

One must be aware of-

• own diet - both quality and quantity.  We must eat at least four morsels less than actually required. 
• half the capacity of the stomach should be filled with solids, a quarter of the capacity with liquids and the rest be left empty for the free movement of gases.

Mental health is equally important but unfortunately not much attention is paid to the same.We need to be careful what we feed our mind.  We must be extra-careful of each and every media our mind is exposed to. It means we must be cautious about what we feed our mind while engaging in activities like reading, watching tv, surfing the internet etc.

For this purpose, one must know what is mental bath and its importance to maintain healthy mind.

We must remember  that healthy mind ensures healthy body.

Spiritual Progress- About spiritual practice one becomes aware late in life, say in fifties plus.  One should get awareness of the same at the earliest to achieve progress on the path of spirituality which is a step to achieve fulfillment in life.

What are the signs of perfect health?

According to me, a person can be said to have optimal health status if he -

• is able to follow the basic instincts of life - ahaara, nidra, bhaya, maithuna (ie food, sleep, survival and procreation) effectively.
• has ability to feel happiness and express happiness.
• is not dependent on medicines on regular basis.
• has a healthy mind.
• is independent both mentally and physically.
• has ability to engage himself in positive acts.
• does not need help from others.
• is able to help others.
• is able to go to sleep at the scheduled time and to get up in the morning as he decides.
• once having awakened in the morning does not simply spend time lying in the bed.
• exercises his mind control to have optimum level of food and sleep.

Having ensured perfect health, next step is self-realization.  This process has strong analogy with the modern management technique of SWOT analysis.  

Generally, every one  does not understand the concept of self awareness. So let me explain in detail.

Awareness simply means being aware of things we are connected with, (mostly outwardly things).

In day-today activities, one interacts with the things both he knows and knows nothing. Yoga Nidra, in this context, introduces this self awareness very effectively. And one feels really amazed having so many internal organs, systems, that generally one is not even aware of!

It is an interesting fact that while playing our thumb gets hurt and we suddenly become aware of the existence of our thumb.  Till then, we are not even aware of this reality.

In short, unless some thing happens, we do not become aware of the related things.

For effective and easy daily interactions one must be aware of one's self (self aware) and also aware of the things one is interacting with.

One interesting example is giving respect - we do respect people on different counts - due to authority of the person, due to the person's status -family,social, political and so on - due to the person's muscle power etc.

It is interesting to mention that generally we are aware of other's  potential strength to cause harm to us. And hence we are on the alert while interacting with such people.

At the same time, we also must be aware of own strength, weaknesses, potentials before deciding to enter into any kind of interaction with others.

Therefore, it is essential to develop self awareness.


At this stage, the seeker starts making self inquiry such as -

• What am doing? 
• What is my potential strength? 
• How can I develop them? 
• How can I apply them in daily life? 
• What are my weaknesses? 
• How can I eliminate them? 
• Why I am restless? 
• What are the causes thereof which should be overcome? 
• Where can I get proper guidance for the same? 
• Should I look inward or outward? 
• What is transformation in life? 
• How can I achieve it?

Life transformation

What Are Possible Steps For Achieving Transformation in Life?

Following steps are promising-

• Self Analysis.
• Understanding and accepting the need for having transformation in life.
• Have determination of achieving transformation in life.
• Identifying the values and beliefs presently one is holding.
• Analyzing them vis-a-vis their practicality in the life.
• Identifying the values and beliefs that need to be discarded.
• Identifying the values and beliefs that need to be accepted and practiced. 
• Identifying and tapping the sources of information that will strengthen the newly adopted values and beliefs. For this, a seeker can come across various books on the subject- for example -  Get Savvi, Inner Engineering by Sadhguru, What If This is Heaven?, Ikigai.  In fact, there are a number of books available on the subject significant for able readers.
• Engaging oneself in the meaningful company of sources of wisdom - they can be a spiritual Guru, Books, Old Scriptures (which one should not ignore in an attempt of projecting own image of being a modern fellow).  Quality reading. The purpose is to hammer our own mind with the thoughts, values and beliefs that are going to play important role in achieving transformation in life.
• One must not forget that acquiring knowledge when implemented becomes wisdom. And wisdom learnt must be practiced in life on the path of seeking transformation.
• Persuasiveness and consistency in putting efforts therefor is of paramount importance. There should not be lethargy in this respect. In fact, one should be merciless in this respect.
• Must discard old, unwanted (bad)habits and replace them by the required and supportive habits that will support one's own mission of achieving transformation in life.
• Be prepared for personal sacrifices in the form of luxury, convenience and other such temptations.
• Have patience.  It is not instant coffee.  Wait till the right and appropriate time.
• Go step by step.  There is no short cut in the path of achieving transformation in life.
• Do not insist on a Guru in the external world.  One can find the best Guru in own self.
• One must practice strict self-discipline.
• Set the proper goals.
• Adopt the proper way for achieving the set goals.

Life transformation

What are the Possible Hurdles on the Path of  Achieving Transformation in Life

When one becomes seeker of achieving transformation in life, it is better to be aware of the possible hurdles on the path of achieving transformation in life.

• Lack of determination and preparation.
• Lack of hard work.
• Lack of preparedness to go through sacrifices of personal liking.
• Old undesirable habits.
• Succumbing to the temptations in life.
• Failure to identify proper ideal life values.
• Failure to adhere to the discipline in life.
• Being too liberal to the self in relaxing the newly acquired practices.
• Allowing the self to become topic of the town regarding seeking transformation in life.
• Failure to engaging the self in the company of wisdom in the form of quality reading,and tv, internet and social media.
• Failure to identify the peripheral things and ignoring the things at the center.
• Having misconceptions - like trying shortcut to success.  This is due to lack of sarasar vivek ie power of discretion. Remember- Goals achieved with hard work, personal sacrifices, are sustainable in the long run. 

Whatever written above is out of my own personal life experiences (and that of others also), observation, learning  (this is a continuous process) and being particular to practice the wisdom learnt in the life.

If a common man like me can do this much, any body can do the same easily.

My ardent and able readers are most welcome to read, share this article in any form/social media with their near and dear ones.

Readers are requested to comment on this article to enable me to improvise further.  I know it is a continuous process.

Thanks.

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