Chandni Samani

Hinge

Hinge is a jointed or flexible device on which a door, lid, or other swinging part turns.

Be flexible – The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

“Success is that old ABC – ability, breaks and courage.” — Charles Luckman

Ability is showing that you know how to put your knowledge into play or practice to achieve…[Read more]

Skipping Rope

Skipping Rope says Be quick but don’t hurry.

Creating Urgency:
Nothing gets done without urgency. With that in mind, shorter timelines are better than longer. They create urgency – Be quick.

Urgency and Quality:
Shorter timelines enhance efficiency.
Shorter timelines, on the other hand, threaten quality – Don’t hurry.…[Read more]

Orchids

An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

Similarly when you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

The more you give of yourself, the more you find of yourself
We all know how great it feels to receive gifts. However, the joy of getting is short-lived.…[Read more]

Pendulum

The pendulum of consciousness keeps swinging between meditation and love, between aloneness and togetherness. And because all the religions of the world up to now have been either of love or of meditation, they were fragmentary, they were not total.

A total religion, a religion which allows both. When you feel tired with the other,…[Read more]

Switch

We cannot fight with darkness but can Switch On the Light. Similarly we cannot fight with the ego but we can transcend.

No one has ever seen the face of ego. It is like a ghost that we accept as a controlling influence in our lives. I look upon the ego as nothing more than an idea that each of us has about ourselves. The ego is only…[Read more]

Spinning Wheel

Can’t reinvent the wheel. But you can put your own spin on it.

We cannot reinvent the wheel but we can be creative and innovative.

Einstein wasn’t the first person to state one of the basic facts of life when he said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.”

We experience new i…[Read more]

Magnet

There is a Magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.

Whatever you do in life attracts those conditions to yourself. If you set the example of selfishness, people will practice selfishness on you.…[Read more]

Wheel

Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always come around to where you started again.

Zen asks you to come out of the head and go to the basic source…. It is not that Zen is not aware of the uses of energy in the head, but if all the energy is used in the head, you will never become aware of your eternity…. You will never know…[Read more]

Caterpillar

Like Caterpillar the mission is always changing. Life is nothing but constant Change.

We all face changes every day – whether it is a simple change in the weather, our schedule or expected change of seasons.

Change affects us all and we each deal with change differently. This only constant in life, the only thing we can be s…[Read more]

Sparrow

Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Like Sparrow let us live in the present moment.

Here are some easy ways to connect with the present moment:
Pay particular attention to any repetitive thought patterns, those old audiotapes that have been playing in your head perhaps for many years. This…[Read more]

Napkin

Luxury lives in the finer details. It’s a cloth napkin at a dinner table.

There is a difference between an ABUNDANT LIFE AND A LUXURIANT LIFE-STYLE. One is attached to beauty, comfort, peace, and harmony, and the other to attachment to transient things.

The glory of the Path of those who seek an Abundant Life, is to relax INTO THE…[Read more]

Cart

Life is a bullock cart and we are the bull of this cart. We have to pull it by our total potential by which we achieve our goal.

The practice of being in the moment by definition is not goal-oriented, correct?

Correct. You are not seeking to attain some future state, which you already are.
That is the fallacy of many spiritual…[Read more]

Chilli

The name Chilli inspires intenseness, perfectionism and reliability.

Many people spend their lives striving for perfection – perfection in the way they look, where they work, and their relationships. If they’re on a spiritual path, they might even aim for perfection in their daily meditation practice.

The good news is: we are all a…[Read more]

Merry Go Round

Life’s just a merry-go-round.

Is Your Life a Merry-Go-Round?
There are many patterns and cycles that play out in our lives, and we rarely notice them, but if we do pay attention to them, they can tell us a lot about ourselves. They can even lead us to new horizons of self-understanding, making it easier to transform our lives…[Read more]

Kite

Japanese koinobori or carp kites are special kites in the shape of a fish called a koi. The koi is revered in Japan as a symbol of strength.

Your inner strength is like a powerful engine that drives you toward doing things, accomplishment and achievement.

Willpower and inner strength are essential skills, necessary for carrying out…[Read more]

Teeth

Teeth symbolizes that something in your life is about to change.

Leave it. Change it. Accept it.

Leave it.
Can you LEAVE the situation or walk away from the person that is the cause of anger frustration? You need to weigh it up and gauge what is going to be best for YOU.

If you can’t leave the situation, well then, this leads u…[Read more]

Guggal

Guggal is a flowering plant which produces a fragrant resin called guggal.

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

How to Be Good – A Very Tough Problem

As soon as you realize that every religion is mind-made, and that the God or gods you believe…[Read more]

Socks

Most of the time we wear socks to keep our feet warm.

Gratitude is a warm feeling of thankfulness towards the world, or towards specific individuals.

The person who feels gratitude is thankful for what they have, and does not constantly seek more.

Unfortunately, for many of us, gratitude is tied up with more complex feelings,…[Read more]

Peacock

Peacock symbolism: Vision, Royalty, Spirituality, Awakening, Guidance, Protection and Watchfulness.

The peacock is also considered to be a bird of protection and safe guarding. The feather protects one from evil eye and destroys all negativity like anger, greed, and jealousy. They also have the power to away from the bad influences…[Read more]

Uniform

When you put on a Uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.
When you have inhibitions, you’re self-conscious.

The mind is using you. You are unconsciously identified with it, so you don’t even know that you are its slave. It’s almost as if you were possessed without knowing it, and so you take the possessing entity to…[Read more]