On this 11-11-11 Day, may you be blessed with the highest evolutionary activation possible…

Do you know the gifts of today?

Today holds a powerful gateway of energetic opening. It began last night and will continue through Sunday. 11-11-11 is important because it is the day you consciously become aware of that part of you that can now rest…that can now relax into you. You may have experienced a heaviness, achiness or even headaches in the wee hours. This is the letting go- shedding process occurring as we detox old systems and ways from our being-ness. Do not fight it… There is a part of each one of us that has struggled, toiled, pushed, and tried all we can to… be loved, accepted, acknowledged, understood, and cherished. It is the part that has fought, become wounded, was loyal, served you and stood for as your protector…your soldier…and veteran. It is time for that wounded soldier to be rest and be honored.

There are no coincidences in life. There are only messages and meanings. It is no coincidence that today is Veteran’s Day as well as 11-11-11.

Veterans, particularly today, are here to represent you…the part of you that has fought and been wounded, grown weary and suffers from your own traumas, the part of you now standing and walking through the gate… ready, willing and very able to own your power, presence, and Divinity. We each are called to be present to the true birthright that we came in knowing, but forgot.

Allow your Self to move forward today, honoring not only the wonderful men and women that serve our country, those that serve others, those that live, die and become wounded for the reasons that are of the ego…understand that the power rests in your hands to change things on this planet for Go(o)d.

The evolved human path opens you to experience your creativity and greatness as your experience so that those ideas, words, thoughts, and feelings flow out to connect in community and unity with others to solve the problems of the world.

11-11-11…We are the 1′s!

In blessing, respect, deep love and gratitude for your presence…The Divine Me honors the Divine YOU!

Lovingly, Simran

It is not that you are not beautiful as you are, nor magnificent in who you have been but I do not wish you to settle for less than is your limitless possibility.

Let your light shine and illuminate the dark work that sometimes comes. For we can only know the true brightness of our Light by stepping into the darkest of the dark.

That is what you have been feeling lagtely. It is what you have been shedding…as if skins are falling off of you.

It may look like turmoil, chaos and dysfunction but it is you evolving, growing, and becoming. You are larger than the skin you have worn and some part of you will not let you live that any longer.

be born anew into this world and as you birth… let this new Earth birth within your heart to set all things fully into motion.

This is YOUR time to shine. And something held back, covered up, hidden, and dense … cannot. So you are being assisted, in fact accelerated with this new birthing but you must let yourself let go.

Hold your intentions today strong as you move into the full moon. Anchor your energy to  support your activation into the Divine Essence that YOU are!

have you listened?

To that soft voice…

Have you gotten still?

So you can hear what it is asking…

Have you cleared your mind?

To truly take in the magnitude of what its words mean…

Have you loved yourself enough?

To give you the moment you have been waiting for…

Open the door…walk through Gates… Gate I – The Gate of Self, Gate II – The Gate of Soul, Gate III – The Gate of OverSoul.

Be Beautiful… Be-YOU-to-Fullness !

(Launching 11:11 InnerViews TV 11-11-11)

Warmly & Lovingly,

Simran

Another birthday had arrived. This one I would hold close. All the others, in years past, had been shared, celebrated for others, or spent in mourning. I felt something deep within that told me I needed to go away and be with the Beloved that I longed for.
This longing had been with me as long as I could remember. My earliest memories as a child held a homesickness that I could not identify in words. I had spent years in contemplation and as close as my Beloved felt, there also seemed a vast distance. I wanted to know and feel and hear and see! I wanted not to only grasp with my mind but feel in every cell of my being…deep within my heart space.
In the mountains of The Quiet Place high in the mountains of North Carolina, I journeyed into a weekend of stillness, meditation and prayer. This was the greatest gift I could give myself. I could feel within my bones, that as much as I longed, my Beloved was calling…had been calling…but I had not felt ready…perhaps not even worthy.

I spent the early evening on Friday in prayer, standing amongst the trees as the cool crisp air whispered to me. The waterfalls that rushed below seemed excited to see me again and the snow remaining on the ground felt as if a white carpet had been laid down in honor of this special time. I sat for a while beneath the canopy of trees, head bowed, arms folded and heart open. I spoke silently in my mind…’God, I am here. I have come. You have called and I have come.’

The next day the sun shone brightly through the trees as it warmed the ground, melting the snow that lay all around.

I ventured to the other side of the mountain where I could sit again in my place high above the waterfalls. I could feel the fullness of my heart burst forth with emotion.

Dear God, I do not want to just know of you, I want to KNOW you. I do not want to hear about you, I want to HEAR you. I do not want to just see your beauty, I want to SEE you clearly in everything. I do not desire to just feel your essence around me, I desire to FEEL you surging in as and through me so palpably that I cannot deny it. I sat in stillness just waiting…waiting…waiting…

Then as much of the day passed, I heard, ‘It is not I who have kept myself from you. You keep yourself from ME. With your veils of illusion, beliefs of separateness, thoughts of judgment, the need to be right, violence against self, actions of control, and self created veils. I am waiting in openness of heart and mind, full of unconditional love, without judgment, for YOU are ME. YOU ALL are ME…not just in theory, in reality. every word you speak, every action you make, every step you take is ME working through you. The only power you have is the ability to limit the degree and strength you allow ME to come through. Share this with others that all may know I reside fully and completely within them.’ It was in that moment I realized what we all do.

In the grievances we hold, the doubts, weaknesses and insecurities we invest in…the material objects we clamor for, we keep ourselves from opening to the Source. It is we who think HE sits high on a mountain top or creates our pain and our miracles. It is HE whom we believe is there to be prayed to when we are in need…sitting so powerfully away from us. Yet many do state that God lives within but it seems only to be known in mind because our actions and steps are not from the knowledge of the power that resides and works through us.

What is to be done to know the FORCE that speaks through us, moves through us, walks through us, heals through us…? WE must let go our grievances of one and all, remove the clouds of doubt and insecurity, take down the walls of judgment, anger and resentment. We must lift the veils that exist within our own minds so that we see clearly because WE are the ones who placed the veils there.

I returned to my cabin to do the work. I went back through all time, combing through every experience I had ever had making certain no grievance remained.

I had to clean the attic of my mind of any cobwebbed thoughts and beliefs that lay dormant, hidden in the shadows or boxed up in the corner long forgotten. As I did so, I felt the release of energies that had felt heavy. I was lightening up as I lifted the clouds of burden I had not even realized were there. My soul’s journey had nothing to do with anyone else but me. The courtship and unity with my Beloved was my own responsibility.

I worked and prayed through the night and went to the base of the waterfall the next morning.

A golden haired dog boounded toward me, wagging his tail. I looked at him . I silently spoke in my mind, ‘Hello, God, you have shown up today as this beautiful creature to tell me what?’

He looked deeply into my eyes and then dove into the water, rooting around the bottom  with his nose. Up he came with a stone in his mouth. He once again looked at me. I could see the deep unconditional love come from his eyes. Rock Dog came and placed the stone at my feet. I was in silence but chose to pick up the stone and throw it a distance. Rock dog bounded after it and returned with it in his mouth. He again placed it on my feet.

I ignored it this time so he picked it up and placed it on my leg…I still tried to ignore it, so he rolled it into my lap. I picked up the rock and threw it again. and he returned. I picked it up and threw it and this time, rock dog did not see where it landed. He looked all around. Unable to find it, he went back to the water and searched until he found another stone. Again he brought it back and sat in front of me, looking into my eyes this time.

And I heard, ‘I always come bearing gifts. They are neverending in my vast stream. It does not matter how you throw them away or how far, I will continually return with more gifts. It is for you to accept them but I will never stop coming to you. My love is unconditional and ever loyal.’

Will you let your own arrogance tell you that you have done the inner work? Will you let your ego tell yo that you are justified in your thinking and that what others did they brought upon themselves? Will you walk on through life believing that you are fine and that you live as you are supposed to? It is your responsibility to make your journey’s way. You can either ‘be longing’ for the Beloved or you can Belong to the Beloved.

Are you keeping yourself from your Beloved? Are you taking the time to be still and find the essence of your true self? Do you allow the gifts that show up in your life? Are you available to accept the unconditional love sitting and waiting at your feet? Know the truth of who you are…know the truth of who walks, talks, moves and creates through YOU. Be still and know… I AM that I AM.

Warmest Loving Wishes,

Simran Singh, http://1111mag.com/

The Inauguration of Nikki Haley

By Simran Singh

A Day of Vision & Reflection

‘Every ending illustrates the vision held. Every beginning requires a vision to stand on. If not moving toward something, you might as well be standing still. What vision do you hold for yourself? Your life? Your community? Your world? Begin and the Universe will be with you.” – Simran Singh

It seemed an appropriate inspiration to flow forth from the morning’s meditation on such an auspicious day. The moment had come; a moment of hope, excitement, converging and reflection for many. Today was the day that Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley would be inaugurated as the first female Indian American Governor.

Nimrata means humbleness, Nikki means small, and Randhawa means ‘one who leads the battlefront’. Our name is our nature and Nikki had most definitely stepped into hers, ‘small humble one who leads the battlefront.’

As I reflected over the past several years of the courageous and graceful walk that my sister has taken, I sit in awe. There have been many moments in our lives where she seemed to be the older one guiding me and then, of course, moments when I took my rightful place in being the older one guiding her. Nevertheless, when one looks upon their younger sibling, whom they taught their ABC’s, played Wonder Woman in the back yard with yellow capes flying, and spent many years working along side one another in a family business, the whole experience is quite surreal.

Nikki, on one hand, was the funny, silly, goofy, little sis that made everyone laugh, the one that became star struck at passing celebrities, and an individual who never met a stranger. On the other hand, she was a poised, serious, capable woman who had become the celebrity, the life of the state’s political future, and the forger of relationships across genders, geographic lines and age ranges.

In true Sikh tradition and that of her American birthright, she walked a valiant path of focus, discipline and courage as she moved through the political ranks. She had walked humbly toward a new vision for our state. I reflected on the day that she decided to run for her first office. She had spent a full day at Exotica Intl, our family clothing business in South Carolina and was leaving to go to a meeting of Women Republicans. On her way back from the meeting she called me, “Simmi, I have to talk to someone. I just came from a meeting and am so excited about what I heard. Driving back home now, I am wondering what else in life there is. I have two beautiful kids, a wonderful husband and love working for my family, but there has got to be more to life… more to why I am really here. This is crazy but I feel called to run for political office. I have to do it. I want to be in service and do something greater than I am doing now.”

I understood. My own life had taken a similar turn and was also leading me in a different direction. Our love for our parents and the family business kept us committed to them but our souls yearned for more. Exotica had been our parents dream, it was time to find and live our own dreams. The wonderful thing about a dream is that it has limitless possibility if we just let ourselves continue dreaming once we start living it. We were fortunate that Mom and dad said to both of us, “Do what you have to do. We just want you happy. Live your dreams.”

I watched my sister win against a 22 year incumbent, quickly rise in rank at the State House, and then decide to run against all odds for Governor. The beauty at all times was the Light that surrounded her and the Light that shined through her. It is a Light that shines through all of us when we let it. As I watch her life, I see the reality and the illusion of it all…the humanness and the soulfulness, the physical personal efforts and the cosmic actions of support. This has been powerful reality creation and a beautiful soul journey.

People flew in from everywhere in excitement of the inaugural festivities. Despite the white blanket that covered South Carolina, the delays in travel, and icy winter storm conditions, nothing was to prevent a moment of history taking place. Family and friends came from Australia, India, Brazil, Canada and all over the United States.

January 12, 2011 began with a prayer service at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia SC. The sacred hall was beautiful and the energy inside was reflective of what would transpire during the day. As bagpipes played and flags brought in, a procession followed with many of the newly elected officials, along with Nikki, Michael, Rena and Nalin. My eyes welled up as I saw her smile. Fullness enveloped my heart and filled my entire being at the hope and inspiration she was providing for so many, particularly young girls and boys who could see that no glass ceilings need exist any longer.

Clergy of many churches were gathered on the pulpit to add their blessings and prayers for the days, weeks and years to come. Each voice brought forth love and wisdom. Beautiful song carried in the air as select individuals performed. Sacred scriptures and the presence of all that is holy could be felt throughout the room. I was so filled with gratitude at the presence of my whole family and my human family all celebrating, not just Nikki coming into office, but a shift of a deeper and greater significance. Something far grander was happening today. It was bigger than we could all grasp.

Silently I said thank you to all of the people present, the clergy and especially all those who came before us, all those who blazed trails in their own way in their own time, and those who so selflessly gave of themselves to be of service to humanity. Most of all, I was grateful to all of the holy ones Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Baba Ji and the countless other Masters whose presence, on this day felt so palpable.

Next came the Inaugural ceremony. The crowd moved to the State House steps. The stage was set with a military band, chorus, regal guards, and seating for the many dignitaries in attendance. As the service began, the pomp and circumstance was breathtaking to behold. One by one representatives and dignitaries were escorted down the State House steps. Ambassadors were in attendance representing many nations, India, China, Mexico and others. Past Governors graced the ceremony. My parents, Dr. and Mrs. Ajit Randhawa, along with Michael’s parents, Bill and Carol Haley sat in the front row next to the podium where Nikki would place her inaugural address.

The announcer called the names of Rena and Nalin Haley. Hand in hand, nine year old, Nalin and, twelve year old, Rena, walked down the steps. They looked so proud and grown up. Nalin stood at his chair, bashfully looking out at the crowd, while Rena turned to the dignitaries in the row behind her and shook hands. I was just amazed at the grace and elegance she held at such a young age.

They announced Michael Haley. He descended the steps in full dress regalia. This moment was as much his as it was Nikki’s. The strength and support that he has given my sister can sometimes go unnoticed because it is behind the scenes, but I knew the degree of support that had to come with endless campaigning, rearing two children, handling press and being the soft place to fall after exhausting hours, days and weeks. He was to be regarded as highly as Nikki in this journey.

Finally, Nikki’s name was called, along with exiting Governor Mark Sanford. She descended the steps hand in hand with Governor Mark Sanford. Her smile was beautiful and her manner graceful. She was dressed elegantly and her hair tied back. As she waved to the crowd, her smile provided the warmth needed on such a brisk cold day. After waving at the crowd, she took her seat on the platform next to her family. After Lieutenant Governor Ard was sworn in, Nikki was called forward.  As she raised her right hand, placed her left upon the Bible, and recited her oath, my mind flashed with images of our family history.

Our parents had sacrificed and gained so much in coming to America. They had left behind their homeland, memories, family connections and familiarity for a new place, a new vision for their lives, and that of their children. In coming to the United States, they had gained opportunities, a new family, and blank pages to write a new story.

They instilled within all of us good work ethics, faith, prayer, and the ability to have and hold a vision. They taught us independence, problem solving, and how to use our voices. They shared with us love, the beauty of all peoples and religions, personal memories and age old wisdom. All of us were a representation and culmination of the collective strengths of our Mother and Father.

I glanced over at my brothers Mitti (Harmit) and Gogi (Charan Ajit), so proud of their amazing gifts and success in their respective fields. Their faces illustrated the same feelings that I held. I knew this was particularly heartwarming to Mitti as he had served a great tenure in the US Army and he respected and cherished the beauty of the respect and tradition being displayed. I knew he was proud of Nikki by the tear that glimmered in his eye and the the smile that rested upon his cheeks. Being the eldest of the family, he knew most deeply the struggles and wins of the family.

After being sworn in, Nikki approached the podium. She paused for a minute taking in all of the individuals that had turned up for this historic event. I cannot imagine what she must have felt or thought. I am certain that inside the little Nikki that we all grew up with must have been in awe as well, perhaps even flashing back to that day of destiny when she visited the Republican Women’s meeting.

Nikki’s speech was one of reflection and vision. I listened feeling a sense of synchronicity taking place. I was reminded of the inspired statement on facebook that I had posted from my meditation. When the same message comes from several sources, perhaps an even greater force is speaking.

“When we embark on this new journey toward growth and prosperity, we must do so together, with one vision. A vision that is focused on the success of our families and businesses is a vision that is not impaired by partisanship, personalities, or distractions. We don’t have time for that, and I won’t stand for it…   …So, with faith in God, who knows what is right, And faith in our own ability to use the skills and judgment He gives us to do what is right, we can make this vision a reality.” -Governor Nikki Haley

The address was real, practical and inviting. She was asking people to show up and was willing to show up with them. It acknowledged where we came from, where we are, and where we can go. As a Life Coach and Empowerment Publisher of 11:11 Magazine, I have learned a client can only attain as high as a coach is willing to hold the vision for. In the same vein, a family, business, or state can attain only where the leader is willing to cast and hold the vision. With the rearing of our parents, I know that the vision being cast and held is high, vast and grand…now we must rise up to fill it.

The evening festivities  completed the day. The hall was filled with people in gorgeous attire, moving excitedly about. With the procession of State House Representatives and a first dance by the Governor and First Man of the the state of South Carolina, the celebration continued.  This has been a proud day for South Carolinians, Americans, Indian Americans, Women, young people and our families.

Simran Singh, Publisher of 11:11 Magazine, Syndicated 11:11 Talk Radio Show Host & Founder of The Believe Center supports individuals in recognizing their purpose and empowerment by tapping into inherent personal expression, creativity and potential via self inquiry and conscious choices.  www.1111mag.com & www.BelieveSC.com

‘What can I celebrate?’ Often times, people are looking at what they did not accomplish on their to do list, particularly in America. Individuals go to sleep with all they did not accomplish on their mind. It creates psychic debris, causing people to feel tired the next day. Instead, look at ‘What can I celebrate?’. Your energy will begin to reflect the spirit of celebration which brings you into the fundamental harmony of the universe. A blade of grass, a tree, the stars are all celebrating that they are the manifestation of existence itself. When we begin to ask the question, we come into harmony with the celebration that is happening throughout the cosmos.

‘How can I grow?’ We are getting in tune with the progressive nature of the universe that is always unfolding to reveal more and more of its infinite nature. You are inviting great changes into your life so that at the end of every week, month and year, you are a different person. You activate more talents and gifts within you.

The bain of the human experience is that people want to change the world while they remain the same. It can’t be done. We have to grow. If, in fact, we are embracing giving, growing, and celebrating…sincerely and earnestly, we become in tune with the fundamental harmony, we have more to give and are living from a much higher order of being.

Maybe the answer you are looking for lies in the question you are asking.

Reprint from 11:11 Magazine

When we choose to hang on to old behaviors, habits, wounds and failures, we are choosing to stay stuck in the past. When we choose to constantly attain things, make lists, set markers of achievement and compare ourselves to others, we are piling weight on that we must carry into future. All we have is now, today, this moment…this second! Where you are right now is the harvest. It is the culmination of planting seeds, fertilizing, nurturing, and growing stalks of character, personality, expression and experience. Some may be shorter and others taller. Some may be thin. Others may be thick but they are all golden. They are all harvestable. Every stalk is a reason to be grateful because it has created a fine yield of gifts, lessons, connections, and opportunities. As each year moves on, every harvest has brought forth new ground we may seed and grow again.

There is a very important step in the process of harvest. This step requires we make a choice. We take the time to separate the wheat from the chaff. The chaff is not usable; its purpose has been served. It is now to be discarded. However the wheat is the harvest. It is what we are grateful for; it nourishes us. Our past experiences have both the wheat and the chaff. Every circumstance of pain or pleasure has a side that is to be discarded and a part that is to be harvested. By clinging to painful events, wounding, and negative behaviors, we are chewing on the chaff. In doing so the edible grains lay by the wayside. Instead, move beyond the wounds to receive the gifts of the harvest. Every experience has a gift that grows from it but the gift must be chose.  As you knead your grains, ask,

What shall I choose learn from this experience?

What greater part of me is asking to come forward?

Where may I find gratitude for what has happened?

What seed can now be planted in myself?  My life?

We live in a nation that consumes the highest levels of anti-depressants in the world, has the most heart attacks, hypertension, stress disorders and anxiety. Although medications play a very important role in supporting many people, a circular approach to our dis-ease can be more effective. In allowing additional methods that support emotional health, empowerment, physical healing – we bring ourselves into wholeness…into harvest. It is time to harvest the grains of past experience. By doing so, the ground will, once again, be prepared for new seeds to grow. Allow your new seeds to be ones that empower your core, broaden your horizons, open the heart and allow your spirit to soar. Everything begins with C.H.O.I.C.E. !

Perhaps the death we fear and run from is not really the end but actually the beginning. Can something dying be its gift for new life? Is it possible we are meant to experience dying on a continual basis for the purposes of ultimate creation and connection to others and ‘who we really are’? Could dying and birthing be one in the same? Is death actually a shedding of layers throughout life, so we continue living the immortality of the spirit – dispensing of thoughts, beliefs, habits, patterns, dis-eases, discomfort, relationships, environments, and energy that no longer serves the individual.

Many walking are already ‘dead’ – living unconscious lives without feeling -disconnected from themselves, others and their passion – moving day to day by habit rather than by choice – settling for what is their circumstance instead of seeing it as the platform from which to create. For so many today, their ‘end’ is already here…physical death would matter not.

In the Five Stages of Dying by Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, the process individuals experience when physical life comes toward it’s end is depicted.

Denial
The first stage is one of complete denial that death is immanent. The denial is so intense that the patient will often avoid speaking to anyone, probably because they don’t want to listen to anyone reminding them, either directly or indirectly, that their remaining time is limited.

Anger
The second stage is one of anger, and it’s categorized by rhetoric like: ‘Why me? Why not someone else?’

Bargaining
The third stage a patient will experience is one of bargaining. They will bargain with their doctor for a reprieve as if the doctor was ultimately able to decide whether they die or live. Dr Kubler- Ross noted that very often patients would say things like, ‘If I do as I’m told you will make me better won’t you?’

Depression
Next comes a stage of depression. Denial, anger and all meaningless negotiations having failed, patients are often overcome with a feeling of total despondency.

Acceptance
Finally, usually on the actual verge of death, a state of calm acceptance is reached and it’s not uncommon for patients to report hearing voices and seeing visions of dead relatives or friends. Such comforting visions are an integral part of their acceptance of death because it gives patients what they certainly believe to be a glimpse of what has been, up to this time, the great unknown.

These stages are not at all different than simply living, growing and evolving through the situations that show up. They are the template of the soul journey wherein experiences have unfolded for the sake of re-membering, re-discovering and re-creating one’s truth. If one reflects upon ‘crisis’ or ”change’ that has occurred, these stages will be evident. What also is apparent is an opportunity to open to a new creation or a new discovery of self. The Five Stages of Dying could also be called the five stages of ‘LIVING’.

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance are the steps we go through every time an experience or creation has to change. Social interactions are a prime example of how we move through these stages into change. Relationships are the ultimate breeding ground for soul discovery…allowing each person the continuos cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

The experiences we encounter are for no one other than ourselves. It does not matter what others think, feel, or gossip about. Gossip is a means to be distracted from one’s own dysfunction. Experiences are not right or wrong nor are they to be sources for guilt, shame or judgment regardless of what they are. Each situation holds a Divine blessing.

In the end, every human being has two things in common… First, we all experience pain.
Second, our greatest desire is to know the experience of Love … That would mean living in, from and unified with our ultimate Source … .

It is alright to change the mind. Be open to evolving. Old constructs, past restraints, and outdated paradigms must fall away for new growth to occur. It is what happens in life and what is occurring in our world’s systems, from banking to healthcare to government. It is imperative that we continue to re-define, fine tune and clarify who we each are, what we are about and how that affects the rest of the planet. It is paramount that we change… thought to thought, step by step, layer within layer… continually becoming the example of courage, voice, vision, mission and passion that others need to see…most importantly, that we need to witness.

To remain fully alive, we need only remember we are soft clay to be molded and sculpted into many beautiful forms. We must wake up to the possibility that all we have believed may no longer be true…that there is so much more than we allow ourselves to believe? We are the clay… and the hands that mold the clay. All we have to do is BELIEVE…Beyond the Illusion. (Excerpted from the Sept/Oct Issue of 11:11 Magazine – http://1111mag.com/  for subscriptions