To view this newsletter in the browser, click here                 Issue #141       A newsletter from Creativegarh to help you live a life of passion, purpose and meaning.         Make knowing yourself, your biggest passion project.                     Alright, so you had a difficult childhood. You always attract unavailable men and you have a pattern of always failing at your job when you are given charge. You lost many followers when you made that comment on social media. You hate coffee in the afternoons. You don’t like the energy of the building you stay in. You come most alive when you colour mandalas. You’re not living the life you planned and you feel tired when you wake up before seven every morning.           You know so much about yourself. But the question is, what are you doing with this awareness?           How are you changing the patterns by responding differently? What have you learned from the seemingly bad childhood you had? What are the repetitive relationships and jobs telling you about yourself? Where in your body are you feeling the energy of the building? Where in your being do you feel alive with mandalas? What are your sleep patterns telling you about your sleep timings?           Ask. Ask. Ask. Ask deeper questions of yourself. Think deeper but do not overthink. Question everything but allow for the answers to come when you are ready for them. Sit with yourself, with this awareness about yourself and see where the temptations, cravings and desires arise from. Find a reason to stay with the feelings that show up within you instead of escaping them with busyness and dopamine hits. Being able to sit through an experience is a superpower that only a few can build and nourish.           Whatever we don’t understand, we don’t love; in fact, whatever we don’t understand, we despise.           Including ourselves.           Because we don’t know ourselves, we don’t like ourselves enough. And the only way to love ourselves fully is to know ourselves wholly.           As we walk the path to knowing ourselves fully, we do the inner work to tap into our awareness, discover our shadows and respond differently to patterns to integrate the parts of us that we have hated and abandoned.           Get to know yourself with the energy of childlike enthusiasm, not the discipline of an army boot camp. Make self-awareness your only guru. All the answers you seek lie within you and they can’t wait to be known to you. Make knowing yourself your biggest passion project.           You will be sent to this life only when you have something to give to the world.                     The truth is, you will be sent to this life only when you have something to give to the world.           When the path that people were walking on caves in, you will be sent to fill the gaps with your special brand of love.           When the world lacks hope, you’ll arrive to stitch together the fabric of their lives with stories of resilience.           When the life people had envisioned for themselves hits a dead end, your empathy will become the spade that clears the debris on their path to fulfillment.           What is this life called? Is it a life of devotion to selfless service or is it a life of maximalism? Of living and giving to the fullest? Or daring life to play with you, knowing that it’s just that—play—and not something you need to take seriously? Maximalism is a life where you allow yourself to be at your fullest with love, acceptance, surrender, a feeling of abundance, generosity and presence. It’s a life where you wake up to your purpose and everything else that does not align with it just falls off like leaves in autumn. It’s a life where you accept nothing small and give nothing small but your whole beingness. It’s a life where, wherever you stand, you become the soul of the place.           Or is it a life of miraclism? Of knowing that this very moment is a miracle and so is the next? That miracles are the storyline of the universe and reality is the plot twist? Because when you choose to show up for yourself, all event planners in the heavens come together to make every moment seem like a fairy tale, though it is so subtle that you need a deeper awareness to pick up the signs. When you know that a thunderclap in the heavens is as big a miracle as counting a grain of rice and giving it your full attention.           It’s a life knowing that you are the elements themselves sent here to serve the world. That you are air and you can observe, breathe, focus and decide. Knowing that you are fire and you can burn, tame, adapt and ignite. Knowing that you are earth and you can ground, give, build and heal. Knowing that you are water and you can cry, cleanse, flow and let go. And that you are spirit and you can connect, listen, know and be still.             Our upcoming retreats                         Kolhapur Last 8 Seats Left 10th to 16th August     Escape the city's clamor, reconnect with your inner light. Indulge in a life changing retreat, experiencing the discovery of your true self, within the arms of nature.   More details     Reignite conversation     Kasauli Registrations Open 31st August to 6th September     The stunning vistas at Kasauli create the perfect space for peace & self-discovery, ensuring this retreat is a transformative and unforgettable experience.   More details     Reignite conversation           This week, let's revisit     Athoor September 2024                         Experience a life full of purpose                     My purpose is to help people live their life to the fullest.   Shilpi Thakur Tirthan Valley, July 2022         My purpose in life is to bring joy and abundance to the world through art and education.   Sonali Wala Tirthan Valley, July 2022               For a daily dose of Creativegarh and our retreats, follow us here:                           Swati Gandhi         Sunita Somani         Pedal On               View Our Collabs for Joy                   creativegarh.com             You are receiving this newsletter because either you have subscribed to it through our website, interacted with us by filling an invite form or because you have asked us to put you on the database. 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