To view this newsletter in the browser, click here                 Issue #184       A newsletter from Creativegarh to help you live a life of passion, purpose and meaning.         The miracle you are waiting for is reading this sentence.                     Every morning you wake up looking at the universe for a miracle, unaware that the universe is looking at you - its stunning, magical miracle.           You.           A miracle that is a result of the universe’s 13.8 billion years of tapasya, of cosmic unfolding, of 400 trillion events, of stars colliding, galaxies birthing - each a miracle in itself - to see you here, reading this word.           You, beautiful godseed, Brahman itself, a miracle created from joy - from the universe’s longing to express itself and experience its own magnificence through you. A miracle created for the universe to express itself through you. A miracle that is moulded from stardust and love, the same ingredients in a tree in the backyard and a galaxy billions of light years away.           You, the miracle - the interplay of Purusha and Prakriti, Shiva and Shakti, the observer and the observed - a creation of wonder, not lack; of joy, not necessity; of playfulness, not grim seriousness.           When the universe looks at you, not from the outside of you but from inside of you, its heart skips a beat to see its own grandiosity, and in that one moment of recognition, Shiva recognises Shiva, Krishna recognises Krishna, Kali recognises Kali. And as the universe releases its breath, a thousand galaxies are formed, a million suns are lit and a cosmic-sized joy fills your being.           What you are on the inside touches the world on the outside. When you feel separate, the world feels separate, the tree feels separate, and the universe appears to be ‘out there’ rather than ‘in here’.           There is an infinite field of potential, one consciousness showing up in many forms, and one of those forms just woke up - you. So, how would you then choose to live today? As a small, separate someone fighting their own private battles or as Shiva-Shakti in human form, as Krishna’s heart and Prakriti’s hands, serving the universe with your infinite capacity to love?           You are not the body or the thoughts. You are the unchanging reality, the unmoving, aware presence, you are the playful creator, you are the energy of creation and you are the intelligence who keeps the balance in the world too, for all of it to dissolve and become the new again and again.           It’s a miraculous life. You are not a tiny speck of dust in the universe. You are the universe in a speck of dust - Shiva in a heartbeat, Shakti in a breath, Krishna in a smile, Kali in action, Prakriti in a single grain of rice. You are the magic that pervades the world, and you are the world that life itself calls magic.                 Your life is not a test. It’s an experiment.                     This magnificent, magical, glorious life that you are living is not governed by an old man in the clouds sitting with a red pen and giving you marks for everything that you do or don’t do. Life is not a test where you have to pass with flying colours so you can have a spectacular afterlife and a platinum membership in the heavens.           Your life is an experiment, not a test.           Tests have right and wrong answers and call upon you to prove to yourself and others that you are worthy because you have all the answers, you have figured it all out. And in case where you have not, you are demoted to a lower class - poverty, pain, anguish, suffering, hardships and hunger.           Experiments, on the other hand, have data and learning. You learn and evolve by experience. Your wrong answers don’t cast you out but help you dive deeper into the search for truth. The right answers humble you when you realise that everyone’s truth is different from yours, and the war of having the same answer as everyone while being different is where suffering starts.           Life doesn’t ask you to prove yourself but invites you to discover yourself. Life doesn’t ask you to memorise lessons, scriptures, mantras, and perform all your rituals diligently in the classroom. Life allows you to enter the practical lab and know what you have learnt experientially. By falling, failing and rising. By being, becoming and creating. By allowing, surrendering and letting go. By adding little drops of courage to the petri-dish of childhood beliefs and conditioning and seeing life change and smell differently.           Life is not about the pressure to perform but having the presence to wake up from the deep sleep of delusion and autopilot, unconscious living. Karma is not punitive. It’s not a scorecard to keep track of your rights and wrongs, but it’s a learning management system to nudge you to live righteously.           Life was never meant to be a classroom to learn lessons from a book of life taught by many who had not stepped out of their comfort zone. Life is meant to be lived in a practical lab, experimenting and confronting reality. Life is meant to be lived on playing fields, playing with life, cheering yourself on from the centre field and not from the pavilions, playing the game on the divine’s team. Because when experience is the goal, everything in life is a win.             Our upcoming retreats                         Bhimtal Last 2 Seats Left 10th to 16th May     Bhimtal offers a rare kind of Kumaoni serenity. This landscape creates the perfect setting for inner work, allowing reflection to unfold naturally.   More details     Reignite conversation     Mandi Last 4 Seats Left 14th to 20th June     Mandi in summer is a calm escapade. Cool mountain air, green slopes, and quiet mornings create space to breath, rejuvenate and slow down.   More details     Reignite conversation     Kolhapur Registrations Open 12th to 18th July     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           This week, let's revisit     Kasauli March 2023                         Experience a life full of purpose                     The purpose of my life is to live and empower people to live a fulfilling life through inner journey.   Anupama Giri Nainital, May 2022         The purpose of my life is to make an impact with the power of stories to inspire people to lead a life full of light, joy and miracles.   Megha Kukar Sakleshpur, August 2022               For a daily dose of Creativegarh and our retreats, follow us here:                           Mantra Gold Coatings & The White Paper Creative         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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