Soul Kadee

As a creative person living in the distraction and chaos of the city, I sometimes find it very difficult to create the environment I need to boost my creativity and bring out the best in me.

While talking with my Sensei a couple of days ago, I told him about a time when I was so unhappy with my life, that I wanted to escape to the mountains and become a recluse.

There’s no effort in that, he said. It’s easy to achieve peace and serenity in a calm and beautiful environment like the mountains. Your goal should be to become an oasis of calm in the midst of chaos. So true!

One method that helps me calm my mind, is a technique used by many teachers of visualisation and meditation - creating an inner sanctuary in your mind.

While listening to the audio of Shakti Gawain’s Creative Visualization Meditations, I remembered a vignette from my childhood, that I loved, and that has always helped me create an inner sanctuary of peace and calm.

When we were kids, Doordarshan used to broadcast this short film that showed two little kids, a girl and a boy running through a grassy meadow towards a lake ringed by tall trees.

I still rememer the way the rays of sunlight shone through the trees and sparkled on the lake like diamonds.

The kids would laugh, hold hands, throw pebbles into the water and watch the ripples on the lake. It was all in the name of promoting national integration (the boy’s name was Rahim, the girl’s name, I don’t remember), but the visual was beautiful, calming and joyful.

It’s the first image that comes to mind when I create my inner sanctuary during meditation. Using that visual has helped me create a space inside me that nurtures my creativity and enthusiasm for expressing it.

If someone knows where I can my hands on a copy of that film, do let me know. Its something I’d cherish, as a part of my life I never want to let go.

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