Working In Bliss

24th August 2010,

Today I am working in Bliss...

We are house sitting for our friends in Encinitas/San Diego, CA. We have been here for a week now with 2 weeks to go. We are taking full advantage of the incredible space we have been gifted with. Since we have been here, the weather has been incredible. During the warm days we have enjoyed the solar heated pool, and during the beautiful moonlit nights, we relax in the spa, with occasional dips in the pool to cool off.

This morning I awoke to a 'moonset' around 6am. The full moon in the east, glowed a gorgeous light orange.

I ran an extension chord out to the canopy, plugged in and sat down. My office today is the blue skies, lush green palm trees, onlooking tikki carvings and Buddha statues consciously places around the garden, and sounds of tumbling water and wind chimes.

See what I see, check out this short you tube video:



Every few hours I breaks and go for a quick swim with the kids, practice my forward dives, or jump around on the trampoline, which is quite a workout in itself. Working virtual certainly has its benefits, don't get me wrong, I am not saying everyday is like this, but when they are... FREAKIN ENJOY THEM is what I say!

Today I really get to work in Bliss, but the reality is that true bliss is our state of being, not the location or surrounding or even circumstance. So on the days when my office does not quite look or feel like this, and when things are not going to plan, I will close my eyes, and remember what working in bliss feels like.

Work Smart, Play Often, Relax Well
-Beejal Parmar

Trip To Consciousville

Sunday 29th August 2010,

We left San Diego early in the morning with our friends, Vish, Deypika, Nicks to spend the day visiting Agape Spiritual Center, Hare Krishna Temple Cafe and the SFR Lake Shrine center in Santa Monica.

As you can imagine it turned out to be an incredible day. Michael Beckwith and Ricky Beyrs Beckwith were in full flow, with inspiring music and service.

Immediately after service we drove 10 minutes north to the Hare Krishna Temple in North Culver City to enjoy Karma Free vegetarian lunch.

After lunch we drove west on 10 and several miles north to the Self Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine. A truly hidden Oasis in the LA region.

We walked around the lake, taking time to set out intentions, short meditations, until the monks kindly asked us to leave, again and again :)



On the way home we stopped for Dinner at Artesia, known for it's India influence.

It was a magical day, full of spirit, love, peace and joy with our dear friends.

-Beejal

Options For Getting Rid of Stuff

Once we made the decision to go on the global adventure, the very next decision was to sell/gift/give away as much of our stuff as possible. We knew we wanted to store as little as possible, nor did we really want to store anything. More importantly we wanted to take this opportunity to simplify, organize and systematize our life and embrace the minimalistic lifestyle that is growing in popularity



How we got rid of our stuff:
1) Facebook
2) Craig's List
3) eBay
4) Garage Sales
5) Auction at our Concert Party
6) Donate
7) Gift to friends

The process of selling our items, especially the more emotionally valuable items was both challenging and rewarding. While it was sometimes difficult to make the decision to let go of certain items, once those items were sold, we found ourselves 'not' missing the items AND we felt so much lighter.

Having gone through the experience I highly recommend it to anyone.

-Beejal