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Arjuna Ishaya
July 28, 2021

Dance like no one’s watching, but live like everyone is

Arjuna Ishaya
July 28, 2021
Dance like no one’s watching, but live like everyone is

What’s it to be? Dance like no one is watching? Or live like the people you care about are?

Tagged: Character, Virtue, The Good life, Intentional living, Peace of mind, Master your mindset

Arjuna Ishaya
July 21, 2021

We love control, but it’s not working

Arjuna Ishaya
July 21, 2021
We love control, but it’s not working

We love control. We think control is power. But it’s not. It’s the complete opposite of whatever power is.

Tagged: Control, Surrender, Peace, Clarity of mind

Arjuna Ishaya
July 14, 2021

There are hundreds of ways to remember

Arjuna Ishaya
July 14, 2021
There are hundreds of ways to remember

Given it’s so easy to get lost and forget, what do you do to remember what sustains you – the way home?

Tagged: Mindfulness habits, Mindfulness practices, Intentional living, Priorities

Arjuna Ishaya
July 7, 2021

What makes a hero?

Arjuna Ishaya
July 7, 2021
What makes a hero?

What used to scare me the most was not living the life I was born to live. The heroic pursuit of something “more” has since become a guiding principle, and the people I admire are very clear on this. How about you?

Tagged: hero, heroic living, intentional living, mindful living, self development, spiritual growth

Arjuna Ishaya
June 30, 2021

Lighthouses and a Life of Greatness

Arjuna Ishaya
June 30, 2021
Lighthouses and a Life of Greatness

“Greatness isn’t so much about being the best at something, but being the best at being yourself. That’s when you truly start to have an impact.”

Tagged: inspiration, leadership, intentional living, goal setting, greatness

Arjuna Ishaya
June 23, 2021

What is Success?

Arjuna Ishaya
June 23, 2021
What is Success?

The key question everyone should ask and define for themselves. Constantly.

Tagged: success, being better, goal setting, intentional living, mindful living, peaceful living

Arjuna Ishaya
June 16, 2021

The Universe is benevolent

Arjuna Ishaya
June 16, 2021
The Universe is benevolent

We often can’t see what is in our best interests, so rely on others to help show us. What if Life itself was trying to show us the best way to live it?

Tagged: mentors, leadership, parenting, innocence, expectations, growth

Arjuna Ishaya
June 9, 2021

How to live a true and Quality life

Arjuna Ishaya
June 9, 2021
How to live a true and Quality life

COVID has meant a lot of us are searching for a way to do and respond to life better. While guides and tactics and practical philosophy tips are useful, there’s a higher source of wisdom closer than you think.

Tagged: wisdom, Good life, Quality life, practical philosophy

Arjuna Ishaya
June 2, 2021

The last of the human freedoms

Arjuna Ishaya
June 2, 2021
The last of the human freedoms

“Our attitude to life could be the greatest thing we possess. It changes everything.”

Tagged: ambition, contentment, satisfaction, balanced life, intentional living, choice

Arjuna Ishaya
May 26, 2021

Being Extraordinary

Arjuna Ishaya
May 26, 2021
Being Extraordinary

“Living an extraordinary life involves ordinary moments of courage. The ongoing attempt to live up to our values means we can create something much better for ourselves and our world.”

Tagged: courage, extraordinary life, intentional living, more to life, leadership, be the change

Arjuna Ishaya
May 19, 2021

Living our highest selves, the glamourous and the simple, and Einstein

Arjuna Ishaya
May 19, 2021
Living our highest selves, the glamourous and the simple, and Einstein

“What is the highest experience anyone can have? According to experts in sex, drugs and rock n roll, power, money and fame, adventure, ice baths and deep breathing…”

Tagged: contentment, ease, simplicity, power of now, power of enough

Arjuna Ishaya
May 12, 2021

Inadequate cowards or powerful lights?

Arjuna Ishaya
May 12, 2021
Inadequate cowards or powerful lights?

Living the life you were born to live WILL take the courage to make decisions with little information, or with the chance that it might all go wrong. So how do you make the right choice?

Tagged: courage, fear, decisions, decision making, destiny

Arjuna Ishaya
May 5, 2021

Gratitude: Powerful, yet easy to take for granted

Arjuna Ishaya
May 5, 2021
Gratitude: Powerful, yet easy to take for granted

When it comes to gratitude it’s so easy to think that you’ve heard it all before. If you do think that though, you need gratitude more, not less. Take it as a sign to sit and actually practice it.

Tagged: gratitude, being thankful, self improvement, be better, complaining

Arjuna Ishaya
April 28, 2021

Don't try and do things

Arjuna Ishaya
April 28, 2021
Don't try and do things

Pushing and controlling always results in less than the best you could have delivered. It’s weird, but every part of our lives are better when we don’t try and do them.

Tagged: presence, Being, inner power, creativity, quality in life

Arjuna Ishaya
April 21, 2021

You need peace AND struggle …?

Arjuna Ishaya
April 21, 2021
You need peace AND struggle …?

It’s not either/or … you want both peace AND a struggle worthy of you. And choosing both changes the nature of each of them, for the better.

Tagged: Peace, challenge, stress management, intentional living

Arjuna Ishaya
April 14, 2021

A sense of wonder must be tended

Arjuna Ishaya
April 14, 2021
A sense of wonder must be tended

Don’t rely on luck or location to experience awe and wonder and a sense of the majestic. Tend it like a gardener.

Tagged: sacred places, no ordinary moments, stillness is the key, intentional living

Arjuna Ishaya
April 7, 2021

The true question about life and death

Arjuna Ishaya
April 7, 2021
The true question about life and death

The greatest bringer of focus in life is death. The end really brings everything to a sharp point, doesn’t it?

Tagged: death, dying, the power of now, living fully, seeing clearly, memento mori

Arjuna Ishaya
March 31, 2021

Showing up and slacking off

Arjuna Ishaya
March 31, 2021
Showing up and slacking off

Discipline and consistency is undeniably important for getting things done. But is there a balance? How do you know when to switch off and take it easy?

Tagged: discipline, practice, relaxing, doing nothing, balance, wisdom

Arjuna Ishaya
March 24, 2021

What if you didn’t need to change a single thing, except how you think about it?

Arjuna Ishaya
March 24, 2021
What if you didn’t need to change a single thing, except how you think about it?

Seeking to change your life is a wonderful thing. But what happens when that IS the problem in your life?

Tagged: acceptance, surrender, control, present moment, need not want, power of thinking

Arjuna Ishaya
March 17, 2021

Easy Does It

Arjuna Ishaya
March 17, 2021
Easy Does It

We’ve been taught to believe that anything worth doing is worth over-doing and obsessing over, that stress and struggle is the currency of making things happen. But what if that’s completely wrong?

Tagged: The power of stillness, The power of now, Presence, Quality, Stress management

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