No-mind, Just Dance

Is your mind troubled by music, and you still can’t dance? Listen to yourself. Your soul probably has something to say.

Performance in life is like performance on stage: the less room there is, the harder it is to move and bring dancing skills to life. Do not limit your dance-floor with what others have drawn for themselves. Create your own space and draw your own lines. Receive the sound of life openly and feel every beat. Follow your own steps, not those you learned in dancing schools. Listen to your body and be in control.

To know yourself, you have to experiment with yourself. To discover your true essence, you have to test yourself.  Welcome life and its experiences. Look at different options and have the courage to step into the unknown. Be strong to try something new.

You have the right to define yourself, and a moral obligation to give meaning to your life. You were born in a way you did not arrange. If you cannot change where you come from, you can still designate your path, set your goals, and decide where to go from there.

Do you like and enjoy what you are doing now? Maybe? Think again. Is it truly what you want? Passion is not only what we see, it is much more what we feel. It is not simply what we like, it is what we cannot live without. Make sure to find your authentic passions, and to never settle for those you were conditioned or compelled to follow. Let go of what you are told or convinced that you are destined to be. Do all you can until your destiny is revealed to you.

Be a product of yourself, not the product of your surroundings. Give birth to yourself and to the environment you want to live in. Look around you and listen to what others have to say, but don’t get blinded by prefixed social rules. Embark with your own beliefs. Find a common ground if you can, but ultimately, be in conformity with yourself. What is now, one-day was not, and what one-day will be, does not necessarily exist today.

Are you afraid of not achieving what others have achieved? Stop. By comparing yourself to others, you might be running the wrong marathon. One day, we will all reach the same end and rest in the same pot. At that time, competitors will be of two kinds: those who ran fast and forgot to experience life, and those who moved unhurriedly and got to enjoy what life had to offer.

Don’t compare yourself to others. If it can motivate you to move forward and faster in some competitions, it could also limit your sight and hinder your moves. You don’t have to run on the same track if you can change direction. Compete with yourself and not necessarily with others. Walk fast if you want, but try not to always run. Get some rest when you feel the need. Stop to breathe and reenergize. Stop to reflect and to re-focalize.

Teotihuacán (Mexico)

Look around and inside you. You may want to redefine your path. Are you lost and can’t tell where you are now? Do you know where you’re heading, or at least where you want to go? It might be scary to step into the unknown, but isn’t also frightening to let go of ourselves for what some people call destiny, fate or luck? Why should we always be the product of life, and not vice versa? Why don’t we create the life we want, plant the seeds of the future we seek, and enjoy its fruits in due course?

Sometimes we wake up, look in the mirror, and hardly recognize ourselves. Do we give enough attention to such moments? Do we make that extra effort to visualize and learn about who and what we really are?

You are born with your own seed inside of you, a seed that needs light and water to grow. Open the windows to your heart and mind. Let them in. While light enters through the window to our heart and mind, water gets there with the lessons of life. Let your seed drink before it gets thirsty, but remember that overhydration can kill it.

Life experiences are like the meals in restaurants - often perceived through smell, appearance, and taste. There are those we like, and those that we don’t. Among both, there are those that are healthy and beneficial, those that are not, and those that make no difference at all. We won’t know what we truly like or dislike until we try.

Learning about yourself is also part of learning about others and their different cultures. Travel, meet people, and learn languages. Dress, eat and try to think differently. Combine cultures and find the mix that suits you the most. When you travel, you get to see things differently. You put on new lenses, zoom in and zoom out. You get to focalize your vision until the scene looks natural and crystal clear.

Don’t be afraid of letting go of what you have, or are currently doing. If you don’t like it, move and try something else. Engage in new activities and trigger your creativity. Innovate and bring your ideas to life. If you are afraid of moving, remember that while stability is important, immobility can be dangerous. What you can do now, you might not be able to do tomorrow. Today is the right time to start.

Create your world and set your own rules. Satisfy yourself, but avoid hurting others selfishly. Seek what makes you happy, and while you do so, remember to look inwards.

Be true to yourself, and do not silence your dreams because of external pressure. Do not give up. Hold your stance. If you protect your wallet and the replaceable money that is in it, you must also defend your irreplaceable self that is within you.

Surround yourself with positive people who can inspire you and catalyze your growth. People who can read you and help you learn about yourself. People who can bring the best out of you and contribute to your self-realization. People who love you the way you are, and appreciate where and the way you want to be. People who can criticize you constructively without the envious will to destroy you. People who can enlighten you without confusing you. People who can believe in you without deceiving you. People who can invest in you without wanting to use you.

Don’t be afraid of smiling, laughing or even crying. Be the kid you need to be. Lucky are those who maintain a touch of childish innocence in their hearts while others become dark and hard like rocks. Fly and let go of what keeps you down. Love and don’t be afraid of emotions. Love yourself, others, and life. No-mind, just dance.