Mindfulness in Loop

why are we finding ourselves in the same loop again? 

Entering, living in the loop BUT what about exit? What kind of loop are you in? Emotional loop, financial loop, career loop, physical loop? And for how long?

By Kritika Mehta

you are not the only one

When I was a kid I always used to think if I ever get a phone for myself, I'll download everything from Instagram to WhatsApp , from Netflix to prime , from coc to subway surfers. Now I look back at that time, I try to remember that thirst, that desire, but I fail to experience the same excitement when today I have my own phone and all the freedom to download anything .Its mainly because now I want other things , to put it in a simpler way I have now unlocked a new level of desire. Has this happened to you too? Basically 'when things we wanted the most come to us , we no longer need them and we run away from them for some other new things.'

here living in a loop refers to a lifestyle which is not changing with time, it is something which you do not like but you do not have courage or consciousness to break through it. It is something which is draining you from inside, you want to change it but you don't know how. 

Same situations , same people, same place, same feelings, same work , sometimes feels like living a life or stuck in a maze?

Noticing the matrix 

I started off as someone who used to admire what successful or more appropriately elder "money earning" people would do. I used to think that they have figured out what they want in life as well as they know what they are doing in life. But slowly I began to notice a pattern, which is surely same for 90% of people around us irrespective of which profession or personal stage of life they are in. We all are aware of such patterns and trends so not much to discuss upon that. Certainly, the people I used to admire became the people whose personalities I fear the most at this moment. This happened due the fact that I, in my recent years did all those things which the herd of sheep was doing, somewhere in stance of looking for sense of security and comfortability.

 We wanted our lives to be free of regrets that is why we always choose the safest option - the more travelled road . But later or sooner we tend to realize that the safest option is the path from where we enter an unseen matrix, which doesn't allows you to create for yourself but teaches you to choose and follow the old regime despite the fact that you have content doing it or not.

Different aspects of this loop 

There are some excellent examples of people who conceded these facts and made their ways out like Mr. Chetan Bhagat, Monk Gaur Gopal Das, Mr. Vikas Divyakirti, Ms. Monika Halan, Mr. Amir Khan, Mr. Virat Kohli and there are endless prominent examples. I mentioned these specific names first because they cover all the areas of  this extended cycle, intellectual, physical, emotional, mental etc. The thing about which we are talking is not just limited to few aspects, it has various characters, situations, background , one cannot narrow it down to just a sole boring idea. To contemplate it lets talk about 

Ms. Monika Halan, has abundance of financial knowledge, but during her times people dominated females who took part in financial decisions of house , but she made her way out of the loop.

Mr. Vikas Divyakirti, has cleared upsc and was an IAS, but left service much sooner than everyone had expected and made his way out of the loop.

 Mr. Chetan Bhagat, he is an IITian, could have limited himself to a cooperate job but became a renowned author and his books are best selling ones. He made his way out of the loop.

Mr. Amir Khan, he is an actor and producer. Being so rich he could have made films like animal, Kabir Singh , sanju for a fancy box-office collection but rather he choose to produce films like laapata ladies , secret superstar , 3 idiots which impact society to a grater extent. he made his way out of the loop.

This is what it means to have mindfulness about loop 

 Experiencing and acknowledging the motif myself and the art of sailing

You might be wondering, the writer of this post herself is in loop, giving examples of great personalities like everyone in the world does. But in real life its hard to realize and till the time we realize, we loose control over those things which would have helped us get out. 

I have just started a beautiful journey of my life , so called adulthood. I know even after knowing all this I am going fall into this loop till some extent but at least I'll be aware of this fact. And awareness puts a lot of impact on one's life. It acts like ayurvedic medicine , not allopathic.  

people think to get out of a trap is the biggest thing one can do, but in reality the biggest and bravest thing one can do is to acknowledge the fact that they are stuck in a trap. One's environment, family, friends play a very important role on one's life but most important thing is what you are thinking and what you want which , at the end determines everything.

1. “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain, American Writer

as I already said on my blog space, I am an observer , my every write up has a sole purpose of conveying that not acknowledged knowledge, which we see in our daily lives but choose not to talk about it. There can be different point of views, exceptions, beautiful tragedies.