TEN RITUALS OF RADIANT LIVING

1. Ritual of Solitude: Ensure that your daily schedule include a mandatory period of peace.
Explore the healing power of silence and come to know who you really are.

2. Ritual of Physicality: Power of Physical Care.
You care for your body, so you care for your mind. As you prepare your body, so you prepare your mind.

3. Ritual of Live Nourishment: As you nourish your body, so you nourish your mind.
A poor diet has a pronounced effect on your life. It drains your mental and physical energy. It affects your moods and it hampers the clarity of your mind.

4. Ritual of Abundant Knowledge: It centers on the whole notion of lifelong learning and expanding your knowledge base for the good of yourself and all those around you.
Some books are meant to be tasted, some books are meant to be chewed and, finally, some books are meant to be swallowed whole.

5. Ritual of Personal Refleaction: Take the time to think. Get into the regular habit of personal introspection.
Talking the time to get to know yourself, you will connect to a dimension of your being that you never knew you had.

6. Ritual of Early Awakening: Rise with sun and to start the day off well.
Sleep is really nothing more than a habit and like any other habit, you can train yourself to achieve the result you want; sleeping less in this case.

7. Ritual of Music: Never forget the power of music.
Spend a little time with it everyday. When you feel down or weary, play some music. It is one of the finest motivators I know of.

8. Ritual of Spoken Word: Series of mantras that would recite morning, afternoon and night.
A mantra is nothing more than a collection of words strung together to create a positive effect. Mantras accomplish objectives in a powerful way.

9. Ritual of Congruent Character: Take daily, incremental action to build your own character.
You sow a thought, you reap an action. Reap an action, you sow a habit. Sow a habit, you reap a character. Sow a character, you reap your destiny.

10. Ritual of Simplicity: Live a simple life.
One must never live in the thick of thin things. Focus only on your priorities, those activities that are truly meaningful. Your life will be uncluttered, rewarding and exceptionally peaceful.

- Surya Kanta Jena -
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