This is great Dhrumil. Definitely going to be a major challenge for me, because I'm a constant seeker. I have such a major problem with being satisfied in so many different areas. I'd love to have the contentedness that you seem to have. I can't get my mind to stop, even trying your falling still practices.
I'll keep trying....
Thanks for another great video. You have such a calming voice and presence.
Jason
· 1 year ago
Wow, Very powerful and beautifully spoken brother. Thanks for your sharing.
Malorie
· 1 year ago
Thank you Dhrumil! That was a great video. I may have to watch it again soon. :D
Dena
· 1 year ago
You are a great speaker. I have the problem of wanting to say "um" and "like" too much.
I hope you post more.
jessica
· 1 year ago
thank you for this!
i have been what i call a "searcher" ever since i hit age 12 or so--15 years!
the more i've been doing yoga and just watching my thoughts throughout my daily life, i've noticed how ridiculous it gets. one day i was mentally making plans for how regularly i would do yoga, WHILE I WAS ACTUALLY DOING YOGA. it showed the absurdity to me. i wasn't enjoying yoga because i was busy planning how awesome it would be to do yoga everyday.
laruga
· 1 year ago
Beautifully put. Thank you.
Mary
· 1 year ago
Dhru, you're so awesome! It's funny, because I've noticed this in myself as of late, and was just speaking to one of my close friends about it just last week. I'm already seeking to do something else, when I've just gotten settled in a somewhat new place. I've had several epiphanies lately, what you've discussed in this video being just one of them.
On a side note and totally unrelated, I just wanted to state this - I came across a medical article the other day where scientists/medical researchers have discovered that many degenerative diseases are very similar at the cellular level, almost to the point where they can't tell them apart (or maybe they couldn't tel them apart - I only glanced at the article, but I can find it again if need be). The article was dated June or July of last year - but I found it very interesteing because I've heard so many statements from people about how they can't fathom the claims of raw foodists and how so many different types of diseases can be helped, if not cured, through a raw foods lifestyle. I thought it an excellent explanation as to why the lifestyle can help with so many different types of diseases, especially as you read the raw food literature and see everything explained that raw foods - specifically greens, but some other things as well - bathes and cleanses at the cellular level. If everything at that level is so similar, then it makes sense that raw foods can help with so many different types of diseases. Though most raw foodists know this instinctively, or through personal experience, it's good to have 'scientific' evidence for those who are incredibly sceptical - times are changing!
Anyway, thanks again for the great video.
Natanya Green
· 1 year ago
Thanks for being honest about your struggle and sharing your widsom :) You're my mentor Drhumil!
rubyvroom
· 1 year ago
Your thoughts & words are filled with great wisdom and they bring beauty to anyone who takes the time to watch, listen and embrace them. I feel a total sense of calm whenever I'm in your presence, be it in person or through video. I feel like I just went to church, bro. Love you! Penni
Lissa
· 1 year ago
Thank you so much! Your videos make such a difference in my life! :) You Rawk!!
tash
· 1 year ago
Right on, Penni. I for one feel as if I just sat in front of a Swami...or the next Eckart Tolle!
:0)
;0)
! ~ LOVE ~ !
PEACE
AUM
Deirdre
· 1 year ago
This is so true -- and not just about food and personal development goals - I tend to do this with so many things (i.e., focusing on how things are going to be in the future when I reach some goal, as opposed to just being in the present): "When I get my debt paid off..." "When I find a good relationship..." "When my career takes off...." etc. "... THEN I'll be happy." But, as the Abraham-Hicks material says, we can't even get where we want to go if we can't be content where we are. Life is whatever is happening NOW... Thank you for sharing, Dhrumil!
WendiDee
· 1 year ago
Not very long ago I was noticing how much a lot of people are looking to others for answers, seeking advice and *the* answer to whatever their questions are (if they even know).
It was at that point that I realized why there are so many "experts" and "gurus" and such popping up all over the place. People are genuinely seeking help, and there are many who are more than happy to step forward to offer it (whether out of genuine care, or not).
I then wondered if I was ever like all those I was noticing, searching for *the* answers. Yes, I was. I wasn't really looking for answers from one particular person, however. For me, I always had this pride thing going on--I didn't need others to give me the answer, I wanted to find it on my own. My seeking was always external, however. I'd pick up a book, hoping to read something that would help me figure *it* out, even though I never knew what that *it* really was. I never assumed the book had *the* answer, but I always thought maybe something that was written would trigger my own realization to take place.
Something changed, and I haven't really tried to figure out exactly what it was or when it happened. It was probably little shifts here and there, but all of a sudden I realized I truly understood and believed what I had always been saying: "We have all the answers we need inside ourselves." Intuitively I knew that to be true, and somewhere along the line I was living my life in a much more peaceful way, truly knowing that all I need is within myself.
I still enjoy learning from what others have said and done, however, particularly with diet. I'm at peace with my diet and health, but I'm not adverse to trying different things to see how my body responds (like lower fat, which I'm thinking may feel better). When I listen to spiritual teachers, it's different now, too. I don't assume they know something that I don't. I think we all know the same things on a very deep level, since we are all connected and one. However, I enjoy listening to spiritual teachers talk, because it inspires me to become more aware of my own knowledge, to learn ways to articulate the truths that have come to me.
I love you Dhrumil. Thanks for being so open and sharing yourself with everyone.
Wendi Dee XOXOXO
@gcrush
· 1 year ago
you are so awesome!!! i Love you!!!!
I remember when I first started the path of letting go seeking, the journey was so much easier and lighter than most things I have experienced!
dhrumil=my mentor!
thank you I was just looking for some meditation resources! oh thank you so much, waiting patiently, breathing deeply for you to post the links. ;)
Lee
· 1 year ago
I am a total seeker.
Everyday for the past 4 years (oh my god, has it been four years already!?) I've been struggling with staying raw. Every night I eat a lot of bread, dairy, and basically everything I feel like eating until I can't breathe anymore... and then I feel SO GUILTY and decide that tomorrow I will be 100% raw... yes tomorrow will be the day that my life turns around... and this happens to be every night.... it's a constant struggle and it's killing me..... i'm 20 years old with no friends or boyfriend. I am seeking raw food so I could lose weight and feel confident and be able to impress a good guy.......................................... right now my life sucks. I don't know how to get out of it. I don't know how to let go of seeking... can someone help?
Natasha
· 1 year ago
Lee,
Dear One,
I was going to post something here in an effort to help. I am really into a healing lifestyle, but have been experiencing some challenges myself over the past year or so...challenges which I am only now beginning to transcend. I think I might be able to offer you some loving advice and guidance, however. I don't know how much it may or may not help, but it's here all the same. In helping you, I would be helping myself as well. "It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Too, my best friend is a counselor by trade, and quite the spiritual love as well. He has offered me much insight into the human mind and heart, and the potential thereof. Please do feel most free to e-mail me, and we can chat. I think my e-mail address will show up on this post, but if not it is rawgini@gmail.com. Only love, and all the best.
Peace, Tash X
Natasha
· 1 year ago
Hi There Lee,
Oops. You know, I wrote you awhile ago, but instead of responding to your comment directly as I should have, I created a new comment below yours. Oh, well. Just so you know, though, it's there. Only love, and have a beautiful day!
Namaste, Tash X
"Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then in such trains of thoughts as, for example: Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible."
~ Marcus Aurelius
Natasha
· 1 year ago
I can totally relate Lee. I've known about healthy living and the raw food lifestyle for many years and would go though the constant yo-yo. As for the seeking, be patient with yourself and maybe try to put to practice the exercise Dhru talks about in the "Falling Still" video everytime you find yourself focused on a future that doesn't yet exist.
As for the eating aspect, here's what's been helping me this year. I decided to start communicating with my body and to asked it what it wants. For me, the response my body gave me were some of the following: painless pms, ideal weight, clear skin, increased energy, healthy organs, etc. After getting these responses, I started to do research on what it takes to obtain some of these things. Lo and behold, I was always lead back to a eating more fresh fruits, veggies, nuts seeds and less processed, overcooked, fatty foods.
I then did one of the things I heard TonyaKay talk about in an interview, which was to add more healthy stuff to my diet and to not focus on removing things from my diet. What started happening after a while is that I found myself wanting less on the overly processed stuff that I used to eat a lot of. I'm not sure at what point it happened, but a few weeks ago I was at Wholefoods and I noticed that my cart was filled with fruits, veggies and other healthy goodies and that I had no desire to buy the cookies, sweets, etc. I can't say I have figured it all out and that I am 100% there, but it was definitely one of those wow moments.
The most important thing to remember is to not force yourself to do anything and to be patient with yourself. I hope this helps. :)
debbiedoesraw
· 1 year ago
Hey Lee take it easy on yourself.. you may be fighting bigger demons than you think, like candida or other stuff that makes you crave carbs and sugars like a heroin addict needs a fix, it is powerful stuff!!! Do you know about Buellerskitchen.com? Please read her info, she reversed cervical cancer but first had to fight off the candida/yeast junk. Just a thought. I will tell you that if you make a true decision and commitment and are motivated enough raw can be very easy.. but go slow, don't go for 100%, start with 50% and work your way up.. it can happen for you, be kind to yourself. The emotional aspects of eating can also attack at any time.. that's where the things D. talks about are so very helpful, falling still and meditation it all helps. namasate my friend, Debbie debbiedoesraw.blogspot.com
Natasha
· 1 year ago
Re: Letting go of seeking
wyldegirl
· 1 year ago
you truly rock, Dhru. . . this was posted exactly as I needed it. . . lovely synchronicities abound- which is what i adore about life and the waves of consciousness and YOU! you're certainly part of a beautiful chain. . . having mentors and learning constantly, while being a mentor and teaching others. I'm truly grateful to have your presence in my life. . . and I miss you east coasters by the way. . . x Jenny
Daniel
· 1 year ago
I had a dream earlier with a beautiful lifeguard in it who was telling me not to be afraid of water, to just dive in, and go with the flow. I now understand what she mean't. Lately I've been spending too much time in the desert of my mind. Mirages pop up in life-life colors everyday wanting me to seek them, but once I've attained some of them I was still feeling the same way inside. They didn't magically make my life complete, how could a mirage ever do that? You can either live at the illusion's mercy always seeking the next best thing that promises to bring your every desire, or you can live in the flow, right now, where you are, and be happy with that. This moment is all that's real after all. Much Love, Daniel
great talk! looking forward to our call in the next couple months :-)
ss
· 1 year ago
Dhrumil, thank you! oh my gosh...this brought up answers to many questions that I battle in my head daily...all in my head...hope this mental battle and yo yo will stop...thank you!
All Comments
I'll keep trying....
Thanks for another great video. You have such a calming voice and presence.
I hope you post more.
i have been what i call a "searcher" ever since i hit age 12 or so--15 years!
the more i've been doing yoga and just watching my thoughts throughout my daily life, i've noticed how ridiculous it gets. one day i was mentally making plans for how regularly i would do yoga, WHILE I WAS ACTUALLY DOING YOGA. it showed the absurdity to me. i wasn't enjoying yoga because i was busy planning how awesome it would be to do yoga everyday.
On a side note and totally unrelated, I just wanted to state this - I came across a medical article the other day where scientists/medical researchers have discovered that many degenerative diseases are very similar at the cellular level, almost to the point where they can't tell them apart (or maybe they couldn't tel them apart - I only glanced at the article, but I can find it again if need be). The article was dated June or July of last year - but I found it very interesteing because I've heard so many statements from people about how they can't fathom the claims of raw foodists and how so many different types of diseases can be helped, if not cured, through a raw foods lifestyle. I thought it an excellent explanation as to why the lifestyle can help with so many different types of diseases, especially as you read the raw food literature and see everything explained that raw foods - specifically greens, but some other things as well - bathes and cleanses at the cellular level. If everything at that level is so similar, then it makes sense that raw foods can help with so many different types of diseases. Though most raw foodists know this instinctively, or through personal experience, it's good to have 'scientific' evidence for those who are incredibly sceptical - times are changing!
Anyway, thanks again for the great video.
Penni
:0)
;0)
! ~ LOVE ~ !
PEACE
AUM
It was at that point that I realized why there are so many "experts" and "gurus" and such popping up all over the place. People are genuinely seeking help, and there are many who are more than happy to step forward to offer it (whether out of genuine care, or not).
I then wondered if I was ever like all those I was noticing, searching for *the* answers. Yes, I was. I wasn't really looking for answers from one particular person, however. For me, I always had this pride thing going on--I didn't need others to give me the answer, I wanted to find it on my own. My seeking was always external, however. I'd pick up a book, hoping to read something that would help me figure *it* out, even though I never knew what that *it* really was. I never assumed the book had *the* answer, but I always thought maybe something that was written would trigger my own realization to take place.
Something changed, and I haven't really tried to figure out exactly what it was or when it happened. It was probably little shifts here and there, but all of a sudden I realized I truly understood and believed what I had always been saying: "We have all the answers we need inside ourselves." Intuitively I knew that to be true, and somewhere along the line I was living my life in a much more peaceful way, truly knowing that all I need is within myself.
I still enjoy learning from what others have said and done, however, particularly with diet. I'm at peace with my diet and health, but I'm not adverse to trying different things to see how my body responds (like lower fat, which I'm thinking may feel better). When I listen to spiritual teachers, it's different now, too. I don't assume they know something that I don't. I think we all know the same things on a very deep level, since we are all connected and one. However, I enjoy listening to spiritual teachers talk, because it inspires me to become more aware of my own knowledge, to learn ways to articulate the truths that have come to me.
I love you Dhrumil. Thanks for being so open and sharing yourself with everyone.
Wendi Dee
XOXOXO
I remember when I first started the path of letting go seeking, the journey was so much easier and lighter than most things I have experienced!
dhrumil=my mentor!
thank you I was just looking for some meditation resources! oh thank you so much, waiting patiently, breathing deeply for you to post the links. ;)
Everyday for the past 4 years (oh my god, has it been four years already!?) I've been struggling with staying raw. Every night I eat a lot of bread, dairy, and basically everything I feel like eating until I can't breathe anymore... and then I feel SO GUILTY and decide that tomorrow I will be 100% raw... yes tomorrow will be the day that my life turns around... and this happens to be every night.... it's a constant struggle and it's killing me..... i'm 20 years old with no friends or boyfriend. I am seeking raw food so I could lose weight and feel confident and be able to impress a good guy.......................................... right now my life sucks. I don't know how to get out of it. I don't know how to let go of seeking... can someone help?
Dear One,
I was going to post something here in an effort to help. I am really into a healing lifestyle, but have been experiencing some challenges myself over the past year or so...challenges which I am only now beginning to transcend. I think I might be able to offer you some loving advice and guidance, however. I don't know how much it may or may not help, but it's here all the same. In helping you, I would be helping myself as well. "It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Too, my best friend is a counselor by trade, and quite the spiritual love as well. He has offered me much insight into the human mind and heart, and the potential thereof. Please do feel most free to e-mail me, and we can chat. I think my e-mail address will show up on this post, but if not it is rawgini@gmail.com. Only love, and all the best.
Peace,
Tash
X
Oops. You know, I wrote you awhile ago, but instead of responding to your comment directly as I should have, I created a new comment below yours. Oh, well. Just so you know, though, it's there. Only love, and have a beautiful day!
Namaste,
Tash
X
"Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then in such trains of thoughts as, for example: Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible."
~ Marcus Aurelius
As for the eating aspect, here's what's been helping me this year. I decided to start communicating with my body and to asked it what it wants. For me, the response my body gave me were some of the following: painless pms, ideal weight, clear skin, increased energy, healthy organs, etc. After getting these responses, I started to do research on what it takes to obtain some of these things. Lo and behold, I was always lead back to a eating more fresh fruits, veggies, nuts seeds and less processed, overcooked, fatty foods.
I then did one of the things I heard TonyaKay talk about in an interview, which was to add more healthy stuff to my diet and to not focus on removing things from my diet. What started happening after a while is that I found myself wanting less on the overly processed stuff that I used to eat a lot of. I'm not sure at what point it happened, but a few weeks ago I was at Wholefoods and I noticed that my cart was filled with fruits, veggies and other healthy goodies and that I had no desire to buy the cookies, sweets, etc. I can't say I have figured it all out and that I am 100% there, but it was definitely one of those wow moments.
The most important thing to remember is to not force yourself to do anything and to be patient with yourself. I hope this helps. :)
take it easy on yourself.. you may be fighting bigger demons than you think, like candida or other stuff that makes you crave carbs and sugars like a heroin addict needs a fix, it is powerful stuff!!!
Do you know about Buellerskitchen.com? Please read her info, she reversed cervical cancer but first had to fight off the candida/yeast junk. Just a thought.
I will tell you that if you make a true decision and commitment and are motivated enough raw can be very easy.. but go slow, don't go for 100%, start with 50% and work your way up.. it can happen for you, be kind to yourself. The emotional aspects of eating can also attack at any time.. that's where the things D. talks about are so very helpful, falling still and meditation it all helps.
namasate my friend,
Debbie
debbiedoesraw.blogspot.com
you're certainly part of a beautiful chain. . . having mentors and learning constantly, while being a mentor and teaching others. I'm truly grateful to have your presence in my life. . . and I miss you east coasters by the way. . .
x Jenny
Love you Dhrumil.. hey your hair is getting long.. are you growing it out?
Sorry I am a hairdresser !
love and peace
deb
thank you! oh my gosh...this brought up answers to many questions that I battle in my head daily...all in my head...hope this mental battle and yo yo will stop...thank you!