Conscious Administration/Governance. Who is in Control? Who is God?

On my return to Delhi few years ago. I found that the collective has many questions. Is it telepathy/thought flow/mind space/controlled emotions/mind/mental/intellect/tuning/connection/energy/structures? Who is in control? Who is God? How does this world work? Who runs it?

Consciousness is One. There is also Individual. There is personality. Conscious choices.

Consciousness is beyond mind/heart/body. There is a collective consciousness. That is where we are One. That is Godliness. Qualitative human excellence.

I am in tune with that. We make collective choices to change who we are as human beings. My path to accepting that I must become President of Asia 2040 is not an individual choice. It is something brought upon me because of the journey. This is the path forward.

On my return I kept telling the collective conscious as a conclusion to discussions/questions being asked that they must join politics/political parties and make changes on an administrative level for the best of this planet. To the ones who want to find out who is in control. I joke now and say dial 100 number for the police control room. 😀

I was busy with my ceramic work, Looking for my husband and dealing with my family situation.

Those discussions have boomeranged. I knew of taking responsibility before (having the ability to respond). Yes I have finished my spiritual practice/learning/experience. Had so much of enlightenment, that I realized, sitting on this mountain can be an addiction. I decided to walk around and look at what else is going on.

Yes I know that changes need to manifest. We make changes as a collective. To make these changes in the most educated/organized/legal method is to join politics. Human beings from cave men have gotten thus far. We have paper notes as currency for money and not barter system. We have organized ourselves into administration/governance/countries/governments.

Conscious governance/administration is the path. Not just being used by this collective consciousness.

As an individual consciousness. I have worked many years and awakened myself. Died before death many times. This qualitative being has been shared time and time again with others who are awakened/chosen through the collective consciousness. I ask for a Department of Enlightenment to protect myself from other not-conscious beings. I am compassionate towards them. Choosing peace even when they want to fight. I don’t believe in the old Gandhian method of give your other cheek. That is not the world we live in. We need to step back to protect ourselves. I distance myself to start with and continue communication in a more formal tone/method.

Control/God?

Who is in control of a situation? Who is in charge? Who is responsible? The collective is together, we are responsible. We have to constantly change. When we know better we do better. There is no one answer. There are so many different dimensions/realities/levels/planes of existence at play/work together. I chose not to just play and consider it a game. It is life, we have to live it. Our choices are important to narrow down to our sense of reality/truth. Otherwise legality will not have any value. I give power to the Prime Ministers/Presidents by the choices I make. On a legal level they are choosen by the collective through the method of fair and free elections.

I am in control of my choices. As a conscious being (This is not conscious/unconscious medically speaking. Or conscious/aware from the educated perspective but conscious from the spirtual/higher plane of existance). Spiritual consciousness includes experiencing being the creator/maker.

People want to know who is incharge? Who is the decision maker? Each of us is and on a legal level we give power to the elected to make decisions for us. I am your spiritual guide ’cause I am part of this Godliness that prevails on this Earth – the collective superconsciousness. Yes we guide you. You have a body that is physical/material. There is non-material that guides you.

If you try to fight the spiritual/spirit/soul in yourself…you just hurt your ownselves and the collective. You all want to become Gods. The method is not through becoming Presidents/Prime Ministers (to rule and have power over people. It will only be a power trip). Not through becoming the richest men/women (it will only be a money trip). Not through becoming the sexiest/most famous actor/supermodel (it will only be a sex trip). You can enjoy these trips. But the qualitative human journey/path is inward. The self to the self. Discovering ‘who I am’. Becoming a God, inside. To want to be a God in the body for others is another trip. The spiritual trip. Go beyond that trip. Work in the world. Humankind. Consciousness. The planet. Don’t follow my words or whatever little you understand of it. Find yourself! 😀

Good Governance

Good Governance on my mind
It’s not sacrifice and service.
It’s not – be servant and not master. Be aware of power trips
It’s not – Desh Bhakti

It is the best for the individual and the nation.
It is master of oneself.
Working from the best in oneself for the best.
It’s conscious governance.

Developed during her pottery training in Bangkok, the signature ‘swirl’ style by Divyam Surabhi.

Branding & Brand Consciousness: Racing to Save the Planet

Established Brands are mostly responsible.

Big well know brands are often questioned about the quality of products, where the raw materials are sourced from and if they are child-safe, chemical-free, fair trade. What they stand for as an organization, how happy their employees are, how they give back to society, where/how their profits are invested, what are their sister concerns/companies/organizations and how they take responsibility to save the planet etc.

As consumers we are ‘Brand Conscious’. We are aware about where we invest/spend our money. Who makes the profit and how it’s spent.

I asked my nephew Viraj one day, “Do you know what the ‘Messi’ on the t-shirt means?”. I asked him whether he knew the brand/person he was supporting. 

I wondered on my return to the city – felt quite proud of what was being created in Delhi NCR. The AAP political party. But wondered about the choice of the broom as the symbol of the party (perhaps the election commissioners office selects a symbol?!) They could have used something more hi-tech like an automated robot that cleans. 😀 And the current chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal, who is the leader of the AAP. On hearing him on the radio for the first time. I wished for him to get some good voice modulation lessons. A man representing this political brand AAP.

On an individual level we are brands unto ourselves. Making an effort to be qualitative humans individually and then collectively. 

Each of us is born enlightened. Some of us become aware of our own enlightenment through spiritual/religious practice. There are spiritual/religious brands in this world like the Dalai Lama,  the Pope.

Being conscious of the collective and how brands are changing the world, setting trends with release/updates of new products.

There are some famous brand wars such as Pepsi and Coca-Cola, Apple and Samsung.

Sometimes companies copyright colours like the coke red. And sometimes they are able to gain popularity by the subconscious minds of humans. Ask anyone A for___. The answer is always Apple.(It’s time to teach children A for A, B for B, C for C etc.)

Hope brands such as the Micheline stars, Oscars and Olympics are on the cards for India.

We are winning the race to save the planet through brand consciousness.
Here is a link to what I wrote in the past about the same topic -https://talkingclay.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/talking-brand-consciousness-do-you-pot/

Upliftment of women / Women’s Liberation

As a liberated young woman, I say to upliftment of women / women’s liberation – “I don’t think so!” (with an attitude). 

Upliftment of the human race. Let’s work towards being the best human beings each of us can. 

And here is my humorous take on upliftment of women / women’s liberation.

Gone are the days when women had to take their bras off and thrown them into the air and claim women’s liberation. Uplifted free thinking Indian women don’t need to put large bindis and look all artsy any longer. Now, we do wear (and don’t need to wear) wonderbras/pushup bras to uplift our breasts. We don’t fight men, but love them.

There is ofcourse the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign. (save the girl child, educate her)  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beti_Bachao,_Beti_Padhao_Yojana

As a well educated girl-adult, I feel we should ask for a campaign for the uneducated adults. And also especially, for retired folk! Something like “Save the Adult, Especially the Retired Ones, ’cause an idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” (I live in a colony/community where the number of retired folk is high!)

Perhaps the Government Of India should restart free adult night education. Or perhaps not free. My experience is that we must charge a little money, the minimum possible. And teach some skill along with education. This is quite a common practice in the non-profit sector.

Don’t take my word for what I say about the Government and the campaigns. I was missing in action while I was away from the city/capital for approx. 10 years, busy running after enlightenment and then teaching ‘how to’. So a lot more catching up on news for me. Check my resume on my site divyamsurabhi.com to know more.

Talking about Indian politics. Indira Gandhi has been the only woman prime minister of India. We are a proud nation and have so many women in politics.

And yes, when I struggled with being left alone by all other known human beings, in the village context a few years ago..I did have and was surprised by nasty thoughts like – maybe we should kill the girl child at birth (wasn’t for my own self ofcourse! 😀). I immediately rejected that thought. Perhaps with all the meditation, I was tuning into the collective unconscious.) 

That tradition is already resolved, by very strict rules in India. Identifying the sex of the child when pregnant is illegal. 

As a modern educated person from the city and having done a lot of design for the social development sector, I knew not to socially activate my village neighbours (other than by opening non-profit orgs, which was not my choice) or try to force my city ways on them (very culturally different). I did refuse to wear the chunni to cover my breasts! And I did dress up conservatively 😀. Not calling upon myself unwanted attention.

Watching modern Indian bollywood movies showing sexual uplifting of women. Movies like – Lipstick Under My Burkha, with a middle finger on the poster http://m.imdb.com/title/tt4807830/
And parched by Ajay Devgn Films http://m.imdb.com/title/tt3043252/

Another movie I was impressed by – Queen of Katwe http://m.imdb.com/title/tt4341582/
Lead actor: Lupita Nyongo and Director: Meera Nair. 

Not the day for legal strip clubs (thinking of men stripers 😜) in Delhi NCR. But read recently in an article, that 80% of the people looking at pornography online in India are women. This is modern India! 😀

With all my spiritual background, I choose not to be a Ma/Mata ji sitting in an ashram or temple giving blessings. Perhaps I’m not that old and ofcourse it isn’t my personality type (more into being friends with everyone! 😀). Decided I’d rather be an intelligent beauty, back in the city, marry and have a child.

Talking about the Talking Clay Studio Logo

 

Talking about the Talking Clay logo.
Talking Clay – ‘bolati mitti‘
Clay/ceramic products that talk to you.
Talking on ocassion with words,
If only you can hear.
On occasion attracting you,
Through their beauty, talking to you.
And also talking,
Speaking through their silence.

The 2 arcs and dot are representing the hands as they are positioned in meditation near the bellybutton. The practice of coming to the center.

And also of 2 hands (the arcs) and the dot (clay before it is thrown on the wheel. Endless possibilities. Potentality) – wheel work or centering on the wheel.

Ceramic Designers and Producers

Appreciate
Designers for being Designers
Producers for being Producers
Mixing the two as one person
Takes away from the
Possibilities
Imagination/Innovation
Gets confined if too much
Technique is involved
The mind starts to
Restrict Possibility
So Please
Appreciate
Designers for being Designers
Producers for being Producers

Exceptions on Occasion
New Eyes, Child-likeness, Amazement, Immense Joy, Fullness…

Snowfall – artistic & scientific

Glazed Stoneware Ceramic Bowl Set. Talc Deposits pooling together = Glaze not melted completely for some Or Snowfall near Christmas for some.

 

Sometimes we get so technical/scientific, that even our eyes betray us. Only ‘new eyes’ can see beauty/design.

Sometimes we get so caught-up in the aesthetics, that we get blocked and stay stuck without experimenting and breaking boundaries.

Have we as humans developed to a point/time of balancing these aspects of the scientific & the artistic?

Big Bang Theory is passé. My all time favorite cartoon movie is not Tangled. It’s Shrek – part 1.

Cheers ! For this merry season. Snowfall !!

Talking Brand Consciousness – ‘Do you Pot?’

Brand Identity/Awareness/Consciousness. Talking Economic-Social-Political-Response-Ability. Though I had studied branding during my Design Education; I never at that point imagined, that Brands get created this way. So. I represent myself as an artist – Through my artwork and then also through …

What/Who is an Artist

My Father
Asked me today

Why do you define your
Brand Identity
Brand Awareness
Brand Consciousness
As – Artist . Potter . Writer

Well, What to do
I responded
Hopefully today is the day
When just the word Artist

Will convey

 

Back in Delhi !

‘Peace’ – Handmade Stoneware Ceramics, Electric Fired

It’s Great! It’s Incredible !
Just to be Back in Delhi from the Mountains.

Enjoyed tasting the first hand-crafted Indian beer – Bira 91 at a friend’s b’day last night. http://www.bira91.com
(Super happy to see the quality of products and design reaching a different level)

Touched by the stories told by the Dance performance ‘The Courtesan – An Enigma’ by Manjari Chaturvedi and the Narritive by Neesha Singh on the lives of well known courtesans (Gauhar Jaan ! :-))
http://www.sufikathak.com/

Also attended the Dhrupad concert by the Gandecha Brothers
(http://dhrupad.org/) at the WWF, New Delhi a few days ago.
Reminded me of the little interaction with Zia Fariduddin Dagar at the end of a small intimate gathering in IHC many years ago. Thanks to my friend Arjun for having invited me for both these events.