How 4 Hindu Concepts Can Shift Your Perspective on Life

Whether you're feeling stuck or deeply unhappy, these concepts help to see things from a very different perspective...

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When I first started coaching, one of the main concepts we spoke about was that of 'cause' and 'effect'. In a nutshell, when you are at 'effect', you operate from a 'no choice', or even a victimhood mindset, and if you are at 'cause', we would say that you are aware that we all have a choice, influence and responsibility in how we respond to anything.

For example, if you are in 'effect', you might say 'I'm stressed because my boss is micromanaging me'
And if you are in 'cause', you might say 'I'm stressed because I haven't set up boundaries with my boss yet...'.

This idea, while not new, slots so neatly in these 4 concepts from Hinduism that can quite literally shift how you see life and your role in it.

These concepts are found in both Hinduism and Buddhism, but they differ somewhat, so today we're exploring the OG concepts to help shift your perspective on life.

The reason why we are talking about this today is that we can all learn so much about ourselves and our struggles from these philosophies ...

1. Karma
We've all heard this term before. In the West, we tend to think of this as 'what goes around comes around', but the idea here, according to Hinduism, is that the actions we take in this life affect or impact our eternal soul journey (the only prerequisite here is that you are willing to consider that our soul is eternal and we are not here on a disposable journey).
With this in mind, how we treat ourselves, each other, and our environment directly impacts our overall soul journey. It is one thing to think you don't need to worry about your actions because a different version of yourself will reap the results, but it takes on a whole new meaning when you consider you are now playing out the impact of an early version of your soul...

2. Dharma
I can explain Dharma as a combination of 'the right thing to do', our values, our inner wisdom or even our purpose. Maybe it can also be explained as living through your authentic self, before this term has lost all its deep and beautiful meaning. Why is this important? Because if (or when) you are going through life against your Dharma, and against what feels right, you are basically out of alignment, and that's when suffering starts. When you don't live authentically, your actions become out of alignment and these, in turn, affect your karma...

3. Samsara
The cycle of life, death and rebirth, but as we are talking about growth, change and transformation, we can see how this can mean to do the same thing again and again, until we finally connect with our Dharma and are finally able to get off that hamster wheel. This is relevant in the conversation of victimhood or no choice, when we always believe other people are causing our misery, but at some point, we have to realise that we are the ones ultimately responsible for how we show up to this life (and the ones coming after...)

4. Moksha
When you realise you are in charge and it's never about anyone else, you reach freedom, or Moksha... In Buddhism, this is when you reach enlightenment, but in Hinduism, this is when you find your true self and are no longer dependent on your Samsara. If we talk about the cause and effect idea from early on, this is when you are in Cause, and you use whatever challenges or triggers that come up to learn and better yourself and thus achieve freedom of mind, body and soul.

For me, I try to live my life through a combination of the Hindu and Buddhist approaches. In some places, I am already Zen, and in others, a complete novice; it makes for a pretty interesting life, I feel :)

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