Passion & Divinity

The week gone by saw the culmination of a journey, which I had been a witness to for almost the last one and half years. Friday evening was the grand performance of Bharatnatyam by Priyamvada. Who is Priyamvada to me? Well, the answer is a bit difficult, as she has shared the bond of a student, a friend, a daughter, a co-traveler and yes many a times that of a food guide with me.

This Sunday brunch is my dedication to Priyamvada for the person she is growing into to be. I will not exaggerate if I say that given the privileges she is blessed with, it is rare to find someone her age handling herself the way I have seen her to do. And the most divine experience of her for me was this Friday evening. The evening that was of the full moon, but everyone was admiring a star that day in her.

Needless to say, the performance was flawless. And those who understood the nuances of Bharatnatyam as well as those who did not (like me), enjoyed it alike. And now that I have mentioned about my ignorance about the dance form itself, I better shift my focus of today’s brunch to that which I feel blessed to be knowing somethings about. And that is, the about the deeper meaning behind all this.

Me being a life coach and the way I look at life, I, by default get connected to what is the divine message in all that transpired. My attention is caught easily by what is important to be acknowledged and embraced at the core of all that which was appreciated at the surface level.

And the two things which attract my attention in all this are, passion and divinity.

I will speak about both separately, and I hope that reading this will help you to understand the presence or role of these two in your life too.

All the magnificence, the flawlessness, the precision, the dance moves, everything came out the way it did, only and only because of the passion that Priyamvada holds for what she does in it. I have seen her do other activities too, but the biggest differentiator between anything else and taking up Bharatnatyam, is the passion with which she lived it in the last eighteen months or so.

High intensity practice sessions, travelling to various parts of the country for the committed photoshoots, crossing seas for a fifteen-minute performance at a global stage, waking up early (which is very-very unlike Priyamvada) just because there is a commitment to dance, all this looked like a cakewalk, and it was just because of the passion she developed for the art of dancing.

What did passion do? And how can it be recognized easily? Well, the answer lies in one thing. Passion allowed her to do it all for herself. And it could easily be recognized because never even once I saw her saying that I am doing so much, for someone else.

I have seen what timelessness is. I have seen what embracing difficulties is. And I have seen what perseverance means. And all this was just because of the passion that held it all together for her in this case.

Same is the case for each one of us. I am very sure that if we look back at our lives, we can also identify what passion has done to us, in whatever area it made its presence felt (if at all). And if for any reason we are unable to find any such instance, it is time that we start finding what feel passionate about, because three things can help us create marvels and huge success are timelessness, handling difficulties and perseverance. And I saw passion leading to all these three so wonderfully in Priyamvada’s case.

The second thing which I think played a huge role, is that of the divine blessings. I agree that all the magnificence, the flawlessness, the precision, the dance moves, everything had passion behind it. But while all this could be seen by eyes, what was felt by me as well as everyone who was in the audience, a sense of pure bliss. The grace that she displayed. The aura around her. The heavenly look she carried, and the angelic radiance, everything had a huge divine blessing behind all this.

The sincerity and the passion with which she and those connected to the event, did all that such a performance deserved, is what made it all a divine experience. It was a grand welcome for the divine to be present and bless Priyamvada and each of her performance, and it was answered in all its glory.

It all reaffirmed my belief that the whole universe and whatever divine forces that we may have our belief in, it all comes together to bless and appreciate and be seen through the one, who shows dedication, sincerity, and purity towards what one does. It remained true for her, and so it does for each one of us.

I urge you to reflect and see, what possibilities you must invite divinity into your own life and allow for it to be experienced by you as well as others, through what you do. Each one of us will have our own aspirations and wants, and for that which we want for ourselves and not do it for anything external, passion and divinity will surely take their space around us and grace us with success and fulfillment.

I am still living the wonderfulness of the experience I had, and I am sure it will stay with me for quite some time. While I cherish it, I am sure that you will find your own area of passion and will feel the divinity of the creation that happens in that area through you.

Stay Safe!

Love, DeepCoach RB