Most people see success or see people who have achieved mastery in some aspect of their life and make statements like “he is lucky”, “oh he inherited this”, “ah, that’s just a result of circumstance”, “oh whatever he wants just comes his way” or “he has a knack of getting his way”. For me this reflects a very fundamental point – that most people shy away from giving credit where it is due and often people do not even understand what leads to success or mastery (note: I do not define success only in monetary or other socially conditioned terms). While its easy to pin “luck” onto people, most do not see the long hours of discipline, practice and dedication which leads a person into a state where the right things attract themselves to their lives, where either their work, art or service become easeful as a result of their mastery and things happen because they are open to the cues being given by the universe. Continue reading “Mastery and Practice”
