"Be Extraordinary blew me away."

I was very touched reading all the stories submitted by the tribe and how Vishen and Mindvalley community have made a powerful impact to their lives. My biggest challenge was the conflict within myself. I came from a simple small-town community in Malaysia, and ended up in the crazy cosmopolitan rat race world, very much like most of us who had to go out and seize the opportunity and a career outside our homes. I was a workaholic, financially independent, well- travelled successful career women for 25 years, that had a medical awakening in 2016 which affected my mobility permanently. (or so I thought). A part of me was broken and wanted to give up but the fighting part of me said, ‘something must change’. When modern medicine was no longer an option, the path leading to a spiritual journey opened, healing my mind and body. Meditation was my best friend, calming my workaholic mind, and daily Taiichi practices healed a broken body. These were the beginnings where I saw a shift in my awareness, my behaviour, my thoughts and my emotions. The change in me was exciting and daunting at the same time, and yet I started to ‘like this version of me better’ but I simply could not understand what was happening. There was why? And how? Am I crazy? I went back to work a changed person, trying to re- adjust into the competitive rat race world, with the new version of me. My view of life has changed over 3 years. 

The conflicts of the new me begin. My intuition was getting stronger, strange voices were coming through my meditation and my calmness in moments of chaos. If I wanted something, I manifest during my meditation, and in time it appears weather it is a job, a solution or my travels. I could not understand what was happening, and why and there was simply no where to turn to. So Covid happened, and I was introduced to Mindvalley a year ago, and now I had the time to indulge in my personal growth during the stay home period. Be Extraordinary blew me away. It was although the universe read my mind and said – let Vishen and the tribe clear your path. My awakening moment with course was the lesson on Kensho and Satori. It was although one must ride on Kensho to be able to go through this journey. End Goals, I was always meditating on the goals. Goals must be clear! The Buddha and the Badass – answered my desire vs spirituality lifestyle, Using Intuition – wow, let the intuition guide you rather than doubting it and many more. I can go on connecting the topics to my now less conflicted life. What has change in me? I understood why these was happening to me. My journey is now clearer and there is no reason for me to close out the fire in me, rather let it out and work along with my spiritual side. I am looking forward to Vishen’s new book The Buddha and the Badass! Maybe this is irrelevant, but during the period ‘Something must change’, I seek inspiration from a poem that inspired Nelson Mandela during his incarceration. His problems were far more challenging than the lot of us, and yet – he came out stronger and yet humbled. It is called ‘Invictus’. It finishes off - I am the Master of my Fate. I am the Captain of My Soul. I took control of my life.