The Result of Being Inspired

Patanjali lived in India one to three centuries before Christ and is considered to be the person who established meditation.  In one of his passages, in the Yoga Sutras he authored, he wrote, "When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your consciousness expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world..."  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, on the same concept, wrote, "The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Provident moves as well.  All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.  A stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen accidents, meetings, and material assistance that no one could have dreamed would come their way.  Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.  Begin it now." When we become intensely and passionately involved in what we truly love and want to do, our thoughts begin to change, and all of our dormant forces and talents come alive.  The idea is like having an epiphany or becoming enlightened.  We reach a level that can be called inspirational, or being under the influence of inspiration. We become inspired and balanced and it feels natural and effortless. Serendipity and synchronicity occur and we feel as if we are one with the Universe.