WE ARE ALL ICHCHA DHAARI

WE ARE ALL ICHCHA DHAARI — Change What You Choose to Do, and You

Change What You Become. What if Ichcha Dhaari is not merely a supernatural idea

from the stories we grew up hearing, but an extraordinary ability already present

within every human being? One early-morning conversation between Dr. Abhishek

Gilara and his wife, Deepa, about how many hours a person should sleep opened a

much larger inquiry: how much of what we call our “nature” is actually conditioning?

Why can something that once felt impossible become normal after years of

practice? Why do two people join the same gym and emerge with completely different

results? Why does a student who desperately wants distinction still spend his

time doing everything except studying?

And if everyone wants success, why do so many of our everyday choices quietly move us in another direction? This book

travels from body conditioning to habits, from habits to interest, from interest to desire and from desire to self-mastery. Its

central argument is simple: You cannot command every result in life, but you can work upon the person producing the

actions. And then comes the deeper question: if you become capable of doing what you wish, who is deciding what you

should wish for? Perhaps the greatest Ichcha Dhaari is not the person who can fulfil every desire, but the person who can

examine a desire, redirect an interest, discipline an action and eventually learn what is truly worth wanting. Because the

highest power may not be, “I can have whatever I want,” but rather, “I no longer have to want everything that my mind asks

for.” Through reflections on the body, habits, discipline, success, viveka, sankalpa, abhyasa, detachment and finally surrender,

this book explores the possibility of consciously shaping the person we become. We are all Ichcha Dhaari. The real

question is: Are you shaping your desires—or are your desires shaping you?