
Rise above the Noise
We're surrounded by noise. Then there's our noisy thought -
thinking head that never seems to cease. Raise your focus
out of the noise and float effortlessly above it all! Rise
above the noise to enjoy inner peace. Focus on your inner
peace and the noise in your thought-thinking head will
subside.
Understanding The Birth Rebirth Cycle (cont.)
We subconsciously know that we are souls. Birth, life and
death are just stages in existence. In fact all natural
processes can be found to have a beginning, a middle, an end
and a new beginning to continue the cycle. The soul takes a
bodily form, gives life to it and after a period of time,
long or short, leaves it and takes another suited to the
continuation of its role. As long as the soul is in the
body, the body grows like a plant from baby to child, youth
to maturity. It then begins to decay and finally becomes
unusable. The moment the soul leaves the body, the body
becomes like a dead log of a tree. It immediately starts to
decompose and eventually goes back "to dust". Again the soul
moves into a fetus inside the womb of a mother. After time
it emerges as a newborn baby and immediately begins to show
the sanskars it had developed in its previous life.
It is the same soul but in a new physical situation. Thus
death is merely the means by which a complete change of
circumstances and environment for the soul takes place. Time
never kills the soul, but the body, being a part of nature
or matter, obeys the law of decay that everything new
becomes old and eventually finishes. The molecular
components of this body disintegrate only to re-integrate as
another form (body) some time later. The process of
birth-life-death-rebirth is also eternal (without a
beginning or an end). It has always been going on and will
continue. The soul comes into the body, expresses a role and
experiences the results of that for a certain time, then
leaves it, and the process starts again. Similarly, souls
come into this world, remain here as actors for a number of
births and then return to the region from which they come,
for rest. This process also starts again. The pattern is a
cyclic one. This is called the eternal world cycle.
Soul Sustenance
Meditation to Experience My Inner Beauty
Experience the following thoughts one after the other:
I sit in a relaxed position, I am comfortable… I let my body
relax, keeping my back straight, my legs supported
comfortably on the floor, I breathe deeply... Now I begin to
carefully observe my mind… What kinds of thoughts arise in
my mind? Are they positive, negative? How are they moving?
Slow, fast... I carefully observe my mind and remember that
I can choose my thoughts… Consciously, I begin to redirect
my thoughts... I create positive thoughts about myself... I
think about my good qualities, I identify a specific quality
that is special to me and which I feel makes me a unique
being… Perhaps the quality is being tolerant, sweet, patient
or affectionate… I create a space in my inner self to
discover my best quality, and for a few moments I think
about it… In my mind I see the beauty of this quality and
observe how I feel... I am sweet, I am kind, and as I
experience these special qualities, I begin to feel better
about myself… Now I imagine using this quality in my
interactions with others. How do I feel when I express and
put this quality into practice? Using a quality makes me
grow, at the same time the good feelings I have about myself
as a unique human being also makes me grow… I enjoy these
feelings for a few moments and little by little, breathing
deeply, I am aware that I am here; I express my inner
beauty…
Message for the day
To fail means there is the need to work a little harder.
Expression:
To fail doesn't means to be a failure but it only means that
it will take a little longer before success can be reached.
It gives an indication that more effort has to be put in. So
when things are done in a different way, it becomes possible
to move towards success. Failure in a particular task is a
process of strengthening that leads to success.
Experience:
During the time of failure, when I understand the
significance behind the incident, I am able to be free from
negative feelings of fear or disheartenment. Then I am able
to learn the right lesson from it and move ahead. So in the
worst failures I am able to experience constant progress and
thus I find that I am moving on towards success.
Speak Less
We learn a lot about someone's personality simply by
listening to them. On a gross level it reveals a person's
background, education, intelligence, wittiness etc. However
it also brings to light one's attitude and sanskars
(personality traits): How much do we live in the past or
future and not the present, do we appreciate the positive
aspects in situations and people, are our words spoken with
arrogance or humility, does my lax nature make me speak
inappropriately or does my intellect first judge the
situation, time, person, and consequences before I allow
words to emerge? It pays to 'Speak Less, Speak Slowly and
Speak Sweetly' as it creates a place for me in other's
hearts in no time.