09.05.2014

Peace
Stay full of peace yourself
and know that this peace will reach your loved
ones and ultimately the whole world.
Coloured
Glasses
To find
reasons to be happy is to increase happiness. When the
mind searches for reasons to be sad and sorrowful, even
situations with no great significance are seen with a
vision of negativity. So there is constantly an
expression of words and actions that reflect the need
for sympathy and reassurance. On the other hand, when
there is the search for happiness, then everything is
positive giving happiness. It is like wearing coloured
glasses. Whatever colour my glasses are, the whole world
is coloured with it. Then, I am no longer able to
perceive and recognize negativity and I am able to
remain happy with everything.
The Subtle Role Play Of
Thoughts And Images(Cont.)
What the quality of a soul's thoughts and images (or
scenes) that it creates, depends on the soul's sanskaras.
Depending on the quality, the soul experiences the
various different emotions, whether positive or
negative. When the soul first incarnates on the physical
world stage from the soul world, the quality of this
role play of thoughts and images is high, pure and
positive, hence it experiences only positive emotions.
As it plays its different roles and comes down in the
birth-rebirth cycle, this quality reduces, leading to
the experience of emotions like sorrow, peacelessness,
etc.
A point worth noting is that the key to any deep
emotional experience, whether positive or negative is
the creation of thoughts as well as images related to
that particular emotion at the same time e.g. think
and visualize at the same time, the death of a close
relative that took place ten years ago and you
immediately have a deep experience of sorrow. Think and
visualize together, a loving hug of your mother that
took place in your childhood, and you immediately
experience deep happiness. This type of co-ordination
between these two subtle processes is true
concentration. The key to any type of spiritual
upliftment is the upliftment of these two processes.
The meditation that is taught at the Brahma Kumaris is
nothing but a spiritual thought process accompanied by a
spiritual visualization process, whereby thoughts and
images of the subtle, spiritual self (or soul) and the
Supreme Being (or Supreme Soul) are created together
to experience the original qualities of the spiritual
self and the eternal qualities of the Supreme Being -
purity, peace, love, happiness and power.
Soul Sustenance
What Is Karma Yoga?
Karma Yoga implies two things:
• yoga (meditation) by which the karmas are elevated and
purified;
• those karmas by which the remembrance of the Supreme
Being (God) is maintained and strengthened.
The loveful remembrance of the Supreme, is not just a
"sitting" matter. If we approach meditation from this
angle (as only a sitting practice), any real change in
practical life takes a very long time. We should not
only use meditation to improve our actions but also
modify our actions to improve our meditation. In this
way, theory and practice should be simultaneous. As the
soul takes virtues and powers from the Supreme Soul, it
gives to the world, thus increasing the capacity to take
and give.
In the sitting meditation, be it five minutes or two
hours, the soul dives deeply into itself and establishes
an unbroken mental link with the Supreme. When the
"sitting" finishes and the soul has to go back into the
world of action and responsibility, the link need not be
forgotten. The hands can be involved with the work and
the mind can still be with the Supreme Soul.
Message for the day
The one who is
truly fortunate is constantly enthusiastic.
Expression:
When we find things going wrong with
us, we immediately find ourselves losing all enthusiasm.
We then do nothing to change our situation but just
begin to curse our fate. With such an attitude we can do
nothing to change our fortune.
Experience:
When things go wrong, we have to recognise the fact that
it is the present that is in our hands. We don't need to
think of what happened in the past and curse our fate.
Instead we need to fill ourselves with enthusiasm to
make the best use of the present to make our future the
best.
In Spiritual Service, Brahma Kumaris