Silence
It is when we silence the chattering of our mind that we
can truly hear what is in our heart and find the still,
clear purity that lies within the soul. Spiritual love
carries us into the silence of our original state of
being. This silence contains the power to create harmony
in all relationships and the sweetness to sustain them.
Good Effort
We generally expect and wish for a lot of things to
happen. Yet we find that all that we are wishing for
does not necessarily happen. At such times there is a
silent thought "I am not getting all that I should". I
thus begin to blame my fate and maybe even God. At such
times, I then give up making effort. I need to recognize
the fact that I get the fruits of whatever I have sown,
sooner or later. Sometimes, it does take a longer time
or sometimes comes in a different way than what I have
been expecting. So I must never give up putting in my
best efforts. These seeds of good effort will surely
bear fruit.
The True Self And The False Self (cont.)
The illusory (false) self is made up of desires that,
even when fulfilled, fail to add value, or a sense of
worth to the self. In fact, quite the opposite process
happens.
Let us examine some of these illusions and how they give
us a mistaken sense of value.
Illusion (False emotion): Ego
Thought: I know, I am
Result: Arrogance, inflexibility, controlling
others
Illusion (False emotion): Anger
Thought: I expect
Result: Force, aggression
Illusion (False emotion): Attachment
Thought: I own, It's mine
Result: Insecurity, possessiveness, jealousy
Illusion (False emotion): Greed
Thought: I want, I need
Result: Emptiness, wanting, dissatisfaction
Illusion (False emotion): Lust
Thought: I desire
Result: Exploitation, misuse, emotional
dependence
These are the five fires that burn away the quality of
human life: uncontrolled emotions that once, in their
original pure state, gave happiness and peace to the
individual but now create only emptiness and sorrow.
Soul Sustenance
Hearing The Voice Of Inner Wisdom Clearly
In a way we already know all that we need to know and
all that is required to bring about transformation in
the self – after all originally, we were a perfect
being, and the experience of that stage as well as the
knowledge of the path to reach back to that original,
perfect stage is embedded inside us. Then why take
up spirituality? Why can't we just listen to our
intuition – the voice of inner wisdom? Listening to our
intuition would be great but unfortunately most of us
are not able to hear the voice of our own inner wisdom,
which lies submerged in the subconscious because the
noise of our thoughts, feelings and attitudes drowns the
voice out. We have been gathering, slowly and
steadily, thousands of beliefs since we have been a part
of the cycle of birth and rebirth and these beliefs, in
turn, create a flood of incorrect and unwanted thoughts
and feelings, today, which distort the true inner
voice so that when we think our intuition is telling us
something that is true, it is really a wrong belief that
we learned sometime in the past.
Over a period of time, as the soul gets purified
through the practice of meditation and as it starts
listening to and understanding true spiritual knowledge,
false beliefs based on body consciousness get displaced
by true ones based on spiritual consciousness and
this inner voice starts speaking absolutely clearly and
accurately without any wrong judgments or distortion.
That is why, in the beginning, when we are still
learning to connect with God, it is extremely important,
to have the guidance of someone more experienced when
learning meditation, who can guide us with his/her
wisdom and experience, so that we can differentiate
between what is actually our intuition and our own
belief influenced viewpoint.
Message for the day
Where everything is done according to the right method
there is success.
Projection:
When we don't achieve success we sometimes do get
tempted to opt for a short cut method, which might bring
us temporary success, too. But in the long run we find
that it isn't be so beneficial after all.
Solution:
Whenever we are involved in a task specially if it is a
difficult one we need to make sure that we are following
the right method. Whatever is done according to the
right system will surely be successful.