14.09.2014

True peace can be experienced only
when we stop giving and taking sorrow. In order not to
give sorrow we need a clear heart that has no ill
feelings and for not taking sorrow we need a big heart
that can tolerate and help other souls to get over
their weaknesses.
Vision
Sometimes
we find ourselves reacting to even small situations. Our
feelings are also dependent on the different situations
we face. We do try to change our feelings of negativity,
if they do arise. But
sometimes we are not able to, either because of our
personality as a whole or the personality trait that we
are working with at that time. If we have to change our
reactions to the different situations that we are faced
with, we need to change our vision, i.e we need to
change the way we see things. We need to understand the
situation as it is and not let it be coloured by our own
personality traits. When we see things as they are, we
are able to act in situations instead of reacting.
Taking
Charge Of Your
Responses In Close Relationships
In
relationships with your loved ones, when looking at
the other, sometimes positive emotions are generated
and sometimes negative. On the one hand, joy, love and
happiness is generated on being with them; but then
attachment, dependency and expectations are generated. In
such situations, you are more focused on others and
are always looking at the other person's behavior, you
stop seeing yourself and being aware of your reactions
and taking the responsibility for the responses that
you create. You
get frustrated when the other person does not meet
your expectations. As you depend on them, if they
don't act as you would like, if they don't reach home
or call you at the time you would like; all this
frustrates you. You radiate this energy to the other:
"they are not doing what they should be
doing," and so you feel frustrated and
discontented.
All the while that you hold the other one responsible
for your frustration, you are not in charge of your
own reactions, because you have given power to the
other to dominate your emotional world. It is there
that you lose your freedom. You
lose your freedom because you give to the other, in
the name of love, power over your own moods. You
allow the other's energy to enter your inner world and
cause inside you frustration,
bad moods, irritation, sorrow and a mental and
emotional dependence where
you are constantly thinking about where they are, what
they have to do, what they have to say, where they
have to go, and all this consumes a lot of your mental
energy. Wanting to control the other and the
frustration that it brings with it uses up a lot of
emotional energy.
Soul
Sustenance
Open
Spaces of Silence
One of the aims of meditation is not to stop your
thoughts but to slow them down so that you may find and
enter the silence between and behind your thinking. This
is a little challenging at first but the more you
practice the easier it becomes.
Think of your thoughts as trains, just as in the common
saying we sometimes use the phrase, 'train of thoughts'.
Each thought is a carriage of the train and in between
the thoughts/carriages is a small gap, a space. The
train can arrive at different speeds. Our aim is to slow
the train down and become aware of the space between the
carriages, in other words between our thoughts. You may
even be able to increase that space so that there is the
experience of no thought. In this moment you reconnect
with the silence (and experience it) that exists always
between and behind your thoughts. Don't try to hold it,
or you will lose it.
Message
for the day
The
one who has faith is always victorious
Projection: The
one who has faith, has total faith in the self and in
the progress of the self. The one who has faith is
always successful because he gives his best in
everything he does. He is never deterred by obstacles
but progresses constantly.
Solution: When
I have complete faith, I am able to experience lightness
even when I am faced with my weaknesses, because I have
the faith that I am progressing. I am able to learn and
improve from everything that happens.