TODAY's THOUGHT
29.10.2014
Keeping a Cool Head
Maintaining a state of inner calmness protects
me from becoming a slave to my emotions. It also
helps me to keep a cool head when I see others
becoming heated or angry. Coolness is not to be
distant or uncaring; rather it requires that I
develop the deeply caring nature of a peacemaker
and serve others in the best possible way.
The Three Root Causes Of Anger (cont.)
We are at a subtle war with another person
when he/she has done something which we perceive
or judge to be wrong and our anger is an attempt
to change them or take revenge. This is the
second belief (we had mentioned the first one in
yesterday's message) that is embedded very
deeply in our consciousness that the world,
including its entire people, should do exactly
what we want them to, or what we think they
should do. Perhaps we have not yet realized that
it is impossible to control others and make them
change. The lack of awareness and realization of
this truth, which we will definitely realize at
some point or the other, doesn't let us become
anger-free very easily. People will always make
their own decisions and control their own
actions, always. They can definitely be
influenced, but they cannot be controlled.
When our internal desire of a certain type of
behavior from people is not fulfilled, or in
other words something against the above belief
happens, our instant reaction is one of
resentment or irritation or frustration or
hatred which are all forms of anger.
One of the most important attributes of a great
soul is the ability to not have even a trace of
desire for revenge inside and the ability to
forgive someone who has supposedly wronged him
in anyway. Don't we all acknowledge that such an
individual who has freed himself completely from
all anger forms earns our and everyone else's
respect and deepest admiration, and we give him
the medal of greatness inside our minds and even
physically? So doesn't that mean we intuitively
know that this anger is an incorrect emotion and
peace, good wishes and forgiveness are the
correct ones, in harmony with the basic nature
of the human spirit?
(To be continued tomorrow...)
Courage
Courage comes in a spectrum of colours. On one
hand, we commend people who sacrifice their
lives for others but do we applaud daily acts of
courage on an individual level? All of us are
courageous when we decide to adjust to, tolerate
and accommodate for what is right so that there
can be peace. At times, I need to use will-power
to compromise, and sometimes I have to unleash
the same power to be firm and stand by my
resolves. God's help is experienced if I use
humility and patience to judge when to use
silence and where to be forthright.
Soul Sustenance
Topics For Meditation Thought Commentaries
(cont.)
Here are a few thoughts or themes for meditation
to help you:
• Like stars shine to bring light during the
night, I am a spiritual being of radiant light,
like a star in the night sky, reflecting and
radiating spiritual light in the present
spiritual darkness of the world night. The,
light, which emanates from the heart of me is
peaceful and loving. It touches each and every
being in the world. It is my gift to the world.
• I am just a tiny point of pure energy, of
light, situated at the center of the forehead.
And within that tiny point lie all my thoughts,
feelings, emotions, attitudes, beliefs and my
personality traits. Within the point of light
that I am, lie all the qualities of spirit that
I have - I am a source of love, peace, power and
wisdom for others.
• I am a conscient, miniscule point of energy,
at the center of the forehead and I am
instrumental in making this body work. This body
may be heavy and big as compared to me, but I
the soul am so light, and free that I can almost
fly. I experience bliss as the soul releases
itself from the bondage of matter.
(To be continued tomorrow…)
Message for the day
To be a
teacher means to touch the heart rather than the
head.
Projection:
Teaching others means being subtle and
explaining in such a way that the mind opens
because the heart has understood. The one who
truly teaches inspires rather than just becoming
the one who teaches others. There is a
recognition of the positivity that is in each
one and so no comparisions are made with
others.
Solution:
Once I am able to look at the positivity in
another individual and have the pure desire of
enabling progress within that person, I am able
to feel the love for him. This is like a
parent's love whose love for the child is that
which makes him grow. So I become a teacher who
inspires rather than the one who teaches.