11.12.2014

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.