16.11.2014

The Cause of all Conflicts
Desires cause peace to disappear. You think that
acquiring things will make you feel secure, but
the reality is that the more you have the more
fear there usually is of losing it, and the
further you are from peace. Desires are the
cause of all conflicts. When you want something
and cannot get it you become frustrated.
Learning to be free from desires is learning how
to stay peaceful.
Overcoming
The Subtle Desire For Revenge
Ask yourself very honestly how many times in
your life did you feel joy, even a slight trace
of it, when something negative happened with
someone who had harmed you or hurt you or
insulted you in any way in the past - either in
the immediate or distant (far-away) past. When
this kind of joy, which is an impure form of
joy, is seen inside you, even if it is at your
extremely subtle thought level (if not in your
words or actions), you need to remember that
this is nothing but a feeling of subtle
revenge, even if physically you haven't got
back at any point of time at the person who has
harmed you, when he did so. It may not sound
very nice, but this kind of joy is enjoying the
pain of others and is obviously an extremely low
grade form of joy. Sometimes, as a way of
justifying our joyful revenge, we call it
justice.
The driving energy or fuel behind this kind
of revenge is hatred or anger. It is a
feeling of: "I really enjoyed it when what they
had done to me came to them - I was so happy to
see them suffer for what they had done, this is
their punishment ... tit for tat." It is a
type of joy that only increases our accounts of
negative karmas with the other person, which as
a result, increases our sorrow, instead of
decreasing it, although it may give us an
impression for a while that it is decreasing our
sorrow. This kind of joy will only cause the
radiation of a negative form of energy to the
other person, which will not only give pain to
the other person, but will also cause the
radiation of the negative energy of hatred from
the other person to us that will never bring us
long term joy. Imagine someone meeting with an
accident on the road and in a lot of pain and
instead of helping that person immediately we
smile at that person happy with what has
happened to him or her. What energy will such a
person send us in return? This example is on a
physical level, but the same principle applies
on a subtle level. So the next time something
like this happens in our life, we need to remind
ourselves only if we don't have the slightest
trace of joy inside us that we can safely say
that we are free from any desire for revenge,
even though it may be very subtle.
Freedom
The meaning of Freedom is having no burden - no
burden of body or mind. Freedom is having such a
clear vision of reality and such a powerful
image of the self that the superficial bondages
cannot contain you. Freedom is the knowledge
that comes from knowing what your role is and
playing it accurately. Freedom is freedom from
fear and anxiety. Living from a position of
freedom gives us the opportunity to make choices
beyond the ordinary because then we are living
beyond all bondages - even the bondage of
actions.
Soul Sustenance
Is the
Supreme Soul (God) Really Omnipresent (present
everywhere) – cont.?
If the Supreme Soul (God) were omnipresent there
would be no need for knowledge and no need to
search for peace. The One who is the ocean of
peace and the ocean of knowledge would be
everywhere. Perhaps the strongest point against
the idea of literal omnipresence is the point of
relationship. In the heart of every soul – there
is a distinct memory - I am the child, God is my
Father. If God is omnipresent, does that mean
that the Father is present inside the child?
God
is also the supreme teacher, guide, liberator,
friend and purifier of human souls. That is why
everyone turns their thoughts to Him in their
hours of sorrow. The idea that God is
omnipresent is indeed the ultimate excuse and
greatest escape from responsibility of the
mistakes that human souls have made and continue
to make. After all, if God were omnipresent
(present in everyone) He would be responsible
for good as well as evil karmas that humans
commit. An omnipresent God implies that we have
nothing to complete in ourselves for we are
already God. Am I really God? One could not
seriously admit to such a claim. It is only
through deep and concentrated meditation that
one can enter the spiritual dimension where His
presence is truly felt.
Message for the day
To end waste means to be free from defeat.
Projection: The
one with faith in the intellect always remains
at a distance from waste, whether it is waste
thoughts, waste words or waste actions. To move
away from waste means to be victorious. The one
who is free from waste is busy with the positive
and useful. Such a person is constantly
searching for solutions and trying to make the
best out of the situation.
Solution: It
is because of waste that I sometimes experience
defeat and sometimes victory. If I am able to
finish waste, I am able to finish defeat.
Because whatever the situation may be, however
challenging it may be, if I am able to finish
waste I am able to recognize the benefit that is
merged within it and so I am able to experience
being constantly victorious.