29.08.2014

Positive Thoughts
Positive thoughts are like good software that helps us
to perform to the best of our abilities.
Bring Benefit
We usually take care not to speak negative words, but
are not so cautious about waste words. When we hear
something interesting or unusual, we tend to repeat it
to others. We repeat it to a lot of people who have no
concern with it. We also add up a lot of things and make
it an interesting story for others. But, in reality,
these words bring no benefit for others. Whatever words
we speak, we need to check if they are bringing benefit
to anyone. We need to speak only if there is likely to
be any benefit. When we have attention not to speak
anything negative, waste or even ordinary, others will
experience sweetness through our words.
Quality Transformation (cont.)
'Quality transformers' can be compared to the oyster.
When a tiny foreign particle invades (enters) the
oyster's home, it secretes a liquid that combines with
the particle to finally create a pearl. The pearl can
live in the oyster's home for the rest of the oyster's
natural life without causing any disturbance.
In the same way, rather than react negatively to people
and events, we can include them and mould with them.
Through acceptance, our consciousness jumps to another
level of perception (understanding) and we realise that
what we might have previously regarded as a problem can,
if handled correctly, be a means to develop our
strengths and remove our weaknesses. Whether a situation
is a problem or a gift depends on our perception. The
choice is ours.
Soul Sustenance
Being An Observer And An Actor – Maintaining The Balance
In relation to the other, we have the possibility of
observing and intervening (interfering) when we wish to;
that is, maintaining the balance between being an
observer and acting; playing between forming part of the
audience and being the actor. On being actors, sometimes
we can lose ourselves in the acting of the other in his
or her or their dramas; we get in so deep with what is
happening to the other that we lose distance. We get
mentally and emotionally involved in the other's
stories. When our awareness gets lost in those stories,
we stop being the creators of our own life and of our
own story. This habit exhausts us; we lose energy; we
lose our concentration and control over our thoughts and
our emotions. We lose our inner peace and we begin to
look for it again.
We can choose to observe the dance of ideas, images and
acts of others, and not get involved in their
complications. Only thus will we be at peace with
ourselves and with the world. Remember that you create
your own story. If you want to live in peace and
exercise a positive influence on the people around you,
don't try to control or to change the stories of others.
In order to enjoy a painting you do not poke your nose
onto it; you remain at a certain distance so you see it
with greater clarity. The same thing occurs with the
painting of life. By learning the art of being a
detached observer and then intervening, of keeping a
healthy distance, we manage to be connected with what is
essential without losing ourselves in the waste and
superfluous (excessive). That way, our intervention does
not arise out of a reaction which has shades of
frustration, anger and negative judgements. We are then
the creators of spaces of trust and love in
relationships.
Message for the day
The one who is truly fortunate is constantly
enthusiastic.
Projection:
When we find things going wrong with us, we immediately
find ourselves losing all enthusiasm. We then do nothing
to change our situation but just begin to curse our
fate. With such an attitude we can do nothing to change
our fortune.
Solution:
When things go wrong, we have to recognise the fact that
it is the present that is in our hands. We don't need to
think of what happened in the past and curse our fate.
Instead we need to fill ourselves with enthusiasm to
make the best use of the present to make our future the
best.