13.09.2014

Hourglass
of Patience
Learn
to be patient, like an hourglass.
Until every grain of sand has trickled from the upper
chamber into the lower chamber, we must be patient.
Live fully in the present as you contemplate each
grain passing through the narrow neck and into its
place below; second by second; moment by moment.
Each task, each project, each lesson, each process
is subject to 'right timing'. Nothing can hurry to
interfere with 'right timing'
True
Simplicity
Simplicity
is mistaken as ordinariness. It is sometimes associated
with lack of colour and variety. So we are not usually
so simple in our words and actions. We tend to try and
add on as much colour as we can in order for them to be
attractive or impressive. In the process we take
ourselves away from our original nature. To be simple is
to be like a seed, which is full yet, simple. True
simplicity is to discover and use the qualities that are
within. It is to be closer to our true nature and the
true being. Once we allow these qualities to flow out,
others too are able to take inspiration from us. We
become an example for others with our own simplicity.
The
Psychosomatic Effects (Effects On The Body) Of Fear
The
human being is psychosomatic by nature - what that means
is that our health is deeply influenced by our behavior,
thoughts, emotions and social relationships. Therefore,
in order to experience good health, we should care for
our life style, our mental, sentimental, emotional and
relational world, as well as our communication. Fear is
bad for our health. It manifests itself in the form of
anger and promotes coronary diseases. Fear suppressed
for a long time ends up producing diseases such as
cancer. Apart from cancer and heart attacks, there are
other illnesses brought on by fear: addictions, anxiety,
arthritis, asthma, irritability, nervous breakdowns,
memory loss, gastritis, back pains, baldness, diarrhea,
sciatica, crying attacks, alcoholism, constipation,
hypertension, cystitis (bladder inflammation), vomiting,
palpitations, digestive disorders, ulcers and migraines.
When we get old, our neurons do not die, but rather
the connections between them disappear, that is what
recent scientific research suggests. The neuronal
connections or synapses keep us lively and young. When
we have pleasant experiences, such as during meditation
or when we are on a holiday or are surrounded by friends
or while working in a team, some examples of activities
in which we feel happy, the neuronal connections are
more fluid.However, the lights go out when we feel
fear. It is an emotion that is capable of slowing down
and blocking the electrical impulses between the
neurons. With fear we are less creative and we get older
more quickly. If we do not want to suffer illnesses (or
want our illnesses to get worse) we should learn to
manage and overcome fear.
Soul Sustenance
Temporary
And Permanent Sources Of Peace
It’s a common notion (idea) to think of peace as being
closely related to the beauty of nature - the play of
waves on a beach, the blowing of wind through a forest,
the soaring and swooping of gulls; in short, anything
away from the rush and hurry of the city. Alternatively
we associate peace with some physical form of relaxation
like headphones plugged into soothing music, a hot bath
after a hard day, a brisk walk in the park, etc. In
meditation we realize peace to be our very essence
(nature); we realize very quickly, trying to extract
peace from the world around us or even from some
physical sensations in our own bodies gives us only a
temporary experience of it.
Once we start meditating, we start to see physical
relaxation as an escape from tension and not a solution
for it; and the beautiful scenes of nature now no longer
as sources radiating permanent peace. But in fact it is
their mere absence of conflict, their harmony of
colours, forms and sounds which appeal to us. There is
something in each of us which cries out to be free from
conflict. We discover that "small voice" or
need is only our true nature demanding to be recognized.
We realize that neither the body nor nature can give the
peace that the soul was longing for, but it has to be
tapped from within. Having found it, it remains
constant, whether in the city or countryside, in comfort
or discomfort. In the midst of noise and confusion,
peace is really our own.
Message
for the day
To
be free from the influence of the past is to have the
ability to fly forward.
Projection: There
are so many things of the past that keep coming up in
the mind again and again. Insead of being like birds
holding on to the branches of the past; the one who
looks at the clear sky gets the inspiration to move
forward. To look at the clear sky means to look at the
present moment and make the best use of it.
Solution: The
ability to free myself from the negative influences of
the past, enables me to have a vision of equality. I
will then not be judging others on what my past
experiences with them are. I also find myself
experiencing the benefit of each and every moment. So I
experience constant progress