Kindness
Great souls take advantage of every moment and every
opportunity to give happiness to others through kindness
in their thoughts; such souls are willing to overlook
weaknesses and mistakes and have the desire to help
everyone reach their potential.
Move Forward
When we are faced with a problem, we are caught up with
the negative aspect of it we continue to look at the
negativity of the present or of the past. There is also
a fear for the future. Although we know all situations
are temporary, at that time we are not able to rise
above the situation. Instead of thinking only about the
negative aspect of the situation, we need to think about
what we have to do to correct the situation. Once we
find a solution and bring it into action, we can think
about what learning we can take from the past situation.
We can then move forward more powerfully towards the
future.
Effort To Manipulate The Law Of Action (Karma)
Human laws can be adjusted, manipulated and even ignored
by some, but no one can do the same with the Law of
Karma. On the physical level, there is no time
interval between an action and its reaction. If I throw
an object in the air, it falls back immediately with the
same force. With the Law of Karma, however, there
can be a delay between the action and its result or
fruit. The seeds of certain actions (negative or
positive) bring immediate fruit. Others can take years
or even many births to bear fruit. If I eat too much
ice-cream, I will see the result or karmic effect of the
negative karma of greed within a space of
ten-fifteen minutes in the form of a headache or after
two days in the form of a cold and flu. This is an e.g.
in which we realize the working of the Law of Karma,
we realize clearly the cause and its effect, but on a
subtle level, when we see the effects of actions, we do
not realize that the cause may have actually been in a
previous life. There is a total connection between the
cause and the effect. When we analyze a natural calamity
such as a major earthquake that uproots buildings and
trees, overturns vehicles and kills thousands of people.
The physical cause may be tectonic activity associated
with faults inside the earth's surface but at the same
time, we realize that such a calamity could have its
roots in a process initiated by human beings a few
hours, days or months ago - an e.g. being testing of
nuclear weapons. On a personal level, I can say that
there is nothing which happens to me for which I am not
responsible. Whether I remember what I did to make it
happen or not, whether I realize it or choose to ignore
it, I am ultimately responsible.
Soul Sustenance
Cooking and Eating with a Spiritual Touch
Nowadays, we are continuously bombarded with details
about the physical aspects of what we eat and the
effects that different ingredients may or may not have
on us, and naturally this is important. But in this heap
of information, we tend to overlook one crucial factor:
the consciousness (state of mind) of the person cooking
and the effect that this will have upon the food, and
thus also on those who eat it. A cook not only prepares
food in a physical place, but also in a spiritual or
inner space. And just as the physical surroundings are
best kept clean and in order, so should be the state of
mind of those in the kitchen. A simple and familiar
example of this concept at work can be seen in the way
that home cooking, especially that of one’s mother,
holds a special place in our hearts. The love and care
with which it is prepared sometimes gives us more joy
than perhaps food eaten in a restaurant setting where
food may be prepared with greater cooking and technical
skills but where negative emotions related like anxiety,
arrogance, stress, and greed (in the business like
restaurant environment) may affect the energy of the
food cooked over there, on a subtle or vibrational
(non-physical) level.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Message for the day
The one who is detached is the one who is happy.
Projection:
When difficult situations come our way we tend to
overreact because of our attachment and expectations.
Because of this we experience much more unhappiness than
what the situation actually holds. The understanding
lacks that it is not the situation, but our own thoughts
that are giving us sorrow.
Solution:
We need to look at the situation just as we would watch
it happen to someone else - with detachment. When we
learn to detach ourselves from the situation in this way
and see what it holds for us, we will not experience
unhappiness but will be able to remain happy under all
circumstances.