01.10.2014

Listening to Your
Conscience Our conscience is our in-built
awareness of what's true and what the 'right'
thing to do is. When we do the 'wrong thing,'
and go against our conscience, our conscience
will nudge us and remind us that we're our of
alignment with out truth. At this point, we can
listen to our conscience and re-orientate
ourselves. There are times we may ignore it or
just not hear it because it's drowned out by all
that noise in our heads. Next time before you
jump into action, just - shhh! - become quiet
and listen to your conscience to discover what
it's saying.
Respond
It is easy to speak negatively when we do not
like something about someone. We first react to
them in our mind and so tend to get angry. Our
words and behaviour would then naturally be
negative and insulting too. This further widens
the gap and breaks the relationship. When
someone does something undesired, we first need
to try and understand his behaviour. Every
person has a reason to behave the way he does.
If we can't understand at that time, we at least
need to give it time. The more we react to the
other person and his behaviour, the greater the
distance that is created. So we need to begin
the first step of positivity by recognizing some
positivity in him.
Resisting False Attractions In Actions
All that glitters (shines) is not gold. Life
presents you with many illusionary scenes,
scenes in which what may be visible may not be
the truth. These scenes cause desires to be born
inside you to achieve something unnecessary for
your prosperity or other types of fulfillments.
These can be illusions that make you believe
that you will gain something from a situation or
person, without the same being true. Thus, you
waste time going down a path that not only leads
you to disappointment; but you also waste the
resource of your thoughts and energy and as a
result you tire yourself out emotionally and
mentally.
If the intellect is polluted, you make
incorrect judgments and are easily deceived by
situations or people. Thus, you will make
incorrect choices, dishonest or illogical
decisions. You will justify dishonesty and
improper actions and you will be incapable of
differentiating between the real and the
imaginary. A person with a pure, clear,
clean and powerful intellect will act with
honesty and sincerity. When your intellect is
polluted, you may act against your own
conscience or against your better judgment; you
also may be insensitive. A person with a
doubtful intellect will always justify a
dishonest act. Meditation is the process of
purifying and cleaning the intellect, because in
meditation we connect with the purest intellect,
the intellect of the Supreme Soul or God.
Meditation is also a process of inner awakening
and strengthening of your conscience. Being
awake means to realize, and being strong means
to act according to what you have realized.
Soul Sustenance
Mind, Intellect and Personality
Just as electrical energy produces heat, sound
or light depending on the device through which
it passes, similarly, the energy of
consciousness functions through three different
but closely connected entities, the mind,
intellect and personality.
The Mind With the power of the mind, one
imagines, thinks and forms ideas. The
non-physical mind should not be confused with
the heart, the physical organ that maintains
blood circulation.
The Intellect The intellect understands,
reasons, memorizes, discriminates and makes
decisions. The non–physical intellect should not
be confused with the physical brain, which is
the physical focus of the nervous system.
The Personality Habits and sanskaras
are all embedded in the soul in the form of
impressions as a result of every action
performed. The most fundamental feature of every
soul, its personality, is determined by such
stored impressions.
Message for the day
Honesty brings success in relationships.
Projection:
Honesty means being the same inside out. Honesty
with oneself helps one to bring about constant
improvement in the self. Honesty with others
enables one to relate positively under all
circumstances. There is no rudeness but there is
an openness that brings about love towards the
other person.
Solution:
When I am honest, I am able to experience
progress in my own life and others are
benefitted too with my own self-progress. I am
able to maintain harmony in my relationship with
others because I am open with them and I find
myself successful in my relationships.