Greatness
To be free from desire for prestige and regard is a sign
of true greatness.
Appreciation
When there is regard for each and everyone, others'
specialties are easily visible. There is appreciation o
f each one's specialties. This appreciation creates a
good feeling in the other person. And with every
interaction the other person continues to bring
transformation. I am able to see the positivity even
when their negativity is being expressed. This naturally
brings transformation in others and of course I find my
intellect too changing to the positive, because of a
long time of practice of seeing positivity.
Restoring The Mind-Body Balance
Many people are under the impression that the focus of
spirituality is only on the mind and the soul, and the
physical body is neglected. But that's not true. Our
physical body is essential to our life and the art of
living. It is our vehicle and our home. An appropriate
balance of diet, sleep, relaxation and
exercise is important for the body. However, when we
enter the world of spirituality, the main emphasis is on
the mind and the soul. This does not mean that we do not
value or take care of our body. Without a healthy body,
we would not be able to express ourselves mentally or
spiritually. Spiritual progress, which includes the
listening/studying and imbibing of spiritual knowledge,
the practice of meditation, the inculcation of divine
virtues and the spiritual service of others through
different means is much easier and better with a healthy
body.
Unfortunately, though, we have lost the art or wisdom of
balance and for very long we have placed too much
emphasis on our physical form, the body; and less
emphasis on our spiritual form, the soul, as a result,
reducing our spiritual awareness. One of the aims of
spirituality is to restore this balance between mind and
body so that we can experience wellbeing and happiness
at every level. So while our body and our physical
energy are essential, the focus of spirituality is on
the mind and the soul, to help regain the balance.
Soul Sustenance
The Subtle
Role Play Of Thoughts And Images (Part 2)
What the quality of a soul’s thoughts and images (or
scenes) that it creates, depends on the soul’s sanskaras.
Depending on the quality, the soul experiences the
various different emotions, whether positive or
negative. When the soul first incarnates on the physical
world stage from the soul world, the quality of this
role play of thoughts and images is high, pure and
positive, hence it experiences only positive emotions.
As it plays its different roles and comes down in the
birth-rebirth cycle, this quality reduces, leading to
the experience of emotions like sorrow, peacelessness,
etc.
A point worth noting is that the key to any deep
emotional experience, whether positive or negative is
the creation of thoughts as well as images related to
that particular emotion at the same time e.g. think
and visualize at the same time, the death of a close
relative that took place ten years ago and you
immediately have a deep experience of sorrow. Think and
visualize together, a loving hug of your mother that
took place in your childhood, and you immediately
experience deep happiness. This type of co-ordination
between these two subtle processes is true
concentration. The key to any type of spiritual
upliftment is the upliftment of these two processes.
The meditation that is taught at the Brahma Kumaris is
nothing but a spiritual thought process accompanied by a
spiritual visualization process, whereby thoughts and
images of the subtle, spiritual self (or soul) and the
Supreme Being (or Supreme Soul) are created together
to experience the original qualities of the spiritual
self and the eternal qualities of the Supreme Being –
purity, peace, love, happiness and power.
Message for the day
Success comes to the one who understands the importance
of time.
Expression:
When we are working at a task, success doesn't come as
much as it should because we have not been able to
recognize the importance of time. Because of this
sometimes carelessness sets in which makes us lose
valuable time and interferes in what we are doing. Then
we cannot give our best to the task.
Experience:
We need to recognize the importance of time so that we
never postpone what we can do now. We will then always
have the slogan 'now or never' in our mind. Knowing that
what we can do now, we cannot do it as well in the
future, we'll give our best to all we do right now. This
will enable us to use our time in a fruitful way and
success will come very easily to us.