True Love
Love is a powerful force. It can take us to great
heights and leave us feeling light and airy. Yet it has
been the most abused and misused force. Many degraded
things pass for love. True love is based on
understanding, mutual trust and respect and not simply
on transient emotions. Love is being in balance, that
is, in harmony with the self, God and each other. Love
dwells in the soul. We must allow this love to flow out
and around us. Without love, all of life's treasures are
locked away from our vision and experiences, for indeed
'love is the key.'
Seven Techniques To Let Go Off The Past - cont.
Positive Information and Intoxication - The more
we listen or read positive and constructive spiritual
knowledge, even if it is for 10 minutes daily, and
imbibe (absorb) it, the more our negative memories fade
into the background. Also the regular input of knowledge
lifts our consciousness to a higher level and gives us
an experience of intoxication or spiritual bliss, in
which the memory of our past sorrows and negative
experiences gets dissolved. Even on a physical level,
there are lots of people who indulge in some kind of
addiction or intoxication only because it temporarily
helps them to overcome and forget the negatives in their
life.
Karma Realization - Another benefit of spiritual
knowledge is that it makes us realize the various shades
and details of the Law of Karma and its application in
the World Drama, which helps us immensely in letting go
of the past and concentrating on our present so that a
bright future can be built, irrespective of the quality
of the past.
Self and God Realization - One of the most
important benefits of meditation, an important aspect of
spirituality, is that it makes us realize and experience
the spiritual self and the Father of the spiritual self,
the Supreme Soul, accurately. This is an experience of
liberation, in which there is no room for past
repentances. Past repentances are more a reflection of
excessive attachment to the physical or material or
attachment to incorrect emotions related to
body-consciousness, remembering the damage caused by it
to the self and experiencing sorrow due to the same.
Connection and Relation - Also, meditation being
a deep connection between me and the Supreme Father, it
fills me with immense power and it is also an intense
relationship, which fills me with love, happiness and
peace. In the experience of these attainments, over a
period of time, my past ceases to burden my
consciousness.
Soul Sustenance
Negative Reactions To
Negative Actions
We very commonly react negatively with anger to another
person’s anger filled words or actions, which we
perceive to be unjustified or unreasonable. But this
kind of action on our part, which we feel is our right
and is a justified reaction or response, only adds to
the negative energy already existing inside a particular
situation, increasing the energy and making the
situation even more complicated and difficult to
resolve. Two negatives never make a positive, they
make a higher negative, to which a very high positive
has to be added (as compared to before) to bring the
situation back to neutral or normal. Also, when you
react, you are doing exactly what you believe the other
person, the attacker,
is doing – injuring someone on an emotional level, which
is a form of subtle violence.
Lastly and very importantly, the other person’s
negative and impulsive behavior, directed at you,
portrays that at that particular moment he/she is
experiencing an emptiness or void of wisdom, joy, peace,
love and power, a void which he/she believes you have
created and can only be re-filled by you. The anger
filled action is a desire directed towards you, for this
filling up. Hidden behind his/her anger is the feeling,
"Because of this person, I have lost my happiness at
this particular moment and he/she should give it back to
me immediately", which means that the other person is
lacking the realization that no other person is ever
responsible for your happiness. You are, always. Instead
of switching on the awareness of this spiritual fact and
emerging the value of forgiveness inside yourself,
forgiveness because the other person is lacking this
wisdom at that moment of time, you react, which makes
you similar to him possessing a similar belief,
something which you will definitely not appreciate too
much. But, what happens is that the emotional storm
inside you at that moment hides your ability to see how
you are yourself injuring your spiritual heart. While
you are in that emotional state, there is no way you can
heal the wounds of the other’s heart i.e. correct the
other person.
Message for the day
With benevolent feelings and good wishes we can free
people from worrying.
Expression:
When
we come across someone who is faced with a difficult
situation because of which he is worrying, we too
usually tend to think about it. Instead of helping the
other person to be free from worrying, we too begin to
worry. This doesn't help either of us in anyway but only
adds to the negativity of the situation.
Experience:
We need to develop such benevolent feelings for the ones
who are going through the situation that the power of
our positive feelings will spread to them too. It will
act like the light of the lamp, which helps to dispel
the darkness around. Only when there is positivity in
the mind will they be able to think of some solution.
The Present Moment
The one who understands the significance of everything
that happens is able to make the best of the present
moment. Everything depends on the seeds previously
planted. When there is this understanding there is no
passiveness but there is an ability to take
responsibility and better the situation. To understand
that everything happens with a cause is able to make the
best use of the present moment and the treasures that it
holds. Every thing that I do at this moment has
importance on what I have to attain. So when I
understand this fact, I am never discouraged by the
negative results that I get today, nor do I take myself
to a great height for the positive things that I get. I
remain stable by enjoying what I have and making the
best use of it.