20.08.2014

Interfere Lovefully
One of the deepest habits we learn is interfering in
others' lives. Even if we are not actively interfering
there is a good chance it's happening in our heads.
Then, when people don't do what we want them to do,
which is usually all the time, our ability to relax is
non existent. If you want to interfere successfully in
someone else's life, try this loveful approach. It
begins with acceptance, continues with acknowledgement,
is empowered by appreciation and ends in actualization.
Only in this way can we help others be all that they can
possibly be, and what else is life for, but to help
others to be all that they can be. Only by making love
practical in this way, can we heal our own habits of
criticism, envy and blame. Accept, acknowledge and
appreciate. It doesn't mean you have to agree,
comply or condone. The paradox is that we ourselves will
receive the same in the process, not only from
ourselves, as we become what we give, but from others
along the way. Why? It's the law!
Easiness
When we start with something, which has never been done
before, we first have a doubt if we could do it. The
task in itself is not very difficult, but it is this
thought that makes it seem much more difficult than it
actually is. This fear doesn't let us use all our
potentials in an easy way. If there is a task, which is
considered by everyone to be difficult, or if I have any
fear associated with it, I need to first take a
conscious thought that it is actually easy. And as I
move along I will find the solutions and I will continue
to progress. This thought enables me to be easy and
finish everything easily.
Providing Emotional Support To Your Loved Ones
What do we do when friends and loved ones come to us
for, and expect emotional support from us? Spirituality
teaches us the right technique of providing emotional
support - the technique of detached involvement, which
is the technique of not being overawed, of not being
affected ourselves by the emotions of others. If a
friend, colleague or any loved one is upset and we also
get upset (because we love them - that's what we
normally say), we cannot provide them the necessary
support or the assistance to see why they are reacting
emotionally and how they might change the nature of
their emotions by themselves. True love for someone
would mean that I am able to provide them that. While
being concerned is fine, but by becoming upset, seeing
them upset simply aggravates the situation and adds fuel
to their fire. By remaining detached, we can be more
effective in our ability to care, listen and help them
think clearly about the situation, they find themselves
in. Only if we are stable, and that can happen only
when we are detached, will we be able to provide them
stability. We can encourage and empower them to change
their negative reaction to a more positive response, and
thereby generate a healthier energy. If we become
over-involved in someone else's problems, there is a
risk that our own judgment will be affected negatively.
This is why making decisions and choices under the
influence of your own and others' emotions is normally
ineffective.
Soul Sustenance
Experiencing Spiritual Growth Through Group Interactions
Anyone who is inclined towards growing spiritually will
sooner or later feel the need to taking up a particular
spiritual path, which provides him/her with an assigned
code of leading a spiritual life and helps him/her to
incorporate it in his/her life. This also means becoming
a part of a spiritual group or gathering or community
and participating in spiritual study, practice like
meditation or prayer and perform service along with the
group. But, on the other hand, there are also many
spiritually motivated people who are not very interested
in groups and communities and keep a distance from them.
They are of the opinion that it is easier to work it out
alone by collecting information from other alternate
sources by books, the internet, the television, videos,
etc. and progress spiritually. But the relationship
between spiritual growth and being a part of or
participating in a group is clear. For the isolated and
solitary person, growth is limited, since the
personality is not activated to the same extent as when
it interacts with others. In relationships and in
living together, the various forms of hidden ego and the
different shades of the personality, positive as well as
negative, are stimulated, creating the possibility of
being more aware and conscious about them, bringing
about greater growth and spiritual development.
After all, one of the main objectives of spiritual
development is achieving victory over the ego and
becoming soul conscious, getting rid of the negative
shades of the personality and further enhancing the
positive traits and skills, so that they can be used for
benefiting the self and others. Tomorrow we shall
explain the various powers that are required to
experience success in groups, which as a result, get
enhanced in group activities and interactions.
Message for the day
The method to overcome fear is to keep giving power to
others.
Projection:
In difficult situations, the first reaction is that of
fear- of the consequences, of one's own power to face
the situation. With this comes the expectation that
others should understand and help.
Solution:
We need to take a thought to continue to give others
even in difficult situations. Then, we will be able to
overcome our fear. Since our mind is busy giving others
we will be free from any negative thoughts and thus we
will be stable.