13.05.2014

Courage
Do not become discouraged
in the face of adversity. Understand that the bigger the
heart, the bigger the obstacles it is asked to
accommodate.
Tapping Supreme
Guidance
There are
many occasions in my day-to-day life when I am not sure
as to what my next course of action should be in that
particular situation. The intellect is the faculty
inside the soul which normally takes all decisions for
the soul. But sometimes the intellect is clouded by my
own or others' sanskaras, beliefs, opinions,
inclinations, assumptions, thoughts, actions, past
experiences, etc.
In such a situation, I require the guidance of an
entity who:
* is above the whole situation and is seeing it as a
spectator or observer and is not a player in the
situation,
* is the knower of the three aspects of time (the past,
present and the future),
* can see the situation from all dimensions or
perspectives,
* is beyond all influences and is impartial,
* is extremely pure and clear,
* knows me more than I know myself,
* knows my benefit and harm more than I know it myself,
* someone who is selfless and is concerned for my well
being the most, etc.
No human entity can fulfill all these requirements.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
Do
Love And Suffering Go Hand-In-Hand (Part 1)?
There are two things that touch or move us in life:
pain and pleasure. Both create addiction.
We feel pain in the body, and sometimes it is even
emotional. But suffering arises in the mind. The
suffering in the mind arises from thinking negatively
towards the self, towards others, looking at them with a
vision or attitude that causes grief, sorrow and
suffering. Both extremes, pain and pleasure, can create
addiction. On creating addiction it can start to form
part of someone's identity. Later if one tries to stop
the addiction of pain or suffering, it can almost feel
like a threat towards the self, and towards one's own
identity as one perceives it, because suffering is
identified with. It is too hard to see oneself as no
longer suffering.
An e.g. in this regard is that of a mother, with three
children, who was undergoing a meditation course at one
of the Brahma Kumaris centers. Her daughter had learned
to meditate and became very happy and joyful. Seeing her
happiness the mother came to learn to meditate. With a
few sessions she felt much more at peace and had very
good experiences, but all of a sudden she decided to
stop the meditation practice and leave the course
because she was starting experiencing a positive
detachment, which she perceived as negative. Now, she
was no longer feeling afraid of what might happen to her
children. The meditation was awakening in her a
love free from fears, but it brought on in her an
inner clash of beliefs between the old and new beliefs.
Her old belief was that to love someone is to suffer
about them or create pain related to them.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Message for the day
To think less is to
remain happy.
Expression:
Usually there is a tendency to think
more than normal when there is a challenging situation.
Although it is considered to be good to think more, we
usually miss out on the fact that thinking more means
having lots of waste thoughts along with those that are
necessary.
Experience:
When we find ourselves thinking a lot we need to ask
ourselves if all these thoughts are really necessary. We
need to recognize waste thoughts and replace them with
something more positive. With this practice we'll find
ourselves thinking less and at the same time having
powerful thoughts which will keep us cheerful under all
circumstances.
Generosity
To be generous means to be able to recognize the
specialties within and use them for everyone's benefit.
The one who is generous never expects others to
understand or give but is able to give constantly from
whatever he has. He is able to spread the fragrance of
his specialties to those around. When I am generous,
everyone around me is benefited and I find that I am
able to win the love and respect for all. My continuous
contribution inspires others to make effort to change
and I become an example and inspiration for them. I am
able to move forward with ease.