
Giving Feedback
Here are a few suggestions for giving feedback
to others, especially if something needs to be
corrected: - be respectful and ask if you can
provide feedback - keep the feedback
constructive and issue specific - make your
words kind and considerate Your suggestions are
impactful when you walk your talk and are
willing to do everything you're recommending to
others.
Playing My Part As A Hero Actor (cont.)
In yesterday's message we had discussed how we
possess the potential in our hands to write the
scripts of our lives, our destinies. Some of us
do not like this idea because we have been
taught since we were small that life is all
about luck, but this incorrect belief does not
let us realize the immense internal power or
potential that we possess of shaping up our
destiny, our future. By resigning ourselves
to a life of luck, we do not use our potential
and conveniently avoid doing the inner work of
becoming awake and aware of who we are as
spiritual beings and the masters of our own
destiny. This is why waking up from the
sleep of this wrong belief is the first step
towards empowering ourselves, towards taking
responsibility for our life, for our present,
our future. Also there are some of us who hold
the belief that the course taken by each one of
our lives is not written by luck but is decided
by God, so it is egoistic on our part if we
believe that we can write our own scripts,
interfering with the plan that God has in his
mind for us. So in times of challenges in our
lives, although its not wrong to pray to God at
those times, we commonly use words like 'if God
would like it, I shall overcome this obstacle or
I will be successful in this particular task or
my health will get okay or I will pass this exam
etc.' In times of happiness, although it's not
wrong to thank God at those times, we completely
submit ourselves to God's will, thinking that it
is he and he alone responsible for what good
that is happening in my life. In the case of the
sorrow we forget that although God can help us
to some extent, whether we will surpass the
sorrow or not is very largely dependent on our
past actions which are influencing the present
situation. In the case of the happiness, we
forget that though God's blessings do help and
work, our past actions are a very important
dominant factor which is creating situations of
positivity in our present lives.
(To be continued tomorrow...)
Soul Sustenance
Crossing Negative Circumstances/Situations (Part
2)
The challenge lies in knowing what the strategy
is to learn to live through negative situations
without allowing them to influence our emotional
and mental state. In order to achieve that,
in the first place, we should change our
interpretation. Instead of interpreting the
situation as an obstruction, interference or
barrier to our path, we need to change our
perception. We can ask ourselves questions like:
What has this situation taught me? What does it
say to me? Remain detached, observe and listen
before reacting immediately. From detachment,
observation and listening we can have a more
practical and wider perception. We are the
creators of our realities. Reality, in
itself, does not create for us stress, pain or
unhappiness. It is our way of looking and
interpretation of reality that brings about
these reactions. Therefore, we have to review
how we perceive situations and with what beliefs
we interpret and judge them. Reinterpreting the
situation, the concrete reality, implies
allowing the old perception to die in order to
make room for a new vision. Without the old
dying, the new cannot be built correctly.
Instead of seeing people or situations as
obstacles on the path, we can see them as
opportunities to practice patience and
tolerance, to know how to listen, thank and
love. They allow us to widen our capacity to
co-operate and enlarge our heart so that we
might be more generous.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Message for the day
To be powerful is to fly easily over the biggest
obstacle.
Expression:
When there is an awareness of the inner
strength, difficult circumstances seem very easy
to cross over. Nothing seems difficult or as a
big obstacle, but the inner strength gives the
power to very easily and quickly cross over all
difficult and challenging situations.
Experience:
When I have the power to fly, i.e., to go above
the situations, I do not feel the bondage of the
situation. So when I am up above everything down
below (even the biggest mountain) seems very
tiny and insignificant. So there is quick and
steady progress experienced even when there are
difficult situations in my life.
No Expectations
It is very natural for me to help others when I
see them in need. At that time I don't expect
anything from them and continue to help. But
when I need help or support I begin to expect
from those whom I had helped and if they don't,
my feelings are hurt. At the time that I am
providing help, I need to consciously remind
myself not to have expectations. Again when I
need help and I find myself expecting from
others, I need to explain to myself and have
faith that whatever help I have given will
surely come back to me at the right time. The
seed that I have sown will not be wasted away
but will surely bear fruit.