04.09.2014

Depth of Humility
Humility means to understand the self and through that
to understand others as well. Humility is the attitude
where a person is not attached to his or her opinion and
feelings. Humility is the most natural expression of
truth. It helps in better understanding of truth.
Humility is the basis for maintaining self-respect.
Humility does not mean bowing down and being subservient
to others. Humility allows you to see benefit in
everything. Developing humility brings a lot of comfort
and ease into your life.
Give your Best
We normally tend to expect the same kind of results
constantly. Although the effort put in is not so
constant, we expect good results always. Yet we do not
find it happening all the time. When we do not get the
desired results, at that time we don't remember that it
is our lack of effort that actually brought us poor
results. The only way to experience constant good
results is to put in effort constantly. Whether the
situations are bad, or even if we do not get any
encouragement from others, we need to go on giving our
best. Only with this will we be able to experience
constant success. There would be the satisfaction of
giving the best even when the results take time to come.
Practical Ways of Changing Old Habits or Beliefs
Motivation for Change
An important factor to start positive change in our
lives is for there to be a passion, a powerful force
that leads us, a final goal that keeps us motivated. It
is important to set yourself goals, to be convinced and
to have the confidence and faith that one can reach
them, since in this way we will make a daily effort to
achieve those goals. There needs to be a clearly defined
sense of purpose to your existence, clarifying the
values that must guide your life in order to achieve
these goals and establish the steps you must take for
inculcating these values. If, at a subconscious level,
you allow a mistaken purpose to be created, or there is
a lack of true purpose in your life, then you will not
be motivated to know and change yourself. Many people
think that the purpose of their life is to survive and
they use the language of survival in this way: * Life is
hard out there, * You must get whatever you can. They
are not aware that they have chosen this purpose, but
subconsciously it is what they believe they are here
for, and this makes them think that they must
accumulate, take, create barriers to protect themselves
and compete with others.
(To be continued tomorrow .....)
Soul Sustenance
The Filtration Process In The Soul
The mind and its creation i.e. thoughts, in these times,
in most people, are controlled by three main factors:
i. their habits or sanskaras
i. their past experiences, and
iii. information which they are exposed to and which
they imbibe.
The intellect is like a filter which has the function of
discriminating, of judging the thoughts and deciding
which ones to put into practice and which ones not to,
basically filtering them. Presently the filter of the
intellect has become weakened, confused and unsure; it
has become blocked by many incorrect beliefs, due to
which this filtration does not take place properly – as
a result many wrong thoughts get converted into actions.
A lot of times during the day, thoughts become
actions so fast, that the filter of the intellect does
not even come into play i.e. thoughts become actions
bypassing the filter.
The beliefs that we have today are related to our
cultural, physical, social, religious, political
identity associated with our age, gender, occupation,
wealth, role etc. of our body. Beliefs connected to
materialism, to having rather than being,
are living based on the perception of the sense organs,
and not on the intuition and the wisdom of the spirit.
There are beliefs that block you, or brake you, others
break you, they bring about fears in you and a limited
perception of reality and of yourself. However much you
try to generate positive thoughts, if you do not change
these beliefs, their influence on the intellect will be
so strong that it is almost impossible to maintain a
positive state of mind. Even if you experience it, it
will be shortlived and temporary.
Message for the day
True treasure is the treasure of contentment.
Projection:
We, sometimes, find that we do not always have with us
everything we want. When we are faced with this thought
again and again, we naturally begin to have negative
thoughts. We, then, are not able to appreciate and use
what we have. Instead we are left wishing for something
else.
Solution:
Instead of thinking of what we don't have or need, we
need to make effort to use whatever we already have with
us. For this, we need to make a conscious effort to
check what treasures we have, then, we will be able to
use them in a worthwhile way. Then, we will be able to
be content whatever the situation may be.