
Artist: Lin Wang
Are You Missing Out ?
Do you ever feel as if you are missing out on
something somewhere?
Even though you know that you can never be
anywhere other than where you are ?
If you do feel you are missing out on something,
then you are - your own life in that moment.
Learn to be content, wherever you are.
Tolerance
An inner power needed to make accurate decisions
is the power to tolerate. Tolerance is not about
having to put up with or endure. It's about
respect for difference. It is about being able
to appreciate diversity, the beauty in that
diversity and difference. We
need confidence to allow others to do what they
are doing. Rigidity is a sign of lack of self
confidence and self respect. It is better to
have peace with someone than to have 100 percent
perfection and tension. The quality of
interaction comes from our ability to stop (that
is not to be affected or influenced by what the
other is doing). When I learn to stop, then I
become more perceptive of the situation and am
able to do make the right decision.
Reaping The Benefits Of Meditation
Rajayoga meditation
gives the intellect the power to select those
positive sanskaras which lead to the
higher emotions, calm and clear thoughts, and
the pure desire to enjoy life in such a way that
no sorrow is experienced for the self and no
sorrow is given to others.
The practitioner of meditation calms the mind
and experiences sanskaras which in most
people surface only occasionally as they are
deeper than the superficial (shallow) memories
of worldly experiences. These are the pure and
powerful sanskaras relating to the
original nature of the soul - peace, purity,
power and contentment. Consciousness (the soul)
has the same property as light; a powerful force
with distinct qualities yet having no
gravitational mass. In fact, the only pull or
burden on the soul is the result of its own
impure thoughts and negative actions.
When the above mentioned original sanskaras are
experienced then love and happiness are also
experienced automatically. After some regular
practice, the practitioner has the intellectual
power to consciously emerge these sanskaras into
daily life at any time. In a situation which
would lead most people to experience negative
moods or emotions such as fear, depression,
anxiety, boredom, fatigue, hatred or aggression,
the practitioner becomes detached and emerges
the inner powers of contentment and tranquility
(peacefulness). This of course is beneficial not
only for the self but also to others.
Soul Sustenance
Relieving The Stress Of Subtle Inner Burdens
(Part 2)
We must create the necessary space to share
pending matters, messages, ideas and feelings
with our loved ones in a safe atmosphere,
protected from violence and full of respect. In
that atmosphere, we can express ourselves, share
and love. We have to create the atmosphere
ourselves. It is our responsibility to make the
other understand that there is something
important that we have to tell them. In order to
live in freedom we have to be aware of all the
burdens that we have pending from the past, what
things we have to fix, solve, clear up and
communicate, and free ourselves from all of
them.
To start with, make a list of all the pending
conversations that you have. Give yourself a
date that is soon and realistic in order to have
these conversations. Make them happen. Don't put
them off any more. Don't allow your mind to keep
on making excuses. Imagine that today is your
last day. What is it that you have to say,
communicate, and/or clarify and with who? Do it
soon. Today might be your last day or the last
day of the person with whom you have a pending
conversation.
Living without pending conversations keeps the
path clear, your conscience clear, your heart at
peace and your mind light.
Message for the day
To let go of worry of the problem is to find the
right solution.
Expression:
When the mind is caught up with any problem
there is a great difficulty in finding
solutions. Instead when the mind is free from
worry, it finds the answers that lie within. So
whatever the kind of situations or problems, the
one who is free from worry is the one who is
able to respond to the situation in the right
way. Nor does such a person take time in making
decisions during challenging times.
Experience:
When I only continue to worry about my problems
it is like cursing the darkness. It will not
bring light. All I need to do is light a little
lamp and I will find the light coming in slowly
spreading all around. I find that it is very
easy to find the solutions that are already
within me.