
Smile and Say "Hello"
In life you will meet many people. All are
significant. They deserve your attention and
care, even if all you do is smile and say
"hello".
Co-operation
If there is the thought that we can do things
ourselves without other
people's help, it means that we have arrogance
of our own potential or
we are not able to have trust for others. This
lack of trust doesn't
allow us to use others' potential for the
benefit of the task. So we
are deprived of a very useful resource and we
will not be able to be
happy. We need to understand the fact that there
is greater success in
cooperation. It is much more useful to invest
our time and resources
in training and developing others' potential.
This brings about the
best from people and so there is a greater
contribution and hence
greater success in every task that we take up.
Limiting Ourselves In Comfort Zones
We are basically unlimited beings. But we limit
ourselves in many comfort zones. We have a lot
of conditionings which, in reality, are mental.
Some mosquitoes were put in a box and they kept
jumping a lot. The box was covered from the top
and each time they jumped they hit the top of
the box, and when they jumped too close to the
right or the left they hit the sides of the box.
Slowly, to avoid harming themselves, they
learned to jump just under the cover and without
reaching the sides of the box. One day all the
four sides of the box were opened. The
mosquitoes were free, but they kept on jumping
as far as the limit they had learned. The
physical limits were no longer there. But they
had become conditioned mentally. The same thing
happens to us. We have to open the sides of the
box and take off the top, or we can continue to
live inside the box created by our own mind.
Given below are some conditionings under which
we work, because of which we do not experience
complete freedom.
* Beliefs, acquired since our childhood,
which limit us.
* The negative images of low self esteem that
we have created of ourselves.
* The damaging thoughts of doubt, which
does not let the highway of trust to build up
inside ourselves and does not allow the creative
energy of positivity to flow from inside us to
the outside.
* The fear of failure or not being to
able to succeed completely. A lot of times the
fear exists due to past experiences of failure
or not having succeeded as much as you would
have liked.
We need to become aware of what our pattern of
thoughts is, which brings us under the negative
influence of mental conditionings. When that
happens, we will be able to become free of these
conditionings. While we do not become aware, we
will continue to remain under its influence.
Soul Sustenance
Meditation On Self-Forgiveness
Sit comfortably and relax. Recall the feelings
associated with some mistake or mistakes you
have made in the past. Connect with any feelings
of hatred and revenge; connect with any feelings
of guilt and how you felt you had let others and
yourself down; the shame and the humiliation you
may have felt...
Now ask yourself:
What good is it doing me or others by holding
onto these feelings...? What benefits does it
bring me? How does it help me, or the other
people affected...? (pause for 30 seconds).
Now, say the following to yourself inside your
mind:
I decide that I have held onto these feelings
long enough and it is time to let them go...
This is a matter of reason as they no longer
serve me, and a matter of my will at a deep
level to release them... I feel all these
negative feelings and let them go... I release
them... let them go...
Now, unconditionally, forgive yourself... you
have made a mistake... you have learned from
that mistake... there is nothing to be gained
from having feelings of guilt or shame... let
them go... forgive yourself... forgive everyone
else who may have contributed... it is time to
let it go...
Now focus on your true self - a divine being of
spiritual energy situated at the center of the
forehead... focus on your inner feelings of
peace... Think of and feel your inner qualities
of honesty, tolerance, kindness and generosity.
Focus on them, as this is who you truly are... a
peaceful, compassionate, forgiving being of
spiritual light... radiating these qualities to
the world...
Message for the day
As is the seed so is the fruit.
Expression:
Several times we find things
happening unexpectedly. Yet, there should be the
understanding that nothing is unexpected or a
matter of chance but everything depends on the
seeds previously planted. When there is this
understanding there is no passiveness but there
is an ability to take responsibility and better
the situation.
Experience:
Every thing I do has a deep
significance and an importance for what I have
to attain. When I understand this fact, I am
able to make the most out of what I have. I am
never discouraged by the negative results that I
get today, nor do I take myself to a great
height for the positive things that I get. I
remain stable and make the best use of what I
have.