
Summer's End
Summer, it's a time of abundance, to enjoy the
summer sun, flowers and fruits ... but, summer,
like everything else, doesn't last forever. If
summer was forever, all the energy and potential
would reach its limits and inertia would set in.
And so slowly but surely, the cycle turns;
everything moves on. Everything has it's own
time; it's own season. Remember, the end of
something good, means the start of something
also good. All you have to do is be connected
and in tune with the natural flow of nature's
energies.
Change
When you are aware and accept that everything
around you is constantly
changing, and that you have no control over
99.99% of it, you are able
to embrace change like a close friend! Change is
a like a river,
constantly flowing and moving things around. The
river of life is
constantly bringing you ideas, people,
situations - each one is an
opportunity to be enriched or to enrich others,
and to learn. Change is
the play of the universe as it entertains us in
the biggest light and
sound show of all time. Why not sit back and
enjoy the show!
The Journey Of Time
There are two laws governing the journey of time
in this world.
* Firstly, the movement of time is cyclic
i.e. without a beginning or an end. It is not
linear i.e. a straight line with a beginning and
an end, and
* Secondly, everything new undergoes
degradation and becomes old at some point of
time.
These two laws help us to understand the journey
of time and why the world is in its present
state.
We use time to attempt to measure change. One
day is measured by the time taken by the earth
to rotate around its axis. One day is our basic
unit of measurement of time. One year is
measured by the time taken by the earth to
revolve around the sun. So the movement of time
in our physical world is always cyclical. The
cycle of the day, from dawn to daylight to dusk
to night, is a movement that repeats with
absolute constancy. A larger cycle is that of
the seasons - from spring to summer to autumn to
winter - which also repeat in the same way. When
we become a detached observer and look at the
'big picture' of human history, we see an even
larger cycle, the eternal world cycle of time
- a cycle that moves from the day of humanity
(where everything is positive on a physical as
well as spiritual level) to the night of
humanity and then back to the day of humanity to
repeat again. But to believe and understand
that picture completely, we first need to
understand the second law of time and also
connect it with the first law.
Tomorrow we shall explain the second law of
time.
Soul Sustenance
Going Back To My Original Nature (Personality)
Our present personalities are basically the
combined habits of this lifetime (birth), built
on the combined habits of previous lifetimes
(births), all of which have left their mark
(sometimes deep and sometimes not so deep) on
our consciousness. It may well be that habits
such as becoming angry, upset, anxious,
stressed, sorrowful or scared, have been with us
for so long that, they feel a natural part of
our inner world, so natural that when someone
says our true nature is not anger but peace, not
fear but love, not aggression but acceptance,
not anxiety but calm, it does not feel right.
And even if it did feel right for a moment, we
have become so attached to our old habitual
moods, emotions and behaviors that we do not
really want to change. It may even be the case
that we have become so weak that we need help to
change. It seems much easier to stay the way we
are.
As we begin to meditate and develop our
spiritual practice, our views on the above
subject will fluctuate. When that does happen,
imagine you are having a conversation with
yourself and teaching yourself. Give yourself
permission to be peaceful by nature, full of
love and joy by nature, naturally content by
nature, wherever you are and in whatever you do.
After a while, you won't need to give yourself
permission and you will find these states of
being are there within you quite naturally at
every moment. They are our original and eternal
nature. Everything else is acquired or learned. In
so many ways introduction to spirituality, like
many other approaches to inner awakening, is as
much aboutunlearning (the acquired
beliefs) as it is about learning (new
beliefs).
Message for the day
To contribute specialities is to have the power
to cooperate.
Expression:
Each individual is unique
with his own unique set of capabilities. The one
who is aware of his specialities and contributes
them to any task is the one who is able to
cooperate under all circumstances and with all
people. There are no conditions attached to
contribute these resources.
Experience:
When I contribute to every
task with my own specialities I have double
satisfaction. I have the satisfaction of having
contributed something and I am also free from
expectations from others. I also find that
because I am able to give unconditionally,
others too are able to cooperate with me.