
Reclaim your Lunch Break
How do you spend your lunch break? Do you even
take a lunch break ?
Use your precious break to recharge, and you'll
be more alert to tackle the afternoon ahead.
Come on, get out of the workplace and get some
fresh air. Go for a brisk walk and explore the
area. Catch up with a friend on the phone. Eat
healthy. You could even squeeze in a short
lunchtime exercise or meditation. What will you
do to get the most of your lunch breaks ?
Humility
To focus not only on the self but on others too
brings humility. Such
humility allows others to come close. The one
who is humble is able to
give others what is required. Yet he balances
with a certain
quietness, so that others don't become too
casual and familiar. When
we are humble, we become easy and light giving
the love that we have
within. We are free from the sorrow of
expectations. Instead we
actually become a reservoir of treasures from
where others can take
benefit. We are constantly a giver, being
available for others.
Realizing The Law of Cause and Effect (cont.)
Suppose a person from India goes to America for
the first time and rents a car over there. He
then parks his rented car on the wrong side of
the road. He will be charged a fine because
parking laws are different in both countries. He
cannot simply say 'I didn't know, I am
ignorant'. It should have been his
responsibility, if driving, to find out the laws
of the new country but he didn't take enough
care.
In ignorance, we have done many things against
the universal laws of creation - especially the
Law of Karma. We did not have the
complete knowledge of what are good/bad karmas,
what are right/wrong karmas; what
different types of effects different karmaswould
have on me, others and nature. But we cannot
just say 'I didn't know'. It was our
responsibility to know. If we look at the state
of the world now, there may be a few sparks of
light or spiritual enlightenment but, generally,
there is a great amount of darkness. That gives
us an indication of the sorts of karmas the
vast majority of us have been performing, due to
ignorance, to have produced the situations or
circumstances in the world.
The complete knowledge of the karmic process,
which focuses primarily on the Law of Cause and
Effect (explained yesterday), which we learn
when we are introduced to spirituality, helps
us:
* reduce the burden of the past
* remove any type of suffering or sorrow in our
present life
* change our future as well as that of the
world, to make it better and more positive
* experience a positive return from our
spiritual efforts
* understand all the why's, how's, what's and
when's which surround our life
Soul Sustenance
Internal And External Attachments - Part 2
We had explained some common examples of external
attachments yesterday.
Some common examples of internal attachments are
attachments to:
* your ideas,
* your beliefs,
* your opinions or viewpoints,
* your memories,
* a certain way of thinking
* a particular virtue/virtues or
specialty/specialties,
* a particular power/powers,
* a particular sanskar/sanskars - either
positive or negative, etc.
Whether the attachment is external or internal,
the act of attaching is always internal. e.g. if
you attach yourself to your job, you will say
"my job". Your job is something external, but
you hold on to it inside you - inside your
consciousness.
(To be continued tomorrow...)
Message for the day
To be free from attachment of one's own
qualities is to have the ability to work on the
self.
Expression:
The main form of attachment
of the self is the attachment to both one's own
specialities and weaknesses. When there is the
ability to free oneself from this kind of
attachment there is the ability to work on both.
There is the awareness of them, but not bound by
them. There is the ability to use specialities
with love and according to the need. There is
also special attention given to finish
weaknesses.
Experience:
When I am free from
attachment, I am aware of them, but there is
neither arrogance of the specialities nor any
inferior feelings for the presence of the
negativity within me. I am able to experience
detachment from them and able to use my
specialities with ease. I am not disturbed with
the presence of the weaknesses but am able to
win over them with ease.