
The Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt
flat at 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi)
in Bolivia. The hotel is made of 1 million
4-inch salt blocks, used for the floor
Make Worry Work for You
If you're worrying about something, address the
worry, there's obviously something that needs
your attention. Worrying serves no purpose
unless it spurs you to move into action.
Ask yourself, if what you're worrying about were
to happen: How bad would it be? How would you
deal with it ?
Is there a positive possibility within the
worry ?
Turn the worry into something positive and
make the worry work for you !
Celebration
Normally we celebrate for some time and at that
time forget our
worries. But once the celebration is over we
come back to our routine
thoughts. Celebration is seen as something
temporary and is in the
company of those dear to us. But not always do
we get such a chance to
celebrate. Hence we usually keep looking forward
to some new
celebration. Real celebration is to enjoy the
beauty and joy of each
and every moment. This moment is special and it
is this moment that is
the real celebration. Such celebration keeps us
in constant
enthusiasm. So we will stop looking for special
occasions to be happy
but will be able to make the best use of this
moment and give others
that experience too, instead of being dependent
on others for
celebration.
Crossing Negative Circumstances Or Situations -
cont.
In order to have a wider perception and not to
drown in any negative situation i.e. not to get
affected by it, you can position yourself in a
positive way. Instead of losing respect for
the self and developing a negative
consciousness, if you make your consciousness
positive and stabilize yourself in respect
towards yourself, in maintaining your positive
and powerful self-esteem and a healthy distance
(not necessarily physical distance, but rather
by not letting the situation absorb you), you
will be able to have an eagle's vision. From
above, everything looks smaller. It is easier to
get over something small. You can. * I am a
victorious soul or * I am a destroyer of
obstacles are examples of positive
consciousness.
Whatever happens, it is important to always be
aware that you create your thoughts and you
allow the situations to have greater or lesser
impact inside you, according to how you see
them. Learn to create thoughts full of
courage, trust and determination. Spirituality
and the practice of meditation helps you do just
that. Those thoughts, charged with positive
energy, will help you to allow each situation to
pass; to really overcome it and leave it behind;
for it not to remain alive in your thoughts or
in your memory.
With the power of a mind that creates
thoughts full of good energy, wherever you go,
you will create a pleasant atmosphere. Your
vibrations will create spaces full of beauty,
love, trust and peacefulness; spaces where all
those who enter will remove their masks and will
connect again with their true self.
Soul Sustenance
Breaking Down Patterns Of Negative Thoughts And
Feelings
Having understood that the source of our
feelings are our thoughts, we realize that right
through our journey in the physical world, in
many births, we have repeatedly built up
enormous webs of negative and harmful thoughts
and feelings, creating many unnecessary
difficulties for us, internally as well as
externally. The habit continues in my
present life too. Meditation helps me to
untangle this mess, and break the habit. It
helps me come to terms with what is going on in
my own inner world and understand how I create
thoughts and feelings, how to take
responsibility for them, and how to tap into my
original, positive inner resources, which helps
me displace negative patterns of thoughts and
feelings. So, meditation is not merely a
relaxation technique but a powerful tool for a
seemingly difficult task of
self-transformation.
To get the positive cycle of thoughts and
feelings working in my life, the easiest place
to start with is our thoughts. It's not very
difficult to change our thoughts. It just
requires attention. And by changing my thoughts,
it becomes easy to change my feelings. In
meditation, I decide that for a few minutes,
each day (it could be as less as 1-2 minutes or
as much as 25-30 minutes, depending on the
external setting I am in) I am going to set
aside negative thoughts which are weak or
wasteful, and create pure, positive, powerful
thoughts, based on the awareness of my spiritual
identity. As I do this, I begin to experience
the original resources or treasures of the self.
As a result, positive and powerful feelings for
the self and others emerge.
Message for the day
To consider oneself an instrument of God is to
be light.
Expression:
To be an instrument of God
means to allow God's qualities to flow through
one's life. It means to be available for God's
task to happen. The ones who considers himself
to be an instrument neither has ego of the work
that is done through him nor has he any
difficulty in dealing with situations. He is
able to do everything well and with ease.
Experience:
When I am an instrument of God, I am able to
remain light even while being responsible. Being
an instrument I would naturally consider myself
responsible for God's task to be done through
me. Also since I am God's instrument, I feel the
responsibility of making myself more and more
beautiful.