22.03.2015

The Lens of Perception
Just like a camera lens, we see the world
through the lens of our perceptions.
When there's a dust speck on the camera lens or
the lens is out of focus, we move around with a
blurred perception of reality.
To see reality more clearly, adjust and clean
the lens of your perception.
Accurate Efforts
Normally we tend to associate success with what
we get, rather than
how much effort we put in. So sometimes when
things don't turn out the
way we expect them to, we tend to have negative
feelings because of
the thought of being unsuccessful. So we tend to
stop putting in
further efforts for success. When we put in
accurate efforts for the
success of every task, we naturally try to do
the best. Because of our
own contribution, others too help us and
contribute whatever they can
to achieve what we set out to do. So there is
success in everything.
When we do the right thing, we will be able to
experience constant
self-progress, even if the result is not what we
have expected.
Crossing Negative Circumstances Or Situations
(cont.)
The challenge lies in knowing what the strategy
is to learn to live through negative situations
without allowing them to influence our emotional
and mental state.
In order to achieve that, in the first place,
we should change our interpretation. Instead of
interpreting the situation as an obstruction,
interference or barrier to our path, we need to
change our perception. We can ask ourselves
questions like: What has this situation taught
me? What does it say to me? Remain detached,
observe and listen before reacting immediately.
From detachment, observation and listening we
can have a more practical and wider perception.
We are the creators of our realities. Reality,
in itself, does not create for us stress, pain
or unhappiness. It is our way of looking and
interpretation of reality that brings about
these reactions. Therefore, we have to review
how we perceive situations and with what beliefs
we interpret and judge them. Reinterpreting the
situation, the concrete reality, implies
allowing the old perception to die in order to
make room for a new vision. Without the old
dying, the new cannot be built correctly.
Instead of seeing people or situations as
obstacles on the path, we can see them as
opportunities to practice patience and
tolerance, to know how to listen, thank and
love. They allow us to widen our capacity to
co-operate and enlarge our heart so that we
might be more generous.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
Vision, Goals, Strategies And Action Plans
A vision is what you can see but not yet
reach. The most powerful dimension of vision is
not the long term dimension but actually the way
you choose to see yourself in your work,
circumstances, relationships, etc. Important
changes start occurring by simply choosing to
see things and people differently. That will
have a huge influence on the decisions you make
and the results. This is the power of vision.
Goals are aimed at achieving the vision.
They should be achievable in a short span of
time and represent what you can see and reach.
Goals should be specific, measurable,
actionable, relevant and time bound (SMART).
Clarification of goals then sets the agenda for
the strategies (how) that are necessary
to achieve those goals, to drive those goals
forward. The strategies then need to be broken
down into very specific action plans.
Message
for the day
The one who is loving is the one who experiences
freedom.
Expression:
The root of suffering is
attachment, because attachment makes one bound.
To be truly free means to learn to love and
appreciate while remaining independent. Others'
state of mind or task does not negatively
influence one's own responses to the outside
environment. There is the ability to be free and
express one's own specialities without being
coloured.
Experience:
If I cannot keep myself free
from attachment I am constantly experiencing
suffering. Because I am attached, I am dependent
on someone or something I have created a space
for in my mind. When that person or object is
criticized, neglected or not with me, I feel
pain in my mind and I experience a sense of
loss. Then I am not able to be loving.