10.03.2015

Vintage postcard,
1914: Antique Photograph; Portrait of an
Edwardian lady
Simplicity and Royalty
There's great beauty in simplicity. It's not
plainness, however it is plain in the sense that
words and actions are enacted with great
royalty, full awareness and with so much
significance. Simplicity takes us away from
artificialities, it simply accepts and in that
acceptance shows us grace and humility in every
circumstance.
Balance
To be balanced is to have the ability to do the
right thing at the
right time. It is the ability to use the head
and the heart at the
same time. It is the ability to have love and
discipline. There is
neither too much love nor too much discipline.
There is an equal
quantity of both. When there is balance in my
every act I am
successful in my relationships. Because of this
I receive their
blessings too. I experience success in all I do
and am able to enjoy
a life of bliss. I am not caught up with
questions about anything but
am able to get the solutions in a second.
Innate (Basic) And Acquired Value
Everything we see has what can be called its acquired
value and its innate or basic value.The
acquired value is that which it has picked up by
coming into contact with external objects
throughout its existence or life. The innate
value is what it always is irrespective of its
external interactions. For example, the
acquired value of gold changes with the
fluctuations of its price in the market. Its
innate or real value is that it's one of the
most beautiful metals; very ductile, malleable,
etc.
If we were asked about the qualities of any
good, peaceful relationship with someone, we
would quickly reply: love, trust, patience,
respect, honesty, sincerity, tolerance,
humility, sympathy, etc. How do we know this? Is
it purely from experience? Can we remember
having really experienced any of these qualities
in any relationship completely and constantly?
Probably no. Then how can we say it is from
experience? In such a case, where does this urge
for rightness come from? Our heart tells us it
comes from a basic, inherent sense of what is
true and good, of our innate value. Though these
qualities are what we see as our ideal
qualities; when I am in a weakened state, I'm
unable to bring them into practice, when I want,
according to the needs of the moment. They need
to be strengthened inside. One of the most
immediate benefits of the practice of meditation
then, is to bring about this internal
strengthening. My basic qualities are just
waiting for a chance to emerge out in the open. Like
a light bulb without current, possibility of
lighting up my qualities exists, but they need
to be connected to a source of power, which is
exactly what meditation gives us.
Soul Sustenance
Providing Emotional Support To Your Loved Ones
What do we do when friends and loved ones come
to us for, and expect emotional support from us?
Spirituality teaches us the right technique of
providing emotional support – the technique of
detached involvement, which is the technique of
not being overawed, of not being affected
ourselves by the emotions of others. If a
friend, colleague or any loved one is upset and
we also get upset (because we love them – that’s
what we normally say), we cannot provide them
the necessary support or the assistance to see
why they are reacting emotionally and how they
might change the nature of their emotions by
themselves.True love for someone would mean
that I am able to provide them that. While being
concerned is fine, but by becoming upset, seeing
them upset simply aggravates the situation and
adds fuel to their fire.
By remaining detached, we can be more
effective in our ability to care, listen and
help them think clearly about the situation,
they find themselves in. Only if we are
stable, and that can happen only when we are
detached, will we be able to provide them
stability. We can encourage and empower them to
change their negative reaction to a more
positive response, and thereby generate a
healthier energy. If we become over-involved in
someone else's problems, there is a risk that
our own judgment will be affected negatively.
This is why making decisions and choices under
the influence of your own and others' emotions
is normally ineffective.
Message for the day
To understand the power of positivity is to
finish negativity.
Expression:
All it takes to finish
darkness, is a little light. What is real is
light and what needs to go away is darkness. In
the same way, negativity is nothing but a lack
of positivity. The one who is able to use
positivity in situations, is able to finish
negativity very naturally. There is a very
powerful influence of this inner positivity,
where no negativity of the self or the others
remain.
Experience:
When I am able to enable
myself to use the power of positivity, I
experience myself to be free from the influence
of negativity. I am powerful in all situations,
and deal with them with great ease. Others or
situations don't have an influence on me.
Instead I am able to influence others with my
own commitment to positivity.