15.06.2015

Gladys Roy and Ivan Unger playing
tennis on a flying airplane at 1000m altitude.
Los Angeles, 1925
Courage
Make courage your
companion and you will continue to receive
success in every action.
Benefit for others
When
there is a balance between easiness and
reliability, there will
be benefit for others. When we understand our
responsibility we would
understand that what we do effects the lives of
others too. So we
will be cautious. Apart from this we will also
know to take care of
our own well-being because we would know that
others will gain form
our healthy attitude. Let this day be dedicated
for removing some
weakness within ourselves that is creating an
obstacle for others and
us. When we do this we will not only be helping
ourselves but there
will be benefit for others too.
Perfecting The Art
Of Detached Involvement In Relationships
Perfecting the art of detachment involvement is
a necessity if we are to meditate successfully.
But a newcomer to meditation might wonder how
can we become detached? Don't we have to run our
homes and offices and interact with people even
if we are practicing meditation? Then does
detachment not mean that we are withdrawing from
our relationships and becoming cold?
In almost all spiritual paths right through the
passage of time a lot of significance has been
given to the practice of detachment. This is
simply because one of the deepest habits all
souls have developed in the cycle of birth and
rebirth is attachment and we don't realize that
whatever we become attached to becomes a trap
for our consciousness, for the self, which
causes the creation of fear inside us.
So then how do we know that we are attached to
someone or something? We know that we are
attached when we start thinking about someone or
something when they are not present with us and
when there is no need to think about them.
Sometimes realizing and sometimes without us
realizing consciously at that time, our mental
energy is being drained and we do not have
control over our thoughts and feelings. Whenever
we become attached to anything, we automatically
invite fear to be present, whether it is to
people, objects, position, power, money or even
an opinion. Any form of attachment means there
will be a fear of damage or loss. Fear then
takes many forms like worry, anxiety and stress
as it hinders our spiritual growth. Where there
is fear, love cannot exist. Detachment is
the foundation if we are to remain positive,
fearless and loving towards others while
interacting with them. This is known as
detached involvement.
Soul Sustenance
Nurturing My
Relationship With Myself
One of the most significant areas of importance
in any human’s life is that of relationships.
Someone with very good, close, harmonious and
loveful relationships with loved ones, friends,
colleagues, etc. is normally considered very
fortunate or lucky. But of all relationships,
the first and most basic one is the one I have
with myself. So, how good, close or deep is
my relationship with myself? How well do I know
myself? Am I my own friend? If I think over the
last week or fortnight, how many of my reactions
were unexpected or uncontrolled or basically not
the right ones? How many reactions left me
confused, sad, unenthusiastic, peaceless,
depressed, negative in any other way or in short
uncomfortable? If there have been several such
situations, it is an indication that there are
still things deep within me that I do not know.
Normally a friend is someone whose company I
enjoy, for whom there is love and from whom
there is some benefit. As in any worldly
relationship, without knowing a particular
person to the core I can never have a deep
relationship with that person. As the phrase
‘spiritual knowledge’ implies, it is the
knowledge of the spirit or the self. Only by
knowing myself completely and having a good
relationship with the self, can I channelize my
inner potential that I have within myself - just
as water from a river, when properly channelized,
provides water for various purposes. In any
worldly relationship, if enough time and
attention is not given to it and it is not
nourished, it gets affected negatively. In the
same way, though it's obvious that I have to
spend a large chunk of each day involved in
situations arising from my duties, routine
activities, responsibilities and worldly
relationships; my relationship with myself
should also be given enough time and attention,
so that it does not suffer. If I am not careful
about that, my worldly life may use up my energy
completely and discharge my inner battery. I
need to find times in the day when I give time
to my relationship with the self and recharge
myself. The peace and happiness I long for
internally will be obtained by having a good,
positive relationship with the self.
Message for the
day
The one who has attention on the self is the one
who constantly experiences progress.
Expression:
Whenever I am faced
with a situation, it is very easy to think and
talk about others and their mistakes. I hardly
have any time to look at and understand myself
and my mistakes. I then continue to repeat the
same mistakes again and again.
Experience:
Whatever the kind of
situations I am faced with, I need to remind
myself that I am the one who is going to benefit
by bringing about a change in myself. So with
this thought I need to constantly continue to
check myself and bring about a positive change
in myself.