
Humility
Humility grows a little more each time I step
away from my own feelings and opinions and
genuinely listen to the experience of another
human being. Humility is dedication to the
extent that no acknowledgement is sought for the
self. Only when I have learned to value others
no more or less than I value myself can I be
said to be truly humble.
Compassion
A compassionate person develops an eye for
spotting the qualities that
make each person special. Even when others are
at their lowest ebb, it
is possible to help them restore their
self-belief by keeping a firm,
clear vision of their goodness and specialties.
Taking a gently
encouraging approach, I must never give up on
anyone.
What Is The Source Of Our Feelings - cont.?
The longer I experience thoughts and feelings of
a particular variety (explained yesterday), the
greater is the soul's inclination to generate
those feelings. This can reach the point where
feelings take over, and I experience their
impact even though they are no longer
consciously connected them with my thoughts e.g.
my office colleague has done something incorrect
without taking my opinion, and there's a series
of negative thoughts running through my mind,
such as 'Why did she do like this? It shouldn't
have happened like this. How dare she! Why on
earth didn't she consult me? I do wish she
wouldn't be so unreasonable. It would have been
much better if the task had been done like
that', etc. Bringing over thoughts of this type
in my mind leaves me with a negative feeling - a
feeling which is critical, nasty and rejecting.
What is worse, when I have let feelings like
this emerge; it is very easy to carry them over
into circumstances where they have no relevance
e.g. it is the evening time now - I have left my
office to go home, and in my mind I am now
occupied with thoughts related to my children
and groceries that I have to buy to on the way
back, but the unpleasant, critical feelings for
the colleague are still with me to the extent
that they affect my behavior. I react over some
minor issue with the grocery store keeper,
creating bad feeling in him as well. Or, the
other way round, I carry bad feelings due to an
argument at home, with my wife, into my office,
and then create an atmosphere of irritation in
the office instead of comfort and warmth.
Soul Sustenance
Relieving The Stress Of Subtle Inner Burdens
(Part 1)
All of the matters, messages, ideas and feelings
that you want to communicate and/or clear up
with someone but you still haven't done, mean an
inner burden that you sustain. To communicate
the essential, and what has meaning to people
that you love and are important for you, is an
act of love and care. To leave pending
conversations and to postpone them means to
accumulate things to say, matters to clear up
and ideas to dialogue with, inside you. It means
a burden that prevents you from living the
present with full freedom. You have something
pending. There are people who, only on the verge
of death, quickly say what they feel, to clarify
matters and to communicate feelings. It seems
that feeling death to be near gives them the
courage to dare to open themselves and
communicate that which they have wanted to say
for so long but have put off.
Sometimes we feel the burden of not having
expressed our feelings to a closed loved one,
before he/she has died, about how grateful we
are to them or/and how sorry we are for some
incorrect action committed towards them. We put
off the expression of the feelings until it is
too late and the loved one dies. Even after a
long time after that, we continue to feel the
burden of the postponement within. What might
have been, and was not, can no longer be fixed.
We simply have to accept how the past happened
and not live with regrets that increase our
inner heaviness. We have to learn from it, not
put off conversations, but clear up matters as
they arise and not be afraid to do so.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Message
for the day
To be wise is to enjoy the beauty of life.
Expression:
Wisdom gives the
understanding that life does not function
haphazardly. It teaches that everything that
happens in this theatre of life has deep meaning
and significance. Wisdom also brings the
understanding that what is reaped today is a
result of what was sown yesterday. So whatever
actions are done now are filled with positivity
and beauty - for, there is always the desire to
reap better fruits.
Experience:
When I have the true
understanding I find myself satisfied and
content with everything that is happening in my
life. Yet there is the desire and the urge to go
on being creative and using my resources for the
benefit of all. I go on planting beautiful seeds
of positivity and power. So I continue to enjoy
the fruits of the seeds I plant. I never stop
with obstacles but move forward with
confidence.