17.05.2015

Help Yourself
Unfortunately these
two words tend to describe the generally selfish
and materialistic culture in which most of us
live. They result not in self-help but in
dependency. Our education and our role models do
not encourage us to help ourselves to grow,
change and expand our capacities as human
beings. Real self-help means recognising that no
one else is responsible for our thoughts and
feelings, and that we are only ever victims
because we choose to be. Our destiny is always
and only in our own hands - despite all apparent
evidence which may indicate otherwise. Learning
to help ourselves is also a prerequisite to
extending a hand of assistance to others. We all
need a leg up from time to time, but once there,
we are always on our own.
Power of Truth
True
courage comes when there is the power of truth
within you. When
you are constantly truthful, you will have
nothing to fear. In all the
challenges you face everyday you will be able to
maintain your courage
because of your power of truth. Make sure your
actions are based on
truth and when things go wrong, you will still
be able to maintain
your courage. Keep reminding yourself that you
have the power of
truth with you and you will be victorious,
whatever may be the
challenges that come your way.
Revising My Purpose
In The Professional Sphere
A young entrepreneur once thought that, in the
corporate world, if you earn this much amount of
money successfully in a short span of time, you
are considered better than the remaining
entrepreneurs and you reach the peak of fame. A
time arrived when he said to himself "This is
stressful. Is this what I want? Working so hard
to reach the top, so that you become famous in
the entire country and are known amongst the
fastest growing businessmen. No, I want to excel
in my career, but in another way, without
stress, without fighting to reach and maintain
fame and power." He then revised his purpose:
"What do I want? Why do I do what I do? For what
and for who do I do it? What is the price that I
have to pay for this dependence on fame?"
Aspiring to be famous causes continuous stress
and anxiety. You participate in a race in which
you compete and are comparing yourself
constantly. You stop taking care of yourself and
nourishing your inner self. You take care of
your image but not your inner being. This brings
about an inner emptiness and loneliness that,
sometimes, is unbearable for us. Reaching fame,
financial wealth, the power of a visible
position, and reaching it with a broken soul, a
broken apart family and a sick body, causes
anxiety and depression. We need to look inwards
and ask ourselves - does our life's purpose
revolve around the search for fame and power? If
yes, then we need to revise our purpose suitably
by realizing the negative effects that this
search can have on our lives.
Soul Sustenance
Awakening
Your Intuition (Part 1)
In real
life, we are faced with many situations when
important decisions have to be taken, a
particular path to move ahead has to chosen. At
such times, our mind is filled with various
different voices or influences like the
influence of people surrounding us, who give
their different opinions regarding the
particular situation; they say something, our
mental logic along with knowledge of people and
things, says something else, then there is the
influence or memory of our past experiences
which colour our perception of the present
situation differently. Also there is the
influence of the outside world in general - all
that we see, hear and read. There are also our
attachments, selfish desires, fears, mental
biases towards a particular person or situation,
emotions like jealousy and hatred, beliefs etc.
which influence our perception. Our mind is full
of all these influences, many of them even
conflicting each other, and we experience
complete turmoil or indecisiveness inside
ourselves, we don't know what to do.
In such cases it is sometimes extremely wise
to keep all these influences aside, sit in
silence and listen to what our intuition is
saying to us. There are many situations, in
which after the situation is over, we realize
that all the influences mentioned above would
have taken us on the wrong path, but it was our
intuition, our inner voice of wisdom, alone
which gave us the right solution and took us
safely to our destination.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Message for the
day
All desires end when there is the one desire to
experience progress.
Expression:
It is
believed normally that in order to progress one
needs to have desires. But desires are not
always fulfilled and unhappiness is experienced
because of it. Then I am not able to appreciate
whatever comes my way.
Experience:
I
need to replace all my desires with one desire,
i.e., the desire to experience progress. With
this thought, I will be able to make the best
use of what I get in the right way. When I move
forward in this way making the best use of
everything I will be able to experience constant
progress.