15.07.2015

Head & Heart
To handle yourself,
use your head. To handle others, use your heart.
Do you feel
resentment towards another ?
Are you willing to
resolve this conflict ?
What attitudes are preventing you from making
peace ?
Do you want to teach them a lesson ? Or do you
think that they started it, so they should
resolve the conflict ?
Why not be the one who takes the first step
towards peace and consider resolving a conflict.
Just remember, there is always a solution, if
you really want to find one.
The Art Of Stepping
In And Stepping Out In Relationships
For any activity, or relationship to remain
peaceful and successful, we must know how far to
step in and how far to step out. It is like a
gardener who sows seeds at the right time, steps
in to plant and water them and then steps out of
the picture to allow nature to carry on with her
work. However, from time to time, he steps in
again to see if there is enough water, if any
insects are attacking the plants, if any food is
needed. His role is to find the appropriate
space for the potential beauty and uniqueness of
the seeds to emerge; he does not create the
flowers but facilitates their expression. The
gardener does not step in too much; that would
be called interference. After planting the
seeds, he does not demand an immediate result;
he does not dig them up next day to see if they
have sprouted. He plays his role, fulfills his
duty, but lets go because he understands the
blooming of the flowers is not dependent on him.
Nor does he let go too much. If he did, then the
plants would die from lack of care, or the
insects and weeds would destroy them. He does
not let go so much that he isolates himself from
the process. Instead, by knowing when to step
in and when to step out, he creates a respectful
partnership or relationship with nature.
Tomorrow we shall apply this example to real
life relationships.
Soul Sustenance
The Subtle Role
Play Of Thoughts And Images (Part 2)
What the quality of a soul’s thoughts and
images (or scenes) that it creates, depends on
the soul’s sanskaras. Depending on the
quality, the soul experiences the various
different emotions, whether positive or
negative. When the soul first incarnates on the
physical world stage from the soul world, the
quality of this role play of thoughts and images
is high, pure and positive, hence it experiences
only positive emotions. As it plays its
different roles and comes down in the
birth-rebirth cycle, this quality reduces,
leading to the experience of emotions like
sorrow, peacelessness, etc.
A point worth noting is that the key to any
deep emotional experience, whether positive or
negative is the creation of thoughts as well as
images related to that particular emotion at the
same time e.g. think and visualize at the
same time, the death of a close relative that
took place ten years ago and you immediately
have a deep experience of sorrow. Think and
visualize together, a loving hug of your mother
that took place in your childhood, and you
immediately experience deep happiness. This type
of co-ordination between these two subtle
processes is true concentration. The key to any
type of spiritual upliftment is the upliftment
of these two processes. The meditation that
is taught at the Brahma Kumaris is nothing but a
spiritual thought process accompanied by a
spiritual visualization process, whereby
thoughts and images of the subtle, spiritual
self (or soul) and the Supreme Being (or Supreme
Soul) are created together to experience the
original qualities of the spiritual self and the
eternal qualities of the Supreme Being –
purity, peace, love, happiness and power.
Message for the
day
Wisdom lies in
taking only whatever is good.
Projection:
I am usually so receptive to
things outside that I take in everything, both
the good and the bad. The bad part of it,
however, doesn't let me be happy. I also notice
that the more I take the negative things that
people are giving me, the more they tend to
give.
Solution:
The solution lies in taking only the positive
things and ignoring the negative things. Even if
I do have to take the negative things, I need to
take it in a positive way. This is real wisdom
through which I'll get the best out of life.