02.06.2015

From the Heart
Take a moment and
think about your day yesterday: did you live
from the heart ?
What you couldn't do yesterday, do today !
Today, live from your heart.
Self-approval
Do you seek
others' approval? When you don't get your
regular "fix" of approval, how do you feel
? Others' cannot constantly give you
approval. So, instead of seeking and needing
approval from others, give yourself approval !
Let go of the need to hear others say that
you're beautiful, smart, or good enough.
Practice self approval.
Then whether you get approval or not, you'll be
unaffected and undisturbed.
Bringing Your Dreams
Alive
Each one of us has dreams that we nourish right
through our lives. Some are short-term dreams
and some long term ones. Dreams keep changing as
we progress through different phases of our
life. Some are achieved, some are not. Some of
us possess the ability to realize our dreams
more than the rest. The most important and
influential factor in this process is how much
we believe in our dream and believe that it will
be realized. Some of the factors that hamper
this belief are:
* The influence of the past - the memories of
our past failures, which sow seeds of doubt in
our mind; as well as successes, which keep us in
an illusionary consciousness and distance us
from the present moment and our present actions.
Also, sometimes we associate present temporary
failures or ups and downs which may come in our
way, with failures of the past.
* Lack of inner strength or power, when faced
with obstacles in your path. Tendency to get
dejected very easily and creating weak thoughts
like we do not deserve it or we are not capable
of it or are we not lucky enough or it is not in
our destiny or maybe it is our negative past
actions which are influencing our dream
realization process adversely, etc.
* The opinions or comments of people surrounding
you who sometimes, are not in tune with your
consciousness and are not able to empathize with
your purpose. Their comments easily de-focus you
from your purpose.
* Lack of ability to mould or adjust during the
dream realization journey. Any journey is always
full of twists, turns and sudden changes. A
rigid state of mind, which is not able to change
its tactics as required, may make the path seem
more difficult than it actually is.
* It is very good to dream but excessive
attachment to the dream also may make the
journey towards the dream stressful and bring
down your self-belief at times.
Soul Sustenance
Are You A
Compulsive Complainer (Part 2) ?
The person who almost never complains has
realized that every time they complain they
focus on something negative, and the first
person to suffer is, in effect, themselves,
since it reduces their energy level and they
feel worse. The person who never complains
accepts what is as it is, what comes as it
comes, and what happens as it happens. However,
if they consider that something has to be
changed, they put their energy into making it
happen.
Given below is a clear example of the reaction
of a compulsive complainer and of someone who
never complains in the face of the same
situation:
Two people visit a restaurant for a cup of tea.
When the tea arrives, it arrives cold on both
tables. The complainer suffers and reacts
immediately by making a great complaint to the
waiter. He gets into such a bad mood because of
the cold tea that it generates a really unhappy
feeling inside him. The waiter, of course, gets
a bit defensive. The person who doesn't complain
does not remain quiet and drink the tea. He
calls the waiter and informs him that the tea is
cold and asks for it to be warmed. He doesn't
get angry or into a bad mood; therefore, he
doesn't suffer. He accepts that, at times, such
things happen! To inform and ask is not to
complain; it is to give feedback and to make a
request. The difference between both is the
difference between an emotional reaction and a
proactive response.
If there is something that doesn't go as you
would like it to go, use mental energy to
construct, create, transform or solve but do not
complain.
Message
for the day
To do a
task with love is to be constantly successful.
Projection:
When I start with something new, I
usually notice that I'm successful for sometime,
but I do not experience long lasting success.
This is because I did the task on being told or
being forced by the situation. External force
makes me use my resources with commitment for
sometime.
Solution:
Love brings constant success because
once I've experienced the joy of doing the task
itself, I'll never give it up. Because it is
done with love, I'll put in all my resources and
do my best. So I'll experience constant success.