
Tennis Match : U.S. Open, Queens, New York
Life is a Sport
Life is a sport. Are you a spectator, a coach or
a player?
The spectator sits outside the game, airs
opinions and cheers the game with enthusiasm and
passion.
The coach is also outside the game, but has a
significant role in empowering and supporting
the player.
The player is in the game, focused on the now,
focused on the results and on improving their
game.
Take part in the game and know when to be a
spectator, a coach or a player.
Be Merciful
No one wants to feel pitied by another; it is a
demeaning experience.
However a gentle form of encouragement can
enable us to believe in
ourselves again and regain our optimism and
courage. A person with the
quality of mercy works on such subtle level that
the support given
never demeans or implies weakness in the other
person.
Relieving The Stress Of Subtle Inner Burdens
(cont.)
We must create the necessary space to share
pending matters, messages,
ideas and feelings with our loved ones in a safe
atmosphere, protected from
violence and full of respect. In that
atmosphere, we can express ourselves,
share and love. We have to create the atmosphere
ourselves. It is our
responsibility to make the other understand that
there is something
important that we have to tell them. In order to
live in freedom we have to
be aware of all the burdens that we have pending
from the past, what things
we have to fix, solve, clear up and communicate,
and free ourselves from all
of them.
To start with, make a list of all the pending
conversations that you have.
Give yourself a date that is soon and realistic
in order to have these
conversations. Make them happen. Don't put them
off any more. Don't
allow your mind to keep on making excuses.
Imagine that today is your last
day. What is it that you have to say,
communicate, and/or clarify and with
who? Do it soon. Today might be your last day or
the last day of the person
with whom you have a pending conversation.
Living without pending conversations keeps the
path clear, your conscience
clear, your heart at peace and your mind light.
Soul Sustenance
Enhancing (Strengthening) Qualities With The
Help Of
Meditation (Part 1)
The present lives of most people are filled with
frequent phases of stress
and anxiety. The meditation which we are sharing
with you in this set of
messages will help you focus on the experience
of the quality of inner peace and tranquility and combat this stress or
unwanted noise of negative
thought and visualization processes. There is an
important basic principle on which meditation is based -
where
our attention goes i.e.
what we give our thought power and visualization
power to, there the
energy of the mind and intellect flows; and
where energy flows,
things grow. If we give our thought power and
visualization power to
something positive or constructive or useful,
there is a constructive use of
the energy of the mind and intellect, there is a
buildup of the positive
energy of the mind and intellect and hence there
is a feeling of
empowerment (strengthening). If we give our
thought power and
visualization power to something negative, there
is a wastage of the energy
of mind and intellect and hence there is a
feeling of disempowerment
(weakening).
When applied to the virtue of peace, as we
'give' our mental or
emotional attention to the topic or idea of
peace, we feed it with
the invisible energy of our mind or
consciousness; as a result it
grows from a thought into a deep feeling of
peace and the final
result is the experience of inner peace – not
only do our thoughts and
feelings become peaceful, but our words and
actions are also filled with a
peaceful vibration, which is not restricted to
us but which others around us
also experience and absorb. Inner peace is not a
state of timidity or
submissiveness. It is a state of inner power.
Experiment with the thoughts
we will mention tomorrow in our meditation.
Using the meditation as an
example, you could meditate on other qualities
such as fearlessness,
love, humility, happiness, tolerance,
flexibility, or any other quality
you would like to strengthen or enhance within
yourself.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Message for the day
To take up responsibility is to inspire
cooperation from others.
Expression:
When there is the initiative to take up
responsibility, there is
accuracy in words and actions too. There is the
use of one's own specialties
in the task that is to be done and so others too
keep getting inspiration to
use their specialties. So the task is filled
with honest effort that is the
contribution of each and everyone.
Experience:
Since I take up responsibility for everything
that comes up in
my life, I find that others too take
responsibility to contribute their share to
the task. So I find others cooperating with me
and the most difficult task
becomes easy. The power of cooperation works
wonders in the most
difficult task.