Express Emotions Creatively
If you're not able to articulate your emotions,
then instead of repressing or suppressing your
emotions, try expressing yourself creatively.
No artistic talent is needed. Simply give
shape, size & colour to your emotions. Paint,
draw or make a collage, & release your emotions
safely.
Respect
We normally expect respect from others and when
others don't behave
according to our expectations, we tend to get
disappointed. We only
think about what else the others have to give
but things always don't
go according to our expectations. Instead of
expecting others to
change according to our wishes and instead of
expecting others'
respect, we need to see whether we give respect
to the other person or
not. The more we have the practice of accepting
and respecting people
for what they are, we are able to keep our mind
at peace (with no
waste and negative thoughts). Also people start
responding to our
feelings and give us respect too.
The Location And The Form Of The Soul (cont.)
All of the characteristics present in the soul
are subtle or non-dimensional (without size) in
nature - thoughts, feelings, emotions,
decision-making power, personality traits (sanskars)
and so on. If they are all without size, then it
is reasonable to conclude that the living,
conscious energy, the soul, from which they
emerge is also sizeless. For this simple reason
it is eternal (beyond life and death). Something
which has no physical size cannot be destroyed.
As a soul I am neither spread throughout the
whole body nor am I an invisible duplicate of
the physical body. Even though the body of
subtle energy exists inside the physical body,
it is the effect of the soul being in the
physical form and not the soul itself. Just as
the sun is in one place and yet its light
radiates throughout the solar system, the soul
is in one place and its energy is spread
throughout the whole body. To express something
that exists but has no physical dimensions we
can use the word point. The soul therefore, is
an extremely small point of conscient (living)
light. For the sake of having an image to fix
our minds on we can say its star like in
appearance. In deep meditation we can experience
the soul as an extremely small point of
non-physical light surrounded by an oval-shaped
aura.
Soul Sustenance
Motivation
The example of an iceberg shows the need to see
under people's surface behaviour; the need of a
deeper insight.
Only 10% of an iceberg is visible on the
surface, 90% is under the waterline, invisible,
but yet prominent. If there is a wind coming
from left to right, just by seeing the visible
mass, we think it will move the iceberg to
towards the right. If, against all expectations,
the iceberg moves in the opposite direction
(left), it is because, under the waterline,
there is a strong current running towards the
left.
Sometimes you, as a leader, try to move people
in a certain direction by giving them orders,
instructions, explanations and encouragement,
but you do it on the basis of what you see above
the surface. The visible part represents what is
at the surface such as appearance, behaviour,
manners etc. You do not see what moves them
under the surface so you become surprised and
maybe frustrated seeing them move in the
opposite direction. The main part, which is the
90% not visible, is within the subconscious.
Under the surface (subconscious) you will find
emotions, fears, attitudes, deeply held values
etc.
If you want to move people, if you want to
motivate others for a project or even just to
reach others, you need to be aware of these
kinds of things that you find under the surface.
The key to understanding others better is to be
more aware of your own feelings and
under-currents, because, at a deep level, we are
very much alike. If you understand your own
fears and strong motivators, you will understand
others much better.
Message for the day
To be strong is to be free from the influence of
the body.
Expression:
To allow the body to
influence the mind is to be doubly ill. The one
who allows himself to be doubly ill is not able
to deal with the illness of the body. On the
other hand, the one who is powerful in the mind
is able to maintain the inner strength in spite
of the disease and so has the power to put in
effort to finish it.
Experience:
Instead of being conscious of
the disease of the body, all I need to do is to
maintain the consciousness of being powerful
internally. Then I would not be afraid of the
disease of the body but will have the courage to
deal with it. I am able to see the disease as
something temporary and will soon find myself
rid of the illness, as I am powerful within.