05.01.2015

Reflective salt flats in Bolivia
Courage
Courage is taking a step forward into an area of
difficulty without a solution in mind, trusting
that whatever help you need will become
available.
Responsibility
Accepting responsibility without feeling
burdened by it may seem
unrealistic. Yet it is possible so long as we
stay close to our inner
self and strength. If we are willing to trust
them, spiritual
principles and values work like unseen hand
guiding everything in a
beneficial direction. When we remain aware of
this force at work, we
can accept responsibility and strive to fulfill
it without worrying
about results.
Listening To The Voice Of The Intellect
The subtle or non-physical sense organ of the
non-physical soul which we use to judge
something as right or wrong, good or bad and
then make a choice or decision is the intellect. When
we are body-conscious, we are attached to many
things such as people, our role, objects, money,
even our own ideas and beliefs, etc. Due to
these attachments, we are constantly creating
emotions of fear and anger in the
energy of our consciousness. It is these two
emotions which then overpower or influence our
intellect and stop us from judging clearly and
correctly between right and wrong. This constant
inner emotional noise of worry and irritation
(the seeds of fear and anger) do not allow us to
hear the deepest part of our intellect, which is
our intuition.
When we are soul-conscious, we are free from
attachment and therefore fear and anger. Our
consciousness is calm, focused and keenly aware
of the quiet, but extremely wise voice of our
intuition (inner wisdom). Decision-making is
easier and choices are made out of wisdom rather
than fear. Meditation is the method which
helps us rise above our mental attachments and
allow us to connect with the wisdom in our
heart, our intuition, our inner voice, which
suggests what the right response or action in
any situation, is. A practical example of this
is when, after being persuaded by your family
members you decide not to smoke any more. You
let go of the attachment to 'my' belief that
there is nothing wrong with smoking, which then
allows you to listen to the heart of the other
(their feelings) and your own heart or
intellect, which suggests to you the right
action for your well-being in the long run.
Soul Sustenance
The Three Mirrors for Inner Beauty (Part 2)
In yesterday's message, we had discussed the
first mirror, the mirror of spiritual knowledge.
Elaborating further, this mirror will also show
you the Supreme Soul and it will remind you
about His virtues and actions which will help
you check where you stand in comparison to Him
in terms of virtues and actions and will
influence you to follow him by imbibing those
virtues and performing actions in the similar
way. Lastly this mirror will remind you of your
relationship with the Supreme and forging a deep
and personal connection with Him in different
ways which will benefit you and others.
The knowledge read every morning will help you
see and realize what mistakes you have committed
in the last 24 hours while performing actions
and also in maintaining a connection with the
Supreme and also see what you have done
positively in the same regard during the same
time, which will encourage you further to do the
same in the future. The mirror of knowledge will
also help you remain careful for the day ahead
and perform actions and experience a
relationship with the Supreme based on what you
have read. It is a common experience of a lot
of people that the spiritual knowledge read in
the morning is always what the need of the
moment for them is. The spiritual knowledge read
is very commonly an exact reflection of the
activities and mental state of your last 24
hours and/or something which you require for the
coming day for the self, for your
relationships, for facing different types of
obstacles in your personal and professional
life. This is the Law of Spiritual Attraction
that works in each one's life, but to different
extents. Our consciousness and inner
requirements attract towards us the spiritual
knowledge of a similar nature.
(To be continued tomorrow ….)
Message for the day
It is on the basis of actions that praise is
received.
Expression:
The
one who only talks but is not able to put his
talk into practice does not become worthy of
praise. On the other hand, the one who is able
to bring his good thoughts and words into action
becomes worthy of praise. Such a person's
actions become inspirational for others and
encourage them to follow him.
Experience:
When I am able to act
according to my thoughts and words, I am able to
take inspiration to do more. For every positive
action that I do, I experience support and good
wishes from others which encourage me
constantly. My account of positivity is always
full and it takes me further to a cycle of
positivity making it a habit. So I find that I
don't have to work hard for performing positive
actions.