
“Singin' in the Rain” at the Palace Theatre, New
York
Complaining about the Weather
When it's too hot, we complain, too wet, we
complain, too cold, we complain, too windy, we
complain. The next time you catch yourself
complaining about the weather, stop. Remind
yourself to enjoy the change. Appreciate the
gradations within the heat, cold, wet etc.
When you stop complaining you can then do
something to make the situation more bearable.
For example, if it's too hot, pour yourself a
cold drink and then continue with your tasks!
Live by Values
The highest discipline is to live by the values
that are dearest to us. To do so we may have to
sacrifice something, for example, praise, money
or status. However, the rewards are enormous:
self-respect, self-confidence and an ability to
face adversity with courage and optimism.
Seeing With Spiritual Eyes
My eyes are the most powerful medium through
which I, the soul, not only absorb information
from the outside to the inside but also express
myself to others from the inside to outside. All
that the soul possesses inside it or is made up
of in the form of thoughts, feelings, attitudes,
positive virtues, even weaknesses, in fact all
personality traits, are expressed through my
eyes to others and shared with others. As I
look towards others, my eyes can be used to
shower others with pure love, peace, joy, power
etc. and the same eyes, if not used
appropriately, can shower others with anger,
jealousy, criticism, hatred etc. My eyes also
express whatever wisdom or knowledge I possess
inside.
When I stay in the awareness that I am a soul, a
spiritual being of subtle light, situated at the
center of my forehead, my eyes are used to see
others in the same way with a spiritual vision.
This leads to my spiritual upliftment. When I
stay in the awareness that I am a body, my eyes
are used to see others in the same way with a
non-spiritual or a body-conscious vision. This
brings me down on a spiritual level. A
spiritual vision helps me see others with a
sense of equality, instead of with feelings of
comparison or competitiveness. Usually, on a
physical level, I create all sorts of
impressions of another person from just one
glance through my eyes, about their age, gender,
looks, position in society, job, how rich they
are, their dressing sense, caste, nationality
etc. and many a times, very commonly, I make
various assumptions about their personality or
behaviour. In the state of soul-consciousness,
that changes. Looking out I see souls, and I see
them as my brothers, on exactly the same level
as me, neither higher, nor lower. A spiritual
vision reminds me of the original, positive
qualities of each soul, instead of their present
personality. It also reminds me that each
soul has incarnated from the soul world to play
its various roles through different physical
costumes in this unlimited drama on the world
stage. Age, gender, appearances, status etc.
which are visible to me today are just temporary
ones. The same soul has been in the past and
will be in the future in different physical
costumes or roles, where all these have been and
will be different and the same applies to me
too. This makes me rise above comparisons
and I am no longer judgmental about the other.
Soul Sustenance
Revising My Purpose In The Professional Sphere
A young entrepreneur once thought that, in the
corporate world, if you earn this much amount of
money successfully in a short span of time, you
are considered better than the remaining
entrepreneurs and you reach the peak of fame. A
time arrived when he said to himself "This is
stressful. Is this what I want? Working so hard
to reach the top, so that you become famous in
the entire country and are known amongst the
fastest growing businessmen. No, I want to excel
in my career, but in another way, without
stress, without fighting to reach and maintain
fame and power." He then revised his purpose:
"What do I want? Why do I do what I do? For what
and for who do I do it? What is the price that I
have to pay for this dependence on fame?"
Aspiring to be famous causes continuous stress
and anxiety. You participate in a race in which
you compete and are comparing yourself
constantly. You stop taking care of yourself and
nourishing your inner self. You take care of
your image but not your inner being. This brings
about an inner emptiness and loneliness that,
sometimes, is unbearable for us. Reaching fame,
financial wealth, the power of a visible
position, and reaching it with a broken soul, a
broken apart family and a sick body, causes
anxiety and depression. We need to look inwards
and ask ourselves – does our life’s purpose
revolve around the search for fame and power? If
yes, then we need to revise our purpose suitably
by realizing the negative effects that this
search can have on our lives.
Message for the day
To have love for God means to have love for all.
Expression:
When there is love for God, there will be
automatically love for all human beings, the
children of the One God. There will be
recognition of the speciality of all who come
into contact and so words and actions will be
beneficial both for one self and others. There
will not be love for only some or love only
sometimes.
Experience:
When I am connected with the seed, God, I
naturally find myself becoming an instrument for
God's love reaching out and touching the lives
of others. I will not have love only for a few
people, but will have equal love for all. I will
then be in a position to help others too, to get
rid of their negativity.