18.07.2015

Monet's water garden in Giverny, France
Peace
Peace is filled with
pure thoughts, pure feelings and pure wishes.
When the energy of thought, word and action is
balanced and stable, the individual is at peace
with the self, in relationships and with the
world.
Being Fortunate
To transform the
ordinary into something special is to be truly
fortunate.
When I respect myself and acknowledge the
strengths and talents that make me unique, I
connect with my inner self.
I realise I have
power within to make everything I do, even the
most ordinary act - special.
Then I become truly
fortunate.
The Pledge Of
Responsibility
A very important aspect of progress in the self
and my relationships, which we all desire is
restoring a sense of responsibility in my inner
world, so that by doing that, I and others
around me are benefitted. Even on a physical or
non-spiritual level, someone who is responsible
while playing his/her role or performing his/her
duties either in the family, at the workplace or
in some other setting e.g. a club group or a
team in a particular sport or a social service
group, not only feels content with his/her
actions himself/herself but spreads ripples of
contentment to others and receives similar
energy from each one he/she is involved with. In
the same way on an emotional or spiritual level,
when I start my day I need to remind myself of
my responsibility towards myself. I need to
remind myself that I am responsible for the
choices I make in my life which influence and
color everyone around me. So do my thoughts,
feelings, the way my personality functions
internally and externally the whole day and my
responses to people and situations, for all of
which I am responsible.
It is like taking a pledge of responsibility
with the self in the morning that today I will
not create a single thought, word or action
which is against the texture of my innate,
positive nature i.e. irresponsible. And what
will provide my pledge the much required
strength of determination? An injection of
positive thoughts, emotions and sanskaras
within me in the morning, using a suitable
technique of self empowerment like meditation or
spiritual study or some other. By taking such
a pledge of responsibility and by watering it
with the energy of my attention from time to
time during the day, I am able to implement it
and can make a difference to not only the people
around me, but to a lot more than that. In
this way, as I change, the world around me
changes, because the energy I create in my inner
world starts flowing into my circumstances, my
interactions, my sphere of karmas, etc.
to make them positive, which benefits me in
return in the form of a cyclic process. As I
take this pledge and abide by it for a few days,
I start realizing the immense potential that it
possesses.
Soul Sustenance
Spiritual
Education
Spiritual education leads us back to the
understanding and the experience of our holistic
existence as human beings, to the knowledge that
we are spiritual, as well as physical, mental
and emotional beings.
A true spiritual education could be described
as:
• learning from others
• growing through others
• integrating with others
• contributing to others
When we are genuinely learning, only then
can we experience spiritual growth. When
we grow, we integrate with others and it
is in that integration that there is a natural
and mutual contribution to nature and
other souls. These four processes of education
are constantly at work, but only happen in a way
that is enjoyable and meaningful when the
spiritual resources of the self like peace, joy
and love are activated and creatively used.
These resources, along with the mind and
intellect, enrich the way we see the world, the
way we interact with it and the way we
individually create our place in it. These
resources are the original qualities of the
self, which we have not properly used for a long
time. By become spiritually aware, we start to
harness and use these positive energies.
Message
for the day
A deep
understanding and an attitude of pure feelings
results in positive thinking.
Projection:
When we talk about positive
thinking, it is usually just 'think positive'
and 'be positive'. But just saying this, either
to others or to myself, doesn't help to change
my thoughts permanently, in fact usually, not
even temporarily.
Solution:
Real positive thinking is much
deeper than just to think positive. For this I
need to understand and see things as they are,
without colouring them with my own attitudes.
Then I can deal with things in the most
appropriate way, having understood everything
accurately.