11.03.2015

Mount Fuji, Japan
Patience
Patience teaches you not to push, but rather to
wait and appreciate the game of life, knowing
that nothing remains the same and everything
will change at some point.
Respect
Love is the strength that gives you life. When
you receive love you
lose fear and you can give the best in you. The
practical form of love
is respect. Respect means acceptance of the fact
that we are all
different and unique and at the same time, we
all have something
important and valuable to share.
Creating Positive Circumstances
Why do we find it so hard to create positive
circumstances, a positive future in our life?
One reason is we all have the tendency to spend
most of our time in the past, reliving and
replaying our memories. Look back on your
average day and you may find that more than
3/4ths of your time is spent in the past (a lot
of times without you realizing it). Not only do
we try to relive the past, but we also attempt
to change it! We attempt the impossible and, in
so doing, we live in very small cycles
where tomorrow tends to turn out similar to
yesterday, and then we wonder why we do not have
the power to change our lives. It feels like we
do not have the will-power, we do not have the
ability to change the circumstances in our
lives, our destiny.
The past cannot be relived; it cannot be
changed. The past is like a cupboard of old
files. When you arrive at work every day, do
you step into such a cupboard and spend the day
there? The past is a great resource for
learning and sometimes, a resource for useful
information, but it is not a place to live. We
can build on the old, but we cannot rewrite it. The
future is the result of what we think, feel and
do today. If today is the same as yesterday
(because of constantly thinking about yesterday)
then tomorrow will look and feel like yesterday
and in this way we feel we are stuck in a web
and we get frustrated. We need to let go of
the past if we want the future to shape up
positively, different from yesterday, which is
negative at times! The past is past. Drop it and
keep dropping it.
Soul Sustenance
The Invisible Factor
The most powerful things are invisible. For
example, the roots of a tree cannot be seen;
they are underground silently nourishing the
visible tree. A house is supported by its
foundation deep within the earth. If the
foundation is weak the building will fall when
there is some kind of strong pressure, like an
earthquake. The essence of matter is the atom;
it holds a tremendous amount of energy but
cannot be seen by the eyes.
Can we see the Supreme Being (God)? You will
never meet someone who has seen Him. People have
experienced, or felt God's presence but no one
has actually seen a personal form, yet millions
believe in such a Being! In the same way, when
it comes to knowing the true self, we ask, 'What
does the soul look like? Where is it situated?'
Spirituality leads us to the answers related to
the invisible i.e. answers to what is the form,
location and virtues of the soul as well as the
Supreme Soul.
Message for the day
To use the gift that one has is to be powerful.
Expression:
Each one has surely been
bestowed with a special gift, a gift that is
unique to each one. The one who recognizes this
fact is able to use it for the purpose of
bringing benefit to one and all. Under all
circumstances there is the ability to bring out
the best from within the self. So there is the
influence of that on all around and everyone is
benefited.
Experience:
When I recognize my own
uniqueness, I am able to remain free from
comparison and competition. I am able to be in
the state of self-respect of knowing who I am.
This then keeps me content and peaceful. Along
with this, I have a lot of enthusiasm to use
this special gift of mine. So there is a
constant experience of contentment along with
progress.