27.06.2015

Need Nothing
Everyone thinks they
need to get something. But the truth is we don't
need anything. We already have what we need.
Trouble arises when we think we have to keep
what we receive. It's the keeping that sustains
our neediness. But whatever comes to us is not
for keeping, it is for giving. And when you
give, you get. Deep down we all know this
eternal truth. It's one of those cast iron laws
of the universe. But we are conditioned to think
the opposite. No wonder there is a poverty of
faith. Not religious faith, but the faith that
the universe will bring us whatever we need, at
the right moment in the right way. So start
today -- give, give, give - time, energy,
assistance, care, co-operation. On how many
levels do you see the opportunity to give? It's
good to be a just do it person. Even better to
be a 'just give it person'. And the paradox will
make itself known - when you give you will
realise you already have everything you need.
Spiritual
Identity
Self-respect depends
on knowing who I am, knowing my eternal
(ageless), spiritual self. When I have found
that sense of spiritual identity, I feel I have
a right to be here, to exist. Without the
spiritual dimension, it is very difficult to
really respect myself deeply. In this case, I
base my respect on identifying with the
superficial aspects of my being: looks, gender,
success, my life partner, my intelligence. With
such artificial identification, I will never
have a stable sense of self-respect, because
people's opinions change. Today they love me,
tomorrow they reject me. What is the result of
depending on their opinions? I will end up
fluctuating all the time - feeling positive when
they say good things, and feeling down when they
say negative things. To stay stable in my
self-respect, I need to have a deeper
understanding of my spiritual identity (the
foundation of this being that I am a soul) and
tap into those riches that are within me
forever, waiting to blossom, like the flower
from the seed.
As I become
spiritually aware, those riches and resources
start flowing out of me. The more stable I am in
my self-respect and spirituality, the more I
radiate what I truly am. I feel a deep sense of
contentment and I am happy to be me, however I
am. I accept myself as I am.
The Spiritual
Concept Of Becoming A Trustee (cont.)
While it's important to realize that the
treasures mentioned in yesterday's message are
my treasures and they possess immense potential
since they help me grow spiritually by their
right use, it is also important to maintain a
relationship of detachment with them, because we
live with these treasures all the time and it is
very easy to get caught up with them and become
attached to them. Where there is attachment,
there develops ego and the treasures start
getting misused. An important concept in
this regard is that of trusteeship. The
Supreme Being while sharing the knowledge of
these treasures and the method of using them,
also shares, that for our benefit, once we
realize what these treasures are, we should
surrender these treasures to Him. This is an
invisible or non-physical surrender, not a
physical or visible one.
Once these treasures are surrendered to Him,
unlike worldly surrenders, the treasures don't
remain with Him, because being an Unlimited
Donor and being Incorporeal (bodiless), the
Supreme doesn't keep them with Himself and
returns them back to us. Anyways, the surrender
is deep but is on a mental level and not on a
physical one. But, while returning the treasures
back, the Supreme Being presents a condition in
front of us. He says that since these treasures
now no longer belong to us, we need to remove
any sense of ownership over them and become a
trustee while taking care of and using these
treasures only for the purpose instructed by
Him, the purpose of bringing the self and others
closer to a state of truth (as explained in
yesterday's message). The word trustee comes
from the word trust. In this case
the
Supreme Being says that He wishes and hopes that
we keep His trust and don't breach it at any
cost, at any point of time, in taking care of
and using 'His' treasures, because don't forget,
although the treasures are with us, there are no
longer ours.
(To be continued tomorrow...)
Soul Sustenance
Overcoming
The Subtle Desire For Revenge
Ask yourself very honestly how many times
in your life did you feel joy, even a slight
trace of it, when something negative happened
with someone who had harmed you or hurt you or
insulted you in any way in the past – either in
the immediate or distant (far-away) past. When
this kind of joy, which is an impure form of
joy, is seen inside you, even if it is at your
extremely subtle thought level (if not in your
words or actions), you need to remember that
this is nothing but a feeling of subtle
revenge, even if physically you haven’t got
back at any point of time at the person who has
harmed you, when he did so. It may not sound
very nice, but this kind of joy is enjoying the
pain of others and is obviously an extremely low
grade form of joy. Sometimes, as a way of
justifying our joyful revenge, we call it
justice.
The driving energy or fuel behind this kind
of revenge is hatred or anger. It is a
feeling of: "I really enjoyed it when ‘when what
they had done to me came to them’ - I was so
happy to see them suffer for what they had done,
this is their punishment … tit for tat." It
is a type of joy that only increases our
accounts of negative karmas with the
other person, which as a result, increases our
sorrow, instead of decreasing it, although it
may give us an impression for a while that it is
decreasing our sorrow. This kind of joy will
only cause the radiation of a negative form of
energy to the other person, which will not only
give pain to the other person, but will also
cause the radiation of the negative energy of
hatred from the other person to us that will
never bring us long term joy. Imagine someone
meeting with an accident on the road and in a
lot of pain and instead of helping that person
immediately we smile at that person happy with
what has happened to him or her. What energy
will such a person send us in return? This
example is on a physical level, but the same
principle applies on a subtle level. So the next
time something like this happens in our life, we
need to remind ourselves only if we don’t have
the slightest trace of joy inside us that we can
safely say that we are free from any desire for
revenge, even though it may be very subtle.
Message for the
day
Love and
cooperation bring success in all tasks.
Expression:
Love is reflected in the love
that there is for the person and also for the
task. When there is love for the person, there
is the ability to give cooperation without any
expectations or demands. And when there is love
for the task there is the commitment for
completing the task, whatever the obstacles that
come up in the process of doing things.
Experience:
When I am able to have love,
I am able to receive hundred percent help and
commitment from others too and so I am able to
have the satisfaction of moving forward
constantly. There is nothing difficult for me
and I do everything with great ease. Not only is
the task easy but also there is a spread of
happiness and joy experienced by all who are
involved in the task.