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The Anxiety Drain
Anxiety drains energy.
Stop the drain by becoming aware of your
anxiety.
Visualize your anxiety moving away from you,
until it disappears into nothingness. When you
dis-identify from the anxiety, you create space
for calm.
Calmness restores peace of mind, vitality and
energy.
Plug the anxiety drain, and not only do you feel
better but you free up your energy to be used
for better things.
Experiencing Spiritual Growth Through Group
Interactions(cont.)
As explained in yesterday's message, if you are
living in isolation you don't become aware of
the dimensions of your ego and, therefore, you
cannot overcome it. Also, the beauty of group
interactions or being a part of a spiritual
community or any other group, is that in groups,
various powers like the power to:
* adapt and mould oneself with people of
different personality traits and as different
situations in the group demand;
* tolerate;
* face negative situations in interactions;
* forgive and forget;
* become a detached observer of situations and
people's actions, not to get over involved, in
order to maintain one's stability and calmness;
* co-operate;
* communicate;
* see and absorb only specialties of each one (inspite
of obvious weaknesses being visible) and
spreading the specialties (not weaknesses) to
the others
in the group, by way of praising and not
criticizing them;
* listen, understand and empathize;
* discriminate and judge different situations
and people;
* go into inner silence, whenever required,
amidst the actions and interactions of group
activity;
* show respect to each one and remain in
self-respect;
* remain content or satisfied and make the
others content; etc.
are absolutely necessary to experience success
in the groups, either within the relationships
with others or even with the self. There is a
difference between experiencing success with the
self while staying alone and within a group. By
bringing the above powers into practice in a
group, they increase further inside us. This
does not happen in isolation, or if it does,
then the extent is quite limited. So basically,
being a part of a group, brings about greater
spiritual growth and empowerment.
Soul Sustenance
Karmas In Spiritual Consciousness (Part 2)
Vikarmas or negative actions are those
actions performed in body-consciousness.
Sukarmas or positive actions are those
actions performed in soul and Supreme
Soul-consciousness. Given below are some more
differences between the two (we had explained a
few yesterday):
Body Consciousness: Relationships become
bondages (burdens) and causes of sorrow rather
than enjoyment.
Spiritual Consciousness: Relationships
with others are purified and elevated. There is
no sense of bondage.
Body Consciousness: Conflicts, which can
be called clashes of sanskaras, occur between
souls. There is negativity, sensitivity and
disunity.
Spiritual Consciousness: Souls are able
to harmonize with each other with happiness and
peace.
Body Consciousness: Actions are performed
to attract or impress others by the physical
identity.
Spiritual Consciousness: Actions are
performed to bring others also into relationship
with the Supreme Soul.
Body Consciousness: Charity performed for
others has the shadow of ego and has limited
results.
Spiritual Consciousness: The highest
charity of introducing other souls to the
Supreme Soul is performed selflessly through
thoughts, words and actions.
Message for the day
Courage brings success.
Expression:
Even after repeated trials and failures, when
one does not lose courage, there is the ability
to go on trying till success is achieved.
Courage comes with the understanding that there
is surely a way out. So a lot more effort is put
in to find the right way. Success, which had
been eluding for a long time will be finally
attained.
Experience:
When I have courage, I have hope. I will not
give up the task mid way, but will put in
continued effort. Because of this there is no
difficulty experienced even whilst putting in
extra effort but I do everything with enthusiasm
and happiness. So nothing seems difficult and I
easily move towards success.
Be an Observer
The practice of silently watching life from the
vantage point of being an observer enables us to
more clearly understand events and other
people's inner concerns and qualities. We become
slower to judge and better able to respond
openly and thoughtfully, free from any influence
of the situation itself and from subtle pull of
our own or another's personality.