01.07.2015

Mykonos, Greece
Dignity
In order to maintain dignity, I stay in the
sunlight of contentment and keep out of the
shadow of desires
True Inner power
True power isn't
power you have over anyone else, it is a full
stock of energy accumulated in your being.
With such power, nothing can bring you down or
de-stabilise you. Your inner power becomes a
natural protection, not just from the ups and
downs of life but also from your own Achilles'
heel.
So, tap into your inner power and experience it.
Use this power to contribute meaningfully and to
protect yourself from your own weaknesses and
from negative influences.
Different Thought
Types (cont.)
We had explained Necessary Thoughts yesterday.
Today we explain:
Unnecessary (Waste) Thoughts
Unnecessary thoughts are thoughts that are
produced at untimely moments that fill us with
worry and anxiety when they appear in our minds.
They have no constructive use. Unnecessary and
useless thoughts are quick and repetitive which
lead you nowhere. Often they refer to things
from the past: * If this hadn't happened? * Why
did she have to say that to me? Too many
thoughts are about things that we cannot change,
or worries about the future: * What will happen
tomorrow? * How will it happen? * What will I do
if I find myself on my own? * If I had been
there at the time, this disaster would not have
happened. * If I had had this information at the
time, I would have won the case. * When I get
the qualification, I will be more respected by
my superiors.
Your ability to concentrate is weakened by these
useless thoughts. If you have a lot of these
thoughts you use more energy and time to
undertake each task. The origins of negativity
also reside in them.
From the time that the past has already passed
and the future is yet to come, these kinds of
thoughts are not useful and they also weaken
your inner strength and exhaust you. It is vital
that we learn to avoid this pattern of thinking.
In this way you will be more focused and your
decision making capacity will improve.
(To be continued tomorrow .....)
Soul Sustenance
Freedom from the
Dependency on the New (Part 1)
One of the dependencies that the consumer
society promotes is dependency on the new. You
have a car but today a new, better one is coming
out. You have a mobile but the new one on the
market today has more features and yours is now
obsolete. The same thing happens to the
television, MP3 players, DVD players, etc. Today
you have some clothes but tomorrow the fashion
will be different. We find the need to fill
ourselves with more and more. This way an
addiction to the new is generated. We get bored
quickly and we need something apparently new and
different all the time.
Some people need to buy new clothes all the time
because it makes them feel better; they ‘feel’
the newness, is this normal or is it actually an
addiction to the new out of boredom, is it
discomfort with oneself and the inner need to
impress and please others that sometimes some
people seem to possess. It is actually living in
the superficiality of the pair of jeans or
the saree, not in the inner essence of
being or soul. It is to use time to distract
oneself and not to construct creatively. It’s
not as if buying new stuff or going shopping is
wrong but when it becomes a dependency, when it
becomes a source of boosting your self esteem,
that’s a sign that you are going wrong.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Message for the
day
To consider
oneself to be a server means to be humble.
Expression:
Each one is endowed with
certain specialities and gifts. The one who is
able to use these specialties for the benefit of
others as a server, is able to make a
contribution to better the lives of those
around. But the one who only thinks of his
specialities and a chance for expressing the
specialities is not able to remain humble.
Experience:
All the specialties that I
have are there for a purpose. The more I use it
to benefit others, the more I am able to use
them with humility. I am also able to gather the
good wishes of those around me and further
increase my specialities. I have no expectations
from others but am able to give unconditionally,
recognizing their need.