Desires
The symbolic hand gestures are called mudras. The mudras
are didactic; they are designed to convey a certain
teaching or a message. Reduce your desires and your
problems will also reduce.
Different Thought Types (cont.)
We have explained three different types of thoughts i.e.
Necessary, Waste and Negative Thoughts over the last
three days. Today we explain the last type:
Positive Thoughts
Positive thoughts are those thoughts which give us and
others the experience of our original virtues like
peace, love, joy, purity and power. They enable us to
collect inner strength and equip us to wear a
constructive attitude. Positive thinking means looking
at what is beneficial in all circumstances, without
being trapped in what is visible externally in those
particular situations. Thinking positively involves
looking at problems and recognizing realities, but at
the same time being able to find solutions without being
confused and experiencing feelings of powerlessness.
This often requires tolerance, patience, peace and
spiritual wisdom.
Positive thoughts make one internally strong and as a
result our expectations of others decrease. This does
not mean that they do not matter to us, but that we no
longer demand love, respect, recognition, etc. from
them, which is the best way to create long-lasting and
harmonious relationships.
A person who thinks positively is aware of the
weaknesses of others, but even then will direct his/her
attention towards their positive sanskaras or
personality traits. When we have inner happiness and are
filled with positive energy, we have the strength to
accept other people as they are without wanting them to
be different. This acceptance produces more stable
relationships.
Soul Sustenance
Reaching the
Destination of Peace on Time (Part 2)
In yesterday’s
message, we had mentioned the main type of distractions
that you might face in your journey to the destination
of peace. The secret of not getting affected by each of
these distractions is very simple – do not interact with
any of them on a subtle level by giving them your mental
energy of attention, but avoid them, detach yourself
from them, just observe them and let them go, remaining
completely focused on reaching your destination.
Imagine you are driving to your office on the highway
and you are very late. There are a large number of
different vehicles which you pass, either traveling in
the same direction as you are or coming at you from the
opposite side. You are even familiar with a lot of these
people sitting inside these vehicles, because you see
them every day, but you don’t even spare a second to
glance at them because if you did you would lose your
focus and be delayed, you would fail to reach your
destination, your office in this case, on time.
Meditation is exactly like this. Just as you cannot
empty the highway full of vehicles, because you are in a
hurry to reach office, you cannot empty the highway of
your consciousness of all thoughts, emotions, beliefs,
worries, opinions, desires, memories etc.
some of which are even very familiar to you, just
because you want to get to the destination of your inner
peace. Let all of these, like the vehicles, come and go,
but all you have to do is avoid them and focus on
reaching your destination on time. It's as if, by the
way you are driving, your body language, in this case
the subtle energy of your determined thought, word has
spread through the highway of your consciousness that
you will not be sparing a second to even glance at any
one of these on your way. If with a momentary loss of
self-awareness, you do start giving attention to them,
and you get lost in one of them, remind yourself
subconsciously, "I am on my way back to the destination
of peace, peace that I am." This will help you regain
your focus and before you know it, you will realize you
have arrived; you will experience your destination i.e.
the peace within, and will completely believe that you
are that. And it will be the most blissful experience
that you have felt in a very long time.
Message for the day
Faith in others enables them to be powerful.
Expression:
Faith
in others is usually mistaken for blind faith -
observing helplessly only hoping for the best in our
heart. We then consciously don't do anything but just
hope for the best. In such a situation we subtly
experience fear or tension. But this is not true faith
nor is the outcome usually right.
Experience:
Faith in others means to remain alert to what is going
on and then to fill the other person with the strength
of our faith to such an extent that they feel able to do
whatever needs to be done. Our faith will fill them with
confidence and they will be able to give their best to
the task.
Specialties
The one who recognizes one's own specialties and
appreciates them is able to use them for the benefit of
oneself and others. There is neither arrogance visible
nor is there any negligence of the specialty. Having
used these specialties constantly, the beauty of this
spreads across and enriches the lives of others too.
When I am able to appreciate what I have, I am able to
make use of it fully. As I continue to use it for my own
benefit and that of others, I find that it increases
too. I have the satisfaction of making the required
contribution at the right time. This earns me the good
wishes of others too.