Talk Lovingly To Yourself
Learning to talk properly to the self is a spiritual
endeavour. When you make a mistake, do you talk lovingly
to yourself in your mind, or do you tell yourself off?
One habit recognizes your divinity; the other subtly
shapes a nature of sorrow.
Seven Techniques To Let Go Off The Past
Almost each one of us carries a heavy or subtle burden
of negative events and happenings that have taken place
in our life sometime in the past, either an immediate
past or a far-off one; which reduce our present
contentment levels immensely. The negative past could be
of any form - you experienced the loss of a close loved
one due to a break-up or sudden death; you went through
a serious physical illness or a very lean phase of
financial loss, you were abused on a mental or physical
level; you were not treated properly by a colleague at
office and undue advantage was taken of you; you
performed an inappropriate action and you repent up till
now, even after many years have passed, and many such
similar and different types of incidents.
There are three different types of processes for
removing negative past memories from our consciousness:
* Modifying - A negative past event is modified
into a positive, beneficial form and then stored in the
consciousness.
* Forgetting - Memories of a negative past event
are forgotten and do not exist either in our
conversations or in our conscious mind or thoughts, but
traces of those memories exist in the sub-conscious
mind.
* Erasing - No traces of the negative past exist
in the consciousness and memories of it are completely
removed from the sub-conscious also.
We need to take the help of all the different aspects or
techniques of spirituality and not depend on only one or
two for these removal processes.
In the next two days' messages, we will explain all
these different techniques of spirituality, which if
incorporated in our life, help us experience lightness
and emotional freedom from the past. All of them have
their own unique importance.
(To be continued...)
Desires
Desires, in any form make it difficult to enjoy what is
available and appreciate what is attained. All effort
goes in attaining something else and life becomes a
constant struggle. The one with desires is constantly
using his resources without having an experience of the
attainments that he gets. If I am free from desires, I
am rich because I am content with whatever little I have
and I am happy putting in effort to be better with that
little. I am able to appreciate the little things that I
achieve and it becomes an added resource for me. So I
constantly experience the true richness of life.
Soul Sustenance
Varied (Different)
Concepts About The Supreme Being or God (Part 2)
There is an endless variety of human theories and
concepts which appear to create confusion and even
hatred among people when they are opposed to each other,
but ultimately I must ask myself how far "I", the
individual, have the experience of His powers and
qualities.
The basis of forming a relationship with anyone is
knowledge of who they are, what they look like, where
they are from, and what they do. Similarly if I am to
have the awareness of myself as a soul, and emerging
from that, a close relationship with God, the Supreme
Soul, then I must know:
• Who He is?
• What His form is or what does He look like?
• Where He is or where does He reside (stay)?
• What His personality traits or sanskars are?
• What His acts or karmas are?
• What is my relationship with Him?
God is living and real, not a matter of scientific
research. It is necessary for me to re-establish a
living relationship with Him, on the basis of complete
knowledge of Him. My connection should not be based on
the fears and superstitions of the past.
Message for the day
Negative situations can be transformed into positive
with the power of stability.
Expression:
When
faced with a negative situation, usually the mind gets
affected. Lot of questions arise in the mind that don't
allow us to be stable at that time. Because of the
thoughts in our mind, although it is in our hands to
work at transforming the situation we don't make use of
this opportunity but only end up adding to the
negativity.
Experience:
In a negative situation, it is necessary for us to
maintain our own inner stability. We need to free
ourselves from wasteful thoughts. Then the negativity in
the situation will finish, first in our mind and then in
the situation itself. Our own internal stability will
help in finishing the influence of the external
situation.