24.08.2014

Attachment
The root of suffering is attachment. You have created a
space in your mind that holds a person or object as part
of you. When that person or object is criticized,
neglected or not with you, you feel pain in your mind
and you experience a sense of loss. If you want to be
happy, you must learn to love and appreciate while
remaining independent.
The Present Moment
You've had a huge argument with a friend and you keep
going over it in your mind but the more you think about
it the worse you feel. By repeatedly going over feelings
of unhappiness or anger in our minds which stem from
incidents which have passed, we are hurting nobody but
ourselves. Something might have happened to someone when
they were six years old and, when they remember, the
feeling comes back. Even if in the present moment those
problems are not there, the feeling is the same. It
creates peacelessness in the mind. The mind is not able
to understand what is happening in the present. So, if
you find yourself becoming angry and negative about past
incidents, try to let go by bringing your attention back
to the present moment. Life is short, so why spend any
of it focusing on things which have made you unhappy?
The Law of Expectation
In our relationships with others, it is good to want the
best: "I hope you do very well, I am sending you my
positive energy and this is my way of encouraging you
and giving you courage. However, if you don't achieve
what I think you are capable of, I will not feel
frustrated. I will not be dependent on you satisfying my
expectations, but I will always want the best for you."
If you have faith and confidence that something will
happen, it is a prophecy that must come true. The
expectations we have of someone, whether negative or
positive, do have an effect on the person we are
relating to.
Many investigations into this question confirm the
influence that the expectations of educators have, both
in the performance and in the behaviour of their
students. Everything points to the conclusion that the
teacher's expectations form one of the most influential
factors in the academic performance of their students.
If a teacher expects good results from their students,
their performance will be much closer to their real
capacity than if their teacher is expecting poor
results.
Soul Sustenance
Increasing the Power Of Discrimination To Improve Karmas
Many people feel internally and complain that their
intellect is not as clear as they would like. One of the
aims of meditation and spiritual knowledge is to make
the intellect strong, clear and clean, as a result of
which there is an increase in the power of
discrimination. An increase in this power helps us
maintain a sense of what is right and wrong while
performing actions and implement that awareness.
Meditation brings about self-realizations whereby you
realize what is happening inside you. Sometimes, while
observing someone, we use the phrase: "He/she doesn't
know what he/she is doing", referring to someone who is
acting in an incorrect way. If we are to act in an
appropriate way, we need to be aware and be awake to the
consequences (results) of our actions. The voice of
the conscience brings with it that state of awareness,
awakening, realizing and discrimination. This is
because, in meditation you feel quiet and you focus your
thoughts inwards. In that state, the sound of the voice
of the conscience is perceived and heard. It is a voice
that is not affected by material worries or a
preoccupation about one's image and public appearance.
During meditation, you are completely focused on the
present moment of spiritual empowerment and not
distracted by: karmas which are necessary but
unnecessary to be thought of that time, noise, unrelated
ideas of the past and the future, mental chatter, etc.,
basically everything that separates you from your true
spiritual self. In this way you can listen to yourself
within and as a result ensure to the maximum extent that
your karmas are appropriate and accurate.
Message for the day
Where there is humility there is the give and take of
love.
Projection:
Usually we don't even know when we are working with our
ego because it is deeply concealed. Even when someone
points out our ego, we don't want to accept it and we
continue to work with it. Ego finishes the ability to
learn and negatively effects our relationships because
there is no give and take of love.
Solution:
The method to overcome ego is to develop humility.
Humility means to be strong within yet to be gentle and
flexible. This enables us to bend i.e., to bow. When we
bow it doesn't mean we are defeated, but it reveals our
own victory. It is only when we bend and forgive will we
be able to allow the flow of love in relationships.