04.10.2014

Artist- Jia Lu
Tolerance
Someone who has tolerance won't even say "I have
to tolerate," because that implies they are
feeling sorrow. Instead, they will say, "It's
not a problem. There is something for me to
learn in this." Whatever the situation,
tolerance enables me to learn. Perhaps I need
patience, or humility, or understanding.
Tolerance allows me peace, and my love to stay
constant. That way I stay connected with the
Source of all that is good, so that I can help
both myself and others.
The Consciousness Switchover (cont.)
Given below are few simple methods which help us
in the process of rising above action or role
consciousness and make the task of switching of
consciousness to a spiritual one, easy.
1. Every hour, stop for a few seconds and note
down in a small diary, which you carry with
yourself through the day, to what extent, in the
hour that has just gone by; you have maintained
the light and detached awareness of yourself as
a soul, a being of peaceful and blissful light,
situated at the centre of the forehead, playing
its part through the physical body costume and
the physical role costume and seeing others the
same way. If you haven't had any awareness,
that's fine: the light reminder will help you
remain attentive for the next one hour period.
This will over a period of time become an easy,
natural and enjoyable exercise, which is very
relaxing.
2. Every 2-3 hours, stop whatever you are doing
for a 3-4 minutes and turn your attention
within, creating an awareness and feeling of the
soul, but a very deep one. Remind yourself of
your spiritual relationship or your relationship
on a soul level with the Father of the soul, the
Supreme Being or God. Experience the
relationship. At centres of the Brahma Kumaris
and even at their homes and workplaces, the
members of the Brahma Kumaris around the world,
follow this exercise. Where it's feasible, music
is played at these times to make the break
effective and soothing. This exercise is called
'traffic control', because the peace experienced
in this exercise helps you become aware of the
traffic of your thoughts and slow it down,
reducing the risk of accidents that are caused
due to internal mental clashes as well as
clashes with the variety sanskaras or
personality traits of people whom you come in
contact with.
3. Every time you eat or drink something i.e.
you nourish the body, along with that sustain
the soul with spiritual thoughts, above the
mundane or ordinary. These spiritual thoughts
could be based on something positive that you
have read in the morning at the start of the
day.
Soul Sustenance
The Influence of Your Thoughts, Intentions and
Attitude On Your Destiny
We constantly carry out actions on this world
stage. Each and every action is always motivated
by an intention, and has an attitude and
behavior connected with it. According to the
intention and the attitude with which you carry
out a particular action, the action will return
to you in a beneficial, negative or neutral way
- the law says so. Nobody is above the
natural laws of cause and effect. These laws
function each time that you think, feel or act.
For example, if you have a negative thought
and you water it with your attention and develop
it for an hour, or if you get up in the morning
with negative thoughts and these thoughts remain
in your consciousness for some time, this
negativity will return to you. As a result,
perhaps you feel depressed or angry, with a
headache, a weakened immune system, little
energy and you have a bad day.
Your thoughts affect yourself, other people
and matter. Thoughts also affect the
environment. Children and animals pick up
the vibrations of others; sometimes they go
spontaneously to a stranger or at times keep a
distance from someone who is known to them. Some
pet owners do not trust a specific person if
their pet, say a dog doesn't like the person or
keeps a distance from him, because pets have
higher perception powers. Being in harmony
with someone's vibration means that you pick up
the quality of their thoughts. A person with
a good vibration thinks positively and
carefully. On the other hand, a person with bad
vibrations, perhaps, has a lot of anger, hatred,
ego and laziness in their thoughts and attitude.
(To be continued tomorrow…)
Message for the day
To be a giver means to give according to need.
Projection:
The one who is a giver would be sensitive to the
needs of others and will be able to give what
the other person needs at the right time,
instead of giving what he wants to give. Also
such a person is able to give without expecting
anything in return.
Solution:
When there is even a little thought to share
with others whatever I have, I would naturally
be able to perceive my own inner treasures and
experience being full. Sharing with others,
whatever I can, enables me to get their good
wishes also. I thus find myself experiencing the
richness of life.
Positive Impact
When we have a problem in a particular
relationship, we are not able to think positive
about that person. It is this negative attitude
that creates an atmosphere of negativity. So
although we may not say anything in particular,
there might be some negativity experienced by
others too. So the relationship and thereby the
situation is further worsened. The only way to
better the relationship and thereby the
situation is to create a positive environment
through our attitude. As is our attitude, so are
our thoughts and feelings. It is this silent
change within which creates a positive impact on
people through subtle vibrations. And we find
that we create a more beautiful world for
ourselves and others, where our presence itself
has a positive impact on people.