19.04.2014

Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Create Silence
Learn to create silence in
your mind and peace will flourish in your soul. You will
see life with other eyes. You will discover God's
language. To be internally silent, do not think too
much. Trust yourself. Trust others. Trust life. You will
find it is easier than it seems.
Efficiency
Plan ways to save money, time and
energy.
Look at your priorities and see if you can drop the
least important items to free up your resources. The
stronger your reasons for saving, the more ways you will
find to save.
Go on, make yourself more efficient. You can afford it.
The Concept Of Letting Go
We have to dare to be free. Why? Because fear prevents
us from taking the decisions that lead us to live and
feel our full freedom. We should dare to let go because
dependencies trap us. Let us look at a story that shows
us what happens.
It is the story of a bird that, after having flown for a
long time, leans on the branch of a tree to rest. While
resting, it finds the wellbeing of staying there until,
little by little, it gets the idea that its life is on
the branch. When a day arrives on which it asks itself
why it doesn't carry on flying, it says "Oh, this branch
is stuck to me and I can't fly!" The bird blames the
branch. In reality, the bird has got stuck to the
branch. It has the capacity and the wings to fly but its
perception is clouded. It no longer sees its purpose
with clarity or its potential to reach it. The freedom
of the bird is in its wings but it has got stuck onto
the branch. That is the reality that it has created for
itself.
The freedom of a human being is in his or her awareness.
But when their awareness has got stuck onto the branch
(the object of their attachment) and they begin to blame
the branch for their impossibility to free themselves,
then they are trapped. When our awareness is clouded and
we are clinging on, we do not see with clarity and
neither do we exercise our freedom and let go.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
Becoming Responsible For My Destiny (cont.)
Factors like any
particular person, a group of people, the government,
nature, even God, etc. cannot be held responsible for
what has happened to me in my life, up to this moment.
It is my and my responsibility alone. Equally, what my
future holds depends on me to a very large extent.
Rather, whatever I choose to do at this moment is
already creating my destiny for tomorrow. I
shouldn't forget that the only real time I have for
creating my future is the present, now.
Karma teaches me that at every step, I am the creator of
my own little world, the creator of my future
circumstances. I also am the creator of the
environment immediately around me. On a bigger level I
am a co-creator or partner, together with God, of a
positive future of the world, of the world of tomorrow,
of the world of peace, love and happiness. So my
responsibility and my ability to influence the future is
not restricted to my life alone.
That I can create the future of my choice - of love,
peace and happiness, for myself and others, can appear
as unreasonable optimism. It's just being realistic.
What I create is what is going to happen. If I choose to
transmit love and peace in my interactions with others
today, I create relationships, in the present and for
the future, based on those qualities.
Message for the day
The one who is free
from desire is the one who is able to maintain
positivity.
Projection:
When we put forth our ideas to
others we expect them to listen to us. Our idea changes
to desire and when it is not accepted we then tend to
become irritated. And along with it comes jealousy or
dislike for the others and we find ourselves caught up
in negativity.
Solution:
We need to make sure that we share our ideas with others
but at the same time we need to keep ourselves free from
any selfish motive. When we put forth our idea in a
detached way, we too will be open to learning and we
will be able to accept any criticism or rejection that
comes our way. Thus we will be free from negativity.