Problem to Solution
When a problem comes along, do NOT avoid it and
think 'I can't do anything about it'. Believe
that problems always come along with a solution.
Create a solution frame of mind and you will
find something somewhere. And then, before you
know it, other solutions will start popping up,
just like popcorn !
Contentment
It is usually believed that when we are content
we finish the desire to achieve and so we find
no improvement in our lives. On the contrary, we
also find that where there is no contentment the
mind is disturbed and we are not able to give
our best to whatever we do. Whatever happens we
need to retain the happiness within ourselves.
This comes only when we are content with
whatever is happening in our lives. When we
create such an internal environment, we will be
able to have the enthusiasm to achieve more and
more.
Connecting To The Qualities Of Others
Meditation adds immense value and depth to my
relationships. It also brings closeness in them.
Many obstacles and barriers, both on a physical
as well as a subtle level, come between me and
others when my consciousness and as a result, my
perception are struck primarily in the physical
dimension. If I hardly know five to ten per
cent of myself, and that too mostly on the
surface, my relationships are going to be
similarly superficial. With my self-respect
built on very weak foundations, it will tend to
be delicate and I'll be prone to trying to
maintain it by thinking about and focusing my
energies on others' weaknesses, sometimes real
and sometimes even imagined. I'll also find it
hard to realize and appreciate their qualities.
Such is the state of so many human relationships
today. In meditation, I go into the depths of
myself, and deep within my inner being, I find
the beauty of peace, love and happiness that is
there inside me. I also realize that this
same beauty lies inside each soul. Then
naturally and very easily, without any effort, I
get connected to the same qualities in others.
I also find the strength to do the same. I
am no longer judgmental seeing others' temporary
sanskaras of negativity. I find qualities
that are basically there inside every soul: the
original qualities or sanskaras of each
spiritual being. It's like a basic prototype for
the whole of humanity, which I deeply see and
realize.
Soul Sustenance
Negative Control And Domination In Relationships
In a lot many of the different types of
relationships we find ourselves in, may they be
our personal relationships or at the workplace,
we sometimes feel ourselves to be in a position
where we feel we are being dominated and
controlled negatively by the opposite person. A
very common example of the above negative
energy, in personal and non-personal
relationships, is when someone gets angry with
you and manages to make you react and get upset,
they mange to dominate you. Over a period of
time they start realizing that they possess an
invisible and powerful remote control, using
which, whenever they want to control you, what
they should do is to get angry with you and that
way they will achieve the desired control. Their
anger becomes a remote control. When you react
you are allowing this control or allowing the
other's remote control to work. It is you that
chooses to allow yourself to be influenced and
dominated. It is important for us to realize
that we can choose and take the decision to
allow ourselves to be controlled and dominated,
or we can choose to express what we feel without
being affected by the reaction of the other and
still maintaining our love, respect and good
wishes for the other. Let us not allow ourselves
to be dominated and influenced by entities
external to us which includes objects and people
or we will lose energy. Each moment we allow
another person's remote control to work
successfully or we allow an object to control
and dominate our emotional state, we weaken
internally. We become like a puppet in the other
person's hands. A puppet is never powerful
because it does not act on its own but is
controlled by someone else. We need to prevent
that, if we want to conserve our energy and
remain spiritually strong. Meditation and
spiritual knowledge both increase our spiritual
strength and also increase our self esteem or
self respect over a period of time. Both these
increases help us remain in self control and not
only disallow the other's remote control to work
but also become assertive (not aggressive) and
take a stand when required.
Message for the day
True victory lies in inspiring courage in others
too.
Projection:
The one who is victorious enables others to be
victorious too. Such a person will never make
the other person seem any less. He will never
allow the other person to feel defeated because
the one who is victorious is a bestower. He has
the ability to give courage to others and fill
with hope to achieve something better.
Solution:
When I have the feeling of being victorious, I
would naturally want others too to experience
the same. I would look for ways to give courage
and support to the ones who are losing. This
will never let me lose hope in myself or in
others and will also win the trust and good
wishes of others. So there is a constant
experience of being victorious.