Simplicity
Peace is simplicity. Simplicity is beauty. Choose a day
as your day of simplicity. Speak little, and listen with
attention. Do something incognito and nice for a person
you are close to. Eat simple and natural food. Create
time periods for not doing anything - just walk, look
around, live the moment. Have your mind open to a more
profound and silent sensitivity. Appreciate each scene
and each person as they are. In the evening, write down
your discoveries. Observe the state of your mind.
Looking Within
Usually there is only a
desire to change others or the situation, when something
goes wrong. There is generally a feeling of being right.
So instead of looking within and trying to understand
what is wrong, there is only blame. Such words
discourage others too as they are constantly made aware
of their negativity. Looking within gives me the ability
to understand the importance of bringing about change
for the better in every situation that I am faced with.
I am able to recognize the message that the situation
gives me. I am able to use the situation to better
myself and gradually progress towards the vision of
perfection that I have for myself.
Fears And Dependencies In Relationships
Relationships are a
source of support for our life, or at least, they should
be. Relationships should ideally be an exchange of
happiness and love. Peaceful relationships are the
foundation from where we create, generate and carry out
shared endeavors (efforts). Thanks to cooperation, we
achieve our objectives.
When people are asked about what the different causes of
stress, worries and suffering are, one of the main
answers is relationships. Relationships have become a
cause of ties (bondage) and pain. Instead of trust it
seems fear dominates in relationships. In a relationship
of love - be it family, be it friendship - due to
emotional weaknesses and a lack of self-esteem, in order
to learn to love ourselves we need another person or
people to value us, to appreciate us, to need us, to
love us. Even so, we do not manage to learn to love
ourselves and we continue to depend on and worry about
the opinion of others, what others might say, think or
feel about us. You fear the answer of others; you fear
they might say something that hurts you. These fears
arise out of the emotional dependence on this person or
these people. And they (fears) prevent us from
developing and expressing all our potential, meaning
that we stop being ourselves and we fear sharing
ourselves openly.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
Understanding What Is
An Angel (Part 1)
When I have the consciousness that I am a soul, a
non-physical being of light, acting through the physical
body, even others begin to notice. This is what the
angelic stage is. By remaining in this angelic, soul
conscious stage, others will also feel a sense of
lightness and upliftment in my company. Angels are
thought to be mythical creatures who have a human form
with wings, who are always in the company of God and
help Him in guarding and protecting other souls.
Actually, angels are human beings with divine qualities.
Angels are always shown with wings. One of the wings
of the angel is symbolic of spiritual knowledge, which
it has received from God; the other is symbolic of
spiritual qualities and powers, which it has inculcated,
through the power of meditation or a spiritual
connection with God. The wings of an angel also
symbolize the lightness and freedom of such souls. With
such wings the angel flies constantly in the company of
God. Its lightness and freedom is because it has no
bondages or attachments in the physical world; all the
chains have been broken. Because angels has the absolute
and constant support of the Supreme Being they can be
the support and protectors of many others, by sharing
with them, spiritual knowledge, qualities and powers,
which they possesses.
An angel is the right hand of God in the task of world
transformation (change). The language which it uses to
bring about this transformation is spiritual silence;
positive, powerful and pure thoughts along with sweet
words full of spiritual knowledge, all of which have the
effect of uplifting others.
(To be continued tomorrow…)
Message for the day
Faith enables one to bring solutions to problems.
Expression:
When
problems come, we tend to overreact to it or exaggerate
it to such an extent that it becomes a trap for us.
Instead of working on the problem we fall a prey to it
making all our thoughts negative. Once we are caught up
in negativity we will neither look for, nor find
solutions.
Experience:
Each thought of ours is important when working on a
problem. Instead of making our thoughts negative, we
need to remind ourselves that what we are going through
is a test which we must pass with honor. When we have
this thought, all our energy will be focused on working
to bring a solution.