10.05.2014

Cave Homes, Tunisia
Introversion
Instead of talking a lot
and wasting my energy, let me be quiet, conserve my
energy and experience the spiritual sweetness of
introversion.
The Principle Of
Focus and Flow
If we look
at the sun and the earth, we appreciate a basic and
fundamental law of life, which we as human beings can
learn from, that is of great help in the right movement
of life. By means of light, the sun gives life to the
earth; in addition, the sun is fixed in its position (a
symbol of "focus") to enable the earth (a symbol of
"flow") and all the other planets of our solar system to
continue in their rhythmic, harmonious orbit. Otherwise,
there would be chaos, upheaval and great damage. The
earth on the other hand, constantly moves in repetitive
cycles around the sun. This movement allows for changes
and expression on the earth, which have a beginning,
middle and end. In other words, the phenomenon of time
is created as a direct result of the earth's balanced
and harmonious cyclic movements. Both the fixed position
of the sun and the movement of the earth are necessary
for life.
The earth has all the potential for life but, without
light from a fixed source, there would be no life. In
the same way, the sun has the power to give life, but if
the moving earth did not hold the potential, even with
light, there would be no sustenance of life. This
fundamental principle of focus and flow involving the
sun and the earth can be applied to real life also.
In certain situations and
moments we need focus (like the sun), that is, a
concentration of thought, will power and understanding.
These three need to be together in one focused point if
we are to reach depth and newness. However, if we become
over-focused, then rigidity and pressure gradually set
in. This subsequently leads to an imbalance that makes
us lose our creativity and openness to new vision. Once
we have learnt to focus, then it will require less
effort and, eventually, the flow (like the earth) will
become natural. In focus, we find vision, inspiration
and understanding, and in the flow, we find expression,
experimentation and experience. It is important not to
over-flow, otherwise we get lost in a flood of
over-thinking, over speaking and over-doing. In such a
state, there is no direction to guide the expression and
things become unclear and delicate. At such a point, we
need to recognize that it is time for focus again.
According to necessity, a human being needs to move
between focus and flow and it is only through the
ability to discriminate, that we can know when and how
to do this.
Everything has its time. We are eternal beings working
in time, so we need to know the balance between focus -
where we find truth and purpose - and the flow of time -
where we find expression and experience.
Procrastination
Procrastination is not only
the thief of time, it is the creator of subtle inner
tension. You know you are cheating yourself. There are
three secrets to overcoming procrastination. One, don't
wait till you feel like doing it - the feeling will come
only when you start doing it. Two, list all the things
you have to do and then priorities the list. Three,
create a vision of the result and be motivated by the
vision of the outcome, not the thought of the process.
And the options to those ideas? One - ask for help. Two
- completely forget about it, you don't have to do
anything! Three - if there is anything you can learn
from the process then see it is action learning.
Soul Sustenance
The
Location and the Form of the Soul (Part 1)
When I look in a mirror I don't see my
reflection, but that of my body. The soul is actually
looking through the windows of the eyes from some point
inside the head. When viewed from the front, this region
appears to be between and slightly above the line of the
eyebrows. As the brain is the control centre for all of
the various processes of the body - metabolism, the
nervous, endocrine, immunological, and lymphatic systems
- it makes sense that the soul be located somewhere in
the brain. Just as the driver in a car sits behind the
wheel with the steering wheel in his hands, the soul
sits in a specific point in the centre of the brain.
This is important to know for meditation purposes
because it is the place to which attention is first
directed in the effort to concentrate the thoughts: I am
the soul, a tiny point of conscious light energy
centered in the spot between the eyebrows.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Message for the day
Anger comes where
there is discontentment.
Expression:
When we don't get what we want or
when people don't do what we expect them to do we
experience discontentment. When there is discontentment,
when our desires aren't fulfilled we experience anger.
Then trying to do away with anger without knowing the
actual reason, doesn't work.
Experience:
When we find ourselves getting angry with someone or
some situation, we need to first check what is the true
reason for our anger. Once we find the cause of it,
which is some expectation of ours, we will be able to
work at overcoming it. We will then be able to get rid
of our anger too.
In Spiritual Service, Brahma Kumaris