
Make Peace with the Past
Wallowing in disappointment and dissatisfaction,
doesn't change the past. Getting wrapped up in
the past, limits our ability to enjoy the
present. Make peace with the past. And find the
lesson. Fold the past away neatly in such a way
that if and when you need to unfold it again,
only lessons of benefit are visible.
Carrying Feelings Experienced In Meditation Into
My Interactions
If I keep close contact with my internal self,
to check what my feelings are like and I
maintain the 'meditative' awareness at many
moments during the day, even if it is for very
short periods of time, I will find that the
good feelings I have experienced through
conscious choice, in meditation, I carry them
with me into my interactions with others.
Then, in any exchange, although the other
person's thoughts, words or actions may not be
as I would like them to be, I'll be better
equipped to maintain a good feeling towards that
individual, and towards myself. For example, I
meditate in the morning and then leave home and
find myself in a situation in the office where
two of my colleagues are arguing over an issue.
When I try and intervene, one of them gets
aggressive with me as well, but the feelings of
peace I experienced in my meditation a couple of
hours ago are still with me, using which I do
not reacting angrily or fearfully. In fact, if
my peace is powerful enough, it will make the
other one also peaceful. So the key is to
emerge and collect positive feelings through
meditation at regular intervals during the day.
And then become a donor of positive feelings to
negative situations as discussed above is an
invaluable achievement. It is good for my own
wellbeing, and for contributing to the creation
of a peaceful atmosphere wherever I am, whenever
required.
Constant Attention
When we have to fulfill certain
responsibilities, we find ourselves in a lot of
tension. We find it very difficult to relieve
the tension, especially when we feel there is
demand from the situation or expectations from
people beyond our capabilities. In demanding
situations and in general too the way to relieve
ourselves from tension is to have constant
attention. It is important to have attention
during difficult times, but it is also necessary
to keep attention on the self even during normal
conditions. Constant attention brings about
"checking and changing" and relieves us of
tension.
Soul Sustenance
Characteristics Of The World Stage
There are three things that we all have in
common; awareness - of ourselves and
others relationships - the sharing and
exchange of energy with others creativity
- the ability to produce thoughts, ideas,
concepts and feelings and express them. The
purpose of our life is nothing more than living
life itself - to be selfaware (awareness)
, to be creative, to express ourselves to our
highest potential (creativity) and to
exchange the energy of love with those around us
(relationships) . But this cannot happen
in the incorporeal, silent home of the soul
(commonly called paramdham or shantidham
). These characteristics of life require
action, a costume (physical body) through which
to express ourselves and a stage on which to
act. The physical world provides the stage on
which we can move, bring to life, create, relate
and express all that is within us. For each of
us the possibilities are infinite. The moment we
take birth in a physical form, we are constantly
doing one of three things: acting, reacting, or
interacting - sometimes all three together.
Message for the day
True love means the ability to forgive and
forget.
Expression:
When there is love there is the ability to look
at only specialities. Even if the other person
makes a mistake, there is only the conscious
awareness of his specialities. So it becomes
easy to forgive the mistake committed by him.
When there is real forgiveness the mistake is
totally forgotten and the future interactions
with that person are free from the negative
attitude.
Experience:
When I am able to forgive the mistakes made by
others, I am able to forget them easily also. So
my mind is free from the burden of waste of all
the past mistakes. So I am able to be light even
when I am faced with the negativity of the other
person. I am never caught up with attitudes
about people so I am successful in my
relationship with others.