12.05.2014

Your Own Truth
To follow someone else's
truth is a trap. The best strategy is to know your own
truth, face it and live by it. Others may inspire,
guide, give you directions, but ultimately you have to
cut your own way through the jungle. You could always be
asking others where North is, and they will tell you.
Someone will say North is this way and someone else that
North is that other way - and both would have been
sincere. But you alone have to find your true North.
The Flight Of
Harmony
There
are two faces to one coin; a person who wishes to live
fully as a human being needs to understand that the
existence of one's unique individuality has to be
acknowledged, as well as the existence of the group or
collective. One cannot exist without the other.
Individuals who are developing spiritually feel a
personal sense of value. They clearly recognize their
uniqueness and have the feeling that there is the
freedom to be whatever they choose to be. At the same
time, their sense of personal independence allows them
to come close to others and work with them. They do not
have selfish independence. They get close to others
because they have found fulfillment in their own self.
Someone who has truly found the value of the self above
and beyond labels, name, fame and approval can
effectively cooperate within the collective or group and
interact appropriately. Such people not only feel
themselves to be a part of the whole but, even more
importantly, the group or collective feels them to be a
part of the whole.
In nature, when birds have
to fly to a warmer climate in winter, they flock
together and start their journey as a group. The success
of the journey depends on the group: if an individual
bird does not join the group, it cannot reach the
destination on its own. Birds fly in a particular
formation, with an appropriate space between them as
they fly. If they fly too close to each other, their
wings get entangled; they lose their balance and fall.
If they remain too far from each other, the formation
cannot be created properly, and they are not able to
ride the currents of air, which help to propel them in
their flight. Furthermore, the leader of the formation
does not remain the leader throughout the whole flight,
but moves back and allows another to take its place.
This repositioning continues throughout the flight until
the destination is reached, allowing individual birds to
contribute to the success of the journey.
The reality of life is
that we are individuals within a collective whole. Just
like the birds, we are all a part of an unlimited Flight
of Harmony.
Move Forward
To consider life a journey
is to constantly move forward. To be on a journey means
to be able to put in effort to move forward constantly.
The one who is on a journey is able to use his qualities
to enrich his own life and contribute to those around
too. He is also able to contribute to make each thing
better around him. He doesn't stop with temporary
obstacles but continues to move forward. When I am on a
journey I am able to enjoy the journey as much as I am
able to appreciate the destination. I experience
constant progress and success in everything I do,
because there is forward growth in all I do. I am also
able to inspire others too.
Soul Sustenance
The
Location and the Form of the Soul (Part 3)
All of the characteristics present in the soul are
subtle or non-dimensional (without size) in nature
-thoughts, feelings, emotions, decision-making power,
personality traits (sanskars) and so on. If they are all
without size, then it is reasonable to conclude that the
living, conscious energy, the soul, from which they
emerge is also sizeless. For this simple reason it is
eternal (beyond life and death). Something which has no
physical size cannot be destroyed. As a soul I am
neither spread throughout the whole body nor am I an
invisible duplicate of the physical body. Even though
the body of subtle energy exists inside the physical
body, it is the effect of the soul being in the physical
form and not the soul itself. Just as the sun is in one
place and yet its light radiates throughout the solar
system, the soul is in one place and its energy is
spread throughout the whole body. To express something
that exists but has no physical dimensions we can use
the word point. The soul therefore, is an extremely
small point of conscient (living) light. For the sake of
having an image to fix our minds on we can say its star
like in appearance. In deep meditation we can experience
the soul as an extremely
small point of non-physical light surrounded by an
oval-shaped aura.
Message for the day
To be merciful
means to transform the pain and sorrow of
others.
Expression:
The one who is merciful always has
the feeling of mercy and is able to help those who are
in need or in distress. Such a person is able to bring
about transformation in others too because of his own
pure feelings. He is able to put in effort that becomes
a contribution for the progress of
others.
Experience:
When I have mercy for others, I am able to accept their
feelings, emotions and behaviour and provide them with
the right kind of mental support. Then I am able to give
them courage without being influenced negatively with
their feelings of pain and sorrow. So my mercy
influences myself positively too as I am able to keep
myself positive under all circumstances.