07.10.2014

Edit your Memory Tape
Before going to bed, have a quick replay of the
day's activities on the video of your mind. If
you're carrying negative feelings towards
yourself, someone or something, then take a
moment to edit. Editing doesn't mean deleting
what happened, but changing your FOCUS on what
happened. It is accepting the errors and
spotlighting the positive. Select what you want
to carry in your memory track, otherwise your
memory will advertently focus more on the
negative. The longer the negative tape runs in
your memory track, the deeper it becomes
embedded.
Taking Responsibility, Overcoming Guilt (cont.)
There is a difference between when we have
established our own code of values or beliefs in
life, and when we feel obliged (forced) to obey
an imposed code of beliefs. It is important
for us to accept on an inner level the code by
which we think we should be guided and act.
When we act out of obligation (compulsion), by
following a code of beliefs or behaviors that we
feel have been imposed but aren't accepted as
our own, we should ask ourselves why we act out
of obligation (compulsion), basing ourselves on
a code we have not accepted. Are we perhaps
afraid that, if we don't do it, we will feel
guilty?
When we violate the codes of belonging to a
group, family, social class or community,
generally we feel guilty. If this guilt leads us
to question ourselves about what is right for
our conscience, we progress in our personal
growth and improve our clarity. It is
necessary to respect ourselves, being clear
about what the beliefs are on which we base our
life, think, feel and evaluate. This will
help us to avoid the gap between what we should
and what we want to do. Until the should and
the want are joined, we leave an open space for
guilt.
When we act according to how we feel we
should, we will feel guilt for not doing
what we want. While we act according to
what we want, we will feel guilt for not
doing what we should. When guilt warns us
that there is something to check and correct
within us and we are willing to see it, have a
dialogue with the self and clarify, we are on
the right path. Sometimes guilt acts as an
excuse for us to apologize without really taking
on the responsibility for what happened; we pass
on the responsibility to the established norms,
norms that in this case we haven't accepted as
our own. In any case, the solution to guilt is
to take on self-responsibility.
Soul Sustenance
Unloading Your Pressure Baggage (cont.)
Can we experience freedom only when there is an
absence of outside pressure? We feel pressured
from many sides. At work, we feel the pressure
to do tasks as per fixed guidelines of set
systems and within boundaries of time, of
keeping up our performance as per others’
expectations and as good as our compatriots. In
relationships, we feel the pressure of
experiencing success in them, of satisfying
others and gaining respect from them. In
studies, we feel the pressure of having to excel
in them, not only because that is instrumental
in building our future but because of the desire
to be seen in a positive light by others. We
feel the pressure of having to earn more and
more wealth to satisfy the necessities, comforts
and luxuries of the family and to maintain a
certain image in society. In the face of
problems, we feel pressure when we are not able
to solve them quickly or in the way that we
want. Failure or its fear, in any sphere of
life, generates pressure in us. Sometimes we
experience pressure because the mind is not
functioning as per our desires or directions or
we are not able to transform our negative
personality to a positive one as much as we
want. When we believe that something harmful can
happen if we don't reach our set objectives on
time or in a certain manner, we feel pressured.
Physical illnesses or their fear can also create
pressure for some of us.
And so life turns into an endless amount of
pressure crests, like speed breakers that appear
one after the other, unsettling us and not
giving us time to relax. When we feel pressured,
it seems that the life forces rule our life and
we do not feel free. In the long-term, this
repetitive habit of creating feelings of
pressure and carrying such baggage ends up
leaving us exhausted on an emotional and
spiritual level.
(To be continued tomorrow…)
Message for the day
Let there be a positive record of always talking
with regard.
Projection:
When I have regard for others, there are good
wishes expressed through my words. Such words
are totally free from the slightest bit of
negativity and bring a very positive result.
When words are positive, they are few but
essenceful. So they have a lot of impact on
others.
Solution:
When I have regard for others, I will be able to
keep myself free from negative and waste words.
So I'll naturally find every word of mine being
used in a positive and powerful way. So I find
only accumulation and no waste through my words.
My energy is saved and others too would have
only good wishes for me.
What lies Within
It is often said that until you know yourself
you cannot know others, and without knowing
others it is difficult to have a stable
relationship with them. This is often the cause
of unhappiness and disappointment. We are never
able to reach the stage of stability. We focus
our energies on external things and the outward
show of others, therefore we are left with
weakness in even our emotions. If we can come to
the awareness and understanding of the peace and
happiness that lies within us then, we do not
become so dependent upon other people to make us
happy - because the one who makes you laugh
today can be the one who causes tears tomorrow.