14.11.2014

The Popinator, A Voice-Activated Popcorn Shooter
That Launches Popcorn Into Your Mouth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1cz8IasV4w
Problem to Solution
When a problem comes along, do NOT avoid it and
think 'I can't do anything about it'.
Believe that problems always come along with a
solution.
Create a solution frame of mind and you will
find something somewhere. And then, before you
know it, other solutions will start popping up,
just like popcorn !
Contentment
It is usually believed that when we are content
we finish the desire to achieve and so we find
no improvement in our lives. On the contrary, we
also find that where there is no contentment the
mind is disturbed and we are not able to give
our best to whatever we do. Whatever happens we
need to retain the happiness within ourselves.
This comes only when we are content with
whatever is happening in our lives. When we
create such an internal environment, we will be
able to have the enthusiasm to achieve more and
more.
Connecting
To The Qualities Of Others
Meditation adds immense value and depth to my
relationships. It also brings closeness in them.
Many obstacles and barriers, both on a physical
as well as a subtle level, come between me and
others when my consciousness and as a result, my
perception are struck primarily in the physical
dimension. If I hardly know five to ten per
cent of myself, and that too mostly on the
surface, my relationships are going to be
similarly superficial. With my self-respect
built on very weak foundations, it will tend to
be delicate and I'll be prone to trying to
maintain it by thinking about and focusing my
energies on others' weaknesses, sometimes real
and sometimes even imagined. I'll also find it
hard to realize and appreciate their qualities.
Such is the state of so many human relationships
today.
In meditation, I go into the depths of
myself, and deep within my inner being, I find
the beauty of peace, love and happiness that is
there inside me. I also realize that this
same beauty lies inside each soul. Then
naturally and very easily, without any effort, I
get connected to the same qualities in others.
I also find the strength to do the same. I am no
longer judgmental seeing others' temporary
sanskaras of negativity. I find qualities that
are basically there inside every soul: the
original qualities or sanskaras of each
spiritual being. It's like a basic prototype for
the whole of humanity, which I deeply see and
realize.
Soul Sustenance
Negative
Control And Domination In Relationships
In a lot many of the different types of
relationships we find ourselves in, may they be
our personal relationships or at the workplace,
we sometimes feel ourselves to be in a position
where we feel we are being dominated and
controlled negatively by the opposite person. A
very common example of the above negative
energy, in personal and non-personal
relationships, is when someone gets angry with
you and manages to make you react and get upset,
they mange to dominate you. Over a period of
time they start realizing that they possess an
invisible and powerful remote control, using
which, whenever they want to control you, what
they should do is to get angry with you and that
way they will achieve the desired control. Their
anger becomes a remote control. When you react
you are allowing this control or allowing the
other's remote control to work. It is you that
chooses to allow yourself to be influenced and
dominated. It is important for us to realize
that we can choose and take the decision to
allow ourselves to be controlled and dominated,
or we can choose to express what we feel without
being affected by the reaction of the other and
still maintaining our love, respect and good
wishes for the other.
Let us not allow ourselves to be dominated and
influenced by entities external to us which
includes objects and people or we will lose
energy. Each moment we allow another person's
remote control to work successfully or we allow
an object to control and dominate our emotional
state, we weaken internally. We become like a
puppet in the other person's hands. A puppet is
never powerful because it does not act on its
own but is controlled by someone else. We need
to prevent that, if we want to conserve our
energy and remain spiritually strong.
Meditation and spiritual knowledge both increase
our spiritual strength and also increase our
self esteem or self respect over a period of
time. Both these increases help us remain in
self control and not only disallow the other's
remote control to work but also become assertive
(not aggressive) and take a stand when required.
Message for the day
True victory
lies in inspiring courage in others too.
Projection: The
one who is victorious enables others to be
victorious too. Such a person will never make
the other person seem any less. He will never
allow the other person to feel defeated because
the one who is victorious is a bestower. He has
the ability to give courage to others and fill
with hope to achieve something better.
Solution: When
I have the feeling of being victorious, I would
naturally want others too to experience the
same. I would look for ways to give courage and
support to the ones who are losing. This will
never let me lose hope in myself or in others
and will also win the trust and good wishes of
others. So there is a constant experience of
being victorious.