Look for
Goodness
In everything, goodness is there. Our goal is to find
it. In every person, the best is there; our job is to
recognize it. In every situation, the positive is there;
our opportunity is to see it. In every problem, the
solution is there; our responsibility is to provide it.
In every setback, the success is there; our adventure is
to discover it. In every crisis, the reason is there;
our challenge is to understand it. By seeing the
goodness, we'll be very enthusiastic and our lives will
be all the richer.
Procrastination
There is usually a tendency to postpone things to the
last moment. When the situation demands that I finish
the job and at the same time if unforeseen things come
up, I tend to feel pressurized. I then am not able to do
the job well and begin to wish that I had more time. I
need to understand the importance of time and do the job
needed to be done immediately. I need to understand the
fact that if I lose this moment, there is no chance of
getting it back again. If I use the time at hand
fruitfully, I'll always be able to remain light and be
available to things that come up suddenly.
Awakening Your Intuition
In real life, we are faced with many situations when
important decisions have to be taken, a particular path
to move ahead has to chosen. At such times, our mind is
filled with various different voices or influences like
the influence of people surrounding us, who give
their different opinions regarding the particular
situation; they say something, our mental logic along
with knowledge of people and things, says something
else, then there is the influence or memory of our past
experiences which colour our perception of the present
situation differently. Also there is the influence of
the outside world in general - all that we see, hear and
read. There are also our attachments, selfish desires,
fears, mental biases towards a particular person or
situation, emotions like jealousy and hatred, beliefs
etc. which influence our perception. Our mind is full of
all these influences, many of them even conflicting each
other, and we experience complete turmoil or
indecisiveness inside ourselves, we don't know what to
do.
In such cases it is sometimes extremely wise to keep
all these influences aside, sit in silence and listen to
what our intuition is saying to us. There are many
situations, in which after the situation is over, we
realize that all the influences mentioned above would
have taken us on the wrong path, but it was our
intuition, our inner voice of wisdom, alone which gave
us the right solution and took us safely to our
destination.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
The
Location Of The Soul Inside The Body
The soul has the following basic functions to perform:
• to give life to the body and to maintain life
inside it,
• to express and experience its role through the body,
and
• to receive the rewards or fruits of past actions
performed in previous births, through the body.
These functions are controlled and monitored by the soul
via the nervous and hormonal systems from a particular
point in the area of the brain which contains the
thalamus, hypothalamus, pituitary and pineal glands.
This region is known as the seat of the soul, or the
third eye. The connection between the physical (body)
and the non-physical (soul) is by the medium of thought
energy. Many religions and philosophies place great
importance on the third eye, or eye of the mind. When
viewed from the front, this region appears to be between
and slightly above the line of the eyebrows.
It's for this reason that Hindus use a tilak, a dot in
red or sandalwood paste in the middle of the forehead.
Christians also make the sign of the cross in this
region. Even when one makes a mistake or expresses
tiredness it's to this region that we put the hands in
the gestures of self-dismay or exhaustion. After all the
soul subconsciously knows that it makes the mistakes and
not the body. When people are concentrating deeply in
thought it is this area of the forehead where creases or
lines are formed on the skin.
Message for the day
To become worthy of blessings means to make success
easy.
Expression:
Thinking of benefit for the self increases to such an
extent that it sometimes takes on the form of
selfishness. When we are selfish we stop thinking about
others or the effect that our action is going to have on
them. Then we are not able to move forward with
lightness because the
good wishes and blessings of others are not with us.
Experience:
In each and every action of ours we need to first check
if it is going to be beneficial for us as well as for
others. As much as there is benefit for others too in
the task that we are doing, that much the good wishes of
others will be there for the task. With these good
wishes we will be able to move forward much faster and
achieving success will be easy.