06.10.2014

Something to Give
Today, make sure whoever you come into contact
with doesn't go away empty handed. They should
feel that they've gained something from the
interaction.
Find something to share that will benefit them
and make them feel better. It doesn't have to be
a physical object, it could be an encouraging
word, a solution or even a positive thought or a
good wish.
Look Within
Usually, when in negative situations, we tend to
search for happiness outside. We either try to
find a temporary source of happiness, a
diversion (which is more evasion) or we try to
move away from that situation. But this only
postpones the dissatisfaction for some time.
Instead of trying to find happiness outside
(which is anyway temporary), we need to look
within. We need to find what really nourishes
the spirit and gives us life. When we find our
inner source of happiness, it remains stable and
unchanging even in the most chaotic conditions.
Taking Responsibility, Overcoming Guilt (cont.)
If there are people or situations that lead you
to fall over the same stone i.e. they lead you
to make the same mistake, which was committed
earlier, again, perhaps you will have to
avoid them for a few days or a time, until you
have strengthened yourself and have the inner
security that they will not influence you.
This is not running away; it is wise knowing
your weaknesses and knowing that to get into
similar situations with the same people is only
to repeat the same errors and to worsen your
wellbeing and that of the other. Trust in
yourself. You can overcome these mistakes and
stop making them. It is a question of loving
yourself and living. Out of love, you stop
hurting yourself and hurting the other.
Crying over past mistakes, you don't mend
anything. Open yourself to forgiveness. Raise
the level of your thoughts so that they don't
keep you in a state of sadness and loss of hope.
Don't allow your inner judge to sentence
(punish) you each time that you act, since that
way you won't feel free. Your judge that you
carry within makes your life bitter; however, it
is you that gives this judge the capacity to
exist. If the inner judge is in harmony with
our conscience, it is good, because it wants to
protect us. On creating guilt it warns us
that we have broken a rule of our code of
beliefs, values or behaviors. It alerts us to
the fact that we are acting against something
important of ourselves. At those moments it
helps us to observe and question what is real,
true, important and even sacred in our life and
for us.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
Unloading Your Pressure Baggage
On a spiritual level, pressure can be defined as
an external force acting on us divided by our
ability to bear the force or resist it. Thus,
force and resistance capacity are two variants
in the equation of pressure. Everyone has
different resistance capacities. Two people
with different resistance capacities will
experience different amounts of pressure on
being subjected to the same magnitude of force.
A feeling of pressure absorbs our freedom and
gives us an experience of being ruled by an
external entity. There are a lot of people
who hold the belief that they can experience
freedom only in the absence of an external
force, which is almost impossible, since there
is almost some force or the other exerted on the
soul by ups and downs that takes place in the
role that it plays through the physical body;
which includes the physical body itself;
profession; family; wealth, all types of
relationships, etc. Even our own personality,
thoughts, feelings, emotions etc. exert pressure
on us at times.
Apart from the resistance capacity, the other
variant in the equation of pressure is not only
force but our perception of what the magnitude
of the force is. This depends primarily on the
beliefs that we carry. Two people will
perceive the same situation in their role (as
explained above) as forces of different
magnitudes. While we hold the belief that life
events, people and their expectations from us,
are the forces that are the causes of our
pressure, we will be able to do little to change
the habit of being pressurized. It is we who
pressurize ourself and allow the outside to
pressurize us. We can either go through our life
journey while experiencing feelings of being
emotionally imprisoned, confused, rushed and
hurried, or we can do the same with the power of
faith and determination, at the same time
remaining patient and maintaining our inner
emotional stability. In some cases, some of us
put pressure on ourselves, because we carry the
belief that a bit of pressure is good in order
to achieve what we want; it provides us with
positive energy and motivates us. So this is an
example of perceiving a force in our life, a
force which does not exist. Such kind of
pressure can deceive us and give us a feeling of
being beneficial in the short term but it can
have harmful effects on us in the long term.
Some others might not experience this pressure
because they do not carry this belief at all and
don't invite this force.
(To be continued tomorrow…)
Message for the day
The power of stability enables to cross over all
obstacles.
Projection:
The one who is stable is not influenced by one's
own old habits and tendencies to react, but is
able to think and act properly under all
circumstances. The power of stability brings
forth the best decisions in the most difficult
times, brings solutions and helps in lessening
the impact of the obstacle itself.
Solution:
When I am stable on the seat of a master, I am
able to be free from the influence of my own old
habits, those that are of weakness. Instead I am
able to transform old habits into new ones,
making them into those of power. Learning to be
stable in the most difficult situations, enables
me to cross over all obstacles very easily.