Heart's Attitude
It is not the body's posture but the heart's attitude
that counts when we meditate.
Discover the Joy
To be happy means not to be
influenced with the external stimulus for the internal
state of happiness, but to discover the joy within. So
the one who is constantly in touch with the internal
state of happiness is able to express this happiness.
The one who is free from internal dis-ease is the one
who is free from disease. I am able to enjoy the beauty
of everything when I am able to maintain my own inner
state of happiness. My body, mind, relationships,
everything is healthy because of this internal state of
mind. I am able to enjoy everything I do too and
experience constant progress and success.
Seven
Techniques To Let Go Off The Past (continued)
Correction - Memories inside the soul are like imprints
or impressions on the soul. Some impressions are deep,
some are not. Negative past experiences leave very deep
negative impressions or scars on the soul, which
sometimes take a lot of time to heal and sometime an
entire lifetime can be sent without them getting healed.
Negative past experience imprints and negative emotions
like anger, hatred, attachment etc. are closely linked.
So, correcting the self or incorporating positive
sanskars fills the spiritual self with positive
impressions. This, over a period of time, nullifies the
effect of these negative impressions and as a result,
the related negative memories.
Donation - Donation can be simply defined as the
distribution of the invisible attainments one has
experienced through spiritual self transformation, to
others. It helps one receive blessings or positive
energy of those whom we donate to and gives life a
focused positive purpose, both of which help us
immensely in forgetting our past. People who live only
for themselves will find it more difficult to forget
their past as compared to ones who spend a lot of time
for others. Giving happiness to others helps us in
forgetting our grieves.
Interaction - The more we interact with and remain in
the company of positive minded people and have positive
conversations with them, we give and receive positive
energy and the more our past gets erased from my
consciousness. Spirituality teaches us to look inwards
and experience introvertness, which we haven't
experienced for a long time. At the same time,
spirituality also teaches us to keep a balance between
looking inwards and outwards. Composed and balanced
extrovertness and healthy, happy relationships with
virtuous people help us remain more in a present
consciousness, not giving the mind to drift too much
into the past.
Soul Sustenance
Freedom from the
Dependency on the New (Part 1)
One of the dependencies that the consumer society
promotes is dependency on the new. You have a car but
today a new, better one is coming out. You have a mobile
but the new one on the market today has more features
and yours is now obsolete. The same thing happens to the
television, MP3 players, DVD players, etc. Today you
have some clothes but tomorrow the fashion will be
different. We find the need to fill ourselves with more
and more. This way an addiction to the new is generated.
We get bored quickly and we need something apparently
new and different all the time.
Some people need to buy new clothes all the time because
it makes them feel better; they ‘feel’ the newness, is
this normal or is it actually an addiction to the new
out of boredom, is it discomfort with oneself and the
inner need to impress and please others that sometimes
some people seem to possess. It is actually living in
the superficiality of the pair of jeans or the saree,
not in the inner essence of being or soul. It is to use
time to distract oneself and not to construct
creatively. It’s not as if buying new stuff or going
shopping is wrong but when it becomes a dependency, when
it becomes a source of boosting your self esteem, that’s
a sign that you are going wrong.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Message for the day
The one who has the power of realization is the one who
can bring transformation.
Expression:
When
something goes wrong we immediately begin to look for
excuses why that mistake happened. This finishes our
power of realization and we will not be able to
recognize our own mistake. Then we will not be able to
work at improving ourselves and we will not be able to
bring any transformation.
Experience:
Instead of looking for excuses for what happened, we
need to take the opportunity to check within ourselves
and see our own mistake. When we recognize our mistake,
however small it may be, we will be able to work on it.
Only when we are able to realize our own mistake, will
we be able to bring about transformation in ourselves.