Peace of Mind
Senses are connected to the mind, so let me maintain
peace of mind by using my eyes, ears and mouth with
utmost care.
Originality
The one who allows himself to be totally influenced by
the personality of others is the one who loses his
originality. He begins to become increasingly distant
from his own original qualities. Thus there is no
consistency in his words and in his actions. On the
other hand the one who recognizes his own original
qualities continues to express them in everything he
does. I am never satisfied with anything that happens in
my life when I continue to be influenced by the traits
of people around me. I truly enjoy each moment when I am
in the state of my self-respect that allows me to be in
touch with my innate qualities. Then I am able to
appreciate the specialties of other people and learn
from them without losing my own inner qualities.
Different Thought Types (cont.)
We have explained Necessary and Waste Thoughts in the
last couple of days. Today we explain: Negative
Thoughts
Negative thoughts not only harm you but have an impact
on others also.
These thoughts disturb your peace and weaken your inner
strength. If these thoughts occur on a regular basis,
they can cause health problems, both physical and
mental. They can even become destructive. Negative
thoughts are based on the five vices primarily - lust,
anger, greed, ego, attachment. They are chiefly caused
by selfish and harmful reasons, without taking into
account the values and inner qualities of the person
e.g.
* I think they should pay me more without having to do
any more work to earn it (greed). Negative thoughts also
arise from unsatisfied expectations, in disagreements,
in laziness, revenge, racism, jealousy, criticism, hate
and an excess of power.
* My boss never appreciates my work but he always values
my colleagues more (jealousy). (To be continued tomorrow
.....)
Soul Sustenance
Reaching the
Destination of Peace on Time (Part 1)
The objective of
meditation has always been reaching the destination of
inner peace. The process of meditation is like a journey
to that destination, which many human souls have
undertaken since thousands of years. After a life and in
fact many lifetimes of indulging in habits of anger,
fear, ego, sorrow, jealousy, hatred, greed etc. all of
which blocked our access to this inner pure emotion and
made us believe that these are normal emotions,
believing completely that our true nature is peaceful,
which is an experience opposite to all these; might seem
difficult at first. Only our own experience can lead to
a change in our deeply held beliefs, which then makes it
easy for us to incorporate peace as an integral part of
our personality.
As you dive into you own consciousness, with the
objective of searching for and reaching your subtle
destination of inner peace, you will encounter some
distractions in your journey. Some of the most important
of such distractions include:
* thoughts in the form of negative memories of the
past; overthinking about the present scenes
and day-to-day actions in your life; desires,
worries and unnecessary thinking related to the future,
waste thinking about the natures and actions of
people whom we come into contact with the most, etc.
* the inner, subtle voices of the many incorrect
beliefs, which we have picked up from people by whom
we have been surrounded since we were small;
* thoughts and emotions related to deep habits of
identifying with and getting attached to things we are
not, like the physical body, material possessions,
people, our role in society, money, places, opinions or
viewpoints, hobbies or interests etc.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Message for the day
Success comes to the one who has a balance of being a
master and a child.
Expression:
When
we make a contribution in the form of an advice or a
suggestion, we usually do it with confidence. That means
we are sure of ourselves and we are masters. But the
problem usually comes when people don't accept our
suggestion. W are then not able to accept their decision
or
criticism.
Experience:
We need to have the perfect
balance of being a master and a child. It means that
along with being a master while giving the suggestions
we need the consciousness of a child while it is being
heard. That means we are totally ready to accept the
comments/criticism that we might be faced with.