13.11.2014

Ctrl-Alt-Del
Just as the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys are used to
interrupt the operation of a malfunctioning
program on your computer, sometimes, we too,
need to interrupt our mind by exercising
Ctrl-Alt-Del.
Ctrl (Control): Take control of your life, take
100% responsibility and clearly understand what
you want.
Alt (Alternate): Look for alternatives to get
different results. See things with a different
perspective
Del (Delete): Delete all negativity in your life
including attitudes and habits that are not
working for you.
The Creations Of The Mind
Scientists have learned a lot about our physical
functioning, but most admit that what actually
keeps a human being alive is a mystery not
completely solved. Rising above being just a
product of chemical and electrical activity in
the brain, as believed by many of us,
spirituality orients me and trains me to come
close to my real self, my spiritual self. Before
I was a stranger to my own self, unaware of what
is going inside my consciousness and distant
from my own self. The first step in coming
close to myself is that I learn to use the
energy of my mind in the most effective way
possible. For this, I decide to find a place
where, each day, I can sit for a few minutes
without interruptions, in order to focus on the
self and explore the inner world of the
creations of the mind - my thoughts,
feelings, attitudes and emotions.
There has been a lot of conflicting views in the
world about what the mind is and how it works.
In the teachings of meditation by the Brahma
Kumaris, the mind, which gives rise to my
thoughts, feelings, attitudes and emotions, is
seen as a faculty of the soul, not the body.
It is rather like the difference between a
television set and the movies seen on that set.
The movies originate in the minds of the
directors, not in the television set itself. The
television set is just a medium for displaying
the movies. So it is with all these four
creations (thoughts, feelings, attitudes and
emotions). These originate in the non-physical
consciousness and not in the physical brain. The
brain is just a processor of them and the body
is a medium via which all four are displayed or
brought onto expressions, physical gestures,
words and actions. When I realize this, and
really understand this difference, it very
empowering. I am then able to use the power
of discrimination to make choices between
thoughts, feelings, attitudes and emotions that
are useful and empowering for myself and others,
and those that bring me down.
Soul Sustenance
Choosing
Peace Over Anger
Making the choice of peace is a simple choice,
which lies in the hands of each one of us, at
every moment right through the day, every day. A
lot of people would choose a world, the world
out there, made of peace but spend most of their
time remaining peace less in their own inner
world, and then in their next door world, i.e.
in their personal interactions. A lot of us
would prefer a life of peace and we try to shape
up such a life, only to be influenced by the old
belief about how it’s absolutely fine to get
angry once in a while, without which it’s
difficult to get things done. We also get
influenced by those people around us who
continue to get angry for the shallowest of
reasons. These people could be either at home,
at the workplace, in the friend circle, the
world at large or people who do not matter too
much to us but whom we encounter every day - at
the vegetable market, on the highway, or even in
the movies for that matter! Unaware of the root
causes of their anger, all these people around
us will find a thousand ways to justify it, and
will keep continuing with the habit in their
lives. Their emotional un-clarity is so deep and
addiction to the emotion of anger is so powerful
that they will probably laugh at the idea that
anger is a negative emotion and is form of
weakness or suffering. They will, on the other
hand, say that peace is timidity and a form of
weakness or suffering. So, if you do choose
peace over anger in your life then you are
also choosing to be in a state of power and
becoming free from suffering as a result.
However, after having made that choice, to
experience it in every moment of your life, it
is necessary to rediscover where your peace is
located inside you, it’s true nature or essence,
how to access it through meditation and finally
how to use it or apply it in your daily life.
Message for the day
To bring
newness into actions means to contribute for the
betterment of the self and others.
Projection: There
is a constant desire to do something better that
makes a contribution to oneself and to others
too. So the one who thinks of newness can bring
about such a contribution. There will not be
something different that can be done. But the
same thing can be done in such a way that there
is benefit visible.
Solution: When
I am able to bring newness in the way I do
things, I am able to experience constant
progress. There will also be the satisfaction of
bringing about newness and creativity even in
ordinary actions. Along with this will also be
the satisfaction of making a contribution in
every action of mine.
Real Change
From all that happens, there is usually a lot of
learning from which we can take important
lessons. But sometimes we find ourselves making
the same mistakes again and again. So although
we have understood we are not able to bring
about real change. Once we realize and learn
from a mistake that has happened, we need to
spend some time in understanding it even
further. We need to ensure we don't ever repeat
the same mistake. This will enable us to bring
about real change.