23.08.2014

The Best
The best ornament is Humility;
the best wealth is Wisdom;
the best weapon is Patience;
the best security is Faith;
the best tonic is Laughter.
Overcoming The Fear Of Communication
When the fear of communicating effectively exists inside
you e.g. when appearing for a work interview, it may be
due to personal insecurity. You have to work on it in
order to have more security, confidence and
authoritativeness. Being secure and full of authority in
the moment of communicating and expressing yourself
requires practice and effort. Most importantly, to
feel secure in such situations, when the person whom you
are faced with is in a position of power, you have to
value yourself. Self-value brings self-security and a
feeling of fearlessness. When someone is normally
asked to talk about what his/her personality is like or
what is his/her basic character traits are, they
normally speak about their weaknesses. Very rarely does
one speak of his/her strengths or positive personality
traits. Realizing your strengths requires
introspection. Meditation, based on the complete
spiritual knowledge about the self, is one of the
simplest methods to do this. Once you realize your
own strengths, you are able to value yourself immensely.
If you value yourself, it does not matter so much to you
whether another values you or not. However, if you
aren't able to value yourself, then doubts exist: *
Let's see if this person values or respects me; *
perhaps this job is not for me; * perhaps my
communication skills are not very good. Then you need
recognition and appreciation. Since you cannot give it
to yourself (because you have not realized your
strengths), you depend on others giving it to you.
You need to know that you are unique and that you are
worth a great deal. If the other person does not value
you it is their loss; they are losing something
precious. If you are established in that self esteem of
'Who am I', a very elevated consciousness and that
awareness - 'here comes a treasure whom you will be
interviewing', your words and your body language will be
sharp, secure and stable. Within you, you value
yourself; and if you value yourself, it will be easier
for people to value you. On the other hand, if you do
not like and respect yourself, you will cause the same
energy, which you radiate, to come back to you from
others.
Flexibility
Human beings have evolved to survive on a planet of
varied environments and in ever-changing societies. This
has created a flexibility which gives us the power to
accept situations and adapt to them. Once we understand
this there is no need to be afraid of challenges in
life. Some people say: 'It is easy for you, we have
difficulties'. Sometimes people try to make problems, as
if they are testing you. But I should not allow anybody
to express their sorrow through me. If you understand
that you don't have to be affected by difficulties it
doesn't matter what situation may come.
Soul Sustenance
The Interplay Between Souls, Matter And The Supreme Soul
(God)
The forces, which interact to produce the phenomena of
world history and geography: souls, matter and the
Supreme Soul (God), are threaded by the law of karma.
When there is mental communion (connection) with the
Supreme, the soul's relationship with matter changes.
This means that the internal love-link that the soul has
with the Supreme is reflected in the performance of the
soul in the material world and in the degree to which
the soul has mastery over matter; firstly over the sense
organs of the body and through that, over the colors,
shapes and sounds of the material world. We have
continually sought to understand which way to act, but
have lost our sense of direction for various reasons:
• We forgot that we were soul-actors.
• We became lost on the world stage.
• We became over-identified with our costumes the
physical body.
• We lost sight of the story of the drama.
• We forgot that we were residents of the soul world.
• Due to body-consciousness the soul severed (broke) its
subtle connection with the Supreme Soul.
Message for the day
The power of positive thoughts enables others to be free
from their worries.
Projection:
When someone is going through difficult times there
would be naturally worry and tension. At such times it
becomes very natural for us too to come into tension.
However, we don't seem to be able to help the other
person in anyway when we have such thoughts. Instead we
only add to the negative thoughts of that person.
Solution:
When we find someone who is having negative thoughts in
a difficult situation, we need to remind ourselves that
we are the only ones who can help them come back to his
positivity. It is possible for us to do this only when
our own thoughts are positive. When we train our mind in
this way we will be able to maintain our own positivity
which will enable the other person also to be rid of his
worries.