08.11.2014

The Secret to Being Content
To be peaceful is to be free from expectations
and to want
nothing from anyone. Take the initiative and be
generous.
Lead the way and do something. This is the
secret to
being content in all circumstances.
Inculcating Powers Through Rajyoga Meditation -
The Power To Tolerate (cont.)
For most people today, if someone insults them,
they'll immediately become angry or upset in
return, so the situation not only remains
unresolved but infact becomes more complicated.
Those who are virtuous may be able to remain
content and smile for a while, responding with
patience, but repeated insults and repeated
efforts by the other person to bring them down
will tire them until the point come where their
tolerance levels are crossed and they will
react.
If, however, through my power of spirituality
and meditation, I am receiving immense amount of
strength from the Supreme Being, my heart will
remain open and I won't count how many times the
other person has harmed or insulted me. This may
sound extremely difficult and may look like an
impossible thing to do. Meditation, however,
makes the impossible possible. Meditation gives
me an experience of a very deep, personal
relationship with the Supreme and helps me keep
the Supreme as my constant companion, which
gives me such power. It's immensely useful for
anyone then to move towards that goal.
True tolerance is made possible by openness and
acceptance. It doesn't mean clenching my teeth
and carrying on, come what may. Suppression of
my feelings can cause me internal, physical as
well as emotional damage, and end in an outburst
which can damage others too.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
Where Do Our
Thoughts Arise From?
A large percentage of your thoughts are
determined by what you perceive through your
senses. Everything you see, listen to, smell or
feel causes some reaction or other in your mind.
See how your senses are connected to your mind.
Any negative thing that they pick up or produce
will disturb the mechanisms of your mind. If you
want to have spiritual peace, then use your
eyes, ears and mouth with caution. Other
thoughts arise from the impressions that have
been recorded in your subconscious (identity,
personality and/or character), and they may be
positive or negative. The negative ones are
often due to deep marks and/or habits caused by
past events or experiences, and also everything
that is deeply established and settled in your
inner self (belief system).
The sight and hearing senses are those used most
in human beings, with as much as 80 per cent of
the information we receive being processed
through these two senses. We should always be on
the alert to ensure that nothing negative enters
these two doors that might contaminate our mind.
We need a guardian to ensure that does not
happen. This guardian is our intellect, the part
of our conscience that contains the wisdom
(knowledge) and capacity to discriminate between
right and wrong, beneficial and harmful, truth
and falsehood. Observing the mind, we can be
aware of the thought patterns that originate in
our subconscious. It is important to understand
that you are separate from your
thoughts. You are not your thoughts, but your
thoughts are created by you. With regular
practice of meditation you will be able to
choose at any time which thoughts you are going
to focus your attention on and which ones you
wish to disregard.
Message for the day
The method
to finish waste thoughts is to deal with the
mind with love.
Projection: When
there are waste thoughts in the mind which one
tries to stop, it becomes difficult to do that.
There is discomfort and difficulty experienced.
On the other hand, when the mind is taught to
take the right direction with love, there is a
quick and dramatic change.
Solution: When
I learn the art of speaking to my mind with
love, I am able to free myself from waste
thoughts without any feelings of suppression.
Concentration too becomes easy and all thoughts
are directed towards the right direction.
Attachment
In life we get attracted and become attached to
a particular object, person, relationship or
situation. Attachment seems to be the normal
state of our living experience. We seek it
without a second thought. Is attachment a
desirable state? When a person develops a strong
attachment, he is likely to become sorrowful
when the attachment is broken or diminished. His
emotional and mental state suffers. The broken
hearted, the vindictive behavior, the hatred,
the jealousy and sometimes suicides are the
result of broken attachments. It is a risky
business to make the happiness of others our
total happiness; to experience the difficulties
of others as our difficulties. We should not
build our life to such an extent around someone
else's life or any object so that when anything
goes wrong we cannot function or we fall apart.
It is healthier, stronger and much more in
wisdom to love
everything and everybody, play our roles and
perform our duties to the maximum with everybody
and still remain detached. We will be able to
provide more help to others when we ourselves
are strong from within.