
Walk in your own shoes
Would you walk a mile in someone else's shoes
in order to understand them - where they're
coming from and where they're going? But can we
really understand others ?
We can keep trying, but at the same time
remember,
someone else's shoes will not always fit.
To understand others better, we have to
understand ourselves and walk in our own shoes.
Understand who we are, where we're coming from
and where we're going.
Consciousness
Sometimes, while doing even a special task, our
consciousness tends to
become ordinary because of negative feelings for
the self or others.
Such thoughts make even a special task into an
ordinary one. So what
has to be done in a beautiful way is done in a
very ordinary way. So
there is a tendency to just perform action and
finish the task at hand,
which does not bring specialty and accuracy as
much as it should. We
need to understand that as is the consciousness,
so is the feeling
behind the task, and therefore its quality. When
we are able to start
each task with a special consciousness, like "I
am victorious", or "I
am powerful" or "this task is for the benefit of
all", we are able to
experience the specialty of doing the task. We
are also able to
increase our state of self-respect, whatever the
task or however simple
it maybe.
Self Respect
Self-respect depends on knowing who I am,
knowing my eternal (ageless), spiritual self.
When I have found that sense of spiritual
identity, I feel I have a right to be here, to
exist. Without the spiritual dimension, it is
very difficult to really respect myself deeply.
In this case, I base my respect on identifying
with the superficial (artificial) aspects of my
being: looks, gender, success, my life partner,
my intelligence. With such artificial
identification, I will never have a stable sense
of self-respect, because people's opinions
change. Today they love me, tomorrow they reject
me. What is the result of depending on their
opinions? I will end up fluctuating all the time
- feeling positive when they say good things,
and feeling down when they say negative things.
To stay stable in my self-respect, I need to
have a deeper understanding of my spiritual
identity (the foundation of this being that I am
a soul) and tap into those riches that are
within me forever, waiting to blossom, like the
flower from the seed.
As I become spiritually aware, those riches and
resources start flowing out of me. The more
stable I am in my self-respect and spirituality,
the more I radiate what I truly am. I feel a
deep sense of contentment and I am happy to be
me, however I am. I accept myself as I am.
Soul Sustenance
Neutralizing Anger
What is a good neutralizer for anger? Peace you
would say. It’s not only peace, but a
combination of truth,
peaceand love,
in equal amounts. Truth and peace are the two
inner states, which never ever leave us. Both
remain permanently within each one of us. We
already know, inside our subconscious and
sometimes even consciously, thetruth about
anger and we can call our inner peace whenever
we want – it’s there to be used. But what
happens in real life situations is that we lose
awareness of what is true i.e. the truth that
anger is harmful and the truth of 'who I am'.
And we also forget the practice of peacefulness
because some negative situation or experience
temporarily blocks our access to the peace of
our heart.
Peace is also deeply connected with love and we
all have experienced many a times that it is
impossible to feel loving and angry at the same
time. Both cannot co-exist. In fact it is love that
is the healing balm for our heart, that we our
self have stabbed and wounded by indulging in
many anger habits since we were young. But what
happens is that we search for love and peace
from the hearts of others. That means we have
not yet realized that we already have what we
search for, within our own hearts. To heal the
wounds of anger, which can be in different forms
like irritation, resentment, hatred, revenge,
rage, etc., it is essential to rediscover the truth of
who we are and the peace and loveof
what we are.
Message for the day
Simplicity is the promise of happiness.
Expression:
The
one who is simple is able to see through the
complications of situations and people. He has
the ability to only pick out what is useful and
worthy from the expanse of all that is
available. A simple person's words and actions
are the ones that give happiness to those
around.
Experience:
When
I am simple in my vision and attitude, I am able
to remain happy, as I am free from the
complications of all that is happening. My mind
is not caught up with unnecessary things, and I
am able to remain easy in the most difficult
situations. This attitude of mine also helps in
creating an environment of happiness where
others too experience this happiness.