10.09.2014

Get Past Your Past
Let the past be the past - both my past and the past of
others. There's no need to keep repeating the past in my
head. Think: Whatever happened, happened, it's OK for me
to move on. Let me be supportive and make it easy, not
difficult - for myself and others. When I stay in the
present, everything is pleasant.
Helping Others
We usually want to do a lot to help others or serve them
in some way or the other, but sometimes we find that we
don't find the right opportunity. At other times even we
do find such opportunities we don't real find that they
are according to our desire. We need to keep the thought
in our mind constantly to be of help to others. Then we
will not just wait for bigger situations or things to
provide help to others. Instead we will be able to
extend our help to others in little ways. Even such help
provided in little ways will get us the opportunity to
serve in bigger ways.
Are You Directing Your Inner Orchestra Well?
Our inner orchestra is made up of different music
instruments - the different instruments are: our
memories, desires, tendencies, mind, beliefs, emotions,
feelings, fears, intuition, judgements, creativity, our
imagination... When you direct your inner orchestra
well, you can remain unaffected by external influences
without succumbing to them. When the orchestra directs
you, you dance from one side to another without a clear
direction and with a music that is not very harmonious
or sweet; it is noisy and you suffer. Who is the
director of this orchestra? You. Who are you? You - the
consciousness, you - the soul, you - the being.
When your consciousness is in charge, you make the
orchestra play according to the inner voice of your
being, according to your purest intentions and values.
You can. You simply have to be awake, alert and
attentive. If the director of the orchestra closes his
eyes for a few moments and covers up his ears, what
happens to the orchestra? You have to keep the eyes of
your inner spiritual vision open; what is called the
third eye. And listen with your heart, not with your
physical heart but with the heart of your being. If your
orchestra rules over you, and you - the director - are
stiff, without flexibility, asleep, un-sympathetic, you
will not be able to achieve your dreams or arrive at the
destiny that you would like to reach. And, to make
things worse, when your orchestra dominates you, you are
more vulnerable to being dominated by the orchestra of
others. Or you will allow someone else to direct your
inner orchestra.
This is the ideal road on which to get trapped and
suffer. Is this what you want?
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
Taking Responsibility, Overcoming Guilt (cont.)
There is a difference between when we have established
our own code of values or beliefs in life, and when we
feel obliged (forced) to obey an imposed code of
beliefs.
It is important for us to accept on an inner level
the code by which we think we should be guided and act.
When we act out of obligation (compulsion), by
following a code of beliefs or behaviors that we feel
have been imposed but aren't accepted as our own, we
should ask ourselves why we act out of obligation
(compulsion), basing ourselves on a code we have not
accepted. Are we perhaps afraid that, if we don't do it,
we will feel guilty? When we violate the codes of
belonging to a group, family, social class or community,
generally we feel guilty. If this guilt leads us to
question ourselves about what is right for our
conscience, we progress in our personal growth and
improve our clarity.
It is necessary to respect ourselves, being clear
about what the beliefs are on which we base our life,
think, feel and evaluate. This will help us to avoid
the gap between what we should and what we want to do.
Until the should and the want are joined, we leave an
open space for guilt. When we act according to how
we feel we should, we will feel guilt for not
doing what we want. While we act according to
what we want, we will feel guilt for not doing
what we should. When guilt warns us that there is
something to check and correct within us and we are
willing to see it, have a dialogue with the self and
clarify, we are on the right path. Sometimes guilt acts
as an excuse for us to apologize without really taking
on the responsibility for what happened; we pass on the
responsibility to the established norms, norms that in
this case we haven't accepted as our own. In any case,
the solution to guilt is to take on self-responsibility.
Message for the day
The one who checks himself constantly is the one who
experiences progress.
Projection:
The one who keeps checking himself is also able to bring
about a change in himself. Such a person takes each
situation as a chance to learn something new and bring
about some change for the better. So there is constant
improvement in his life.
Solution:
When something goes wrong, if I learn to check myself
and bring about a change immediately, I will be able to
experience constant progress. No situation will make me
have negative feelings or make me stop, but I will be
able to enjoy everything that comes my way.