27.04.2014

Clearest water in the world, Cayo
Coco beach
Honesty & Clarity
Honesty does not mean
simply speaking your mind. Honesty means to be very
clear about everything going on inside you. Where there
is honesty, feelings become pure and clean. Honesty is
where there are no other thoughts or feelings inside,
other than those that God himself would have. Such
clarity is reflected in your words; they will be filled
with the power of truth, and spoken with ease and
without hesitation. The genuine honesty cultivated
within you is what will reach out and touch others.
Taming the mind
In ancient
times, the mind was understood to be extremely difficult
to control. It was said to be like the wind: you could
never catch it, or hold it - it went where it wished and
no human being could become its master. In other
instances, it was said that the mind was like an
elephant: extremely powerful but equally gentle and
patient, able to do a lot of work for its master.
However, when an elephant turns wild, its gentleness and
patience completely disappear and it destroys and
damages everything in its path. When the mind is under
stress, it resembles a wild elephant; it has no control
and cannot be controlled.
Taming the mind is regarded as a great art requiring
time, attention, practice and, above all, a sincerity of
heart where individuals truly want to change their way
of thinking. To relax, to be positive, to be peaceful
and kind all require a change in our thought patterns
and this can only happen when we look deeply within.
However hard they try, other people cannot change us; we
must have personal realization and the desire to make
changes through our own effort. Permanent and positive
change cannot be imposed from outside; it is something
that we choose.
Thoughts As Energy
Just as the physical atmosphere is
the result of climatic conditions and air quality, there
is a subtle (non-physical) atmosphere which cannot be
seen, heard or measured but can be experienced and
influenced by the mind and analyzed by the intellect. It
is variously described as the prevailing mood, the
vibration and so on. What is the cause of this
nonphysical atmosphere, these vibrations?
Thought has been proven to be a powerful yet
non-physical energy, which can influence other souls and
matter. Thoughts, emotions, desires and moods generate a
field around the soul, just like an electric field, can
be called positive, negative or neutral, depending on
the quality of its effect on other souls and on matter.
When a large number of souls are all experiencing
positive thoughts, feelings and emotions, then the
atmosphere becomes charged with positivity. When they
are experiencing negative emotions, the opposite
happens.
Soul Sustenance
Comparing Atom And Atma (cont.)
The human body is also
a complex pattern of physical energies. Atomic particles
build together to form the organic structures and
inorganic minerals which perform the body's chemical
interactions, thus forming the basis of the hormonal and
nervous control of the body. What we see as old or
young, ugly or beautiful, male or female, is also the
effect of these differing levels of physical energies
between neighboring atoms. However marvelous a machine
the body may be, it is the presence of the soul which
makes it function.
One of the basic differences between souls and atoms
is that while souls can exercise choice of their
movements, where and when to go somewhere, atoms cannot
obviously exercise such choice. In a way you could
say that a soul is a point-source of spiritual energy
that has awareness of its own existence. Atoms do not.
Message for the day
Problems can be
solved when there is the faith that every problem has a
solution.
Projection:
When faced with a problem, there's a
lot of thinking that goes into it. We sometimes end up
only worrying about the problem thinking that we are
trying to find a solution. But worrying never brings any
solution. We only end up getting disheartened and give
up trying. What then remains is just the problem and a
lot of waste thoughts.
Solution:
Instead of worrying about the problem and wasting time,
it's important to work for the solution to the best of
our ability with the faith that the solution will be
found. Even if we are not able to find a solution at
that time, it is important to have the faith that it
will be found. Only then will we be able to relieve
ourselves from worrying.