Complete
Everything
A task left undone remains undone in two places -at the
actual location of the task, and inside your head.
Incomplete tasks in your head consume the energy of your
attention as they gnaw at your conscience. They siphon
off a little more of your personal power every time you
delay. No need to be a perfectionist, that's
debilitating in an imperfect world, but it's good to be
a 'completionist'. If you start it, finish it...or
forget it. Do it - or dump it!
Expectations
It is very natural to help someone when we see them in
need. At that time we don't expect anything from them
and continue to extend help. But when we need help or
support we begin to expect from those whom we had helped
and if they don't, our feelings are hurt. At the time
that we are providing help, we need to consciously
remind ourselves not to have expectations. Again when we
need help and find ourselves expecting from others, we
need to explain to ourselves that whatever help we have
given will surely come back to us at the right time. The
seed that we have sown will not be wasted away but will
surely bear fruit.
The Art Of Forgetting In Relationships
Sometimes, someone says something in two minutes that
makes you feel really bad - they said it in two minutes
but it is still there inside the register of your mind
two months or even two years later. How could they! Who
do they think they are! Something happened in two
minutes and you remember it, you repeat it again in your
mind and in your words during interactions with others.
You keep replaying the scene repeatedly in your mind.
Just like an action replay of a cricket match, you see
the replays from different angles and judge the scene in
many different and negative ways and come to different
conclusions, most of which are negative in nature.
With this you strengthen that experience in your mental
register. Memories and the experiences associated with
the memories replayed continuously in the conscious mind
enter your sub-conscious, so that even after a long
period of time you remember what they said to you. The
other person unburdened themselves and forgot it
straightaway.
It's like your neighbor who takes out rubbish, throws it
outside his house, into your compound and forgets about
it and you allow that rubbish to remain there, without
thinking of getting it cleaned. Someone throws a few
words at you and they forget, but not only do you not
forget but you repeat them in your mind to such a point
that at times these action replays do not even let you
sleep. We need to learn the art of forgetting
memories that generate shadows of hurt or pain in our
present. The past has already gone and what you have
now is the present moment.
Soul Sustenance
Principles for the Body To Make Early Morning Meditation
Successful (cont.)
• Freshen the self before morning meditation, with a
shower or a hot drink. Avoid speaking before the
meditation.
• Sit with an upright posture, away from the walls or
comfortable chairs. If the body is ill, awaken but sit
comfortably, and do not force the self.
• Have a good circulation of fresh air.
• Subtle lighting creates an atmosphere of meditation.
If it is too dark it will lead to sleepiness; if it is
too light there will be eye-strain.
• Burn incense sticks ("agarbattis"), only if it doesn't
irritate your and others' eyes and throats.
Message for the day
Our words are effective only when we combine them with
pure thoughts and inspirational actions.
Projection:
As soon as we find someone's mistake it is natural for
us to give correction through our words. We tend to
explain to others using a lot of words. Yet we find that
in spite of saying the right thing we are not being
listened to and our words are just wasted away. We don't
understand at such times where the problem lies.
Solution:
To enable our corrections to others to be effective, we
have to combine our thoughts, words and actions. There
need to be good wishes in our thoughts which also brings
sweetness in our words. We also need to take care that
we are putting into action all that we are talking. When
we do this we will find that our words are really
effective.