22.01.2015

Get More Out of Sleep
Sleep is part of our lives. So why not improve
the quality of your sleep! Make simple changes
that work best for you.
Here are a few tips to get more out of sleep:
eat a lighter meal earlier in the evening;
exercise early; give yourself 'no screens', 'no
phones' 30 minutes before bedtime.
Inner Eye
Life means change, movement and growth. When the
storms of change and inconstancy are swirling
around us, we need the inner eye of stillness
and stability to give us the inner strength to
cope. It provides us
with the platform for clear decision making and
powerful thoughts.
Anchored in the eternal unchanging truths of
spirituality, we need not
resist change but can embrace it.
Cooking And Eating With A Spiritual Touch
Nowadays, we are continuously bombarded with
details about the physical aspects of what we
eat and the effects that different ingredients
may or may not have on us, and naturally this is
important. But in this heap of information, we
tend to overlook one crucial factor: the
consciousness (state of mind) of the person
cooking and the effect that this will have upon
the food, and thus also on those who eat it. A
cook not only prepares food in a physical place,
but also in a spiritual or inner space. And just
as the physical surroundings are best kept clean
and in order, so should be the state of mind of
those in the kitchen. A simple and familiar
example of this concept at work can be seen in
the way that home cooking, especially that of
one's mother, holds a special place in our
hearts. The love and care with which it is
prepared sometimes gives us more joy than
perhaps food eaten in a restaurant setting where
food may be prepared with greater cooking and
technical skills but where negative emotions
related like anxiety, arrogance, stress, and
greed (in the business like restaurant
environment) may affect the energy of the food
cooked over there, on a subtle or vibrational
(non-physical) level.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
Understanding Anger
What is anger and why does it happen? It’s
simple. Anger is a response to someone who
does not do what you want them to do, or who
does do what you do not want them to do. That
someone could be one individual or a group of
individuals. It could also be something,
where a certain situation has not happened the
way you wanted, needed or expected it to. As we
watch the world events we become angry at the
actions of one nation towards another, one group
towards another, a few towards many, and many
towards one etc. This is because a) we are
attached to the way things are b) we identify
with the pain experienced by one side and feel
that pain ourselves (in fact we create it in
sympathy) and our response is to become upset.
Anger is the emotion. What we do not see and
realize is that we only hurt ourselves, and we
cannot help others who are suffering from their
own anger, when we ourselves create anger in
response.
Message for the day
To have love for God means to be protected from
weaknesses.
Expression:
To have love for God means to
have love for the perfection that is present
within each and every individual, which means to
be able to recognise and relate to everyone's
specialities. When this is done, automatically
one remains free from one's own weaknesses and
fears and also from looking at the imperfections
in others.
Experience:
God's love frees me from all
worries and concerns. There will be that close
connection with God that will enable me to feel
light and easy as God takes care of all my
worries and troubles. The faith that God is with
me frees me from negativity and so I also find
my faith making me an instrument to help others
to be free from negativity. I am able to give
hope and courage to others too.