16.04.2015

A pod of 9 dolphins surfing a wave behind a
stand-up paddle boarder - talk about an
experience ! Elouera Beach, Cronulla, Sydney,
Australia
Full of Drama
Take life as it is,
full of drama and adventure. Experience the fun
and the excitement, if not, it'll turn into
melodrama !
So, the next time things get dramatic in your
life, add the ingredient of humour and go from
feeling heavy to being light.
Lighten up and you'll lighten up the situation;
going from melodrama to enjoying the drama of
life.
Wasteful Thoughts
By having the
sanskars or personality of wasteful thoughts,
you
increased the duration of a situation. When you
have wasteful
thoughts, you understand that they are wasteful,
but just as there is
great force of a river or an ocean, so the flow
of wasteful thoughts
is so fast that they pull you. No matter how
much you try to stop
them, they still continue to flow. You
understand and you also think
that it is not right; you understand that it
causes a great loss, but
you still continue to allow them to flow. What
is the reason for this ?
The lack of the power to transformation.
The Filtration
Process In The Soul
The mind and its creation i.e. thoughts, in
these times, in most people, are controlled by
three main factors:
i. their habits or sanskaras
ii. their past experiences, and
iii. information which they are exposed to and
which they imbibe.
The intellect is like a filter which has the
function of discriminating, of judging the
thoughts and deciding which ones to put into
practice and which ones not to, basically
filtering them. Presently the filter of the
intellect has become weakened, confused and
unsure; it has become blocked by many incorrect
beliefs, due to which this filtration does not
take place properly - as a result many wrong
thoughts get converted into actions. A lot
of times during the day, thoughts become actions
so fast, that the filter of the intellect does
not even come into play i.e. thoughts become
actions bypassing the filter.
The beliefs that we have today are related to
our cultural, physical, social, religious,
political identity associated with our age,
gender, occupation, wealth, role etc. of our
body. Beliefs connected to materialism, to
having rather than being, are living
based on the perception of the sense organs, and
not on the intuition and the wisdom of the
spirit. There are beliefs that block you, or
brake you, others break you, they bring about
fears in you and a limited perception of reality
and of yourself. However much you try to
generate positive thoughts, if you do not change
these beliefs, their influence on the intellect
will be so strong that it is almost impossible
to maintain a positive state of mind. Even if
you experience it, it will be short-lived and
temporary.
Soul Sustenance
Universal
Concepts About The Supreme Being or God - Part 1
There are some universally accepted
characteristics of God:
• He is the creator and the one who
sustains and takes care of the entire world
population.
• He is the Highest of Highest.
• He is the Supreme Father.
• He is non-physical.
• He is omnipotent (one with unlimited
power).
• He is a living being.
• He is all-loving and possesses complete
knowledge.
• He is unchangeable.
• He is one and He is light.
• He is perfect in values and morals.
• He is absolutely just.
• He is the Supreme Benefactor (the one
who brings benefit to everyone).
• He is the savior of souls.
• He is the purifier.
• He is mysterious in His ways.
Even in those religions that believe in and
worship many Gods, there is one God who stands
above the others. Then there are other faiths
who believe God to be one single Supreme Being.
Traditions, sacred texts, monuments, sayings and
rituals all over the world, point to the
existence of and belief in one knowledgeful,
all-powerful and merciful being or soul. That
being is universally called out to and
recognized as the remover of sorrow, the giver
of happiness and the savior of the sinful.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Message for the
day
To be a master
means to win over habits
Expression:
Normally habits rule over the
person and there is the inability to be a master
over them. But to be a master is not to get
influenced negatively by the habits but to be a
stronger influence. The one who is a master
never reacts to situations, but is able to
respond to situations positively. Such a person
is free from negativity in words and actions.
Experience:
When there is inner silence I
am able to overcome the negative influence of my
habits. Inner silence comes with an experience
of positivity. With practice I experience
detachment from the situations and am able to
feel the inner powers which frees me from the
negativity of the situation too. So there is
victory over the habit.