19.02.2015

Ark Hotel – a
futuristic see-through bubble Ark Hotel that can
be adapted to suit both land and water is being
billed as a “self-contained oasis”. It is
built to stay afloat in the event of floods or
rising seas.
Antidote to Stormy Emotions
Are your emotions easily affected by people and
events? If so, then like the sea, when the
weather is calm your waves roll gently. But when
stormy winds blow, you become wild and out of
control.
If you make time to dive deep into the sea,
beneath your emotions, you will experience a
world of stillness and great strength. Then,
you'll stay unaffected - resilient to the winds
of change.
Patience
Patience is a virtue and a power too. Patience
tells us that the
journey of a thousand miles begins with a single
step and that we get
over there one step at a time. Patience teaches
us not to rush. Knowing
that there is a reason and a season for
everything it enables us to
smile at the challenges, realizing that there is
an answer to every
problem. And, even though we cannot see it, yet
there is awareness that
within every crisis is an opportunity.
Cleaning Up The Cupboards Of Your Mind (cont.)
The first thing that meditation teaches us is to
cleanse (clean up) the mind of the useless
thoughts that it creates in the present moment.
While your mind identifies with these kinds of
thoughts and sees them as absolutely normal, it
will not be able to concentrate. And if it
cannot concentrate, it will not be able to
cleanse in depth. Meditation helps you to live
through that inner process without pain.
From a space of love, experienced in
meditation, you feel secure in order to open up
the cupboards of your subconscious mind. Do
not open them before commencing (beginning) the
practice of meditation, because the accumulated
pain can be overwhelming and the loneliness
experienced, when you see what you find inside,
can terrify you. Because you are alone, with
yourself, with your past and with your present
and you are alone here, with your inner
cupboards and your files. In the silence of
contemplative meditation you feel a divine
energy accompanying you which helps you overcome
this fear of loneliness. You feel embraced
by the energy and the presence of unconditional
love, which it showers on you - it accepts you
as you are, which makes the cleaning up process
easier.
Soul Sustenance
The Location And The Form Of The Soul (Part 1)
When I look in a mirror I don't see my
reflection but that of my body. The soul is
actually looking through the windows of the eyes
from some point inside the head. When viewed
from the front, this region appears to be
between and slightly above the line of the
eyebrows. As the brain is the control centre for
all of the various processes of the body -
metabolism, the nervous, endocrine,
immunological, and lymphatic systems - it makes
sense that the soul be located somewhere in the
brain. Just as the driver in a car sits behind
the wheel with the steering wheel in his hands,
the soul sits in a specific point in the centre
of the brain. This is important to know for
meditation purposes because it is the place to
which attention is first directed in the effort
to concentrate the thoughts: I am the soul, a
tiny point of conscious light energy centered in
the spot between the eyebrows.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Message for the day
To listen to others fully is to be able to be
free from repeating mistakes.
Expression:
When there is criticism that
comes one's way, it should be carefully analysed
to see if there is any truth in it. If there is
correction can be made accordingly. On the other
hand, if others' criticism is ignored or there
is a tendency to defend oneself, there cannot be
any correction and mistakes are repeated.
Experience:
When I listen to others with
honesty, I am able to discover even the most
negligible aspect in my behaviour which I can
change. So I find myself constantly improving
and progressing and moving on towards success.
So having brought about a change, even the
criticism that comes my way stops.