25.02.2015

Bad Habits
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to
get into, but hard to get out of.
Purity
A powerful, yet often misunderstood, aim of
spiritual study is purity.
Purity of the soul means to return to its
original divine qualities.
The soul has become so polluted with less than
divine qualities, it can
hardly enjoy being alive. Purifying the soul
puts the higher self back
in charge - useless and negative thoughts are
removed and annoying
habits finish. A pure soul cannot be touched by
sorrow; indeed the
power of purity is such, it serves to remove the
sorrow of the whole
world. Purity restores happiness - even bliss.
All you need to do, in
order to re-establish your purity, is want it.
But you need to want it
intensely, to the exclusion of everything else.
The one thought, "I
must become completely pure". sparks a fire of
love between you and
God. This fire melts away all the pollution, and
your purity becomes
such a power that it frees you from all battles
for ever.
Soul Power Over Role Power
Every act that we are involved in throughout the
day is made possible or real by two entities -
role and soul working in conjunction with each
other. Although, it is a spiritual fact that the
soul is the master and makes the role function,
without the soul the role cannot function; while
playing any role in our day-to-day life we tend
to forget this fact and our entire focus falls
on the role that is to be played, forgetting
that by doing that, we bring down the
probability of success of that role in our
personal or professional life. Focusing
positively on the soul and its components while
playing the role fills the role with soul power
and focusing on the role and its components
while playing the role fills the role with
something you could call role power. We need
to create a balance between the role and the
soul and a balance in using both role and soul
power to bring about the success of the role,
the role could be of any type. Even a project
that you have to work on in the office which is
going to last for a month is an example of a
temporary role you have to play. There are many
other examples of roles - getting your child's
homework done, preparing food for the entire
family, doing charity work at the club together,
taking part in an extracurricular activity in
school or college, etc.
Any such or other role will consist of some
or all of these components - various tasks,
interaction with people or relationships,
mediums like wealth and other objects, time,
knowledge of everything connected with the role
including the components that make up the role,
etc. All these components are physical in
nature and make up the role. The power that
these components possess makes up what we call
role power. Now, what happens is that as soon as
we step into the role each day or on a
particular day, obviously our aim is to bring
about success of the role, but to achieve that, our
entire focus falls on using the power of the
role, neglecting the immense potential that soul
power possesses. We spend our day and night
in streamlining the role components for the well
being of the role, not realizing that this
purpose could be more easily achieved, if the
focus is more on using soul power, obviously
without neglecting role power (without which the
purpose cannot be achieved).
In tomorrow's message, we shall explain the
various components that make up soul power.
Soul Sustenance
What Is Karma Yoga ?
Karma Yoga implies two things:
• yoga (meditation) by which the karmas are
elevated and purified;
• those karmas by which the remembrance
of the Supreme Being (God) is maintained and
strengthened.
The loveful remembrance of the Supreme, is not
just a "sitting" matter. If we approach
meditation from this angle (as only a sitting
practice), any real change in practical life
takes a very long time. We should not only use
meditation to improve our actions but also
modify our actions to improve our meditation. In
this way, theory and practice should be
simultaneous. As the soul takes virtues and
powers from the Supreme Soul, it gives to the
world, thus increasing the capacity to take and
give.
In the sitting meditation, be it five minutes or
two hours, the soul dives deeply into itself and
establishes an unbroken mental link with the
Supreme. When the sitting finishes and the soul
has to go back into the world of action and
responsibility, the link need not be forgotten.
The hands can be involved with the work and the
mind can still be with the Supreme Soul.
Message for the day
The one who is powerful finds one or the other
means to finish waste.
Expression:
Life brings lots of
situations which naturally bring about waste
thoughts. But the one who is powerful searches
for ways and means to finish this waste. Such a
person is like a skilled player who is waiting
for an opportunity to give his best. So each
situation is used as a means to use of all the
resources in the right way. Even if there is one
method that doesn't work, there is always a
search for a new method to bring about the right
solution.
Experience:
When I am able to remain
powerful even in the most difficult situation, I
am able to recognise the powers that are within
me and use them for overcoming that situation. I
am never afraid of difficult situations, nor do
I wish for life to be smooth without
difficulties. Instead, I use each problem as a
challenge to bring out the best from within me.
So with each challenging situation, I find
myself becoming more and more powerful.