19.04.2015

Forgiveness Brings Me Closer to Others
Why is it hard to
forgive others? Usually because we believe that
they are 90% to blame for the problem, that I am
not as bad as they are. So I start to carry the
load of other people's actions. If my ego is too
hurt, I will have the sense of correction, of
justice: 'I know I am right', 'That is not
fair'. But if I start to forgive from the heart,
sincerely, then this kind of feeling and
attitude begins to dissolve. I remain humble and
this forgiveness will bring me closer to others.
Then I do not carry regrets or anger, I just let
go and remain light.
Focus on Happiness
The reason why
negative thought energies are so detrimental to
our
well-being is that they frustrate the universal
forces that can create
a happy, healthy and successful life. They keep
our true potential
trapped in a mental prison of our own making.
"We are what we think,
all that we are arises with our thoughts," said
the Buddha, "with our
thoughts, we make the world." In other words,
you are constantly
creating your circumstances by the way you
think. It's as if you had a
guided missile in your unconscious that
relentlessly directs you
towards its target, and the target is whatever
your thoughts dwell on.
Think doom and gloom, and that's what you'll
get. Focus on happiness
and optimism, and they're already yours. "
Stages of Meditation
to Realize The Self
1. Relax your body.
2. Withdraw your attention from
everything around you, including your body.
3. Affirm (confirm), using your thoughts,
your identity as a soul or spirit, and your
nature as peaceful and full of love.
4. Contemplate (think) the knowledge of
yourself as a soul, a point of spiritual light,
situated in the centre of your forehead.
5. Concentrate attention on yourself as a
peaceful, loving being.
6. Experience (visualize) yourself as a
soul and acknowledge the feelings of inner
peace.
7. Maintain, without force, consciousness
(awareness) of yourself as a soul even while in
action and while interacting with others.
Soul Sustenance
Negative
Reactions To Negative Actions
We very commonly react negatively with anger to
another person’s anger filled words or actions,
which we perceive to be unjustified or
unreasonable. But this kind of action on our
part, which we feel is our right and is a
justified reaction or response, only adds to the
negative energy already existing inside a
particular situation, increasing the energy and
making the situation even more complicated and
difficult to resolve. Two negatives never
make a positive, they make a higher negative, to
which a very high positive has to be added (as
compared to before) to bring the situation back
to neutral or normal. Also, when you react, you
are doing exactly what you believe the other
person, the attacker, is doing – injuring
someone on an emotional level, which is a form
of subtle violence.
Lastly and very importantly, the other
person’s negative and impulsive behavior,
directed at you, portrays that at that
particular moment he/she is experiencing an
emptiness or void of wisdom, joy, peace, love
and power, a void which he/she believes you have
created and can only be re-filled by you.
The anger filled action is a desire directed
towards you, for this filling up. Hidden behind
his/her anger is the feeling, "Because of this
person, I have lost my happiness at this
particular moment and he/she should give it back
to me immediately", which means that the other
person is lacking the realization that no other
person is ever responsible for your happiness.
You are, always. Instead of switching on the
awareness of this spiritual fact and emerging
the value of forgiveness inside yourself,
forgiveness because the other person is lacking
this wisdom at that moment of time, you react,
which makes you similar to him possessing a
similar belief, something which you will
definitely not appreciate too much. But, what
happens is that the emotional storm inside you
at that moment hides your ability to see how you
are yourself injuring your spiritual heart.
While you are in that emotional state, there is
no way you can heal the wounds of the other’s
heart i.e. correct the other person.
Message for the
day
To have the right
attitude is to add meaning to circumstances.
Expression:
Circumstances are like
objects. They are not alive but they come to
life depending on the kind of attitude that one
has. If the attitude is positive, there is the
ability to make situations positive too. But if
the attitude is negative, even the most ordinary
situations seem to be negative. So every action
done with such an attitude creates a negative
impact on one's own life and that of others too.
Experience:
When faced with a situation, if I am able to
look at it in a positive way, I am able to make
the best of the situation. I accept the
situation as it is and I am able to be happy and
light. This positive state of mind creates a
great impact and it spreads around touching the
lives of others too.