14.03.2015

Artist: William-Adolphe
Bouguereau November
30, 1825 – August 19, 1905, French academic painter.
Let
Go
So much of what holds us back is our inability
to 'let go'.
Letting go is simply making a decision to no
longer allow something from the past to
influence your life in the present moment.
So let go!
Focus on the Goal
While moving towards the destination, we
generally tend to get
distracted with even the little things that
happen. Even a small
negative or positive incident is enough to
distract our thoughts from
the destination. We become so busy with such
things that our vision
moves away and there is no movement forward. We
need to first clarify
our goal. Once we have done this, we need to
take care that our vision
is focused on it. Even when situations come by,
trying to distract us,
we need to remind ourselves that these are only
side-scenes, which are
not important for us. It is more important to
keep our energies
focused towards the goal.
Soul Maintenance
In order to take care of the physical body, we
give importance to diet, exercise and to
proper rest or sleep.
In order to take care of the non-physical
self or soul, we need to make sure that we feed
our intellect with positive thoughts. Attention
needs to be kept on the diet of the
intellect. If we keep feeding it with positive
thoughts, then automatically it will make us
free from any heaviness and we will feel the
lightness of our own mind.
The regular practice of meditation for
5-10 minutes every morning is the exercise for
the soul. Meditation will help us master our
sense organs, think more peacefully and
powerfully, maintain our focus of inner
attention and therefore remain undisturbed by
external events (at the workplace or at home).
The third important thing is to give enough rest to
the soul. We sleep to energize the body. We need
to give rest to the soul in the form of silence
in the mind. Refuse to do anything in this one
minute. Just one minute of silence and
calmness every hour gives rest to our mind
and will empower (strengthen) us for the rest of
the hour. So we are able to do our work more
efficiently and effectively.
Soul Sustenance
Internal And External Attachments - Part 3
Each time we attach ourselves to anything
which is external or internal (we have
mentioned some common examples of both types of
attachments in the last two days’ messages),we
create fears, amongst which the main one is the
fear of loss of what I am attached to. The
attachment not only gives rise to fear but also
brings with it emotions like anger, ego,
sadness, jealousy, greed, comparisons, hatred
etc. All these emotions have their roots in
attachment, which gives rise to insecurity.
Any type of attachment out of the ones mentioned
in the last two days’ messages or some other is
a sanskar that is so deeply embedded
inside us that it seems normal to us. It is just
a sanskar but it has immense amount of
power and it manages to imprison us completely,
but most of the time we do not even realize we
are imprisoned. The negative emotional states
connected with this kind of attachment create a
state of internal mental pressure or an inner
emptiness and make us feel absolutely helpless
at times. Over a period of many births, we have
become so accustomed to these attachments and
the various forms of suffering connected with it
that we have started believing that these are an
integral part of the human personality and human
life since the beginning and are, therefore,
natural. And so we continue with the sanskar and
even keep strengthening it, never ever thinking
that it should be removed. We do this with
internal stress and unhappiness to the point
that even our health gets affected adversely. The
natural state of the self is free and not
attached in this way to anything. Attachments,
whether external or internal, are acquired at
different points of time in birth-rebirth cycle
and are not natural or there from the beginning. All
the things mentioned in the last two days’
messages have existed from the beginning but
attachment to them has not. The present
suffering indicates to us that these types of
attachments are something abnormal or not
natural.
Message for the day
True honesty brings clarity about the self.
Expression:
Honesty doesn't mean just
speaking the truth. Honesty means being clear
with oneself. Then it naturally brings clarity
about one's own capabilities. This clear
understanding enables one to do the best
according to the capacity. It gives the
recognition of a higher step that can be climbed
and brings the humility to learn from the
different lessons of life.
Experience:
When I am honest I am able to
know my own limitations and accept them with
love. This acceptance keeps me busy with what I
can do and also silently makes me ready for the
next step. When time comes, I am able to do it,
because I have already prepared myself for it. I
don't stop when situations demand more from me
because there is total clarity within.