
Miss Everything
You can only be in
one place at any moment in time. If you feel you
are missing out on something then you are. But
it's not the party, or being with another person
that you're missing, it's your own life. As long
as you are thinking of where you could be, you
are marking yourself absent from where you are
now. Which means you are nowhere. Many people
spend their entire life in 'nowhere'. Not a wise
choice!
Fear
Our deepest fear is
not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is
that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our
light, not our
darkness, that most frightens us. We ask
ourselves, "Who am I to be
brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?"
Actually, who are you
not to be? You are a child of God! Your playing
small doesn't serve
the world. There's nothing enlightened about
shrinking so that other
people won't feel insecure around you. We were
born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us. It's not
just in some of us; it's
in everyone. And, as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give
other people permission to do the same. As we
are liberated from our
own fear, our presence automatically liberates
others.
The Role Of
Emotions In The Functioning Of The Soul
Inside the soul, there are four components -
thoughts, feelings, emotions and
sanskaras. Thoughts and feelings are
present more on the surface of the soul in the
conscious. Emotions and sanskaras on the
other hand are less easily perceived and lie
below thoughts and feelings.
Sanskaras can be defined as the traces
left on the soul due to actions performed by it
and also due to its interactions with others in
relationships.
Emotions, on the other hand, are impulses
associated with the sanskaras and are
very close to these traces.
The internal functioning of the soul is cyclic -
'thoughts gives rise to actions, actions give
rise to sanskaras, and sanskaras
give rise to further thoughts'. This
description becomes complete, when we add an
additional component - emotions. The deepest
component inside the soul is the sanskaras.
Next up from sanskaras are the emotions,
above that are feelings and then finally the
uppermost component inside the soul is the
thoughts.
Thoughts can be caught instantly. Feelings can
be seen and perceived if I stop for a moment and
check. Emotions are deeper than both of them and
are very close to the sanskaras, and just
as its difficult to see all the sanskaras
of an individual, we can't always see their
emotions.
Feelings, being more towards the surface, can be
clearly identified, but you have to go deeper to
see the quality of emotions a person is creating
and the quality of his/her sanskaras.
Soul Sustenance
Universal
Concepts About The Supreme Being or God - Part 3
Continuing from yesterday’s message:
The Zoroastrians worship God as fire (Indian
Zoroastrians are called Parsis).
The ancient Egyptians worshiped the sun as God.
A Buddhist sect in Japan focuses the mind on a
small oval shape. They call it Karni, the
Peace-giver.
The Jews have the Menorah (a candlestick or
holder for many candles together) which when lit
is a memory of the form of God as light.
It seems therefore that human beings, without
realizing, have all been worshipping and trying
to discover the same God. There is only one God
and His form is light. If union between the soul
and the Supreme Soul is to take place, it can
only be possible if there is knowledge and
experience of that form.
On the basis of our (soul and the Supreme Soul)
similarities of form and place of residence, I
learn from God of my own original sanskars
of peace, purity, love, knowledge, power and
bliss. As I tune my thoughts to Him, His
influence fills these original qualities in me.
He is the perfect and infinite fountain, indeed
the ocean, of these qualities. His superiority
lies in the depth, clarity and continuity of His
divine sanskars. Whilst human souls
fluctuate between peace and peacelessness; love
and hatred; knowledge and ignorance; sorrow and
joy, God is ever constant and above and beyond
these fluctuations.
Message for the
day
Humility wins
hearts.
Expression:
The one who is humble is able
to put the other person forward. Such a person
recognizes, appreciates and uses the
specialities of others for the success of any
task. So, along with giving the best, he is also
able to bring out the best in the other person
too. So, he is able to do the best in any task.
Experience:
When I am humble, I experience harmony in
relationships. I am able to learn from the
different experiences and make myself better and
better each day. So, I experience success in all
I do. I am also able to win the hearts of others
and get good wishes from them.