09.04.2015

Being Vague
Being vague can save
time but when communication lacks clear
information, it may lead to mistakes or vague
results.
Being vague with certain people can limit their
interference in our life. But they may take
advantage of unclear expectations and
boundaries.
So watch out for vagueness. Know when to be
vague and when not to be.
Be Carefree!
Enjoy a carefree
life, renounce the consciousness of I and mine.
The more we surrender our ego, the lighter and
easier our life
becomes. The consciousness of I and mine either
makes us arrogant or
weak. It creates a lot of conflicts in
relationships and finishes the
beauty of life. When we consider everything we
have as God's property
then our responsibilities become His
responsibilities. He fills us
with extra specialities and powers to carry out
His task no matter
however daunting it may seem. When we surrender
our will to Him
everything happens for the best.
The Three Roles Of
God In The World Drama (cont.)
God as a Sustainer We need to understand
God's role clearly as a sustainer. We have to
understand the difference between physical and
spiritual sustenance. We may think that God
is the sustainer in the sense that He gives us
our goods, wealth, health, food, water, air and
so on. If that were so, why should He give more
of these things to some and not to others? Why
do poverty, starvation and disease exist if God
is a sustainer and provider of all in the
physical sense?
Whatever I do or do not possess I have earned
for myself. It is not God who pays us our
salaries. Whatever fruits I earn are the results
of my own efforts. As a spiritual sustainer, He
fills us with His power and virtues like
peace, bliss, purity and happiness. He also
shares with us spiritual knowledge and
bestows his love and blessings on us, all of
which help us in our spiritual effort, so that
we can transform (change) ourselves and does not
provide us with food and wealth.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
Meditation
– Obstacles Faced By Beginners
Concentration has been described as holding
the mind to one thought so that it takes the
shape of that thought.
Raja Yogameditation (as taught by the
Brahma Kumaris) means to collect together the
scattered forces of one's thoughts, establish
them in the real self and then connect with the
Supreme Soul. Initially when a practitioner
begins to practice Raja Yoga, it can be
difficult to concentrate the mind on the self
and God for more than a few seconds, because
thoughts are easily distracted. This happens
naturally. During the initial attempts, the
moments of concentration are bound to be few,
short and erratic, but even a single moment of
concentration is extremely valuable because it
gives a taste of that inner bliss which sustains
further concentration. This should be treated as
a period of test and trial.
Negative sanskars will come to the
surface. Thoughts of one's physical identity and
burdens will create hurdles. Any attempt to
drive them out will merely encourage them more
intensely. The practitioner should take it
cheerfully and transform the interfering
thoughts by thinking about positive points of
spiritual knowledge. When the mind experiences a
flow of powerful, pure thoughts, then the pure
experience of the soul's qualities is possible.
Some meditation practitioners try to forcibly
create a mental void by driving out all thoughts
in an attempt to control the negative and
excessive ones. Such a mental vacuum is only
temporary and expels the good thoughts also
along with the bad ones. Pure thoughts are
nourishment for the soul which leads to a
practical meditation experience.
Message for the
day
The best way to
get respect is to give respect to the self.
Expression:
There is always an
expectation of getting respect from those
around. The one who is totally dependent on
others for their own sense of well-being tends
to react to situations, even if they are very
insignificant ones. On the other hand, the one
who is able to give respect to the self gives
respect to others too and so gets respect
himself.
Experience:
When I am able to see my own
specialities I am able to have respect for
myself. Then I am not dependent on external
sources for my inner state of mind. I remain
free from all external influences, and am able
to become a source of influence for those around
me. I constantly enrich my own internal state
with each thing that happens.