
Iguazu Falls, Boundary of Brazil and Argentina
Healthy Expectations
Expectations are important. They define our
boundaries & ground rules on how we allow others
to treat us.
But often we assume others understand our
expectations, so when our expectations are not
met, we're hurt & disappointed.
To maintain healthy boundaries, learn to
communicate expectations clearly & adjust
unreasonable expectations.
Hero Actor
Normally it is understood that to get the best
role is to be a hero
actor. So we are more inclined towards a role
where we can get
people's praise. If people praise us we feel
good about it and if
they don't we are disappointed. We are usually
dependent on people's
appreciation. Yet it doesn't come by so
consistently. We can be a
hero actor at all times when we have attention
on every act of ours.
We make sure that none of our words or actions
are ordinary or waste.
Since we pay constant attention to everything we
do, we find that we
are able to give our best. We are then satisfied
with whatever is
happening since we know what we do is not as
important as how well we
do it.
The Three Mirrors For Inner Beauty (cont.)
In the last two days' messages, we have
explained the first mirror for inner beauty.
The second mirror is the mirror of meditation -
In the silence of meditation which is a
connection or the experience of a relationship
with the inner self and the Supreme Soul, each
day you come close to and dive deep into both of
them. When you create powerful, positive
thoughts about the self and you also visualize
your true spiritual self, you feel and
experience your true virtuous being, what you
are - radiant and free of all influences. That
experience helps you to see yourself as you
really are and in contrast to how you are now. Perhaps
you feel peaceless, disturbed and dejected
today, but by creating thoughts of peace and
contentment in meditation you quickly realize
that in reality that is your true nature. In
that way, it serves as a mirror for self
realization and checking and changing. When you
visualize the Supreme Soul during meditation and
experience His virtues, it helps you to see and
quickly realize yourself in contrast to Him and
make the required changes in yourself because
the child should reflect the qualities of the
Father. So a good practice then is to look
into this mirror and check yourself once in the
morning before the day's activities and once
before sleeping for 10 minutes each time. Also,
since this is the most powerful mirror, it is
extremely vital to carry this mirror with you
throughout the day and check yourself in it for
one minute after every hour. This may sound
too much time given to the inner self to many,
but all of us are aware that like an untidy,
unkempt external self is not pleasing to the
self and does not create a favorable impression
on those who come in contact with us, in the
same way that applies to the inner self also.
So one minute spent in looking into this mirror
and doing some self-introspection and checking
and changing will keep us looking good for the
next fifty nine minutes and if we do mess up
internally during those fifty nine minutes, then
corrections can be made quickly in the next one
minute break - it's as simple as that.
(To be continued tomorrow ....)
Soul Sustenance
The Five Spiritual And Five Physical Elements
(Part 2)
There are three entities around which the whole
World Drama revolves – the Supreme Soul, the
human souls and nature. Nature includes
everything non-living like mountains, rivers,
seas etc. and living things like plants, trees
etc. It also includes living beings like
animals, birds, insects etc. which are souls
with a lesser evolved intellect than human ones.
The human body also comes under the category of
nature. These three entities are in the form
of a hierarchy, the Supreme Soul is the most
powerful at the top of the hierarchy, in the
middle are the human souls and at the bottom of
the hierarchy is nature. The Supreme Soul
always remains an Ocean of the five virtues peace,
purity, wisdom, love and joy and is the only
entity in which the balance of these virtues is
always maintained right through eternity.
In human souls, as explained yesterday, in the
beginning of the world cycle, in the Golden Age,
these virtues are in balance. As human souls
come down in the birth-rebirth cycle and start
becoming influenced by body-consciousness or the
five vices - anger, ego, greed, attachment and
lust, all spiritual building blocks or virtues -
peace, purity, wisdom, love and joy start
getting depleted. In each soul, some virtues get
depleted more, some less. In each and every soul
the depletion is different depending on its
actions e.g. in some soul the depletion of peace
is immense compared to the other because of
picking up sanskaras of anger on its
journey and bringing them into actions or in
some soul the depletion of joy is immense
because of picking up a lot of attachment on the
way etc. This depletion of the five spiritual
elements or virtues upsets the balance between
them. This depletion and imbalance causes
negative spiritual energy waves or vibrations of
sorrow, anger, impurity, hatred, fear etc. from
human souls to spread in nature and starts
having a negative influence on the five physical
elements earth, air, water, fire and sky and
even the five spiritual elements peace, purity,
wisdom, love and joy in the souls of animals,
birds, insects, etc. upsetting the balance of
both. This is because nature (as defined in
the above paragraph) is lowest in the hierarchy,
lesser powerful and easily influenced by the
energy that human souls transmit or radiate.
This double imbalance of spiritual and physical
elements results in peacelessness, sorrow,
illness, poverty, natural calamities, accidents,
ecological imbalances etc. When all of these
reach their maximum extent, that Age is called
the Iron Age. This is an interesting principle
which needs to be understood clearly.
How do we restore the balance of the
spiritual and physical elements? We shall
explain that intomorrow's message.
Message for the day
Cooperation creates space for learning and
growth.
Expression:
The one who cooperates and
inspires cooperation is able to create a
conducive environment for the progress of all.
To inspire cooperation means to be able to
relate to the positivity in those around.
Relating to the positive aspect naturally
inspires others to use their specialities for
the success of the task. Their good wishes for
the task too emerge very naturally.
Experience:
Since I am able to relate to
others' positivity, I find myself enriched with
it. I subconsciously imbibe what I perceive. I
get a chance and a space to learn and progress.
The journey towards success in itself is a
joyful experience and there is harmony in
working with others. Thus I find success too
easy to achieve as there is the contribution of
each one's speciality for the task.