11.07.2015

Idea
Those who are fired
with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to
take hold and dominate their thoughts find that
new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm
holds out, so will new opportunities.
Going Beyond
False Identifications
The more I identify
with the physical factors of my life, the more I
become a prisoner to my destiny or the various
up and downs of my life. E.g. if my self-respect
is attached to my beautiful new car, how will I
feel about myself when the car becomes old and
its beauty and shine reduce? Or if I my car is
stolen or gets immensely damaged in a road
accident? Then, I shall find myself in an
identity crisis. The same will be true if my
business or job is everything to me. If one day,
I am in a good financial state and I enjoy a
very respectable and dominant position, and the
next day I find myself in a dispute in my
profession and I suddenly lose all of that, and
nobody wants to know me, I will feel as if I
have lost my soul and have almost died. The
problem is sometimes so great that people do,
literally, lose their desire to live. It
happens, too, in relationships, when your
partner leaves you either due to a separation, a
divorce or even death - a partner in whom you
have invested all your love and emotions. Or if
my identity is tied to my back balance or
property, and suddenly I am broke.
All of these are
actually false identifications, and the crazy
part of living this way is that I can never be
satisfied, even if I succeed in maintaining my
false identity. These kind of false
identifications do not keep me placed stably on
my seat of self-respect and either bring about
an inferiority complex or a superiority complex
- both of which are false, so both bring
insecurity. Even while I am externally
successful, having my identity based on that
success means I am a slave to them. I've handed
over my self-esteem to them. I become addicted
to it.
Can
Love And Freedom Co-Exist (Exist Together)?
Is it possible to love each other and be free at
the same time? Yes. To reach this state in a
relationship great wisdom is required. Most
people love one another and tie one another
down. Thus they lose their freedom. When freedom
is lost, happiness goes away, and true wellbeing
gives way to unhappiness. Often we look above
all for love, a love we believe will change our
life. We see it as the recognition of our inner
value by another person. However, we trip over
ourselves in looking for this love. Necessity is
what motivates us and we try to satisfy it with
an object or person who matches up to
perfection. We have an immense emotional need
for love, and the fear of remaining in a state
of unsatisfied wanting. In our search to fill
our need, we are prepared to deceive ourselves
with unsuitable partners. Many people allow the
love of another person to define their
personality to such a point that, if they are
rejected, they lose any sense of who they are
and of the purpose they have in life. Often the
relationship is colored, through one of the
partners or both, by fear.
To free ourselves of the tendency to depend, we
should have a strong heart, without any
selfishness; a heart that has nothing to hide
and that, as a result, is free and without fear;
a heart that does not hold on to closed beliefs,
to old negative experiences; a heart that has
good feelings and is free of bitterness; a heart
filled with the true values of peace, love,
freedom and solidarity - which as a result is
stronger and fuller.
Soul Sustenance
Taming
(Conquering) The Mind
In ancient times, the mind was understood to be
extremely difficult to control. It was said to
be like the wind: you could never catch it, or
hold it - it went where it wished and no human
being could become its master. In other
instances, it was said that the mind was like an
elephant: extremely powerful but equally gentle
and patient, able to do a lot of work for its
master. However, when an elephant turns wild,
its gentleness and patience completely disappear
and it destroys and damages everything in its
path. When the mind is under stress, it
resembles a wild elephant; it has no control and
cannot be controlled.
Taming the mind is regarded as a great art
requiring time, attention, practice and, above
all, a sincerity of heart where individuals
truly want to change their way of thinking. To
relax, to be positive, to be peaceful and kind
all require a change in our thought patterns and
this can only happen when we look deeply within.
However hard they try, other people cannot
change us; we must have personal realization and
the desire to make changes through our own
effort. Permanent and positive change cannot be
imposed from outside; it is something that we
choose.
Message for the day
The best
positivity is to have good wishes for the self.
Projection:
When I recognize someone's
mistake I do make effort to have good wishes for
him, but when I make a mistake I am not able to
have good wishes for myself in the same way. I
identify myself with that weakness so much that
I am not able to have positive feelings for
myself.
Solution:
Whatever happens, even if I
make mistakes, I should not leave having good
wishes for myself. I need to only have attention
to learn from my mistakes and to maintain my own
positive state of feeling for myself. When I do
this I will be able to progress with ease.