
The Power of Detachment
You need power to remain free from the influence
of others. Detachment is this power. If you
can't stay detached from influences, you will
not be able to keep your thoughts under control.
From there it will be a downward spiral until
all trace of inner well-being is lost. The first
step in detachment is to understand who you are
as a spiritual entity. This allows you to
'detach' yourself from your physical identity,
and it's world of limited thoughts and feelings,
and 'attach' instead to your spiritual
personality, the being of inner peace and power.
A normal day will be filled with challenges to
this detachment. On the one side will be your
spiritual awareness, but on the other will be
the attraction towards human beings and the
material world. Detachment is not a question of
becoming separate from the latter, but of simply
remaining conscious of yourself as a spiritual
being whilst being in the world and playing your
part. Detachment simply means to keep yourself
centered in your spirituality.
Contentment
Wherever I am is wherever I am meant to be,
whatever I am doing is
whatever I am meant to be doing and whatever
everyone else is doing is
exactly what they are meant to be doing - this
is contentment. If you
do want to change where you are, or what you are
doing, the first thing
is to be content with wherever you are and
whatever you are doing right
now! Paradoxically that's what attracts
opportunities and invitations
to be somewhere else! Why? Because you are a
living magnet, and
contentment is one of your most attractive
qualities. And the law of
attraction says that according to your dominant
thoughts so you will
attract the people and circumstances into your
life. Being content
right now attracts the best possible future.
What Is The Source Of Our Feelings ?
The topmost area of the mind is the area of
conscious thought. Thoughts arise in our
awareness like bubbles. Many thoughts carry a
feeling or a series of feelings along with them
e.g. the thought at a restaurant - 'I love how
that pizza looks', could be accompanied by
feelings of hunger, or greed, or happiness, or
yearning (longing) or anticipated satisfaction.
The fact offered by spirituality and supported
by experiences of many people who are spiritual
is that feelings, as well as thoughts,
originate from the soul.
Feelings are clearly reflected in the form of
physical changes in our body: I may feel my
heart beat fast with excitement, my mouth
salivate with joy, my stomach sink with fear, my
hands shiver or goose pimples on my arms with
nervousness, etc. This is because the soul and
body are interconnected and work in
complementary ways, so that what goes on in the
soul is definitely reflected in the body, and
what goes on in the body is reflected in the
soul. The degree to which both these processes
happen in each individual is different. It's
not that feelings arise out of nothing, or
merely as a reaction to external stimulation by
people, objects, nature, etc. Thoughts are
followed by feelings. So we can understand that
both of them arise from the soul. Recognizing
this is an important step if I want to break
free from cycles of unwanted or unsuitable
thoughts and feelings.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
Filling Myself And Others With Invisible
Treasures (Part 2)
In yesterday’s message, we had explained how
soul consciousness provides us access to the
ocean of the qualities of peace, love and joy
that lie hidden inside our consciousness. An
important point worth noting in this regard is
that along with quenching my thirst, I must
also have a big heart, and pass on to others the
qualities that I am receiving from my inner
ocean. Otherwise, over a period of time my
spirituality reaches a standstill and although I
am making an effort to fill myself I do not feel
as content and fulfilled as before. This is
because; the vessel with which I fill from the
ocean can’t be refilled unless I am also
prepared to keep emptying it. That doesn’t mean
I have to drain myself spiritually.
It is just that each time I give or donate a
quality from my inner ocean with a positive
intention to someone; it flows from inside me
and then gets transmitted to the other. Before
the person experiences and benefits from the
quality, I experience getting filled with it
myself. Also, each time the person benefits from
or even remembers the benefit in the future, he
or she sends me positive energy, which,
according to the Law of karma fills me
with the quality that I had donated, further. Sometimes
a person might benefit or remember the benefit
after 10-15 years or even more than that. Even
after such a long time has elapsed, I keep
receiving a return from the pure donation I have
made, and keep getting filled, even if I am not
specifically or consciously aware of the same.
Message
for the day
Honesty inspires trust.
Expression:
The one who is honest is
clean and clear within. He is aware of his
resources and uses them sincerely for his own
benefit and that of others. Honesty also means
to speak what is thought and to do what is
spoken. So there are no discrepancies in
thoughts, words and actions. So others are able
to trust the one who is honest. Each action of
an honest person becomes an inspiration for
those around.
Experience:
When I am honest I break
internal barriers. I am not caught up with the
seeming negativity of the situation, nor do I
feel helpless by the limitations set out by the
situation. I am able to enjoy the gift of each
moment and use it to the fullest extent. I find
myself becoming an example for many, as others
are inspired by whatever I do.