10.06.2015

Respect
When I learn to respect myself, other people
will respect me. How can I develop respect for
myself? By keeping my mind positive and
encouraging myself to grow and change for the
better. Demanding respect because of my position
or background is simply arrogance. On the other
hand, listening with humility and valuing other
people's advise naturally earns me respect. I
get back exactly what I give out.
Responsibility
The one who is
responsible changes first before he expects
others to
change. The one who is responsible is a leader.
He would take up the
responsibility to change himself first instead
of waiting for others
to change. With the change that he brings in
himself he inspires
others to change too. When we think of any
situation where we were
expecting someone else to change, we also need
to think of one aspect
in this situation in which we can bring about a
change in ourselves.
We need to take up the responsibility of
changing this and we would
find ourselves progressing, thus inspiring
others to take the
inspiration to change too.
Meditation To
Restore Inner Freedom
Experience the following thoughts one after the
other:
I relax...
I release all tensions...
I create a space of silence...
I move towards my inner self, letting my
thoughts gradually focus on the experience of
peace...
For a few moments I reflect on all the things
that affect me, that have a negative influence
on me, the people, the situations; everything
that stops me from achieving a state of inner
freedom...
Around me I visualize a luminous circle (circle
of light); there is a great power of silence...
I feel protected inside this circle of subtle
spiritual power...
Nothing can take away my positivity, my inner
peace, my strength and wisdom...
I can be free to think and feel what I choose.
Internally I am free. I am not at the mercy of
anyone or any situation...
Soul Sustenance
Inculcating
Powers Through Rajyoga Meditation - The Power To
Tolerate
Visualize a tree with lots of fruits hanging
from its branches. When I throw a stone at it,
what does it do? It bends its branches low and
offers its sweet fruit to me. I enjoy eating the
fruit, which gives me inner satisfaction. What
happens as a result? My respect for the tree
increases.
This is a beautiful image of the power of
tolerance and I have lots to learn from it. It
shows me that if I want to imbibe the
characteristics of the tree, I must become full
of the fruits of the spiritual attainments from
the Supreme Soul. When I am filled internally
with fruits like joy, love, wisdom, beauty and
peace through spiritual knowledge and
meditation; even when the stones of difficult
circumstances come my way I'll still be able to
respond positively and creatively, with courage
and humility. If I'm empty, the stones will
injure me, and I'll react with anger or fear or
ego or some other negative emotion.
Also, although many stones have injured me in
the past, I must remove any hurt in my heart,
which may have developed as a result of injuries
experienced from them, when I did not have the
Supreme Soul with me. These will prevent me from
sharing the unlimited fruit made possible by the
company of the Supreme.
Real tolerance means tolerating with pleasure
and not with stress. It does not just mean
putting up with a difficult situation, and at
the same time counting how many times I have had
to tolerate it. Tolerance means that no matter
what stones come my way, I realize completely
that those throwing them are souls not full of
attainments, and so my duty is to continue to
share my internal attainments with them.
(To be continued tomorrow …..)
Message for the
day
Commitment
for truth brings constant happiness.
Projection:
For the one who is constantly
with the truth, there will be no fluctuations in
the happiness - experienced by the self and
expressed to the others. So there is benefit for
both the self and others through this. Only when
there is no truth, the support of falsehood is
taken to prove and defend oneself. So the
happiness is not retained constantly.
Solution:
When I am committed towards
living by the truth, I will not be influenced by
the different situations that I am faced with,
but will be able to experience constant
happiness. I will never be influenced negatively
by negative situations and allow myself to lose
my happiness. Also I naturally find my happiness
rising constantly.