
True Love
Love is a powerful force. It can take us to
great heights and leave us feeling light and
airy. Yet it has been the most abused and
misused force. Many degraded things pass for
love. True love is based on understanding,
mutual trust and respect and not simply on
transient emotions. Love is being in balance,
that is, in harmony with the self, God and each
other. Love dwells in the soul. We must allow
this love to flow out and around us. Without
love, all of life's treasures are locked away
from our vision and experiences, for indeed
'love is the key.'
Sharing
When we think of sharing, we sometimes wonder if
it is really
beneficial. Normally the belief is that when we
share any thing or
resource, we find ourselves a little poorer with
that resource. So we
do not want to consistently share which is
believed will bring benefit
only to the other person. When we share inner
resources like
happiness, peace, love etc. we are enriched.
Every time we give, we
not only get back from others but also
experience that quality
ourselves. When we share our physical resources
too, it is our own
experience which is important than the outcome.
That means, I enjoy
giving itself rather than expect appreciation
(which may or may not
come!)
Beginning Your Spiritual Journey With Acceptance
(cont.)
In yesterday's message, we had explained some
facts of spirituality, which if accepted
initially, help us restore our personal
relationship with the Supreme Father or God and
experience Him easily. Given below are some more
facts:
4. Accept that God does not reside in the
physical world, He is not present everywhere as
is the common belief, but He is a very real,
individual and unique Being, staying in the
incorporeal (non-physical) or soul world,
situated beyond the physical world.
5. Accept that God is a loving Parent of the
soul who does not give sorrow, pain or
punishment to His children but who only wants
the best for them -- He is a gentle and
understanding Father and Mother who not only
knows why we loose our true self awareness and,
as a result, create sorrow for ourselves; but
also helps us regain that awareness.
6. Accept that experiencing God does not require
blind devotion. Also accept that it does not
take many births of penance to find and
establish your connection with the Supreme -
only one second, and the right kind of
thoughts. The process of creating the right,
positive and spiritual thoughts so as to connect
with God is called meditation.
Soul Sustenance
Changing Your Belief System To Overcome Feelings
Of Revenge - Part 2
The urge for revenge and the false taste of
victory or happiness related to it can only end
when the belief, that others are responsible for
what you feel, is seen as a false one. Only when
you take full responsibility for whatever
thoughts and feelings you create will it be
possible to end the anger and the hatred that
seeks revenge. When someone hurts me, I
create a negative image of myself and the other
person in my mind’s eye, in different ways. I
see myself and the other in a negative light,
myself as a victim and the other person as a
victimizer. I need to stop doing that and see
myself and the other in a positive light, in the
same light as before, irrespective of the
negativity that the other has radiated to me. When
we do that, we will stop pointing the finger at
others for whatever hurt we may feel. Only when
it is fully seen and accepted that someone can
hurt or harm my vehicle, the physical body, but
not me, the controller or driver of the vehicle,
will rage and the desire for revenge stop
existing inside my consciousness.
When I start seeing the person who has
committed some negative action which is
projected towards me, with an innocent,
unbiased, untarnished vision, hatred will be
transformed into love and compassion for both,
me and the other person. Then it will be
possible to be totally free of all judgment,
criticism and any desire to seek justice and
take pleasure and experience victory when
justice is delivered. Only then will it be
possible to rediscover true happiness in life,
because as long as there is even the slightest
trace of an urge to seek revenge for what
someone has done to me, and the desire to
experience the false happiness which is
experienced when such revenge is delivered; both
of which, the happiness and the revenge, are
forms of subtle violence; true everlasting and
deep peace, contentment and happiness can never
be experienced.
Message
for the day
To finish excuses is to take up full
responsibility.
Expression:
To take up responsibility
means to be ready to bear the consequences of
the action done. The one who is responsible will
never give excuses, but will be able to take the
responsibility of correcting the situation.
Under all circumstances, such a person will be
able to give his best without situations
hindering his output.
Experience:
When I am responsible, it is
not important for me why a mistake happened, but
it is more important for me to find a method so
that I am able to rectify what has gone wrong.
So when I am responsible I am neither worried
nor concerned too much for whatever has
happened. On the other hand I am able work with
lightness to improve the situation.