12.06.2015

Talk Lovingly to Yourself
Learning to talk properly to the self is a
spiritual endeavour. When you make a mistake, do
you talk lovingly to yourself in your mind, or
do you tell yourself off? One habit recognises
your divinity; the other subtly shapes a nature
of sorrow.
Responsibility
Responsibility is
best fulfilled by the one who is detached. When
one
is attached to the task that he is responsible
for it leads to worry,
doubt and fear. This can have a crippling effect
on decision-making
and result in difficult situations. On the other
hand, the one who is
detached is the one who is able to see things
clearly and so fulfill
all responsibilities with lightness. When we
have to take up some new
responsibility we need to tell ourselves that we
will do our best in
fulfilling the responsibility. When we become
detached from the
result of the task we will find ourselves doing
our best because there
are no negative thoughts.
Seven Techniques To
Let Go Off The Past (cont.)
Positive Information and Intoxication -
The more we listen or read positive and
constructive spiritual knowledge, even if it is
for 10 minutes daily, and imbibe (absorb) it,
the more our negative memories fade into the
background. Also the regular input of knowledge
lifts our consciousness to a higher level and
gives us an experience of intoxication or
spiritual bliss, in which the memory of our past
sorrows and negative experiences gets dissolved.
Even on a physical level, there are lots of
people who indulge in some kind of addiction or
intoxication only because it temporarily helps
them to overcome and forget the negatives in
their life.
Karma Realization - Another benefit of
spiritual knowledge is that it makes us realize
the various shades and details of the Law of
Karma and its application in the World Drama,
which helps us immensely in letting go of the
past and concentrating on our present so that a
bright future can be built, irrespective of the
quality of the past.
Self and God Realization - One of the
most important benefits of meditation, an
important aspect of spirituality, is that it
makes us realize and experience the spiritual
self and the Father of the spiritual self, the
Supreme Soul, accurately. This is an experience
of liberation, in which there is no room for
past repentances. Past repentances are more a
reflection of excessive attachment to the
physical or material or attachment to incorrect
emotions related to body-consciousness,
remembering the damage caused by it to the self
and experiencing sorrow due to the same.
Connection and Relation - Also,
meditation being a deep connection between me
and the Supreme Father, it fills me with immense
power and it is also an intense relationship,
which fills me with love, happiness and peace.
In the experience of these attainments, over a
period of time, my past ceases to burden my
consciousness.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
Inculcating
Powers Through Rajyoga Meditation -
The Power To Tolerate (cont.)
Real tolerance is a state in which, firstly, I
have to go inside and check how I can contribute
positively to a difficult situation. If the
difficult situation requires me to mould my own
behavior, I have to be open about that and
respond accordingly.
Secondly, real tolerance requires understanding
and humility in the self and sympathy towards
others: realizing that at the deepest level,
everyone’s original qualities are love, peace
and happiness and everyone wishes to experience
these qualities and live with them and that when
we behave badly towards one another, it's
because we are suffering from a loss of these
qualities, a loss which is temporary. That
doesn't mean I have to invite another person to
continue to insult me, or deliberately expose
myself to negative situations. But if I happen
to be in a situation where there is continuous
insult or assault, understanding will contribute
to my power to tolerate and accept it or walk
away from it in peace.
Thirdly, real tolerance is that state of
contentment, which comes only through the
relationship with the Supreme, in which there is
no impact from the assaults, other than to cause
a response inside me of wanting to give, like
the fruit tree (explained earlier). Forgiveness
is the healing balm for an intolerant nature.
When we move very far away from God, our
tolerance level reduces. The nature we express
becomes that of wanting, taking, needing, rather
than our original nature, which is of giving and
forgiving.
Message for the
day
Love for positivity
brings progress.
Projection:
When I have love for
positivity, I will not be able to have negative
thoughts for a long time. I will naturally put
in effort, both internally and externally to
come back to positivity. So this positivity
spreads around to others too and serves in
creating a positive environment.
Solution:
Because of my love for
positivity, I begin to enjoy creating and
maintaining positive thoughts. When there is
experience of positivity within, there is the
natural desire to sustain it. Then no negative
thoughts or feelings are encouraged. Slowly I
find myself being only positive.