03.07.2015

Anger
To be influenced by anger is to repress the
soul's original qualities of tolerance and love.
The biggest service is to show others the right
path.
When someone is going wrong, it is very easy to
get influenced and go wrong too. For example,
others' negativity brings anger, fear or
sadness, which is negative too. Then, I lose the
ability to show others the right path. When
someone is negative, it is all the more reason
to have a positive state of mind so that I can
guide them towards the right path. Today I will
take a few minutes before I react. Whenever
there is a negative situation I am faced with,
I'll wait for a minute or two before I give any
reaction. this will help me finish negativity
and I will be able to respond with positive.
Different Thought Types (cont.)
We have explained Negative Thoughts yesterday.
Today we continue with the same:
Negative Thoughts (cont.)
If your thoughts are based on the five vices or
related emotions (as explained yesterday), it is
as if you had poisoned your own mind and the
atmosphere around you. However much you may be
right, it does not matter. By thinking
negatively you will always be the loser, since
negative thoughts take away the respect you have
for yourself and others respecting you.
Generally speaking, people who think very
negatively about others will often find
themselves alone, even though they have many
relationships. Other people will try to avoid
someone who has angry thoughts since anger is
like a fire that destroys and causes damage, and
nobody wants to approach this fire.
A negative person who only sees the negative
side of things causes disharmony in their
immediate environment. These types of thoughts
are more prevalent in people today, and are one
of the causes of stress, fragmentation,
aggressiveness and suffering in our current
society.
At a practical level, negative thoughts make you
lose energy and weaken you. They are a form of
inner pollution that must be cleansed so that
your mind becomes a more efficient tool.
(To be continued tomorrow .....)
Soul Sustenance
Varied
(Different) Concepts About The Supreme Being or
God (Part 1)
Various questions related
to the Supreme Being or God for the vast
majority remain unanswered and therefore the
experience of God remains unfulfilled. The
concepts about God are as varied or different as
are the sanskars of human beings.
Some common concepts
about God:
• Some say God is everywhere.
• Some say He is nowhere.
• Some say He created the whole Universe out of
nothing or out of Himself: others see that as
illogical and impossible.
• Many say God is beyond the understanding of
limited human intellects, others believe that
they have understood Him and are then respected
as self-realized or spiritually knowledgeable
humans.
• Still others believe themselves to be God and
allow themselves to be worshiped.
• Some say that God creates only what is good,
and others say that He also creates evil or bad,
and that everything that is happening in the
world is just God's play.
• God is seen by some to be just an expression
of human beings' needs and that they will soon
go beyond needing such a figure-head (someone
who is looked upto).
• Some say He makes the grass grow and the wind
blow, others say He is merely the voice of
the conscience - the inner voice.
• Others define God as the higher self who
remains constantly at peace; this concept is
called cosmic-consciousness, since the
one with this characteristic is said to be at
one with the whole universe.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Message for the
day
The way to bring
transformation in others is to have mercy for
them.
Projection: Inspite of wanting to bring
about a positive change in people and working
towards it, I rarely find that kind of change
that I expect. People continue to display their
old patterns of behaviour and finally I end up
only feeling disappointed or frustrated.
Solution: Real change can come in people
only when I am able to have a vision of mercy
for them. With mercy I am able to percieve and
bring out the best in people without actually
being caught up with expectations. Once I am
able to see the positive qualities I am able to
encourage them to use these qualities.