
Be an Alchemist
Like an alchemist,
transform something worthless into something
precious. The key to alchemy is in your
perception.
Look for the limitless possibilities that
surround you.
See the innate value of everything and turn lead
into gold.
Focus on the pure gold within each one. You may
have to overlook the visible lead to seek the
hidden gold!
Self Reflection
One of the unique
attributes of human consciousness is the ability
to
self reflect. Our capacity to reflect on what we
thought, felt and did
allows us to learn from the past, change the
present and create the
future we want. In meditation we realize we are
not our minds, it is a
tool. The mind is like a screen and we can put
anything on the screen
i.e. thoughts, images, ideas, concepts. This is
where our creativity
begins to take shape. Unfortunately most of us
do not learn to self
reflect, but lose ourselves in what is on our
mind. This is what leads
to negative emotion where emotion is defined as
'agitation of mind'.
Meditation is the perfect way to learn not to
identify and therefore
not lose ourselves in what we put on our mental
screen. Only then can
we maintain inner calm and stability, develop
our creativity and
consciously check the quality of our own
creation.
Going Back To My
Original Nature (Personality)
Our present personalities are basically the
combined habits of this lifetime (birth), built
on the combined habits of previous lifetimes
(births), all of which have left their mark
(sometimes deep and sometimes not so deep) on
our consciousness. It may well be that habits
such as becoming angry, upset, anxious,
stressed, sorrowful or scared, have been with us
for so long that, they feel a natural part of
our inner world, so natural that when someone
says our true nature is not anger but peace, not
fear but love, not aggression but acceptance,
not anxiety but calm, it does not feel right.
And even if it did feel right for a moment, we
have become so attached to our old habitual
moods, emotions and behaviors that we do not
really want to change. It may even be the case
that we have become so weak that we need help to
change. It seems much easier to stay the way we
are.
As we begin to meditate and develop our
spiritual practice, our views on the above
subject will fluctuate. When that does happen,
imagine you are having a conversation with
yourself and teaching yourself. Give
yourself permission to be peaceful by nature,
full of love and joy by nature, naturally
content by nature, wherever you are and in
whatever you do. After a while, you won't need
to give yourself permission and you will find
these states of being are there within you quite
naturally at every moment. They are our
original and eternal nature. Everything else
is acquired or learned. In so many ways
introduction to spirituality, like many other
approaches to inner awakening, is as much about
unlearning (the acquired beliefs) as it
is about learning (new beliefs).
Soul Sustenance
At
Peace with Time - The Key To Relaxed Living
(Part 2)
Not only is your strength reduced by the
way that you live the past and project onto the
future, but also how you live in this moment.
When, for example, you oppose the present and
have resistances, these consume your energy and
cause you stress. If you accept the present you
can flow flexibly without wasting your energy.
Accepting does not mean submitting yourself or
feeling a victim of what is happening now. From
acceptance, you confront and transform. If we
learn to live the dimensions of time in a
healthy way we will keep up our vitality, we
will heal the past and we will feel at peace
with it. Accepting the present and trusting in
the future helps us to be well.
Accepting the present means stopping
comparing yourself with others; you want
what the other has, their money, their talents,
their beauty, their personality, their
achievements, their virtues, etc. So, instead of
being grateful for what you have and accepting
yourself as you are, you try to have and be like
the other. In this way, you are never satisfied.
The dissatisfaction causes you a constant
unhappiness that reduces your vitality. When you
feel happy and satisfied your energy flows more
easily. The most important thing that you should
do in this moment is to feel content. Next, what
is the most important thing? To be content.
Therefore, the priority, and what is essential,
is that whatever happens in the moment, the most
important thing is to be content. So, tell
your mind, "Oh, mind, be quiet and don't think
so much. Oh, mind, kindly trust that everything
is and will be fine." Give your mind the basic
instructions and the key thoughts with which to
be content. Don't let your own mind create the
thoughts that trap you. It is we ourselves who
create our emotional cages.
(To be continued
tomorrow …)
Message for the
day
To make the
effort to take and give good wishes is to
constantly experience contentment.
Expression:
Whatever the kinds of
personality of the person, if there is this one
aim of taking and giving good wishes, there is
positivity in every interaction. Attention is
paid to make every word and action full of
positivity. Words spoken only give happiness to
others and give some kind of support to the
other person to be better than what he is.
Experience:
When I understand the
importance of having good wishes for all, I am
able to receive good wishes from others too. I
am able to be free from the influence of the
negativity of the situations and people. So I
constantly experience inner happiness and
contentment, even if I don't get something
outwardly.