21.03.2015

Talking to the Self
When you talk to yourself in your mind, which
self do you address? And how? Usually people do
not talk to their divinity, but to the most
superficial aspects of their everyday
personality. And often it is a stream of fears,
complaints and mindless repetition of old
things. If we talked that way to another human
being, we would have to apologize. Learning to
talk properly to the self is a spiritual
endeavor. Thoughts from the past and worries
about the future do not create good
conversation. Instead learn to talk to your mind
as if it were a child. Talk to it with love. If
you just force a child to sit down, he won't. A
good mother knows how to prompt her child into
doing what she wants. Be a good mother to your
mind, teach it good, positive thoughts so that
when you tell it to sit quietly, it will. Love
your mind. Stay happy.
See Specialties
When we come into interaction with others we are
concerned with their
negative aspects. We are aware of where they are
going wrong and we
try to correct them too. But usually the other
person doesn't realize
his mistake. The more we try to emphasize on
negativity, the more
difficult it becomes to make him realize. On one
hand we find that he
is not benefited, and on the other, we are
filling ourselves with
negativity too. The best business in life is
that of seeing
specialties and contributing our own specialties
for others' growth.
When we are aware of others specialties, we are
able to encourage them
to use them for growth. Also we are free from
negativity. Further,
using our own specialties enriches others and us
too. These
specialties are easily available for us at the
time of need, for
having used them properly.
Crossing Negative Circumstances Or Situations
There are periods of life in which it seems to
us that there is someone or something who gets
in the way of our path. Circumstances, instead
of going in our favor, go against us. They are
barriers that make it difficult for us to reach
our objectives; they are interruptions that
prevent us from feeling satisfied; they are
situations that seem to reduce our feelings of
success.
When we find ourselves with these scenes that
appear to block our progress towards the aims
and objectives that we have set out for
ourselves, we tend to have negative thoughts; we
feel anger and rage, or we feel sad and
unenthusiastic, as if we don't have the strength
to either overcome or transform the situation.
Rather it is the situation that overcomes or
overpowers us and leaves us exhausted. Some
people are not prepared for this to happen and
put all their strength into fighting the
situation. They do so with feelings of anger,
revenge and injustice. Often it becomes a
process that wastes their energies and leaves
them exhausted, without achieving a true
solution.
It is possible to live through situations
without them causing such an emotional energy
loss. That does not mean that we become cold and
insensitive to what happens around us. It is
a question of living through situations without
drowning into them. If we drown ourselves in
them we won't be able to help others or
ourselves. We will be lost, like the
shipwrecked, at the mercy of the waves, the
tides and the winds. We will have lost the
control of the steering wheel of our ship - our
life.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Soul Sustenance
From Knowledge To Experience - Part 2
The same mechanism of the pole-vaulter which was
explained yesterday is involved when a person
wishes to attain realization of the self and an
experience of a higher state of consciousness.
To experience realization, we have to run some
distance, collecting the necessary information.
Then we use the pole of knowledge and wisdom to
lift us off the ground of ordinary
consciousness. But, we must then let go of the
very pole of knowledge that we used to elevate
our minds and take a jump of faith,
flying over the barrier of 'ordinary
consciousness' to experience a new and higher
level of consciousness. If there is no faith,
then there is not enough trust to let go of the
pole and jump.
Many people do not let go of the pole of
knowledge and, as a result, fall (like the pole
vaulter) into the spinning of speculation and
the habit of analysis and discussion – they are
unable toexperience spiritual
consciousness. The pull of the ego, which does
not let them have faith, draws the consciousness
back to the ground. The irony is that they think
they have jumped over the barrier and regard
themselves as being in the privileged position
of knowing or being knowledgeful. Then
they think that from this privileged position
they are in the position of judging and being
better than those who know in a different way or
in other words better than those who do take the
jump of faith and are truly spiritually
enlightened.
The truth is that the ones who let go of the
pole and cross the barrier are the ones with the
wider, mature, creative and humble intellect and
are filled with spiritual strength, because of
reaching the stage of experience.
Message for the day
Cooperation brings easy success.
Expression:
To work together is to allow
the specialities of each and every individual to
be contributed in the task to be done. There is
an ability to appreciate others and their
contribution. There is no ego of one's own
specialities but a true and natural appreciation
of everyone around. So there is success for the
task and for the person too.
Experience:
Whenever I am involved with
others in doing something, the task is important
in itself but when I understand the importance
of cooperation I am able to recognise the
specialities of each and every individual. I am
able to have faith in the other person to make
his own contribution and I give the space for
him to do so.