
Original Peace
It is not necessary
to search for peace. It is within. Your original
state is one of peace. Learn to be in charge of
yourself and maintain your peace: center your
awareness on your spiritual form - a tiny
star-like point of light, seated in the middle
of your forehead. Really experience the
difference between You the Sparkling Star, and
your body, the physical vehicle. Learn to detach
yourself from the vehicle. Even a few moments of
this practice, if done regularly, will return
you to your natural state of peace. And your
actions will be filled with love - for the self
and others.
Learn from Mistakes
When we see someone
making a mistake, we usually judge the other
person based on it. We begin to form an attitude
towards that personwhich doesn't allow us either to learn, or to
help others learn fromwhat has happened. So we really are not able to
experience as muchprogress as we should. I sometimes wait for my
own experience to teachme what is right and what is wrong. But this
would not be necessarywhen I am able to learn from others' mistakes
too. So when I seesomeone making a mistake, instead of judging the
person based on it Ineed to make use of it to take the learning and
move forward.
Factors that Bring
Us Closer To Failure
Given below are some factors that bring us
closer to failure:
* Dejection and Disillusion.
* Fear.
* Ignorance.
* Confusion.
* Influences.
* Mental weakness.
* Insecurity.
* Inexperience.
* Ego, arrogance.
* Mistrust.
* Attachment, dependencies.
* Excuses, laziness, putting off.
* Excess of acceptance with submission.
* Fear of being yourself.
* Making judgements without an objective vision.
* Nervousness.
* Not taking on limits.
* Low self-esteem.
* Blockages. Not going forward.
* Intolerance.
* Rigidity - inability to adapt to different
situations.
Soul Sustenance
The
Pledge Of Responsibility
A very important aspect of progress in the self
and my relationships, which we all desire is
restoring a sense of responsibility in my inner
world, so that by doing that, I and others
around me are benefitted. Even on a physical or
non-spiritual level, someone who is responsible
while playing his/her role or performing his/her
duties either in the family, at the workplace or
in some other setting e.g. a club group or a
team in a particular sport or a social service
group, not only feels content with his/her
actions himself/herself but spreads ripples of
contentment to others and receives similar
energy from each one he/she is involved with. In
the same way on an emotional or spiritual level,
when I start my day I need to remind myself of
my responsibility towards myself. I need to
remind myself that I am responsible for the
choices I make in my life which influence and
color everyone around me. So do my thoughts,
feelings, the way my personality functions
internally and externally the whole day and my
responses to people and situations, for all of
which I am responsible.
It is like taking a pledge of responsibility
with the self in the morning that today I will
not create a single thought, word or action
which is against the texture of my innate,
positive nature i.e. irresponsible. And what
will provide my pledge the much required
strength of determination? An injection of
positive thoughts, emotions and sanskaras
within me in the morning, using a suitable
technique of self empowerment like meditation or
spiritual study or some other. By taking such
a pledge of responsibility and by watering it
with the energy of my attention from time to
time during the day, I am able to implement it
and can make a difference to not only the people
around me, but to a lot more than that. In
this way, as I change, the world around me
changes, because the energy I create in my inner
world starts flowing into my circumstances, my
interactions, my sphere of karmas, etc.
to make them positive, which benefits me in
return in the form of a cyclic process. As I
take this pledge and abide by it for a few days,
I start realizing the immense potential that it
possesses.
Message for the
day
To transform waste into something purposeful and
powerful is to remain light.
Expression:
To successfully
transform something waste into something
powerful and meaningful is to look beyond the
situation and see what it has to teach. When
there is the ability to do this, there is the
ability to go on in spite of the most
challenging obstacles. There is the deep
understanding that nothing happens without a
purpose. There is no time or energy wasted in
wasteful company.
Experience:
When I understand the
significance of everything that happens, I am
able to transform in a second. So I am able to
remain light because I am able to put in sincere
effort and free myself from the burden of waste.
I also find that there is no problem in my
relationships too, as I am able to understand
others and behave accordingly.