20.06.2015

Artist: Caroline Urbania Naeem - Night on the
Magic Carpet
Think Eternity
Life experiences are
like sentences - we are always looking for the
full stop, the conclusion. It's OK to end a
train of thought, but not thought itself.
Thoughts are the beginning of our creation and
are here to be creative. Thoughts are like the
magic carpet on which the soul rides across
eternity - in reality, there are no endings, no
conclusions. Rest for the spirit (which is what
we are) is when we allow only the current of the
purest thoughts to flow through our mind -
thoughts which carry good wishes and blessings
for ourselves and others. This is not so much
going with the flow, as being in the flow, and
being refreshed by the flow. It is how we
refresh ourselves. For when we have powerful,
positive thoughts for and about others, who
experiences them first?
Positive thoughts
are the best nutrition for the mind
While we know that
positive thoughts are the best nutrition for the
mind, we need to recognize the source of these
thoughts. One good way is to spend quality time
with something that acts like a good company- a
person, a book or an environment. As is our
company, so are our thoughts. Also, it is good
to avoid bad company- company that has a subtle
influence on our thinking. Today I will spend
some quality time with someone or something that
will generate positive thoughts. I will spend at
least 15 minutes today, which will help me to be
positive and help me re-energize, because only
the one who has power within is able to maintain
positivity even in negative situations.
Identify The Filters
In Your Life
Like different types and different colour
filters on a physical level; on a spiritual
level, there are many different types of filters
that work in our lives e.g. the jealousy filter,
hatred filter, attachment filter, fear filter,
greed filter, etc. and many more. Due to
these filters, we do not see people and things
as they are, but as we are, because the filters
are our own self-created ones. If we want
to see people and things as they are, we need to
check which filters are working most in our
lives. Each one of us has different filters
working to different extents, depending on our
personality e.g. someone might have the jealousy
filter working more regularly as compared to the
fear filter in his/her life.
Because of these filters, everything that we
see is not only coloured by the colour of the
filter we are using at that time, but our look
is also biased as we choose what to see,
what to give more importance, what to be
affected by more, what to let through the filter
etc. and what not to. We have and form a
deceptive vision of the things and people that
surround us inside our minds. And the longer
this deformed vision lasts, the more we will
convince ourself that that is the true image of
the world, because our filters continue to
process new data depending on what they see that
make the image stronger. This reinforcing of
the incorrect image builds up our database of
incorrect beliefs based on different filters and
makes them stronger and stronger as we go
through our life journey. Beliefs are fixed
ways of looking at reality. Thus, the world that
we perceive is no longer the real world, but a
world created by our own mind. So in a way we
become deaf and blind on a spiritual level
towards the world. To heal this deafness and
blindness, we do not have to remove each filter
one after the other, which may become a
difficult task; but we have to discover the
pure, original internal self and start seeing
everything without the filters, based on the
pure-self point of view. As a result of that,
gradually our incorrect beliefs start dissolving
and correct beliefs start setting in based on
our clean unfiltered view.
Soul Sustenance
Meditation In
Action
Meditation is not something we do but
rather something we have. It is not that we
spend 23 hours in an extrovert state and only
one hour in introspective self-effort. In this
sense, extroversion means to have the attention
drawn by all the goings-on outside the soul.
True introversion, also, does not mean to sit in
a corner and not speak to anyone; it means to
pay attention that all thoughts, words and
actions are flowing in the right direction. In
this respect, the churning over of points of
knowledge throughout our active hours
strengthens and maintains the meditative state
of mind.
There are five basic points to churn over.
Create your own thought commentaries around each
point.
Who Am I?
I am a soul. The body is my chariot. All human
beings are souls too, my brothers and sisters. I
see them with spiritual love. Whilst walking and
talking I see others as souls. Maintaining this
vision I cross all the barriers of worldly
differences.
Whose Child Am I?
Just as I naturally have the awareness of being
the child of my physical father, receiving
sustenance and a form of inheritance, so too I
can have the natural consciousness of being a
child of the Supreme Father. I can reflect on
the sustenance and inheritance in the form of
knowledge, virtues and powers I receive from
Him.
(To be continued tomorrow ….)
Message for the
day
Humility brings
excellence
Projection:
Humility means there
is no expectation of being perfect always. So
whatever is done comes naturally. There is no
feeling of threat about others' opinion, but the
one who is humble is able to express inner
talent without any fear and expectations. So
humility takes one forward towards excellence:
Solution:
When I am humble, I am able to
stabilise myself in my state of self-respect
always. This naturally is felt even when I am
not able to bring perfection in my actions or
even when others are not satisfied with me.
Internally there is a feeling of satisfaction,
knowing that I am constantly learning and moving
forward.