16.05.2015

The Wonder of Silence
In silence lies the
ability to listen; to listen to ourselves, to
others and to God. Listening is a lost art.
Without it we cannot communicate, we cannot
relate to each other and so we cannot live life
meaningfully. We need to learn to listen.
Sitting in silence allows us to listen to
ourselves and to understand. This silence can
heal. The worries, the pain can be healed when
we listen. Spiritual medicine is ever-present in
the soul. Whenever we need it, to whatever
extent we need it, we can find it within.
Power of Truth
As the saying goes,
'the boat of truth may rock but it will never
sink.' When you are truthful you might
temporarily experience dissatisfaction, but you
will ultimately attain victory. When you are
going through a time that is difficult for you,
remind yourself that
the truth within you will ultimately get you
victory. This faith will make you face all
situations with a cheerful face.
Changing Your
Belief System To Overcome Feelings Of Revenge
(cont.)
The urge for revenge and
the false taste of victory or happiness related
to it can only end when the belief, that others
are responsible for what you feel, is seen as a
false one. Only when you take full
responsibility for whatever thoughts and
feelings you create will it be possible to end
the anger and the hatred that seeks revenge.
When someone hurts me, I create a negative image
of myself and the other person in my mind's eye,
in different ways. I see myself and the other in
a negative light, myself as a victim and the
other person as a victimizer. I need to stop
doing that and see myself and the other in a
positive light, in the same light as before,
irrespective of the negativity that the other
has radiated to me. When we do that, we will
stop pointing the finger at others for whatever
hurt we may feel. Only when it is fully seen and
accepted that someone can hurt or harm my
vehicle, the physical body, but not me, the
controller or driver of the vehicle, will rage
and the desire for revenge stop existing inside
my consciousness.
When I start seeing the person who has
committed some negative action which is
projected towards me, with an innocent,
unbiased, untarnished vision, hatred will be
transformed into love and compassion for both,
me and the other person. Then it will be
possible to be totally free of all judgment,
criticism and any desire to seek justice and
take pleasure and experience victory when
justice is delivered. Only then will it be
possible to rediscover true happiness in life,
because as long as there is even the slightest
trace of an urge to seek revenge for what
someone has done to me, and the desire to
experience the false happiness which is
experienced when such revenge is delivered; both
of which, the happiness and the revenge, are
forms of subtle violence; true everlasting and
deep peace, contentment and happiness can never
be experienced.
Soul Sustenance
Resisting From
Playing The Blame Game
A very common negative
habit that some of us possess is blaming others
when required, either in the family or at the
workplace, to save face and gain temporary
respect, even if it is at the expense of someone
loosing face and being disrespected. It is a
very common occurrence in offices when an issue
arises between people, before the issue is taken
up with the head of the particular department or
the office, one of the two people involved in
the conflict, who is more at fault, will present
his case to the head in such a way so as to
blame the other and to acquit (free) himself and
maintain his reputation in the office and find
favour with the head.
We explain this phenomenon on a spiritual level.
The person who blames is attached to an image of
himself being as being extremely efficient and
well-respected at the workplace, who never does
anything wrong or incorrectly. He identifies
with this image completely and because of that
is very attached to it. In the above scenario,
if he lets his mistake come out in the open,
this internal image, which he carries, would get
tarnished (harmed), something which he is in
love with. So there is attachment and because of
that there is fear of loss or harm to the object
to which there is attachment, the image in this
case. This image, which is so defined in
spiritual language, is called reputation in
common language. Also, there is attachment with
an internal image of being more successful by
getting a possible promotion and progressing at
the workplace in the future. This image is also
about to get damaged since the job might be lost
or a promotion might be stopped. So there is
attachment to this second image and fear of harm
to this image also. To protect these two images,
the person plays the blame game. The Law of
Karma, though, does catch up sooner or later
with such a person and with such behaviour.
Being honest may cause temporary harm to these
two internal images or reputation as defined
above, but one remains safe according to karmic
principles in the long run and the temporary
harm, if any, is undone and respect regained.
Message for the
day
The power of
silence makes the impossible achievable.
Expression:
When I am faced with a
difficult situation, my mind is flooded with
thoughts. I also begin to talk about it a lot,
describing the problem to all I meet. Then the
problem looks so big that I feel I could do
nothing to change it.
Experience:
I need learn the art of silence(mental and
verbal). Internal silence brings the right
solutions because my mind is calm. And when I
don't describe the problem too much to people I
will know there is a solution and I will be able
to find it too.