Thought for Today
08.11.2017

 

Spirituality is the art of balancing your responsibilities: to yourself, your family and the whole world. The basis for this is an understanding of the self, God and the law of cause and effect (karma).
Anyone can fall victim to the suffering of a poor state of mind, ill- health, loss of wealth or unhappy relationships. Human life depends on these four factors and yet each of them has become so fragile and unreliable. God's power restores tolerance and the ability to face anything. An understanding of the deep philosophy of karma reveals how elevated thoughts, pure feelings and good actions can resolve all difficulties for the self and the world

Are You Mentally Healthy?
Mental Health is an important dimension of health, because the state of mind immediately affects the physical body's processes. Mental health is not merely the absence of psychological disease but also the balanced development of an individual's personality and emotional attitudes which enable him to live peacefully and harmoniously with his fellow-beings.

To know if you are mentally healthy or not, answer the following questions:

1. Are you always worrying?
2. Are you unable to concentrate because of unrecognized reasons?
3. Are you continuously unhappy without any particular reason?
4. Do you lose your temper easily and often?
5. Do you have wide fluctuations in your moods from depression to happiness, back to depression, which weaken you?
6. Are you troubled by regular insomnia (sleeplessness)?

(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Message for the day

The best comparison is the comparison with oneself.
Projection:
The one who is comparing oneself with what he was and seeing how he can improve or how he has improved is the one who is constantly bringing about progress in his own life. On the contrary the one who is comparing himself with others is the one who is constantly finding excuses and leaving behind the opportunities that he gets for bringing about a change.
Solution:
When I am free from excuses and free from comparison with others, I am able to be light even in the most challenging circumstances. I am not caught up with my own mistakes or those of others, but am able to constantly add on to my treasure store of experiences and be richer and richer with every new challenge faced.