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Positive Reflections messages from Awakening consciousness
The Illusion Of Dependency
The more a person depends on a pattern of thinking, a particular person or a particular role, the more there is fear of loss. The security created by dependence is illusion. The reality of life is that anything external to ourselves can, at any time, vanish. What will we do then? Where is our life’s anchor? If it is not within, we will suffer.
Life Is Nurtured By Attitude
When you extend pure love to everyone with selfless motivation that is an attitude of kindness.
When you send good wishes and pure feelings to those who are in deep sorrow, that is an attitude of mercy.
When you see the virtues rather than the weaknesses in people that is an attitude of compassion.
When you bless and uplift someone even as they defame you, that is an attitude of forgiveness.
When you tolerate a situation and take responsibility as well as give cooperation even when not appreciated, that is an attitude of humility and self-respect.
Every second, every moment and every breath of your life is nurtured by attitude.
The Ripple Effect
Try this experiment today. Enter the office with a straight face (not too straight). As you meet others who have a similar kind of straightness on their face, force yourself to smile. Then watch the other person return the smile - perhaps not to the same extent or for so long, or absolutely immediately - but it will return.
This is the absolute and often instant proof of the 'ripple and reflect effect'. You get back whatever you put out. We know this, but we forget, and then wonder why everyone seems to give us a straight face, even a grumpy face, on a regular basis.
Now learn to make the smile more real, deeper, smilier! Where does a real smile begin? From the heart. Can you smile at will from the heart? Why not? You need to find out soon, because you will live an unsmiling life if you don't find out what is stopping your heart reaching your face!
No one else is responsible - there's only you in there! So don't go blaming others if you are not radiating from head and heart. What's blocking it? Take your time. Look in, listen in and see. You'll be surprised. You'll probably laugh. And say, "How silly!"
Put the Rubbish Out
Just as we put the rubbish out for collection, in the same way, at the same time, we can also put out the rubbish from our minds and hearts. Throw out the wasteful thoughts and get rid of all the toxic emotions that have piled up. And, remember once you’ve put the rubbish out, don’t pick it back up again.
Put the rubbish out, keep your mind and heart clean, and you’ll have space for clear thinking and happy emotions.
Think First
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Whatever I do, when all is said and done, I do for or to myself. Perhaps I should think before I perform actions because after the seed of action is sown I have to reap the fruit. Moreover, I do not receive only one fruit for every seed sown, I often get a whole crop, good or bad according to the action or seed.
Forgive to Give
Often, we view forgiveness as a favour to others, but in truth, it’s a gift to ourselves. Holding onto hurt, guilt, anger, and resentment consumes more energy than choosing to forgive. By forgiving, we not only find peace of mind but also free ourselves to move on and forward.
Are you ready to forgive and give yourself the gift of freedom?
Inner Beauty
“Wow…that’s beautiful!” Is either a cry or a thought when faced with the mountain sunset, a spectacular view or a well formed man or woman. But where is the beauty, where is the appreciation of beauty, where is the ability to discern beauty? It is within our own consciousness.
For the essence of who and what we are is beauty itself. The essence of beauty is not found in the body, a face or a mountain – they only stir the essence of beauty within our own spirit. And that beauty is not only something we taste within ourselves, but it emerges in our character as virtue, and in our life as care. For what is virtue, but love in action.
The next time you say, “That’s beautiful!” know that you speak of yourself, and it is you who are beautiful. Always were, always will be.
New Response
If you can see and accept that you create your own stress according to how you are responding, you will then see that there is something you need to unlearn as well as learn. The old response needs to be unlearned, and a new response needs to be learned.
Want Not
Next time you are waiting for anything, notice what you are wanting! This will be a source of your tension or impatience. All desire has fear built in – fear of not getting or losing, even before your desire is fulfilled.
If you want to be free of fear in life, which is another way of saying if you want to be free of stress, the secret is to want nothing, and then magic happens, for lo and behold, all that you need and more, arrives in your life, at the right time, in the right way. Not what they told us in kindergarten was it?
Maturity
As we mature spiritually there is less need to have our self-respect bolstered by praise and special attention. As our thought processes become more compassionate and less self obsessed, we feel increasingly satisfied with ourselves and our lives.
We relate to people more easily and feel no need to draw attention to our successes or complain about our problems.
Letting Go
Just as the bird has to find the courage to let go of the branch in order to fly, so we also must let go of our branches if we are to know the exhilaration of soaring to the highest potential of our life.
The branches we hold to are our inner attachments – our beliefs, ideas and memories. And then there are the outer attachments – people, possessions, positions and privileges are a few. But as long as we hold on to them we will live in fear (of letting go and loss) and we will never be free.
And just watch those birds, by letting go of one branch they are able to spend the rest of their life alighting on a million other branches, and they enjoy the view from each. Are you flying and soaring in your life, or are you stuck on one branch, cursing others as they fly past. Go on, try it …let go!
Giving
With habits, never give in or we lose our dignity. With the self, never give up or we lose our destiny. With others, never give your worst, or you will never develop your best.
The saying, “what we give is what we receive”. The lesson: Just to give.
Open Heart
The heart is akin to a flower—it only releases its fragrance when open. This fragrance comprises the virtues and qualities of our spirit.
Many of us have learned to guard our hearts in a world that can be harsh and unkind. To be open-hearted in today’s world often demands great courage. This courage emerges when we understand that true harm is impotent against our spirit. Though our physical selves can be hurt by the actions or words of others, our spirits remain untouched if we choose so.
Start by reopening your heart to those you feel have wronged you. Recognize that the real hurt came from within, from a place of fear that taught you to distrust and close off your heart.
Opening your heart is the first step in healing not just yourself, but also in allowing your spirit’s innate love and compassion to flourish once again.
Busy People
We live in the age of ‘busy’. Busy people not only do a lot, they think a lot. The origins of ‘busy’ are mental. Mental tiredness is a symptom of the self going against the grain of the truth about the self.
Being lost in thought, thinking constantly about things to do, what’s been done, what could have been done, what was done wrong, what should have been done but wasn’t, what others did, are doing, should do, must do, is not only tiring but a brilliant way to waste energy.
If you would learn to meditate and thereby turn the eye of your attention and awareness within, if you would let your mind be quiet and allow your being to be still, you would rediscover, ‘as without, so within’. You would realise outer space is but a reflection of inner space. Both are vast and infinite spaciousness.
Attachment
The root of suffering is attachment. You have created a space in your mind that holds a person or object as part of you. When that person or object is criticized, neglected or not with you, you feel pain in your mind and you experience a sense of loss.
True happiness springs from loving and valuing others, yet maintaining our independence. Embrace this balance to find peace and joy.
𝕋𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕝𝕪 𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕍𝕒𝕝𝕦𝕖 𝔽𝕠𝕣 𝔼𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝔻𝕒𝕪
Every scene in our daily life presents so many choices of how to be and what to do. The decision we take in each of them is a reflection of our values. Whether it is our care, patience, sincerity or gratitude - values give direction and add meaning to life. If our thoughts, words and behaviors are in line with our values, we feel comfortable. But if we compromise, deviate or give up values for any reason, we regret it sooner or later.
As someone who believes in moral living, you create a compass of values and use it to guide your choices and decisions. But as you set out into the world, you notice people around you compromising on their values. At those moments, do you get tempted to drop yours? Have you given up on any value just because someone else you live with, doesn’t have it? Values are our strength. Even if no one around us is using them, and even if others believe they don’t work, we should not give them up. But often our behavior becomes only a reflection of the way others behave with us, and in the process our own values get lost. Living values means to consistently strengthen the spectrum of our principles and use them every time with everyone. Holding on to our values even in the face of temptations and challenges, increases our power. Values should be at the heart of all our choices and decisions, always. Otherwise if we use them only as per convenience, our values lose their value. Choose any one value and for the next 24 hours, be committed to make that value reflect in who you are and what you do. Use it always and with everyone. Remind yourself - 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳. 𝘔𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.
The value you choose becomes like a code of conduct which helps you become better and better. You will also make a difference to people and situations around you.
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𝔾𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝔹𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤, ℝ𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝔹𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤
Blessings are positive energy vibrations which we share with each other and they create goodness in relationships. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 -
1. Whenever we come in contact with another soul, the first thought that comes to our mind is of a past interaction with them, or of some work we have with them, or sometimes we look at them based on something we know about them or have heard from someone about them or of some weakness of theirs. Instead let us have a thought first of their specialty or their goodness, which we have seen in them at some point of time. This radiates blessings to them.
2. When we interact with someone, radiate to the other person a pure and positive feeling that you are a very special and beautiful soul and also keep a good wish for the person in your mind that you will find happiness and success in everything you do. Both good feelings and good wishes are form of blessings that fill spiritual love in interactions and bring back blessings from others.
3. Also, when meeting others, see others as God's children, whom God loves a lot and keep your vision subtly at their spiritual form or the soul, a being of pure spiritual light at the center of their forehead. The more this spiritual vision becomes your habit, the more your positive energy will radiate to the other person and in return, the other person will send back positivity and goodness.
4. A sign of a good natured soul is to give something to everyone they meet. Depending on what the soul is lacking in or what they need in that particular scene of life, give them peace or joy or love or power through your eyes, face, words and actions. These are beautiful blessings.
5. Lastly, give support to everyone and co-operate enthusiastically with everyone. Today, souls in the world need our positive energy and we also benefit from their positive energy which they radiate to us. This is an important way of giving and receiving blessings.
𝔸𝕕𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕄𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕞
We often hide our mistakes from people, fearing consequences of a punishment and of their opinion about us. Even if they find out what we did, we come up with a justification. Owning up our mistakes, apologizing, realizing and transforming almost always earns us acceptance and respect. Consequences nevertheless come to us, but so will the courage to face them. Start living by your values. Do not compromise on them. Pay attention to being right and doing right. Ensure your thoughts for yourself and others are pure, your words are uplifting, your attitude is humble, your behaviour with people is polite, your actions are righteous and your decisions are beneficial to you and everyone involved. But if you make a mistake, admit it immediately, take responsibility. Don’t justify, no matter how severe the consequence is. Become determined to never repeat your mistake. Accept your weaknesses and work on them.
Can you handle a harshly conveyed negative feedback about yourself, with stability? Does admitting to your faults seem hard at those moments? Does your ego drive you to get defensive? People who truly care for us, don’t hesitate to point out our weakness or mistake. Their intention is pure, but they may deliver it bluntly. Sometimes they even sandwich one layer of criticism between multiple layers of appreciation. Yet, our ego makes us fear the negative remark and defend ourselves. Received in the right spirit, feedback offers growth and is almost always inevitable. Let us avoid the awkwardness around it by not reacting impulsively. We need to reflect on the suggestions while ignoring the energy of criticism it came with. Let’s be authentic, own up mistakes and make feedback a pleasant experience rather than a bitter one. Remind yourself everyday - 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘐 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.
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A Gauge To Check How Spiritually Powerful Am I
The territory of spiritual understanding is both infinite and unlimited. Simply put, spirituality can be defined as the rediscovery of the deepest values, virtues, positive sanskars or characteristics of the human soul. The innate attributes or characteristics of the soul (peace, love, truth, purity and happiness) give the soul its power. The power of the soul cannot be quantified either on a physical or a non-physical level. The power can only be experienced and revealed to the self and others through the quality of the above characteristics and the different forms they are given by the soul itself.
For a practitioner of meditation, whether a beginner or an experienced once, patience and a gentle persistence guarantee two aspects of self-progress (in varying degrees in different souls):
1. rediscovery and revelation or expression of one's spiritual attributes and secondly, but very importantly
2. the ability to give them an appropriate form internally or externally, depending on the requirement of the situation.
A particular soul might be good at both aspects, another one very good at the first aspect and not so good at the second one. When we choose to be peaceful, we reconnect with our inner peace and create the spiritual form of peace within our self. This form created is different for different souls, depending on how powerful the soul is. So what is the quality of that form, what is the quality of our peace? Is it a superficial quality that is easily disturbed with unexpected changes in our external circumstances, or is it a deep peace which is stable even in the face of fierce criticism from others? Only we know the quality of our spiritual forms.
ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔽𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕆𝕗 𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕀𝕟 ℝ𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡𝕤
If we ask someone who do they think has caused them the most sorrow in life, most will point out to someone they love or had loved a lot. Why is it so? It happens like that because 𝙬𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚. The energy of love from the other will fulfill our inner desire for the experience of love. Due to our own need, we attach ourselves and hold on to a particular person whom we love a lot, believing that they will fill us with the love that they possess inside them, which will make us stronger, fuller and more content. So we start depending on the other person for this need. When he/she is not able to fill us, which happens many times, we experience sorrow. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧.
If we try and reverse the flow of love i.e. we make the energy of love come from outside in, we start depending on the outside for love, which results in the vacuuming effect. When you vacuum to clean your living room, you absorb the good and the bad. If you have dropped something very small, but valuable and of utmost importance to you, on your carpet, the vacuum cleaner absorbs it or takes it away, together with the dust, which is negative and of no value to you and which you do not want inside your home. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐛 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧, 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐞𝐭𝐜. 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐭𝐜. That way, a dependency is generated that is counter-productive and causes emotional pain. That does not mean we become cold and stop accepting love from others, but we are no longer dependent on it for our inner well-being and happiness. Also, on the other hand, we keep radiating or giving love. When we give love, we experience it ourselves first and that's what we want - an experience of love, isn't it?
Crossing Negative Circumstances (Part 3)
In order to have a wider perception and not to drown in any negative situation i.e. not to get affected by it, you can position yourself in a positive way. Instead of losing respect for the self and developing a negative consciousness, if you make your consciousness positive and stabilize yourself in respect towards yourself, in maintaining your positive and powerful self-esteem and a healthy distance (not necessarily physical distance, but rather by not letting the situation absorb you), you will be able to have an eagle's vision. From above, everything looks smaller. It is easier to get over something small. You can. I am a victorious soul or I am a destroyer of obstacles are examples of positive consciousness.
Whatever happens, it is important to always be aware that you create your thoughts and you allow the situations to have greater or lesser impact inside you, according to how you see them. Learn to create thoughts full of courage, trust and determination. Spirituality and the practice of meditation helps you do just that. Those thoughts, charged with positive energy, will help you to allow each situation to pass; to really overcome it and leave it behind; for it not to remain alive in your thoughts or in your memory.
With the power of a mind that creates thoughts full of good energy, wherever you go, you will create a pleasant atmosphere. Your vibrations will create spaces full of beauty, love, trust and peacefulness; spaces where all those who enter will remove their masks and will connect again with their true self.
Crossing Negative Circumstances (Part 2)
The challenge lies in knowing what the strategy is to learn to live through negative situations without allowing them to influence our emotional and mental state.
In order to achieve that, in the first place, we should change our interpretation. Instead of interpreting the situation as an obstruction, interference or barrier to our path, we need to change our perception. We can ask ourselves questions like: What has this situation taught me? What does it say to me? Remain detached, observe and listen before reacting immediately. From detachment, observation and listening we can have a more practical and wider perception.
We are the creators of our realities. Reality, in itself, does not create for us stress, pain or unhappiness. It is our way of looking and interpretation of reality that brings about these reactions. Therefore, we have to review how we perceive situations and with what beliefs we interpret and judge them. Reinterpreting the situation, the concrete reality, implies allowing the old perception to die in order to make room for a new vision. Without the old dying, the new cannot be built correctly. Instead of seeing people or situations as obstacles on the path, we can see them as opportunities to practice patience and tolerance, to know how to listen, thank and love. They allow us to widen our capacity to co-operate and enlarge our heart so that we might be more generous.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Crossing Negative Circumstances (Part 1)
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 …)
ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕧𝕖 𝕀𝕤𝕤𝕦𝕖𝕤 𝕆𝕟 𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝔹𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕊𝕝𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘
All of us would like to fall asleep as soon as our head hits the pillow at night. We expect our mind to switch off so we sleep peacefully. But often we go to bed thinking about issues, goals, to-do lists, or other random thoughts. So the mind gets activated instead of slowing down. It creates several thoughts through the night, disrupting sleep, taking a toll on us physically and emotionally.
𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 –
𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙈𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮… 𝙄 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮…𝙄 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙭𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙈𝙮 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡. 𝙄 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙭𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚… 𝙄 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣…𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙬 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙜𝙖𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 30 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙭𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙡𝙞𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣… 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨…𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙…𝙞𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙚𝙙…𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮…𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮…𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠…𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨…𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮 … 𝙄 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙡 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙…𝙄 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨…𝙤𝙧 𝙄 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮… 𝙈𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙨 𝙢𝙚…𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩…𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧…𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 10 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 …𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮…𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙. 𝙄 𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩… 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙙... 𝙧𝙚𝙟𝙪𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙.
Repeat this affirmation everyday to get the sleep you need by slowing down your mind. When you sleep with a light and clean mind, you give yourself enough time to sleep and wake up fresh the next morning.
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𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕆𝕗 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕆𝕣 𝔸 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕆𝕗 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘
We live by the philosophy of Survival of the fittest, which makes life a struggle. Spirituality teaches us that the one who serves is the fittest. We are taught in the world that service to humanity is service to God. We are also taught survival of the fittest. This belief made us compete with people rather than serving them.
1. Our original nature is to be generous. The more we give, the stronger we become. If we believe that only the fittest survive, we go into the taking mode and we develop a sense of competition and desire to overpower others.
2. Our mindset of survival is a barrier to our nature of service. We thought the more we accumulate, the more successful we will be, the more satisfied we will be. We have accumulated a lot physically today, but we feel hollow within, because of the void created by going against our nature of serving.
3. Meditate daily and fill yourself to nurture qualities of sharing, caring and co-operation. You will find ways to serve not just materially, but also emotionally – just with your vibrations of peace, love and joy.
4. Serving does not mean you suppress your aspirations and give away what you have. Set goals, earn money, enjoy comforts and achieve everything you can - without competing. Co-operate and empower people along the way.
𝔾𝕠𝕕 𝔸𝕤 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖 𝔽𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣, 𝕋𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦
𝐀. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐀𝐬 𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞
1. Gives us spiritual sustenance.
2. Fills us with immense love as a spiritual parent.
3. Gives us his supreme company at every step and in every action, which helps us become powerful and victorious over obstacles.
𝐁. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐀𝐬 𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐟 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦
1. Shares wisdom.
2. Makes us full of many capabilities and qualities.
3. Teaches us how we can make our fortune of many births and remain happy throughout the World Cycle.
𝐂. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐀𝐬 𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐫𝐮 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲
1. Teaches us the method of meditation which helps us purify the soul and experience peace.
2. Guides us on the spiritual path.
3. Fills our life with many blessings and attainments which make us successful in every sphere of life.
𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕕𝕣𝕒𝕨 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔸𝕣𝕘𝕦𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 ... ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕆𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤' ℙ𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤
Differences of opinions arise in everyday interactions, as the sanskars and perspectives we all carry differ. At such times if we are egoistic to prove our point and criticize the other person, the discussion turns into an argument. But if we choose to emotionally withdraw, remain stable and then speak, the dialogue moves towards harmony despite our differences. What is your threshold for calm interactions during a verbal exchange, when you disagree with someone? Does your temperament flare and you argue to prove your point? Also, do lengthy arguments feel worthwhile? Being heard is important. But healthy discussions need us to pause, process the situation, create a response and then speak. We also need to listen to their opinion without internally concluding they are wrong. There’s more power in being humble than to argue. Humility keeps our emotions in check. Otherwise it becomes a power game of us being right rather than 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 being right. Arguments arise out of ego and block productive communication. Each one is right from their perspective - this line is to be underlined in our minds. It helps us radiate respect, put our point across calmly, and accept differences with stability.
Throughout the day, living with people, working with them or coming into interaction even with strangers, take care of your mind. If there are difference of opinions put across your opinion with stability. Detach from your perspective and see theirs. If you are still not comfortable with their opinion, accept your differences with dignity for yourself and respect for them. Understand that they speak as per their sanskars and their perspectives, you speak as per yours. Neither of you are wrong, both are different. Use this knowledge to internally withdraw from the unhealthy energies of the scene like how a tortoise gets into its shell. Don’t let it break into an argument or conflict. Don’t allow your ego to argue and prove yourself right and don’t deplete happiness and health by arguing. Radiate vibrations of respect and acceptance to the other person and heal their disturbed mind with your vibrations. Re-establish harmony and delete the incident from your mind. Don’t let it create any emotional wound. Do this every time with everyone.
Being Emotional – Right Or Not (Part 3)?
Looking at the world around us, it is an infinite set of people, situations, objects and different types of problems that we face every now and then. Although many people would argue, that being emotional and crying sometimes in happiness and love and sometimes in sorrow and discontentment is natural. Also, letting out your tears for your loved ones in different negative as well as positive situations has existed forever. But, this is not true. The inner being or soul has come down the steps of births and rebirths and become weaker over a period of time. The soul is powerful when it begins to play its part in the world and is not so attached to everything around it. As a result it is lesser emotional but more happier. Strange as it may sound, as it became weaker, it became more emotional and less happier.
The key to freeing yourself is first the acceptance that to be over emotional is not exactly being free, which we have explained in the last two days’ messages. The next step is to achieve freedom by changing your consciousness. Create positive affirmations and keep them in your mind the entire day and bring them into your actions. A simple e.g. I am a being of light, a spiritual energy full of power. I look through the windows of my eyes at everything around me. I radiate spiritual power and joy to every scene, every person, every object. I am no longer dependent on receiving their energy and becoming fulfilled. I am a soul full of all attainments. Another e.g. I am a soul, full of immense love. I love everyone and everything with a big heart, but I am not attached. So I am never hurt in love. I am a pillar of strength in providing positivity to every negative situation of life. So I do not feel hurt in sorrow and rejection also.
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Being Emotional – Right Or Not (Part 2)?
Continuing from yesterday’s message, emotional power comes from giving and emotional weakness, comes when our primary purpose is to take. When we absorb a lot from life’s scenes, circumstances and also from people’s minds, words and their actions, sometimes we feel it is an empowering experience. But remember, if you absorb the good, you will also absorb the bad because that is what your mindset is. It is like the vacuum cleaner. You clean your carpet with it. It absorbs the dust and if your ring was lying on the carpet, it would suck in that too. Also, giving is receiving. Every positive emotion we give, it is increasing inside us at the same time, as it flows from within us to everyone and everything around us.
Based on this principle, when we look to take from a positive scene, we will feel emotionally joyful and when we are taking from a negative scene, we feel emotionally sorrowful. The more we look to make our emotional world dependent on the external situations or stimulus, the more our responses are under their influence. Being over emotional, whether in joy or in sorrow, is a sign of dependency. That does not mean we become cold and boring and do not enjoy life’s beautiful moments, which it has to offer. Also, we love everyone and are full of sympathy where required. But we are a little detached while viewing life. A spectator in a sports event sits on an emotional roller coaster watching his favourite team or player perform, sometimes over happy and sometimes unhappy. A spectator with a spiritual consciousness does not get overawed by his team’s or player’s performance. He enjoys the victorious moments and views the moments of failure, both without getting moved emotionally. This is not boring, but more empowering.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Being Emotional – Right Or Not (Part 1)?
Living a life full of twists and turns and different scenes, it is very easy to become emotionally attached to scenes happening around you and sometimes become disheartened or sorrowful and sometimes even emotionally joyful. Both are normal emotions. Yes we thought so! What is wrong with experiencing pain when I watch an accident on the road and what is wrong with becoming emotional and crying, when I watch a moving emotion filled movie. How can you take away these two experiences from life? The world told us they are correct. When we grew up, we often cried, sometimes in sorrow and many a times in joy. Did you go to your best friend’s birthday and become excessively emotional and when your younger brother or sister went down with fever, you sometimes cried seeing his or her pain. Our parents taught us this is what life is all about – mixed shades of emotional joy and emotional sorrow make up the painting of life. In fact, we grew up seeing them doing that in their worldly duties and we thought it was correct. Now! Wait a moment! Do I like sitting on this emotional roller-coaster so regularly and so much? How can I free myself?
We all look at life’s scenes with an attitude of receiving or taking something from life. We rarely think of giving to life’s scenes. Take the example of the sun in nature. The quality of the sun is giving, it never seeks to receive or take. And it is a powerful force of nature. Let’s emerge this virtue in ourselves. That will make me emotionally powerful inside and I will be lighter, happier and more contented in life’s different situations. So from today look to give to life’s different scenes and filling them with the primary qualities of life – peace, love and joy. On the other hand, if we are trying to fill ourselves with these qualities by taking them from people and situations, we will become emotionally weak.
(To be continued tomorrow …)