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Positive Reflections messages from Awakening consciousness
8 Steps On The Road To Success (Part 3)
The road to success is filled with major changes which we as travelers on it need to be able to adapt to and face, without the changes affecting us negatively. Some people are very weak at adapting to change because of a lack of spiritual strength and the tendency to look at the changes negatively. It is said at the Brahma Kumaris that the one who molds becomes real gold or valuable or in other words spiritually pure or powerful. So, the ability to mold or the ability to change as per the different milestones one sees on the road to success is a spiritual power that we need to fill ourselves with. Also, as with traffic signals, what is required is the ability to stop on the road to succeed in passing certain signposts. These signposts convey to us that crossing them at that moment at the speed at which we are, will cause an accident in the form of an ill physical body or a broken relationship. Also, they may cause a stressful mind or a harmful professional or personal role which is being used to reach the destination of success in any sphere of life. This can bring the journey to the destination of success to a standstill.
Another spiritual ability is inculcating new creative and constructive sanskaras (habits) as per the demands of what side-scenes are seen on the road to success. These side-scenes may sometimes be surprising for many. The type of sanskaras (habit) that may be required to be taught at that moment could be simple, like remaining egoless or maintaining love with everyone. Also, avoiding the negatives of someone and not spreading them, not getting frustrated or tired and remaining patient, not creating thoughts of failure, and accepting each one’s role with ease. Some other sanskaras (habits) are emerging the power to discriminate between wrong and right or remaining economical in using resources like money, time energy, etc. Also, just like any other journey, sometimes it is important not to get stuck in these side scenes. We need to ignore or let go of them and carry on with determination on the road to success with our complete focus on the destination of success which our whole journey is dedicated to.
Rising Above Limits
From the moment the soul has occupied the physical body, it has been living a life completely surrounded and absolutely controlled by limits. The domination of these limits has been increasing as it has taken body after body. Not just physical limits such as of gender or power, money or material possessions, but of time – the time I spend with my children, the time it takes me to finish a particular task, the time my friendship lasts, the time it takes me to drive to the office, etc.
The beauty of meditation is that it detaches me from the consciousness of the body and as a result I rise above these physical limits and limits of time. I experience the pure and very importantly, free and independent consciousness of the soul. I step out of the boundaries of both space and time. I begin to feel my own eternity, in which I simply am, without a beginning or an end. I existed before the formation of the body and I shall exist after it has returned to dust. This awareness of my eternal (with no beginning or end) identity is powerful, because it removes the fear of death. With that goes away a lot of the ego-driven, pressure filled behavior, the desperate need to make a mark through my profession or material objects which I own or in my relationships. This is the behavior in which I indulge when there isn't the realization of my eternal identity.
I, the soul, become aware of a continuity to my existence. Very importantly, I am also able to have the feeling of a place that is my eternal home, a place of rest, of peace, of complete stillness and silence. It is my place from where I began my journey. I exist in that home, and I come from that home to play my role on Earth, and I return there when my role is completed. This realization makes me internally full, fearless and content.
Is Our Destiny Fixed Or Can We Change It?
A very common question that people have asked since thousands of years is that is our destiny already fixed or can we change our destiny? Whenever we face a difficult situation in our lives, we often wonder that is this a result of our past actions and we also think that can the effect of these negative actions of our past births on our present birth be reversed or stopped. So, what should we do and where do we start? First of all, we need to understand very deeply that all human souls have performed some negative actions, along with positive actions, in many of their different births. But a very important point to note is that some souls have performed lesser negative actions, and some have performed more of them. So, as a result, everyone in the world today is facing some or the other negative situation or situations in their lives because of this. There is a common belief in the world that our destiny is created and written by God and everything that is happening in our lives – whether good or bad, is decided by God. But as per spiritual wisdom given by God, this is not a correct belief. God does not decide our life’s circumstances. Whenever anything good happens in our lives, it is always a result of our good actions of our past as well as because of God’s help, which is there in some circumstances, but not in all. On the other hand, whenever anything negative happens in our lives, it is a result of our wrong actions of our past only. God does not punish us for our negative actions.
So, we all have a destiny based on our past actions. But, at the same time there are three ways by which we can change our destiny at the present moment, as per God’s guidance and spiritual wisdom given by Him –
1. Remember God in meditation and listen to His spiritual wisdom, which will purify the soul and clear off the burden of negative past actions from the soul
2. Perform many positive actions that will fill the soul with the seven basic virtues - peace, joy, love, bliss, purity, power and wisdom and also increase the same virtues in others
3. Remain free from the 5 main vices - lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego and other vices in thoughts, words and actions and lead a pure lifestyle.
When we do all these three the soul gets purified and also creates positive sanskars of goodness and giving. These changes inside the soul change its destiny and attract more positive and beautiful situations in its life and change its negative situations to positive ones. They also make its future births full of positivity and success.
Credit: Brahma Kumaris Center
Nurture Nature
Many a philosophical debate arrives at the bottom line – are we naturally the way we are or is it nurtured? Are we all pure in heart, but blinded by the impurities of the world? Are we all enlightened souls who have simply succumbed to illusion?
Most of us have an intuitive response which seems to acknowledge that there is goodness in everyone, it’s simply sometimes hard to see. As we look at ourselves maybe we even find it hard to see the good in ourselves. Perhaps we’ve been taught to see only the dark, the negative. Perhaps we grew up with others whose vision always landed on the negative. But who would choose to live in the darkness? Who would choose to be a negative person? Who would choose pessimism? Probably very, very few, if only we could see the choice. That’s why it is essential you find the good, however small within yourself, tend to it, nurture it, nourish it – just as you would the plants in your garden.
When you focus on the good, the positive within yourself, you give it life, you give it permission to grow and to be restored to your nature. The good has been there all along, simply out of your inner sight, out of your awareness. Some say ‘get a life’ but this is how to give a life. This is how to give life back to yourself! Or do you prefer to live in the dark?
Transform Knowledge Into Wisdom
We all know someone who has high knowledge but doesn’t come across as wise. Knowledge is a bundle of data or information stored in the mind. Our intellect then goes through the knowledge base, uses only the useful information, to apply it wisely in every situation. Knowledge is about accumulating facts and information, while wisdom is about using judgment in applying that knowledge in life’s situations. This means knowledge is a gift that comes to us with a big responsibility – of churning on it, applying it in life and converting into wisdom. Wisdom shows us how to think and how to live right.
1. Meditate every morning for 15 minutes and study spiritual knowledge every morning for 15 minutes, to fill the mind with God's knowledge. Thereafter, your mind thinks right and perceives every situation clearly. Your choices and decisions will be based on logic and reasoning.
2. Discriminate what is right or wrong, based on your inner wisdom. Don’t use acquired information, people’s opinions or belief systems created by society. They may or may not be right for you. Ask the question, silence your mind and wait for your intellect to give you answers.
3. The process of seeking and obtaining wisdom is a life-long effort. The more you gain it, the deeper your inner qualities of humility, honesty, love, compassion, truth and courage become. These help you stand by your principles and stand for what is right at all times.
4. When you read or listen to deep messages on media or social media, don’t just be in awe of them. Ask yourself - How is it relevant to me? and apply it in your situations. Imbibing knowledge makes it your own wisdom, your truth and a part of your personality.
Overcoming Obstacles With A Powerful Consciousness Of Faith (Part 2)
Having accepted the reality that negativity or negative situations in our mind, body, relationships, wealth and role will arise in our life from time to time (as explained in yesterday’s message), a question arises what kind of consciousness do I keep in these kind of situations and how do I ensure that the situation does not overpower my positive consciousness. Because only a powerful consciousness of faith or victory will keep me protected from the negative emotional and physical influence of these problems but will also become the most important influencing factor which will help me in overcoming the problem and going towards the solution or attracting it towards me, sometimes immediately and sometimes slowly, but steadily, without losing my inner stability during the period that I wait for the solution to arise.
What is a powerful consciousness of faith when we are facing a negative situation? No negative scene or situation of any type in my life lasts forever and this scene shall also pass and I shall emerge victorious over it using the power of thought, the power of positivity, the power of spiritual wisdom, the power of meditation and the power of God’s constant company. My victory is 100% fixed and certain. This is in short a powerful consciousness of faith, which we need to remember many times everyday in the middle of a negative situation. This powerful consciousness will transform the situation from negative to positive and make it completely favorable for us.
In tomorrow’s message, we shall explain what is preventing us from keeping this consciousness of faith and how we can maintain it in negative and uncertain situations, which test our emotional strength and inner stability and resilience.
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Overcoming Obstacles With A Powerful Consciousness Of Faith (Part 1)
Almost every day in our present lives brings various ups and downs in our minds, physical bodies, relationships, wealth, and personal or professional roles. Not a single human soul exists in the world today that is experiencing a constant state of positivity in all these aspects of life, mentioned above. All aspects are extremely changeable and every now and then, they seem to bring with them negativity or negative situations. A very simple reason for this is that today we stand at the very end of the eternal world drama i.e. at the end of the Iron Age or Kaliyuga, when every human soul is in its last phase of its journey of birth and rebirth, a journey in which it has committed many mistakes, especially in the latter part of the journey, as it has continued to lose its spiritual power because it has performed many actions in the consciousness of the physical body.
So, the problems from time to time in all the above aspects of life are nothing but a reflection or karmic result of incorrect actions performed by each soul, especially in the latter part of this world drama. If we are expecting a time to come in the present time, when all these will be absolutely fine and they will always be positive at all times, that will not be possible, not until the Iron Age or Kaliyuga reaches an end and we return back home to the soul world or the spiritual home of supreme peace of all human souls, after becoming completely pure. Until we return, for this purification to take place, we will need to settle all our accounts of our past negative karmas or incorrect actions, by spiritual empowerment as well as facing problems in these five aspects of life, not necessarily in all of them at the same time, but in one or more aspects from time to time and overcoming them with ease, positivity and power. Instead of running away from this reality we need to accept it completely and instead of looking at ways of keeping these aspects positive, which we will be able to do but only to some extent because there will be times when it will not be possible for us to change the negativity in these aspects completely, in spite of our deep efforts. We should look to resolve all problems of these aspects and we will be able to do it at times, but it will not be possible each time that these aspects will change for the better as much as we want and at the speed we desire, because a large number of past negative action accounts have to be settled in a short duration of time.
(To be continued tomorrow…)
𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕀𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖
Between managing home, office, children’s classes, shopping, friendships, and other tasks, do you wish for time to tick as per your schedule? How do you feel whenever you need to wait for anything? Living in a world that expects instant gratification, our patience seems to be fading out. Impatience is more about our lack of self-control, than a lack of time. We want what we want, and we want it immediately. Racing to and fro from one task to another, and one thought to another – we are only adding to stress, aggression and pain. Running towards my goal is not worth leaving patience behind. Let’s learn to wait, trusting that everything is accurate, precisely happening when it is meant to. Patience with self, people and situations bring peace, compassion and acceptance. It also gives the power to handle life in the middle of challenges when we don’t deplete energy creating impatience, in other scenes. Practicing patience makes us confident and likeable. It is also a sign of royalty and dignity to wait rather than impulsively react. Remind yourself, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦.
Among the very valuable qualities you nurture, is patience one of them? How easy do you find to remain patient with people and situations on a daily basis, especially when they are not your way? We all exhibit different levels of patience but to practice it, we need to finish the obstacles that come in its way – mostly as irritation, anger, anxiety, fear, doubt or judgment. Even comparison and competition deplete patience. We routinely say – 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶…𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳… 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤… If we don’t want to listen, wait, or persist, we give up our powers to tolerate, adjust or accept. The mind tries to control things which it cannot, and becomes restless. The body receives energy of turbulence from the mind and health suffers. Relationships become fragile. People are doing their best and situations are the way they are meant to be. This understanding creates compassion, kindness and respect. From today, prepare yourself to use patience in every scene, no matter what the day brings.
If there are four worlds in your mouth, what must your mind be like ?
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8 Steps On The Road To Success (Part 2)
Just for a minute stop what you are thinking and ask yourself is a goal or an achievement so significant that you do not mind losing some of the important relationships of your life. Also, what use is an achieved mission if in the process I suffer sleep disorders or my digestive system is weakened or I suffer from high blood pressure or diabetes? Also, I may even suffer from mental illnesses like depression or sometimes even end up attempting suicide. The same purpose of life can be achieved without losing mental peace, even if the achievement takes place at a date later than the one intended.
So, the first step on the road to success is revising your purpose to one that can be achieved at a slower speed than the speed we might see others working. Of course, it’s needless to say that the wrong energy with which we are working that is giving us hurry and worry sickness is nothing but competition. Competition is not at all an un-required energy in mainstream society but when competition is accompanied by or mixed with comparisons, it becomes negative or self-harming. To compete, competition is healthy but does not compare, comparisons are unhealthy. Also, while moving towards the destination of success, it is important to set smaller goals instead of targeting the bigger cause. This is important because this keeps us extremely light in our journey, keeps us on the road to success, and does not let us become tired when the going gets difficult. This is a way of unburdening oneself while traveling on the road to success which can be long. Another important feature of a relaxed journey to success is satisfying people who are a part of the journey and not developing cold relations with them. Very often, people are so obsessed with work or professional targets that a 12-hour day at the workplace is a common practice with busy professionals with no time for their family members. This causes distancing and differences between them and also very often children and husbands or wives are affected negatively by this and remain dissatisfied.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
8 Steps On The Road To Success (Part 1)
We all live a life filled with different actions that we perform from the morning to the night. Every action either in the personal, professional, social, or financial sphere is filled with the energy of an intention or a pure desire that I have to achieve what I aspire or aim for. But things go wrong when ambition becomes an obsession and it affects our relationships, health, and mind, sometimes individually and sometimes all together. With some people, the desire to succeed is so immense and so obsessive that it tends to influence their thoughts excessively. They lose interest in performing any action which takes them away from this aim.
They say success for some comes at a price – a broken soul, a stressful mind, an unhealthy body, and harmed relationships. For some, life is like a continuous challenge to overcome. Challenges are good; they bring out the inner powers and help in tapping the hidden potential inside you. But simultaneously, a life that eats, sleeps, and breathes challenges and goals is the wrong road to success. A main cause of professional burnout at a young age is an obsession to achieve and dream big. This is even causing a lot of people to become severely depressive, unenthusiastic, and disinterested after a certain time in their careers and family lives. Many people are taking to meditation and relaxation techniques because they lost their balance at some time in their lives. They left the right road to success with the destination of success remaining away from them instead of coming towards them.
In the next two days’ messages, we shall explain 8 different steps one needs to take on an emotional level so that success is achieved. At the same time, it is a success without any of the side effects in the form of love lost in relationships and physical and mental illnesses.
ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝔸𝕟𝕕 ℂ𝕠-𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟
Do you hold a belief about success and competition that 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵? Do you aim at going ahead of other people or to perform better than your own capacity? When we compete, we cannot remain happy because of a constant insecurity and fear that someone else might go ahead of us. So even on achieving top ranks, there is insecurity. Competition creates stress, fear, jealousy, hatred and moves us away from happiness. Co-operation earns blessings and makes us successful. Success is not about racing ahead and being Number One. Success is measured by our happiness, health, beautiful relationships and our achievements. Co-operation is natural for us, so let’s live the natural way. Today, remind yourself you will constantly better yourself but not compete or compare with others. Make co-operation and not competition as your nature.
Society always encouraged us to compete and compare. We adopted the belief that life is a competition. But no matter how well we did, there was always someone with a bigger house, a better gadget or a higher position. Let us understand that no one is better, we are different. Remind yourself you are a happy being. Perform to the best of your capacity. Compare only with your previous performance. Compete with no one, but co-operate with everyone around you. Co-operate by creating good thoughts for them, co-operate by using encouraging words, co-operate by sharing what you know, co-operate by caring for everyone. Always remember your life is your journey, to your destination, at your speed, using your capacity, and on the basis of your values. From today, get off the race, focus on our path and move at a pace comfortable to you. By sharing what you know, healthy relationships will be created and you will be successful in many ways.
Being Patient In Every Scene Of Life
Ever since speed and a hurried pace have become characteristics of our life, we have become impatient. Wisdom tells us patience pays off and impatience costs us dearly. But sometimes when we wish to speed up something, when we want quick changes, when there’s a challenge or when we cannot bear uncertainty, we become impatient. We want what we want, and we want it immediately.
1. You have the power to be patient, accept and adapt to almost everything around you. Never say - No I cannot wait…I cannot tolerate.... Losing patience in minor scenes makes impatience a part of your personality. Patience gives you the power to handle difficulties and problems because you didn’t deplete spiritual energy creating impatience while the problems were unresolved.
2. Patience is your original nature. It’s a sign of royalty, dignity and inner strength. Meditate every morning and fill yourself with peace. Peace is always accompanied by patience. Whether it is children misbehaving, a traffic jam, slow internet, colleagues arriving late or someone missing deadlines – be tolerant and patient. This also brings your thoughts under your control.
3. Be patient towards yourself, other people and even situations. Someone may be slow, someone can make mistakes, but they are all doing their best. Advise or instruct them with respect. Your vibrations of ease radiate comforting energy for them to improve. Also, all different types of negative situations resolve faster when they receive our vibrations of patience constantly.
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Listening To The Voice Of The Intellect
The subtle or non-physical sense organ of the non-physical soul which we use to judge something as right or wrong, good or bad and then make a choice or decision is the intellect. When we are body-conscious, we are attached to many things such as people, our role, objects, money, even our own ideas and beliefs, etc. Due to these attachments, we are constantly creating emotions of fear and anger in the energy of our consciousness. It is these two emotions which then overpower or influence our intellect and stop us from judging clearly and correctly between right and wrong. This constant inner emotional noise of worry and irritation (the seeds of fear and anger) do not allow us to hear the deepest part of our intellect, which is our intuition.
When we are soul-conscious, we are free from attachment and therefore fear and anger. Our consciousness is calm, focused and keenly aware of the quiet, but extremely wise voice of our intuition (inner wisdom). Decision-making is easier and choices are made out of wisdom rather than fear. Meditation is the method which helps us rise above our mental attachments and allow us to connect with the wisdom in our heart, our intuition, our inner voice, which suggests what the right response or action in any situation, is. A practical example of this is when, after being persuaded by your family members you decide not to smoke any more. You let go of the attachment to my belief that there is nothing wrong with smoking, which then allows you to listen to the heart of the other (their feelings) and your own heart or intellect, which suggests to you the right action for your well-being in the long run.
Credit: Brahma Kumaris Centre