Contemplation: July 08, 2020: Success

Contemplation: July 08, 2020: Success

 

Success

It is a sign of wisdom to be able to set goals and then, having done so, to let them go. All that is required for success is a vision of the destination. The journey itself will reveal the means to take you there.

The Gateway To Peace And Happiness (Part 1)

There was a time in the world when everyone was happy and there were no complaints whatsoever from the journey of life. That is a time remembered by many religions as heaven. People often say when a soul leaves the physical body or what we refer to in common language that a person has died, that he or she has gone to heaven. In these cases although we should be happy at the fact that the soul has gone to a happier life or to heaven, we feel sorrowful because we miss that soul’s existence in our lives. Here we normally refer to a heaven that is far above the sun, moon and stars. But the fact is that no one goes to such a heaven, which is above us, but takes a birth in the world over here. This is because no one can become free from the cycle of birth and rebirth without cleaning up all the negative actions performed over many births. A soul with the burden of impure karmas on its head has to continue its journey in the birth-rebirth cycle till it becomes pure by the remembrance of God and performing pure actions in His remembrance. This is the natural law of the world drama and not a law created by God or anyone else.

Although everyone desires to go to heaven, we have to work on ourselves and make ourselves full of the qualities of peace, joy, love, bliss, purity, power and truth, which are required to earn a birth or many births in heaven or in other words a completely happiness filled life. The happiness filled life is not in the skies where perhaps God is waiting for us which most of us believe. God shares with us that you can fulfill your dream of coming and staying with me up above, but that world above, is not heaven, it is the soul world, where I stay. God also tells us that you can fulfill your dream of going to heaven which is not above the skies but on earth and has existed in the past and will come again on earth soon. That is a heaven, on which every human being in the world holds a right to go to, along with the right to go to the soul world, because every human being is the child of God. How? We shall explain that in the next two days’ messages.

To have the right intention while performing actions is to bring success. 

When the heart recognizes the need to do something, there has to be reasoning in the intellect, why I want to do it and with what intention. Without the right intention, feelings can make me get carried away, not able to contribute my best. For example, if I want someone to change (feeling) because I want to be more comfortable, it will not work. But, if I bring the thought that I want them to change, because they would be happier. This is the right intention, which would bring success to my feeling. Today I will do actions with the right intention. All the major tasks that I do, I will first take a thought about why I am doing it. I will then do that action. This will enable me to bring quality to the actions that I do. So, whatever I do, I will be successful in that.

 

Message for the day

The one who is aware of one's fortune enables others to experience their fortune too. 
Expression: To be aware of one's own fortune means to appreciate and use all that one has. Also when there is the awareness of one's own fortune, there is a natural tendency to help people become aware of what they have and how they can benefit from it. So the one who is fortunate becomes a giver. 
Experience: When I am able to recognize my own fortune, I am able to have the joy of being a giver constantly. Whatever the circumstances, I am able to give knowing that I am fortunate. But never is there dependency created on me, because my help is to make them aware of their fortune too and make them independent.

In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

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