Points to Churn from the Murli of May 15, 2013

Swamaan / Sankalp / Slogan: Swaroop Bano

May 15, 2013:

हम आत्माएँ, ज्ञान-योग के बल से सतयुग में रत्न जडित मुरली बजानेवाली, ज्ञान इन्द्र सभा की ज्ञान पुखराज परी हैं...

With the power of knowledge and yoga, we, the souls, the gems of knowledge, the angels in the Court of the knowledge of Indra, play flutes studded with jewels in the golden age...

Hum atmaayen, gyan-yog ke bal se satyug men ratn jadit murli bajaanewali, gyan indra sabha ki gyan pukhraj pari hain...

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These points are especially useful to those learning Hindi or English.

Om Shanti Divine Angels!!!

Points to Churn from the Murli of May 15, 2013

Praise of Baba:

The Ocean of Knowledge, the Incorporeal Purifier, the Supreme Father, and the Supreme Soul Shiv Baba is.... My Baba...Sweet Baba...Lovely Baba...Kind-hearted Baba...Compassionate Baba...the True Father...the True Teacher...the Unlimited Father... the Almighty Authority...the Truth, the Living Being, the Blissful One and the Seed... the Bestower of Salvation... Knowledge-full...

Points of Self-Respect and Soul Study:

Knowledge: We, the souls, are the Ganges of knowledge that have emerged from the Ocean of Knowledge...we listen to the murli from the Ocean of Knowledge through the big river Brahmaputra, and relate it to others...

We are the Brahmins of the highest clan, with birth like that of a diamond...we receive the knowledge of being trikaldarshi from Shivacharya (Shiva, the Teacher) only once at the confluence age, and enjoy the fruits for 21 births...

we are the angels, the gems of knowledge, in the Court of the knowledge of Indra, who become the masters of the world with the power of knowledge and yoga...

Yog: I belong to one Father and none other...Manmanabhav! Attention please, remain alert- remain in the remembrance of the Father...

We, the souls, are moths of the One Flame...by having faith that we are souls, we become soul conscious and remember the Father...we surrender our body mind and wealth and become heirs...by having yoga with the Almighty Authority Father, we receive power and go on a spiritual pilgrimage with the Supreme Guide...

Dharna: We, the souls, the Parvatis of the household path, pledge to become pure and have total renunciation...we remove our defects and become virtuous, and receive the full inheritance from the Father...we are the true and real children who remember the land of peace and the land of happiness while living in a household, attain liberation and liberation-in-life and become the happy and cheerful deities of the golden age...

Service: We, the souls, are the gopes and gopis of Gopi Vallabh, who are crazy about the Murli...we listen to the murli and relate it to others, inculcate the points from the murlis and enable others to do the same...by becoming spiritual guides, we take others on a spiritual pilgrimage, by becoming serviceable we get threaded in the rosary of victory, and become the princes and princesses playing flutes studded with jewels in the golden age...

Blessing: With our mind free from disease, we, the souls, are constantly healthy...we remain cheerful while lying on a bed of snakes like Vishnu and churning knowledge, and with the churning power delve deeper into the ocean...by being a karma yogi, we do not experience any suffering of karma, and, with our stage of being a karma yogi, we gain victory over the suffering of karma and become victorious jewels...

Slogan: By being with the Father, the Helper and receiving extra help, we, the souls, fly and make others fly on the wings of keenness, zeal, zest, enthusiasm, courage and enterprise in any difficult task...by having a karma yogi stage of “the Father and I” we attain success in every task and remain tireless... we are the tension free servers who pay attention to bring about the aim we have for ourselves in service a practical form.....

In the Milan of April 05, 2013, Bapdada said:

“Whatever weakness you have, you definitely have to renounce it. Is it firm that you have to renounce it? So whatever thought you have this season should not just be a thought, but you definitely have to do it. No matter what happens, you definitely have to change. Have this determined thought. Ultimately, you have to bring the time close.”

So, let us cremate our old sanskars. (Sanskar ka sanskar karo) Not just to suppress them, but to completely burn them, so there is no trace or progeny left. Check and change now. Have volcanic yoga ( Jwala swaroop) We have time until the next Milan in October . Let us work on one each day with the following

Yog Commentary:

cremate our old sanskars 29......to have a delicate nature; to feel vulnerable...... replace them with by being a powerful Durga, a four-armed Vishnu.....

I am a soul...I reside in the Incorporeal world...the land of peace...Shivalaya...I am with the Father...I am close to the Father...I am equal to the Father...I am sitting personally in front of the Father...safe...in the canopy of protection of the Father...I am the eight armed deity...a special deity...I am great and elevated...I, the soul am the master sun of knowledge...a master creator...master lord of death...master almighty authority... Shivshakti combined...immortal image...seated on an immortal throne...immovable, unshakable Angad, stable in one stage, in a constant stage, with full concentration....steady, tireless and a seed...the embodiment of power...the image of a destroyer...an embodiment of ornaments...the image of a bestower...the Shakti Army...the Shakti troop...an almighty authority...the spiritual rose...a blaze...a volcano...an embodiment of a blaze...a fiery blaze...I am cremating the sanskar of having a delicate nature; of feeling vulnerable....I am burning them...I am turning them into ashes...I, the soul am a maharathi...a mahavir...I am the victorious spiritual soldier that is conquering the vice of ... having a delicate nature; of feeling vulnerable.......... by being a powerful Durga, a four-armed Vishnu......I , the soul, am soul conscious, conscious of the soul, spiritually conscious, conscious of the Supreme Soul, have knowledge of the Supreme Soul, am fortunate for knowing the Supreme Soul.....I am full of all virtues, 16 celestial degrees full, completely vice less, the most elevated human being following the code of conduct, doubly non-violent, with double crown...I am the master of the world, seated on a throne, anointed with a tilak, seated on Baba’s heart throne, double light, belonging to the sun dynasty, a valiant warrior, an extremely powerful and an extremely strong wrestler with very strong arms...eight arms, eight powers, weapons and armaments, I am the Shakti merged in Shiv...

ॐ शान्ति दिव्य फरिश्ते !!!

 

विचार सागर मंथन: मई 15, २०१३

 

बाबा की महिमा:

ज्ञान के सागर पतित पावन निराकार परमपिता परमात्मा शिव बाबा हैं...मेरा बाबा... मीठा बाबा...प्यारा बाबा... दयालु बाबा...कृपालु बाबा... सत बाप...सत टीचर...सत गुरु... बेहद का बाप... सर्वशक्तिमान...सत चित आनंद स्वरूप...बीजरूप...सदगति दाता... नॉलेजफुल...

 

स्वमान और आत्मा अभ्यास :

 

ज्ञान : हम आत्माएँ, ज्ञान सागर से बड़ी नदी ब्रह्मापुत्र द्वारा ज्ञान मुरली सुन मुरली बजानेवाली, ज्ञान सागर से निकली हुई ज्ञान गंगाएँ हैं...


शिवाचार्य से त्रिकालदर्शी पने का ज्ञान एक ही बार संगम पर लेकेर 21 जन्मों की प्रालब्ध पानेवाले, हीरे जैसा जन्म वाले सबसे ऊँच कुल ब्राह्मण हैं...
ज्ञान-योग के बल से विश्व के मालिक बननेवाले, ज्ञान इन्द्र सभा की ज्ञान पुखराज परी हैं...


योग : मेरा तो एक शिव बाबा दूसरा ना कोई... मनमनाभव ! अटेंशन प्लीज़, सावधान-बाप की याद मे रहो...


हम आत्माएँ, अपने को आत्मा निश्चय कर आत्म-अभिमानी बन एक बाप को याद करनेवाले, तन-मन-धन सहित बलि चढ वारिस बननेवाले, सर्व शक्तिमान से योग लगाकर शक्ति पानेवाले, सुप्रीम रूहानी पण्डे के साथ रूहानी यात्रा पर जानेवाले, एक शमा के परवाने हैं...

 

धारणा: हम आत्माएँ, पवित्रता की प्रतिज्ञा लेकर पूरा पूरा सन्यास लेकर, अवगुणों को निकाल गुणवान बन बाप से पूरा-पूरा वर्सा लेनेवाले, प्रवृत्ति मार्ग की पार्वतियाँ हैं...
गृहस्त व्यवहार में रहते हुए सुखधाम, शान्तिधाम, याद करनेवाले, मुक्ति जीवन मुक्ति पाकर सतयुग के सुखी हर्षित देवताएँ बननेवाले, सच्चे सगे बच्चे हैं...

 

सेवा: हम आत्माएँ, मुरली सुन औरों को सुनानेवाले, मुरली के पायंट्स धारण कर और औरों को धारण करानेवाले, गोपी वल्लभ के गोप गोपियाँ हैं...मुरली के दीवाने हैं...रूहानी पण्डे बन रूहानी यात्रा करानेवाले, सर्विसेबुल बन विजय माला में पिरोनेवाले, सतयुग में रत्न जडित मुरली बजानेवाले प्रिंस-प्रिंसेज़ हैं...

 

वरदान: हम आत्माएँ, निरोगी मन से सदा तंदूरस्त रहनेवाले, शेष शैया पर विष्णु समान ज्ञान का सिमरण कर हर्षित बनकर मनन शक्ति द्वारा और ही सागर के तले में जानेवाले, कर्मयोगी बन कर्मभोग महसूस न करनेवाले, कर्मयोग की स्टेज द्वारा कर्मभोग पर विजय प्राप्त करनेवाले विजयी रत्न हैं...

 

स्लोगन:  हम आत्माएँ, सहायक बाप के साथ होने से कर्म में एक्स्ट्रा मदद पानेवाले, कोई भी मुश्किल काम में बाप की मदद से उछल, उमंग, उत्साह उल्लास साहस और हिम्मत के पंखों पर ऊड़ने और ऊड़ानेवाले, आप और बाप की कर्मयोगी स्थिति से हरेक कार्य में सफलता पानेवाले, अथक हैं... सेवा वा स्वयं के लक्ष्य को प्रैक्टिकल में लाने के लिए अटेन्शन से सेवा करनेवाले टेन्शन फ्री सेवाधारी हैं...

 

 

अप्रैल 5, 2013, के मिलन में बापदादा ने कहा था के :

“जो भी कमी है उसको छोड़ना ही है | छोड़ना ही है, यह है पक्का? इस सीज़न में जो संकल्प कर रहे हो, वो संकल्प नहीं,पर करना ही है | कुछ भी हो जाए, बदलना ही है | यह दृढ़ संकल्प करो | आख़िर समय को समीप लाना है |”

 

तो ज्वाला  मुखी  अग्नि  स्वरुप  योग  की  शक्ति  से  संस्कारों  का संस्कार करो ; सिर्फ मारना नहीं, लेकिन  जलाकर नाम रूप ख़त्म कर दो.... अक्तूबर  पहले सारे  अवगुण और पुराने संस्कार जला देना ...हररोज़ एक लेंगे और जला देंगे...

 

योग कोमेन्ट्री:..

 

पुराने वा अवगुणों का अग्नि संस्कार   : २९ ......... नाज़ुकपन.....बदलकर    ...... मैं आत्मा शक्तिशाली दुर्गा हूँ ......चतुर्भुज  विष्णु  हूँ........... मैं आत्मा परमधाम शान्तिधाम शिवालय में हूँ ....... शिवबाबा के साथ हूँ ..... समीप हूँ .... समान हूँ ..... सम्मुख हूँ .....  सेफ हूँ ..... बाप की छत्रछाया में हूँ .....अष्ट इष्ट महान सर्व श्रेष्ठ हूँ ...... मैं आत्मा मास्टर ज्ञानसूर्य हूँ .... मास्टर रचयिता हूँ ..... मास्टर महाकाल हूँ ..... मास्टर सर्व शक्तिवान हूँ ..... शिव शक्ति कमबाइनड  हूँ  ........ अकालतक्खनशीन  हूँ ....अकालमूर्त हूँ ..... अचल अडोल अंगद एकरस एकटिक एकाग्र स्थिरियम अथक और बीजरूप  हूँ ........ शक्तिमूर्त ..... संहारनीमूर्त ...... अलंकारीमूर्त ..... कल्याणीमूर्त हूँ ......शक्ति सेना हूँ ..... शक्तिदल हूँ ...... सर्वशक्तिमान हूँ ......  रुहे गुलाब .... जलतीज्वाला .... ज्वालामुखी ....  ज्वालास्वरूप .... ज्वालाअग्नि हूँ .... नाज़ुकपन................अवगुणों का आसुरी संस्कार का अग्नि संस्कार कर रही हूँ ........ जला रही हूँ ...... भस्म कर रही हूँ ......  मैं आत्मा महारथी महावीर ........ नाज़ुकपन................... के  मायावी संस्कार पर विजयी रूहानी सेनानी हूँ .......... मैं आत्मा शक्तिशाली दुर्गा हूँ ......चतुर्भुज  विष्णु  हूँ ......मैं देही -अभिमानी ..... आत्म-अभिमानी..... रूहानी अभिमानी .....परमात्म अभिमानी..... परमात्म ज्ञानी ..... परमात्म भाग्यवान..... सर्वगुण सम्पन्न  ..... सोला  कला सम्पूर्ण ..... सम्पूर्ण निर्विकारी .....मर्यादा पुरुषोत्तम  ...... डबल अहिंसक  हूँ ..... डबल ताजधारी ..... विष्व  का मालिक हूँ ..... मैं आत्मा ताजधारी ..... तख़्तधारी ..... तिलकधारी ..... दिलतक्खनशीन  ..... डबललाइट ..... सूर्यवंशी शूरवीर ....... महाबली महाबलवान ..... बाहुबलि पहलवान ....... अष्ट भुजाधारी अष्ट शक्तिधारी   अस्त्र शस्त्रधारी शिवमई शक्ति हूँ .....  

Om Shanti divya farishte !!!

Vichaar Sagar Manthan: May 15, 2013

Baba ki Mahima:

Gyan ke Sagar Patit Paavan Niraakaar Parampita Paramatma Shiv Baba hain...Mera Baba... Meetha Baba... Pyaara Baba...Dayalu Baba...Kripalu Baba... Sat Baap...Sat Tichar...Sat Guru... Behad ka Baap... Sarv shakti maan...Sat Chit Anand Swaroop...Beejroop...Sadgati Data... Nolej ful...

Swamaan aur Atma Abhyas :

Gyan : Hum atmaayen, gyan sagar se badi nadi brahmaputr dwara gyan murli sun murli bajaanewali, gyan sagar se nikli hui gyan gangaayen hain...

shivaachaary se trikaal darshi pane ka gyan ek hi baar sangam par leker 21 janmon ki praalabdh paanewale, heere jaisa janm wale sabse oonch kul Brahman hain...

gyan-yog ke bal se vishv ke maalik ban newale, gyan indra sabha ki gyan pukhraj pari hain...

Yog : Mera to ek Shiv Baba doosra na koi... man mana bhav ! atenshan pleez, saavdhaan-baap ki yaad me raho...

Hum atmaayen, apne ko atma nishchay kar atm-abhimaani ban ek baap ko yaad karnewale, tan-man-dhan sahit bali chad vaaris ban newale, sarv shakti maan se yog lagaakar shakti paanewale, supreem ruhaani pande ke saath ruhaani yaatra par jaa newale, ek shama ke parvaane hain...

Dharna: Hum atmaayen, pavitrta ki pratigya lekar poora poora sanyaas lekar, avgunon ko nikaal gu n vaan ban baap se poora-poora varsa lenewale, pravritti marg ki paarvatiyaan hain...

grihast vyvhaar men rahte hue sukhdhaam, shanti dhaam, yaad karnewale, mukti jeewan mukti paakar satyug ke sukhi harshit devtaayen ban newale, sachche sage bachche hain...

Seva: Hum atmaayen, murli sun auron ko sunaanewale, murli ke points dhaaran kar aur auron ko dhaaran karaanewale, gopi vallabh ke gop gopiyaan hain...murli ke deewaane hain...ruhaani pande ban ruhaani yatra karaanewale, sarvisebul ban vijay mala men pironewale, satyug men ratn jadit murli bajaanewale prins-prinsej hain...

Vardaan: Hum atmaayen, nirogi man se sada tandurast rahnewale, shesh shaiya par Vishnu samaan gyan ka simran kar harshit ban kar manan shakti dwara aur hi sagar ke tale men jaanewale, karmyogi ban karmbhog mehsoos n karnewale, karmyog ki stej dwara karmbhog par vijay praapt karnewale vijayi ratn hain...

Slogan: Hum atmaayen, Sahaayak baap ke saath hone se karm men ekstra madad paanewale, koi bhi mushkil kaam men baap ki madad se uchhal, umang, utsaah ullhaas saahas aur himmat ke pankhon par oodne aur oodaanewale, aap aur baap ki karmyogi sthiti se harek kaary men safalta paanewale, athak hain... seva va swayam ke lakshy ko praiktikal men laane ke liye atenshan se seva karnewale tenshan free sevadhaari hain...

Aprail 5, 2013 ke milan men bapdada ne kaha tha ke:

“Jo bhi kami hai usko chhodna hi hai. Chhodna hi hai, yah hai pakka? Is sizan men jo sankalp kar rahe ho, vo sankalp nahin,par karna hi hai . Kuch bhi ho jaaye, badalna hi hai. Yah dridh sankalp karo. Aakhir samay ko sameep lana hai.”

To jwala mukhi agni swaroop yog ki shakti se sanskaaron ka sanskaar karo; sirf maarna nahin, lekin jalaakar naam roop khatm kar do...aktoobar pahle saare avgun aur puraane sanskar jala dena...haroz ek lenge aur jala denge...

Yog Kometry:

Poorane va avguno ka agni sanskar...29.....najukpan...badalkar.... mai atmashaktishali durga hun...chaturbhuj Vishnu hun.............mai atma paramdham shantidham, shivalay men hun...shivbaba ke saath hun...sameep hun...samaan hun...sammukh hun...safe hun...baap ki chhatra chaaya men hun...asht, isht, mahaan sarv shreshth hun...mai atma master gyan surya hun...master rachyita hun...master mahakaal hun...master sarv shakti vaan hun...shiv shakti combined hun...akaal takht nasheen hun...akaal moort hun...achal adol angad ekras ektik ekagr sthiriom athak aur beej roop hun...shaktimoort hun...sanharinimoort hun...alankarimoort hun...kalyani moort hun...shakti sena hun...shakti dal hun...sarvshaktimaan hun...roohe gulab...jalti jwala...jwala mukhi...jwala swaroop...jwala agni hun... najukpan....avguno ka asuri sanskar kar rahi hun...jala rahi hun..bhasm kar rahi hun...mai atma, maharathi mahavir najukpan........ke mayavi sanskar par vijayi ruhani senani hun...mai atma shaktishali durga hun...chaturbhuj Vishnu hun..........mai dehi abhimaani...atm abhimaani...ruhani abhimaani...Parmatm abhimaani...parmatm gyaani...parmatm bhagyvaan...sarvagunn sampann...sola kala sampoorn...sampoorn nirvikari...maryada purushottam...double ahinsak hun...double tajdhaari vishv ka malik hun...mai atma taj dhaari...takht dhaari...tilak dhaari...diltakhtnasheen...double light...soorya vanshi shoorvir...mahabali mahabalwaan...bahubali pahalwaan...asht bhujaadhaari...asht shakti dhaari...astr shastr dhaari shivmai shakti hun...

In the daily murlis, Bapdada gives vardaan to the entire Brahmin family spread all over the world. Baba also remarked in the murli, dated 7-1-2012 that serviceable children will make cartoons after listening to the murli. Visualization makes remembrance of the blessing throughout the day easier and thus makes it more fruitful.

15-05-2013:

Essence: Sweet children, in order to receive help from the Father and claim your full inheritance from Him, become real children. ‘Real’ means to have total renunciation and promising to remain pure.

Question: In what way is the Father full of mercy? What mercy does He constantly have for the children?

Answer: No matter how many obstacles some children create, no matter how many bad deeds they perform under the influence of Maya, if they realize their mistakes, the Father gives them refuge and says: OK, try again. Remove your defects and become virtuous. The Father is full of mercy, because He knows that the children have nowhere else to go. The Father only wants the children to remain constantly happy

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Song: Tumhare bulane ko; तुम्हारेबुलानेको...The heart desires to call you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKM1f1TdXHo&feature=youtu.be

Essence for dharna:
1. Sacrifice yourself fully to the Father and become a real child of the Father and claim your full inheritance from Him. Become completely pure.
2. Look at yourself in the mirror and remove any evil spirits and become virtuous. Listen to the Father’s murli and imbibe it and enable others to imbibe it.

Blessing: May you be a victorious jewel and gains victory over the suffering of karma with your stage of karma yoga.

By becoming a karma yogi you will not experience any suffering of karma through the body. If you have any disease in your mind, you would be said to be diseased. When your mind is free from disease, you are constantly healthy. Simply remain cheerful while lying on a bed of snakes like Vishnu and churn knowledge. With churning power, you will have a chance to go deeper into the ocean. Only such karma yogis are able to gain victory over the suffering of karma and become victorious jewels.

Slogan: Make courage your companion and you will continue to receive success in every action.

15-05-2013:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf2Q4IIZ2WY

मुरली सार:-''मीठे बच्चे-बाप की मदद या पूरा वर्सा लेने के लिए सगे बच्चे बनो। सगे अर्थात् पूरा सन्यास कर पवित्रता की प्रतिज्ञा करने वाले''

 

प्रश्न:- बाप फुल रहमदिल है-कैसे? कौन-सा रहम बच्चों पर सदा ही करते हैं?

उत्तर:-कोई बच्चा कितना भी विघ्न डालता, माया के वश हो उल्टा कर्म कर लेता, लेकिन फिर भी अगर कोई भूल महसूस करता है तो बाप उसे शरण ले कहते हैं-अच्छा, फिर से ट्रायल करो। अवगुणों को निकाल गुणवान बनो। बाप फुल रहमदिल है, क्योंकि जानते हैं बच्चे और कहाँ जायेंगे। सदा सुखी रहें-यही बाप की आश रहती है।

Song: Tumhare bulane ko;  तुम्हारे बुलाने को...The heart desires to call you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKM1f1TdXHo&feature=youtu.be

धारणा के लिए मुख्य सार:-
1) बाप पर पूरा बलि चढ़, बाप का सगा बच्चा बन बाप से पूरा वर्सा लेना है। पूरा पवित्र बनना है।
2) अपने को दर्पण में देख भूतों को निकाल गुणवान बनना है। बाप की मुरली सुन धारण कर औरों को करानी है।

वरदान:-कर्मयोग की स्टेज द्वारा कर्मभोग पर विजय प्राप्त करने वाले विजयी रत्न भव

कर्मयोगी बनने से शरीर का कोई भी कर्मभोग भोगना का अनुभव नहीं कराता है। मन में कोई रोग होगा तो रोगी कहा जायेगा, अगर मन निरोगी है तो सदा तन्दुरूस्त हैं। सिर्फ शेश शैया पर विष्णु के समान ज्ञान का सिमरण कर हर्षित होते, मनन शक्ति द्वारा और ही सागर के तले में जाने का चांस मिलता है। ऐसे कर्मयोगी ही कर्मभोग पर विजय प्राप्त कर विजयी रत्न बनते हैं।

स्लोगन:-साहस को साथी बना लो तो हर कर्म में सफलता मिलती रहेगी।

 

 

Daily Positive Thoughts: May 15, 2013: Perfect and Pure

Daily Positive Thoughts: May 15, 2013:

Small Magellanic Cloud

Perfect and Pure
There is a part of you that is perfect and pure. It is untouched by the less-than-perfect characteristics you have acquired by living in a less than perfect world. This part of you is a still and eternal star. Make time to reach it and this will bring you untold benefit.

The mistake many make in meditation is one of subtle pride (ego).

It's as if we say, "Look at me, I've got the best seat on the train. Look
at me I made it to my peace. Didn't I do well?" This of course is one
of those old-fashioned self-centred thoughts. As soon as you create it
you go against the very essence (nature) of your true self, your
peace. To go with the essence (nature) of truth about peace is to
realise your peace is not just for you, it is for the world. It is for
giving, for radiating, for transmitting, for sharing.

It is a subtle recognition that your peace can only be sustained
(nourished) and increased when you give it to those who are peaceless
around you. When you realise this, you will also recognise how the
vibration of your peacefulness radiates outwards. When you consciously
release your peace to others and to the world, that's when you will
feel its power.

 

Practical Positive Response Training To The Mind

Meditation is a process in which I train the mind to consciously create those right type of thoughts that I wish to have, inside my mind, regularly in my daily routine. On the field of action, I am faced with various different types of negative and uncomfortable situations, which have the first and most immediate effect on my thoughts, before showing on my face in my expressions or in my words or actions. I do realize inside, that the thoughts (and as a result my physical response) created at these times are not the right ones. I want to inculcate a habit, whereby my thought patterns are only which I like or are the right, positive and powerful ones no matter what happens. So where do I start? Meditation is the start. Meditation is the time, when I consciously create positive thoughts. What benefit do I achieve from that? In these few moments, I am changing the deep and very old habit (not limited only to this birth) of creating the wrong type of thoughts, whenever I am faced with a situation which I do not like. How do I do this? I do this through the intellect. The intellect takes hold of the reins of the mind and chooses the direction in which it will travel. Why is it able to do this? Because, during meditation, I bring myself back to the knowledge or belief that I am a soul and my intellect accepts and absorbs this awareness. This belief then becomes the key to taking charge of what is going on in my mind.

If I believe that I am just the physical body and that my thoughts are simply results of chemical and electrical processes in the brain, and not something I can consciously control, I let go of the key. In meditation, my intellect recognizes and realizes that my thoughts are my own creation, of me the soul and not the body and that I, using the intellect, which is also a part of the soul, can make choices about them. When I realize that my natural state is to be the master of my mind and not to be dictated by it or dictated by the brain, I start taking charge of what is going on inside. When I practice being a master of my mind repeatedly by practicing meditation regularly, the new habit of creating only positive thoughts settles inside me and my habit of responding negatively with a negative state of mind to negative situations, begins to change over a period of time. I start responding positively even to negative situations. So, meditation is a major transformation process of the habit of thinking negatively, which then has positive results on my personality and behavior.

Tomorrow we shall explain the above process with an example.

Soul Sustenance

The Power To Tolerate

Think of a tree, its branches laden with fruit. When a child throws a stone at it, it bends its branches low and offers its sweet fruit to the child. The child eats the fruit, becomes satisfied and learns to value the tree. This beautiful image of the power of tolerance contains several lessons. It shows me that if I am to achieve the same, I must become laden with the fruit of attainments from the Supreme Soul. When I am filled with fruits like joy, love, wisdom, beauty and peace, even when the stones of difficult circumstances come my way I'll still be able to respond creatively, with strength. If I'm empty, the stones will injure me, and I'll react with anger or fear.

I must also remove any dryness or hardness in my heart, which may have developed as a result of injuries experienced in the past, when I did not have the Supreme Soul with me. These will prevent me from bearing and sharing, the unlimited fruit made possible by the company of the Supreme.

Real tolerance does not just mean putting up with a difficult situation, and still counting how many times I have had to endure it. Tolerance means that no matter what stones come my way, I recognize that those throwing them are empty, and so I continue to share good things with them.

(To be continued tomorrow …..)

Message for the day

The sweetness of the mind brings sweetness in words and interactions.

Expression: There is an understanding of the need for being sweet in words and interactions. But this sweetness can be expressed only when there is sweetness in the mind. Sweetness of the mind means there is not even a trace of negativity. Such a mind is further open to all that is nice and beautiful and expresses its own freshness and beauty in interactions.

Experience: When I am able to keep my mind sweet, i.e., free from any kind of bitterness or ill-feelings, I am able to experience the beauty of life. There is no feeling of sorrow or negativity but the mind is nurtured to further positivity with everything that comes its way. I am then able to experience constant growth and progress.