Points to Churn from the Murli of October 06, 2013 (Revised 11-05-1977)

Happy Navratri !!!

'नवरात्री '-- Spiritual Significance Of Navratri

 

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'World Mother'- MATESHWARI JAGADAMBA SARASWATI

MAMA is the living inspiration for all of us, to imbibe all 9 specialites of the goddesses, and become Shiv Shaktis - the ones who take all powers from Shiva:

SARASWATI - Goddess of Knowledge - Mama listened to the Knowledge(murli) from Shiv Baba and imbibed it and played the Sitar of Knowledge, and inspired everyone through her own inculcation(dharna), and brought realisation to all.

JAGADAMBA - Goddess of Fulfilment - giving love and bestowing eternal blessing of peace and happiness.

DURGA - Goddess of Shakti - who takes power from Shiva and removes all weaknesses(durgunn) within the self, and also helps to remove weaknesses of others.

KALI - Goddess of Fearlessness - who is fearless and courageous and destroys all negativity, evil and devilish personality traits.

GAYATRI - Goddess of Auspicious Omens - Mama gave importance to the elevated versions spoken by Shiv Baba and used each version as a mantra and this is why there is importance of Gayatri mantra, which works like magic to remove all bad omens.

VAISHNAV - Goddess of Purity - who radiates light of purity and empowers all to become divine through pure vision, pure thoughts, pure words and deeds.

UMA - Goddess of Enthusiasm - who brings hope, zeal and enthusiasm(umang/utsaha).

SANTOSHI - Goddess of Contentment - who brings a feeling of deep contentment.

LAXMI - Goddess of Wealth - who bestows upon souls the unlimited Wealth of spiritual Knowledge and Virtues.

 

Om Shanti Divine Angels!!!

 

Points to Churn from the Murli of October 06, 2013 (Revised 11-05-1977)

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...

 

Souls who are complete will always maintain pure thoughts for the self and will also have positive thoughts for other souls, because such souls have a huge treasure of pure thoughts and true knowledge. Pure thoughts mean powerful thoughts. At amritvela, the first meeting is with the Father, and in that first meeting the Father gives you every day the blessing, "May you be equal." All blessings are merged in this one blessing. Such close children whose thoughts are of Baba and whose whole world is Baba, have a close meeting with the Father. The number one children meet Him in an equal form.

 

Souls who constantly have pure thoughts (shubh chintan) have positive thoughts throughout the day for souls who come into contact or relationship with them. No matter what type of soul comes into contact with you - satoguni or tamoguni - you must constantly have positive thoughts for everyone that is, you have to uplift even those who defame you. Such souls will never look at others with dislike. Souls who have positive thoughts for others (shubh chintak) would move along while considering the self to be a world transformer and a world benefactor and be merciful towards souls. If you do not have pure thoughts, you cannot have positive thoughts for others.

 

 

All of you will also be loved by the Father when you constantly move along while considering yourself to be detached from the consciousness of the body. To the extent that you remain detached, that is, in the consciousness of the soul, accordingly, the Father loves you. This is why love and remembrance are given numberwise. The basis of your number is the extent to which you become detached. The Father turns the beads of the rosary of the children of those who are detached, that is, those who are equal.

 

Always remember, "If not now, then never." Not even today, but now. This is known as being an intense effort-maker. The land of Dharamraj is the Customs office. If anything still remains with you, you will have to wait in the Customs. Check your passport and your bags and baggage etc.

 

ॐ शान्ति दिव्य फरिश्ते !!!

 

विचार सागर मंथन: October 06, 2013  (Revised 11-05-1977)

 

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...

 

सम्पन्न आत्मा, सदैव स्वयं प्रति शुभ चिन्तन में रहेगी और अन्य आत्माओं के प्रति शुभ-चिन्तक रहेगी, क्योंकि शुभ-चिन्तन का खज़ाना, सत्य ज्ञान, ऐसी आत्मा के पास बहुत होता है | शुभ चिन्तन अर्थात् समर्थ संकल्प | अमृतवेले पहली मुलाकात बाप से होती है, और पहले मिलन में बाप हर रोज़, ‘समान भव’ का वरदान देता है, जिसमें सब वरदान समाए हुए हैं | जिसका संकल्प भी बाबा और संसार भी बाबा है, ऐसे बाप के समीप बच्चों की मुलाकात समीप से होती है | फर्स्ट नम्बर, समान बनकर मिलते |

 

 

शुभ चिन्तन में रहने वाला, सारे दिन में, सम्बन्ध-सम्पर्क में, आई हुई आत्मा प्रति सदा शुभ चिन्तक रहता है | कैसी भी कोई आत्मा, चाहे सतोगुणी, चाहे तमोगुणी सम्पर्क में आवे, लेकिन सभी के प्रति शुभ चिन्तक अर्थात् अपकारी के ऊपर भी उपकार करने वाले | कभी किसी आत्मा के प्रति घृणा दृष्टि नहीं होगी | ऐसा शुभ चिन्तक सदैव अपने को विश्व परिवर्तक, विश्व कल्याणकारी समझते हुए आत्माओं के ऊपर रहमदिल होने के कारण, घृणा भाव नहीं, लेकिन सदा शुभ भाव और भावना रखेंगे | अगर शुभ चिन्तन नहीं, तो शुभ चिन्तक भी नहीं |

 

 

बाप के प्यारे तब बनेंगे जब सदा अपने को शरीर के भान से न्यारे समझकर चलेंगे | जितना जो न्यारे अर्थात् आत्मिक स्मृति में रहते उतना ही बाप के प्यारे होते इसलिए नम्बरवार याद-प्यार देते हैं | नबर का आधार है – न्यारे बनने पर | बाप न्यारे अथवा समान बच्चों की माला सिमरते हैं |

 

सदैव याद रखो अब नहीं तो कभी नहीं | आज भी नहीं, लेकिन अभी, उसको कहा जाता है तीव्र पुरुषार्थी | धर्मराजपुरी कस्टमपुरी है | अगर कुछ साथ में रह गया तो कस्टम में रुकना पड़ेगा | पासपोर्ट आदि सब चेक करना, बैग-बैगेज सब चेक करना |

 

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.

06/10/13    OmShanti      Avyakt BapDada          Madhuban                     11/05/77
                        

 The sign of being complete (sampann) is to have pure thoughts for oneself (shubh chintan) and positive thoughts for others (shubh chintak).

 

Blessing:      May you be a responsible soul who reveals the greatest pilgrimage place by remaining stable in just one thought.

 

This Abu is a lighthouse for the world. In order to reveal this greatest pilgrimage place, all Brahmin children should have just one thought: every soul should find their destination from here and everyone should benefit. When this lamp of pure hope ignites in each one and there is everyone's co-operation, there will then be success in this task. The sound should emerge in everyone's mind that this is their responsibility. When each one considers the self to be responsible in this way, the rays of revelation will spread everywhere from Abba's (Father's) home.

 

 

Slogan:   Imbibe the speciality of introversion and you will continue to receive everyone's blessings.

 

06-10-13    प्रातःमुरली              ओम् शान्ति   “अव्यक्त बापदादा”     रिवाइज: 11-05-77     मधुबन

 

सम्पन्न स्वरूप की निशानी – शुभ चिन्तन और शुभ चिन्तक

 

वरदान:-       एक ही संकल्प में स्थित हो महातीर्थ की प्रत्यक्षता करने वाले जिम्मेवार आत्मा भव

यह आबू विश्व के लिए लाइट हाउस है | इस महातीर्थ की प्रत्यक्षता करने के लिए सर्व ब्राह्मण बच्चों का एक ही संकल्प हो कि हर आत्मा को यहाँ से ठिकाना मिले | सबका कल्याण हो | जब यह शुभ आशाओं का दीपक हर एक के अन्दर जगे, सबका सहयोग हो तब कार्य में सफलता हो | सबके मन से यह आवाज़ निकले कि यह मेरी ज़िम्मेवारी है | जब हर एक स्वयं को ऐसा जिम्मेवार समझेंगे तब प्रत्यक्षता की किरण अब्बा के घर से चारों ओर फैलेगी |

 

स्लोगन:- अन्तर्मुखता की विशेषता को धारण कर लो तो सर्व की दुआयें मिलती रहेंगी |

 

 

Daily Positive Thoughts: October 06, 2013: Generosity

Daily Positive Thoughts: October 06, 2013: Generosity

Generosity

If I limit the love I give to just one or two, it will eventually go stale. If I learn to create love inside my heart and silently give it to everyone I meet and greet, love will grace every corner of my life.

If not now, then never

Knowing the value of time, we can create extra moments by not wasting
our precious time. We need not throw away our time in trivial, wasteful
thoughts that distract and divert us or squander our time in careless
words that cause sorrow or harmful actions that - as time turns
around - return to cause us regret and demand recompense. We can make
a great saving by bringing all the worries and waste of time gone by to
a complete finish, by putting a full stop. We need not make ourselves
any more promises of action tomorrow, But instead - do it now. For, if
not now, then never.

The Three Mirrors For Inner Beauty (cont.)

In yesterday's message, we had discussed the first mirror, the mirror of spiritual knowledge. Elaborating further, this mirror will also show you the Supreme Soul and it will remind you about His virtues and actions which will help you check where you stand in comparison to Him in terms of virtues and actions and will influence you to follow him by imbibing those virtues and performing actions in the similar way. Lastly this mirror will remind you of your relationship with the Supreme and forging a deep and personal connection with Him in different ways which will benefit you and others.

The knowledge read every morning will help you see and realize what mistakes you have committed in the last 24 hours while performing actions and also in maintaining a connection with the Supreme and also see what you have done positively in the same regard during the same time, which will encourage you further to do the same in the future. The mirror of knowledge will also help you remain careful for the day ahead and perform actions and experience a relationship with the Supreme based on what you have read. It is a common experience of a lot of people that the spiritual knowledge read in the morning is always what the need of the moment for them is. The spiritual knowledge read is very commonly an exact reflection of the activities and mental state of your last 24 hours and/or something which you require for the coming day for the self, for your relationships, for facing different types of obstacles in your personal and professional life. This is the Law of Spiritual Attraction that works in each one's life, but to different extents. Our consciousness and inner requirements attract towards us the spiritual knowledge of a similar nature.

(To be continued tomorrow ....)

Soul Sustenance
Meditation - A Process Of Cleansing, Dialogue And Joining (cont.)

Meditation can be defined as a process of cleansing, a process of dialogue and a process of joining. Yesterday we had explained it as a process of joining. Today we throw more light on the same:

Joining (cont.)

The Supreme Power is the eternal reference point for all creation, whose task is to recharge and cleanse everything. Being eternally pure and untouched by any trait of selfishness or violence, the Supreme Being is totally benevolent (kind), and through the eternal energies of love and truth is capable of recharging and filling the human soul with all the powers. Of course, each person chooses their own level of cleanliness, recharging or fullness. That personal choice will determine the resulting powers of love, peace, happiness and truth to be found in the individual.

The Supreme Being is like an eternal point of pure Light that resides in the world of eternal silence, beyond time and matter. Through concentrated thought we can reach this source of love and purity. When our mind is synchronized it takes just a second to establish communication. When we reach this place of eternal silence, the world of silent light, we focus our loving attention on the Supreme Being. If our focus is deeply concentrated we can feel the self is filled with the purest peace and love, something we have never felt before in our lives. This is yoga: rejoining the self with the Supreme Being and, in this union, we once again recall all the things of value that had been hidden. So yoga means remembering: remembering the original self, the original and eternal relationship with the Supreme Being and remembering, through experience, the true meaning of love, peace and happiness (as a result of the connection with the Supreme).
Message for the day

Commitment makes even the most difficult task seem easy.

Projection: Sometimes we find ourselves having to do something in which we are not so interested, because it is part of our job. When we are forced to do something we don't like we find it very difficult to do the task. As soon as we get a thought as to why we should be doing it, it becomes very difficult.

Solution: We need to bring sincerity in whatever we are doing. With sincerity comes commitment and with that comes confidence in our thoughts, words and actions. With this confidence we will be able to do the most difficult task with ease.

Points to Churn: October 05, 2013

Happy Navrati !!!

 

Om Shanti Divine Angels!!!

 

 

Points to Churn: October 05, 2013

 

Praise of the Father:  The Protector of devotees...the Lord of the Gita...Salutations to Shiva...the Unlimited Father...the Mother and Father...

 

 

Knowledge:  The golden-aged deities have one religious scripture and that is called the Shrimad Bhagawad Gita; the Gita Mata (Mother Gita). Its Creator is the Supreme Father, the Supreme Soul. There are four main religions and four scriptures. Of those, the Gita is the main one. All the rest are its children. Only from the Mother and Father do you receive the inheritance.

 

 

Yoga: A soul is just a point. That soul has that part recorded in him. Stay in yoga and take power from the Father. Don't ask for mercy or blessings.

 

 

 

Dharna:  By repeatedly remembering the Father for eight hours every day, become beautiful from ugly, flowers from thorns, diamonds from shells, worthy-of-worship from worshippers, and deities of the golden aged Kingdom of Rama, 24 karat pure gold, full of all divine virtues, sixteen celestial degrees full, completely vice less, doubly non-violent, the most elevated human beings following the highest code of conduct, from ordinary human beings.

 

 

Service:  Don't become tired of studying.  Definitely study and teach every day the most elevated study of all. Create methods to do fast service. To will all your powers to all souls is most elevated service.

 

 

 

Points of Self Respect:  ones with a broad and unlimited intellect...the masters of heaven...the kings of kings...divine intellect...intellect of a holy swan...embodiment of knowledge...lord of knowledge...

 

 

ॐ शान्ति दिव्य फरिश्ते !!!

 

विचार सागर मंथन: October 05, 2013

 

बाबा की महिमा : भक्तों का रक्षक... गीता का पति... शिवाए नमः... बेहद का बाप... मात पिता...

 

ज्ञान :  सतयुगी देवी-देवता धर्म का शास्त्र है एक, उनको श्रीमत भागवत गीता कहा जाता है | यह है श्रीमत भगवानुवाच | धर्म मुख्य हैं ही 4, शास्त्र भी 4 हैं | उनमें मुख्य है गीता | बाकी सब उनके बच्चे हैं | वर्सा मात-पिता से ही मिलता है |

 

योग :  आत्मा है बिन्दी | उस आत्मा में पार्ट भरा हुआ है | योग में रह बाप से ताकत लेनी है | कृपा आशीर्वाद मांगनी नहीं है |

 

 

धारणा : ऊँचे ते ऊँच  भगवान  की रोज़ आठ घण्टे सिमरन कर, श्याम से सुंदर, काँटों से फूल, कौड़ी से हीरे, पुजारी से पूजनीय, मनुष्य से सर्व गुण सम्पन्न, सोलह कला सम्पूर्ण, सम्पूर्ण निर्विकारी, मर्यादा पुरुषोत्तम, डबल अहिंसक २४ केरेट गोल्ड, गोल्डन-एज रामराज्य के देवी देवता बनना हैं...

 

सेवा : पढ़ाई में थकना नहीं है | ऊँच ते ऊँच पढ़ाई रोज़ पढ़नी और पढ़ानी है |

विहंग मार्ग की सर्विस करने की युक्तियां निकालनी हैं | अपनी सर्व शक्तियों को अन्य आत्माओं के प्रति विल करना सर्वश्रेष्ठ सेवा है |

 

 

स्वमान  : विशाल बुद्धि... स्वर्ग का मालिक... राजाओं का राजा... दिव्य बुद्धि ... होलीहंस बुद्धि ...ज्ञान स्वरूप विद्यापति ...

 

 

 

 

05-10-2013:

Essence:   Sweet children, it is now extreme darkness.   The fearsome night is coming to an end and you have to go into the day. This is the story of the unlimited day and night of Brahma.

 

Question:   What is the basis of attaining liberation-in-life in a second and a life as valuable as a diamond?

 

Answer:   The true Gita.  These are the elevated versions spoken by God.  The directions that the Father is personally giving you are the true Gita with which you attain the status of liberation-in-life in a second and you become as valuable as a diamond.  Bharat has become worth a shell through that Gita because they have forgotten the Father and falsified it.

 

Song:  O traveller of the night, do not become weary! The destination of dawn is not far off.

Essence for dharna:

1.              Don't become tired of studying.  Definitely study and teach every day the most elevated study of all.

2.               Create methods to do fast service. Stay in yoga and take power from the Father. Don't ask for mercy or blessings.

Blessing:  May you be a lord of knowledge and an embodiment of knowledge and tour around the three worlds on the vehicle of a divine intellect.

 

A divine intellect means to have a holy swan intellect. A swan means someone who is able to distinguish milk from water, and pearls from stones and imbibe pearls. This is why a holy swan is the vehicle of the confluence-aged goddess of knowledge, the embodiment of knowledge, Saraswati. All of you are embodiments of knowledge and you are therefore lords of knowledge and goddesses of knowledge. This vehicle is the sign of a divine intellect. You can tour the three worlds on the vehicle of a divine intellect. This vehicle is the fastest of all.

 

Slogan:   To will all your powers to all souls is most elevated service.

 

 

Song: Raat ke rahi thak mat jana रात के राही थक मत जाना..... O traveller of the night, do not become weary. The destination of the dawn is not far off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTmzjkAhtFw&feature=email

 

 

05-10-2013:

 

सार:-  “मीठे बच्चे – अभी घोर अन्धियारा, भयानक रात पूरी हो रही है, तुम्हें दिन में चलना है, यह ब्रह्मा के बेहद दिन और रात की ही कहानी है”

                                 

प्रश्न:- सेकेण्ड में जीवन मुक्ति प्राप्त करने वा हीरे तुल्य जीवन बनाने का आधार क्या है?

 

उत्तर:- सच्ची गीता | जो श्रीमत भगवानुवाच है | बाप तुम्हें सम्मुख जो डायरेक्शन दे रहे हैं यह सच्ची गीता है, जिससे तुम्हें सेकेण्ड में जीवन्मुक्ति पद की प्राप्ति होती है | तुम हीरे तुल्य बनते हो | उस गीता से तो भारत कौड़ी तुल्य बना है क्योंकि बाप को भूल गीता का खण्डन कर दिया है |

 

गीत:- रात के राही थक मत जाना....

 

धारणा के लिए मुख्य सार:-

1)      पढ़ाई में थकना नहीं है | ऊँच ते ऊँच पढ़ाई रोज़ पढ़नी और पढ़ानी है |

2)      विहंग मार्ग की सर्विस करने की युक्तियां निकालनी हैं | योग में रह बाप से ताकत लेनी है | कृपा आशीर्वाद मांगनी नहीं है |

 

वरदान:-   दिव्य बुद्धि के वाहन द्वारा तीनों लोकों की सैर करने वाले ज्ञान स्वरूप विद्यापति भव

दिव्य बुद्धि अर्थात् होलीहंस बुद्धि | हंस अर्थात् क्षीर और नीर को, मोती और पत्थर को पहचान, मोती ग्रहण करने वाले, इसलिए होलीहंस संगमयुगी ज्ञान स्वरूप विद्या देवी, सरस्वती का वाहन है | आप सभी ज्ञान स्वरूप हो इसलिए विद्यापति या विद्या देवी हो | यह वाहन दिव्य बुद्धि की निशानी है | इस दिव्य बुद्धि के वाहन द्वारा आप तीनों लोकों का सैर करते हो | यह वाहन सभी वाहन से तीव्र गति वाला है |

 

स्लोगन:-   अपनी सर्व शक्तियों को अन्य आत्माओं के प्रति विल करना ही सर्वश्रेष्ठ सेवा है |

 

Daily Positive Thoughts: October 05, 2013: Teaching With Love

Daily Positive Thoughts: October 05, 2013: Teaching With Love

Teaching with Love

Teaching others is best done with love. Once the heart has understood the mind opens.

A Taste of Eternity

To keep a constant awareness of the present moment is to befriend time,
to be ever-ready for anything the next moment may bring. Time does not
wait for us, so we need to be alert and keep pace with it. In silence
and stillness we can step out of time, observe with detachment what has
passed, what is happening and what is to come In that moment of
stillness when time is still, we can connect the consciousness of the
soul with the Supreme Soul. We experience the deep satisfaction and
bliss of timelessness, a moment of connection beyond time. A taste of
eternity. And with this awareness, we return and step back into time
and into the story to play our own part.

The Three Mirrors For Inner Beauty

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" are famous words. To check our external beauty or tidiness, we look into the mirror on the wall each day. But on a mental, emotional and spiritual level, what is the mirror that helps you to see if there is anything wrong with your inner face or self or to realize what is happening to you and what you have to do to maintain your inner fairness or beauty?

There are three types of mirrors, which one can use to see or check the internal self:

The first mirror is the mirror of spiritual knowledge - Spiritual knowledge is the knowledge related to spiritual self-development i.e. of the soul and also of the Supreme Soul. Each day, in the morning, you can look into this mirror for 5 minutes at least. Looking into this mirror means listening to or reading a piece of spiritual knowledge for at least 5 minutes that connects you to your inner essence, increases your emotional and spiritual intelligence as well as reminds you of your true purpose.

You will see yourself very clearly in this mirror as this mirror will show you:* the knowledge of the original and ideal virtues of the soul like peace, love, bliss, purity, power, joy etc.;
* how these virtues can be imbibed in the self to benefit the self and others;
* the knowledge of the different types of weaknesses that can arise in the soul like anger, greed, ego, hatred, fear, attachment, jealousy, sorrow, etc.,the roots of all which lie in mis-identification with the physical self and forgetting the spiritual self and how these weaknesses can harm the self and others; * the knowledge of overcoming these weaknesses.
All of these things which you see in the mirror will help you to check where you stand in comparison to the right code of conduct for thoughts, feelings, attitudes, emotions, words and actions, where you are going wrong and how you can make the required corrections in the same. On looking into this mirror you will be reminded of the Law of Karma (the Law of Action and Reaction), which will motivate you to make these corrections.

(To be continued tomorrow ....)

Soul Sustenance

Meditation - A Process Of Cleansing, Dialogue And Joining (cont.)

Meditation can be defined as a process of cleansing, a process of dialogue and a process of joining. Today we take up:

Joining

We can take the third meaning of meditation from the Sanskrit word yoga. By understanding this word, we learn how to get divine cooperation, or put in another way, a certain external spiritual power that can liberate us and help us to dialogue positively with the self (explained yesterday). The word yogameans "bringing together" or "joining again". Joining again with what or with whom? Firstly, with our original and eternal self: the soul, and secondly, with the eternal Supreme Source of all positive power and energy; this Source helps us to recharge ourselves with energy and to know ourselves.

At this time in the history of humanity, humans have lost the mastery and control over themselves. They do not have continual peace or a sense of purpose, happiness or fullness. The human soul needs to be recharged. Although the soul has great potential in its inner self, it needs a source of external energy for the latent (hidden) powers and virtues to emerge, just as occurs with seeds in nature. The seeds of plants and trees have their own source of inner energy. However, this energy cannot be released without the actions of an external energy source, in this case the energy of the sun. Through the power of sunlight, the seeds in the earth will sprout and flourish. The human body has its own energy, but needs external sources of energy on a daily basis: air, sunlight, water and food. Without these external sources, the human body would die. The external source of power that helps the latent virtues emerge in the human being is not physical, since the human soul is not physical either. This source of power has traditionally been called God or the Supreme Being:in fact it has been given many names.

(To be continued tomorrow….)

Message for the day

Freedom from one's own weaknesses brings stability.

Projection: Usually when we talk about freedom it is from people or from situations. We expect people or things to change for us so that we will be free. But we don't find that happening because the problem lies more within us than outside.

Solution: Every time we find ourselves caught up and expecting things to get better for us we need to check ourselves. There would surely be some weakness of ours that is making us feel helpless in that particular situation. We need to make effort to remove that weakness. Then our perception towards the situation will change and we'll feel free.