Positive Thoughts & Who Is God?

Who Is God?

‘Supreme Soul’ (Paramãtmã) means that He is the supreme among all souls. It implies that He also is ‘a soul’, and that He is the Highest of all. People say that God is Light, a Jyoti (Effulgence personified) orNoor(a self-luminous object). But they do not know what form that Light has. Just as a soul is a point-of-light (Jyoti Bindu), even so the Father of souls i.e., the Supreme Soul also is a point-of- Light (Jyoti Bindu).

He, whom we call ‘our Father’,has certainly a form. Qualities have no form, but the thing that possesses these qualities has a form. Sweetness has no form, but sugar has. Similarly, peace, bliss, purity, etc., are formless but He, who is the inexhaustible source of these, surely has a form. He bears a name; He has His abode and has His actions to perform.

There is difference between Him and the other souls in respect of qualities.

God is changeless, being the Ocean of Purity, Ocean of Peace, the Ocean of Happiness, the Ocean of Love, the Ocean of Knowledge and the Ocean of Bliss... that is why people ask for their welfare, i.e., for the boons of happiness, peace and bliss from Him. He is above birth and death and is immune to pleasure and pain, whereas the other souls are in the vortex of birth and death and pleasure and pain. God is not formless but is like the souls, a point-of-Light. God has no earthly form; He is not a model made of Matter. He is incorporeal, that is why it is said that He has no ears but He hears, He has no physical eyes but He can see and He has no feet and yet He moves or walks.

Please watch the attached ppt for an in depth explanation.

Positive Thoughts

To start the day with positivity is to ensure success throughout the day.

When I am a journey, I choose and decide my way - where I have to go. My choice leads me on further in that way. In the same way, the first thought that I have as soon as I wake up decides the quality of my day. If I start the day with a positive thought, I will be able to pick out the best from all that the day has to offer and move ahead towards success. Today I will check what the first thought was that I had when I woke up from bed. I will then take an aim to start the day with a positive thought. Instead of thinking "Oh God, I am late", let me think "I am going to have a great day". I will also create a positive thought before starting any new task.

Love in Action

I should feel love when people don't love me because love heals and
brings happiness. When I feel love towards others, there is benefit all
around. To be loving is a natural way to live. If I make effort to
become more loving, my own happiness increases immediately and soon the attitudes of others will soften. Many people are burdened with
negativity as a result of a shortage of love. It shows up in cycles of
critical thoughts and negative feelings, sometimes directed against the
self, and sometimes blaming others. Such thoughts and feelings run down
energy and deplete everybody's well being. If I recognize this and
become more determined to stay positive, I can end the negative cycles
and reveal the power of love in action.

Meditation And Physical Health

The state of the body is a result of the state of the soul not only because of past karmas(actions performed in this and previous births) but because of its present state also.

For example, when the emotion of fear passes through the mind, the endocrine system starts pumping adrenalin through the body to prepare it for a surge of energy. It is easy to note the cause-effect relationship between fear (cause) and adrenalin (effect). In the same way all of the mental ups and downs cause resulting secretions throughout the body. Internal rage is accompanied by heavy breathing, fast heart-beats, red face and so on. This relationship between body and soul is the reason most physical diseases arise from a psychological or mental origin. There is no doubt that any lessening of harmful secretions by reducing the emotional causes will bring about sound and lasting health. Health and order in the soul (mind) bring health and order in the body.

Of course there are other factors which give rise to health problems - pollution, unhealthy life-style, lack of exercise, wrong diet etc. Through Raja Yoga meditation (taught by the Brahma Kumaris) and its connected positive lifestyle and through a pure vegetarian diet, ill-health can be minimized. The removal of stress and tension has to be one of the most important advantages for a person who practices Rajyoga meditation.

Blessing: May you be a star of success who experiences progress within yourself with your method of making effort!

Those who experience progress and success in themselves with their method of making effort are stars of success. They would not have the slightest trace of failure even in their thoughts about their efforts for the self such as, "I don't know whether it will happen or not" or "Will I be able to do it or not?” They will experience success in themselves in the form of a right. They will easily and naturally continue to have success.

Slogan: Give happiness by becoming an embodiment of peace and then blessings will be added to your efforts.

Positive Thoughts & the Faculties of a Soul

Positive Thoughts & the Faculties of a Soul

The body and its organs are the means of action. The soul is a diamond, the body being the casket for it. When the soul leaves the body, the body is declared to be ‘dead’. When the soul has relinquished the body, people say, “The light has gone, that which lived in it has departed.

The Faculties of a Soul

The soul is a living or a sentient thing. It is said to be conscient or living because it can think and reflect and can experience pleasure and pain, so also bliss and peace, and it can bestir itself and make efforts and actions, good or bad. So, the soul is not separate or distinct from the mind, the intellect (Buddhi) and predispositions (Sanskaras).

‘Mind’ is the name given to the soul’s own faculty or function of experiencing pleasure or pain or of desiring and willing; intellect (Buddhi) is the name applied to the soul’s own ability to reason out things or to take decisions or to cognise and know; the Sanskaras mean the effect produced on the soul by the soul’s good or bad actions, already done. We can also say that the outlook, tendencies or habits that a man comes to acquire as a result of his actions or the attitudethat the soul comes to have is what we mean by Sanskaras or one’s nature (Swabhaava). The insentient Matter does not have any characteristics of desire, thinking, sensation, feeling, cogitation, effort or experience whereas the soul possesses these characteristics.

The soul which uses its will, experience and efforts to good purposes and in righteous ways, is regarded as an elevated soul (Mahaatma), noble soul or ‘a holy soul.’ The soul which has bad will, ill-feeling or vicious efforts is called a sinful soul (Paapaatma), wicked soul (Duraatmaa) or ‘a fallen soul’ (Patit Atma). It is due to the soul itself being good or bad that the saying goes that “the soul is its own enemy as well.”

Please watch the attached ppt for in depth explanation.

Positive Thoughts

Let go of Cynicism

"I don't play games! But other people do." When we interpret others' motives & behaviours as games of manipulation & spin, we develop a cynical perspective & become disillusioned. We lose trust & become wary as we watch out for how we may be taken advantage of by others.

To enjoy the relationships in our life, all cynicism has to go! Just break the tendency of being judgmental towards others. So, this week, get really good at trusting.

Detached Observer

Even when things go wrong, the one with a calm mind is able to see
things for what they are. As the mind is clear and there is nothing
waste and negative, there is clarity in perception. So the full
capability of the intellect is used and clear decisions flow
automatically. Let us watch situations as a detached observer. This
will give us clarity and we will be able to take the right decisions
with ease. Our intuitive capability will work at its best and our
decisions will be right so what we do will be for the best.

The Coexistence Of Love And Freedom

Is it possible to love each other and be free at the same time? Yes. To reach this state in a relationship great wisdom is required. Most people love one another and tie one another down. Thus they lose their freedom. When freedom is lost, happiness goes away, and true wellbeing gives way to unhappiness. Often we look above all for love, a love we believe will change our life. We see it as the recognition of our inner value by another person. However, we trip over ourselves in looking for this love. Necessity is what motivates us and we try to satisfy it with an object or person who matches up to perfection. We have an immense emotional need for love, and the fear of remaining in a state of unsatisfied wanting. In our search to fill our need, we are prepared to deceive ourselves with unsuitable partners. Many people allow the love of another person to define their personality to such a point that, if they are rejected, they lose any sense of who they are and of the purpose they have in life. Often the relationship is colored, through one of the partners or both, by fear.

To free ourselves of the tendency to depend, we should have a strong heart, without any selfishness; a heart that has nothing to hide and that, as a result, is free and without fear; a heart that does not hold on to closed beliefs, to old negative experiences; a heart that has good feelings and is free of bitterness; a heart filled with the true values of peace, love, freedom and solidarity - which as a result is stronger and fuller.

Blessing: May you be the spiritual stars of knowledge who become the companions of the Sun of Knowledge and the moon of knowledge and change night into day.

Just as those stars emerge at night, similarly, you spiritual stars of knowledge, the sparkling stars also emerge in the night of Brahma. Those stars do not change night into day, but you become the companions of the Sun of Knowledge and the moon of knowledge and change night into day. Those are the stars of the sky and you are the stars of the earth. Those stars are part of matter and you are Godly stars. Just as many types of stars are visibly sparkling in the physical galaxy, similarly, you are spiritual stars sparkling in God's galaxy.

Slogan: To receive a chance for doing service means to fill your apron with blessings.

Positive Thoughts: Who Am I?

 

In the past one year, through the different Positive Thoughts a lot of knowledge about the soul has been given.

A Human Being is; a Human + a Being;

A Human body made up of the five elements + the Being, the soul.

‘I’ and ‘my’ or ‘mine’ signify two separate entities. ‘I’ means the soul, and mine is the body wherein the soul resides. When you sit in a room, you would not say: “I am the room.” Similarly, ‘you’ are not the body; your body is your cottage. A driver seated in his car drives the car, but is himself separate from it. In the same manner the soul is the driver in charge of the body which serves as a carriage. The soul hears by means of the ears, speaks through the mouth and sees with the eyes. Therefore, you are a ‘soul’and not a ‘body’.

To know more about the soul in detail, please watch

Who Am I? In English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-c93ql8Tag

Who Am I? In Hindi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6OQE05aMu0

Cooling Thoughts

When there is a fire, the most urgent thing to do is to try to put the flames out, and not worry about how the fire started. In the same way, when someone's angry, instead of adding fuel to the fire and making things worse or heating up and getting angry yourself - put out the fire. Become cool and create 'cooling thoughts.' 'Cool' the other person down by sending them good vibrations and good feelings

The Best Gift

When there is the thought to do something unselfish for someone every
day, there is the ability to give happiness unconditionally. Whatever
the relationship or whatever the personality of the other person, the
one who develops the habit of doing this, is able to remain a source of
support for those around. The best gift we can give is to give
happiness to finish sorrow. When we are constantly thinking of this,
not for any reward but just for the sake of it, we are able to discover
and enjoy the fruit of that action. We become free from expectations
and are able to enjoy the action itself.

The Origin of Addictions And Overcoming Them (cont.)

In order to change an addiction, we need to work out what need lies behind this addiction. What is the spiritual desire that we are trying to satisfy?

If we smoke for relaxation (by smoking we breathe deeply and this relaxes us), perhaps what we really need is peace of mind. Any doctor will tell you that mental peace cannot be found in a cigarette. On the contrary, instead of calming your stress, it makes you more irritable and nervous, especially when going through withdrawal symptoms. We can learn to find relaxation and peace through meditation and will not have the need to smoke.

The same applies to all the other qualities that we need to experience in our lives so that we feel satisfied and happy: it is in our inner self where we can turn to discover what we need. Although our mind often asks for visible and material things, its needs are deeper and nothing superficial can satisfy it. Meditation leads us to what is genuine and eternal.

Blessing: May you have pure and positive thoughts for the self and others and thoughts of knowledge by remaining free from thoughts of the illness of the body!

One thing is for the body to have an illness and it is another thing to be shaken by that illness. It is destined for the illness to come, but for you to be shaken from your elevated stage is a sign of being tied in bondage. Those who remain free from thoughts of the illness of the body and who maintain thoughts of the original self and thoughts of knowledge are those who have pure and positive thoughts for others. By your thinking a lot about matter (the body), it becomes a form of worry. To be free from this bondage is known as the karmateet stage.

Slogan: The power of love makes a problem as big as a mountain into something as light as water.

Positive Thoughts: The Biggest Service

A Great Positive and Courageous Spirit:

Salute to Shubh Kaur Ghumman Dance Talent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rW5fu2c38U

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Biggest Service

When someone comes to me I need to ensure they don't go away empty handed. That is, I need to find something to give them that will make them feel benefitted. Something that will make them feel better. They need to feel that they have gained something from the interaction they had with us. This need not be any physical thing, but it could be an encouraging word, a pat on the back, a solution, a suggestion or even a good wish in the mind.

Accuracy

The sign of a great man is his accuracy. The means of achieving
accuracy is setting up a time-table. Time-tables are for busy people,
helping them do the work of five people. When you find there is so
much activity, so much to be done, set your own time table. This helps
to achieve success. At times some may feel that although they have been
successful in many activities and achieved a lot, there is no sense of
achievement, no satisfaction - and the soul searching questions start
originating. Each individual will find his answer, his place in the
tree of life if they can establish a relationship with God the Father.
When setting your time-table, perhaps you can put in a few moments to
be spent with just you and God, your Father and enjoy a sweet
relationship with Him.

The Spiritual Concept Of Becoming A Trustee (cont.)

In the physical world, one common example of a trustee is when a multi-millionaire does not have any heirs, he or she will leave his or wealth in the hands of a trustee or a group of trustees, to ensure the right use of his/her wealth as per his/her last wish. Another common example is of trustees associated with temples and welfare organizations. All the wealth and ornaments that devotees offer in temples out of faith, love and devotion for God or all the wealth and property that people give in charity to welfare organizations is taken care of by a group of trustees.

In all these cases and more, while taking care of the wealth, honest trustees always keep the consciousness that this is not their wealth or property and will always use it in the right way, as they have been directed. This is called keeping the trust of the owner/owners of the wealth, hence the word trustee.

In this way, now as a trustee, throughout the day I keep a consciousness that the treasures of my mind, my thoughts, words, actions, virtues, powers, time, my physical wealth, physical body etc. are the Supreme Being's property and I have been appointed as a trustee to take care of them. In this way, I will use these treasures in a positive way, for a positive purpose (as mentioned earlier for a purpose of bringing myself and other close to a state of truth) only; in a way the Supreme Being wants me to and has instructed me to do so. This establishes a relationship of detachment with the treasures I possess and also brings about my spiritual self-growth.

Soul Sustenance

Self Confidence

Self-confidence is very much linked to the understanding that I definitely have something to contribute to life through my own uniqueness. Each one of us is unique. That goes without saying. Unless a person has a sense of contributing, or offering, something to life, they cannot really be happy. I cannot be happy and confident when I am just taking; it simply doesn't work. I can only be happy when I am sharing and offering the best of myself. In that way, I don't feel depleted. When I offer the best of myself in an unselfish way, my happiness and confidence increases - the more I give, the more I receive. We start to understand that the well-being of individuals begins when they can contribute what they are, and what they have, to others. To be a truly self confident human being means to have true spiritual powers, like love, peace and happiness, which are brought into daily life - not just appearing as words or emotions, but truly displaying themselves in our behavior and bringing benefit to others.

Message for the day

Introversion enables us to experience progress.

Expression: When we are introverted we will be able to check ourselves and progress. Introversion gives us the power to see our own mistake, however small it might be. With the recognition of the mistake comes the power to bring about a change in us and we find progress.

Experience: We must remind ourselves that with each mistake that happens, we actually get a chance to learn. When something goes wrong we don't have to feel disheartened, but take it as a learning for our future. This understanding gives us the experience of constant progress whatever the circumstances might be.

Positive Thoughts: Happy Vasant Panchami!!!

Happy Vasant Panchami!!!

Vasant Panchami sometimes referred to as Saraswati Puja, Shree Panchami, or the Basant Festival of Kites is a Sikh and Hindu festival held on the fifth day of Magha (in early February) marking the start of spring and the Holi season. On this day Hindus worship Saraswati Devi, the goddess of learning, wisdom, knowledge, music, art, culture, refinement, science and technology. The Goddess Saraswati is worshipped and the day is treated by celebrants as Saraswati's birthday. People worship Goddess Saraswati to attain enlightenment through knowledge and to rid themselves of lethargy, sluggishness and ignorance.

In terms of its cultural significance, the festival has been compared to Chinese New Year and the Christian Candlemas, with the subsequent 40-day stretch between Vasant Panchami and Holi compared to the Christian Lenten season. Starting on Vasant Panchami, a log with a figure of Holika is placed in a public place and during the next 40 days, the faithful add twigs and other combustible material to the log to form a pyre which is lit on Holi.

Most educational institutions arrange special prayers or pujas in the morning to seek blessing of the Goddess. Poetic and musical gatherings are held and children are initiated to learn the alphabet and are often taught to write their first words. This ritual of initiating education to children is known as Akshar-Abhyasam or Vidya-Arambham/Praasana, one of the famous rituals of Vasant Panchami. The color yellow plays an important role in Vasant Panchami as it is related to the bloom of mustard flowers during this period.

Be the Change

Every day, read something inspirational. Make what you read meaningful by taking a few moments to reflect on it. Maybe even take one inspiration and write down a few thoughts on how it applies to you and the changes you can make.

Simplicity

Peace is simplicity. Simplicity is beauty. A simple exercise to
experience this is - Choose a day as your day of simplicity. Speak
little, and listen with attention. Do something incognito and nice for
a person you are close to. Eat simple and natural food. Create time
periods for not doing anything - just walk, look around, live the
moment. Have your mind open to a more profound and silent sensitivity.
Appreciate each scene and each person as they are. In the evening write
down your discoveries. Observe the state of your mind.

The Origin of Addictions And Overcoming Them

Today, the number of addictions and addicts is growing fast. It seems that today human beings can become addicts of almost anything: credit cards, eating, drinking, sweets, lust, smoking, relationships, television, the internet and computer games, football, earning money, spending money, power, work, arguing, war.

In some ways, this shows the presence of an inner void (emptiness) that people try to fill with external things. While a person becomes an addict to any of the above aspects, their willpower is gradually weakened. And if one does not realize what is happening or does not put a stop to it, it is possible to fall into a spiraling series of automatic and compulsive actions that gradually limits our freedom to decide what we want to do with our lives, causing a loss of self-esteem and a state of depression, anxiety and dependency.

The origin of many addictions is due to a desperate need to solve a problem or a spiritual need (which may be a lack of respect, love, peace, attention, consideration) of a materialist form.

Here are a few examples:
* In a cigarette: one looks for peace, calm and relaxation.
* In alcohol: one looks for confidence, determination and security.
* In sugar and chocolate: one looks for love, sweetness and tenderness.
* In coffee and tea: one looks for energy and inner strength.

(To be continued tomorrow....)

Blessing: May you become equal to the Father and become powerful with the awareness of the Highest Father, the highest self and the highest task!

In today's world, a child of a VIP would also consider himself to be a VIP. However, no one can be higher than the Father. We are the highest souls, children of the Highest on High Father - this awareness makes you powerful. Those who have the awareness of the Highest Father, the highest self and the highest task become equal to the Father. Compared to the world, no one is as elevated and highest as you and, therefore, you are praised and worshiped.


Slogan: Check your subtle attachments in the mirror of perfection and be liberated.