Contemplation: September 24, 2018: Sense of Humour
Sense
of Humour
Steer easily through life by keeping a light touch on the controls, and a
strong sense of humour.
Trust
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When
we are faced with a problem, we are caught up with the negative aspect of it we
continue to look at the negativity of the present or of the past. There is also
a fear for the future. Although we know all situations are temporary, at that
time
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When
we come into interaction with others we are concerned with their negative
aspects. We are aware of where they are going wrong and we try to correct them
too. But usually the other person doesn't realize his mistake. The more we try
to emphasi
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It is
normally experienced that it is difficult to trust all the people around us. We
do want to but the negative experiences (when people don't fulfill our
expectations) do not let us do so. We tend to add up to this negative
experience with each in
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The
more respect is measured on the basis of something external, the greater the
desire for recognition from others. On the other hand, true self-respect comes
from an appreciation of our inner qualities. This then keeps us free from
expectations an
Other
recipients:
We do
pay special attention to perform actions that are special, but not always can
we perform such elevated actions that we wish to. We tend to get caught up in
the daily mundane things. So in routine life, there is not a real experience of
the spec
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There
is usually a tendency to want to be recognised by others and we try hard to
make our actions such that others are pleased with whatever we do. Sometimes we
do succeed, but at other times when we do not get any positive response from
the others,
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When
we start with something, which has never been done before, we first have a
doubt if we could do it. The task in itself is not very difficult, but it is
this thought that makes it seem much more difficult than it actually is. This
fear doesn't le
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Love
makes us free from expectations, which enables us to accept people as they are.
We are then able to understand others' uniqueness and provide them with
whatever is necessary for their positive growth. Let me think of one person in
whom I am not
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It is
vital for us all to make space for inner peace, and that a key step to this is
valuing our TIME. Others can only benefit from our time if we learn the value
of it ourselves. In our quick-fix society it is all too easy to reach for a
glass of
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Human
beings have evolved to survive on a planet of varied environments and in
ever-changing societies. This has created a flexibility which gives us the
power to accept situations and adapt to them. Once we understand this there is
no need to be afr
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You've
had a huge argument with a friend and you keep going over it in your mind but
the more you think about it the worse you feel. By repeatedly going over
feelings of unhappiness or anger in our minds which stem from incidents which
have passed, w
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recipients:
With
all the stresses and strains of modern life, and the feelings of inadequacy and
cynicism these can generate, it is easy to forget the good things of which
human beings are capable, such as friendship, charity, and selflessness, and to
forget how
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Trying
to change or influence other people can be a thankless, exhausting task - after
all, few of us like to be told by others what we should do. With a sense of
humility and an open heart, however, we can find the best way to connect with
others. S
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When
I hear something negative about someone, I usually get influenced by it.
Inspite of the fact that I may not have had any negative experience myself, I
still tend to get influenced negatively. This brings about a change in my
attitude and behavio
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recipients:
When
something goes wrong, it is very natural for us to think of the negative
aspect. We experience negative feelings and as we continue to think about it,
we tend to feel more and more heavy in the mind. This does not bring lightness
either in our d
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We
usually take care not to speak negative words, but are not so cautious about
waste words. When we hear something interesting or unusual, we tend to repeat
it to others. We repeat it to a lot of people who have no concern with it. We
also add up
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When
we are in a position where we are held responsible for something or people
expect us to be answerable for something, we tend to feel heavy because of
these responsibilities. With this feeling of burden, we are not able to fulfill
our responsibi
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recipients:
We do
want to help others and be a support for them, but sometimes we find ourselves
unable to do this as much as we would like to. If others are not able to take
help from us constantly, it is because of the weakness that is working within
us which
Other
recipients:
When
we find someone making mistakes, we tend to react to those mistakes and point
them out to the person. We make sure we go on talking about it till the other
person realises his mistake. But usually there is no benefit for the other
person in any
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Most
of the time, we are caught up in looking at people's negativity. When we see
some negative quality in someone, we immediately make his specialities a
background and start focusing on his negative traits. The more we think of
these negative quali
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When
we start with something new, we usually achieve success for sometime, but we do
not experience long lasting success. This is because we only did the task on
being told or being forced by the situation. External force makes us use
resources wit
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If
you allow yourself to think negatively and do not think positively and use your
power of silence, it is as though you are trapped in a jail. One who is in a
jail has no freedom and has to do what others dictate. One who has the power of
silence
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One
who lives in a palace of silence and peace has the power to send positive
vibrations outside, yet prevent the negative vibrations from outside from
reaching inside. If you move yourself into your personal 'Palace of Silence'
and create beautiful
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When
everything is going on well there is enthusiasm and interest to move forward.
But when even a little thing goes wrong, we lose all enthusiasm to do anything
else. This creates a bondage and there is difficulty or inability to put in
effort to
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recipients:
We
usually want to do a lot to help others or serve them in some way or the other,
but sometimes we find that we don't find the right opportunity. At other times
even we do find such opportunities we don't real find that they are according
to our de
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We usually
blame our fortune when something goes wrong. We either feel it to be unjust or
we tend to curse our past actions, which have brought us this fate. To curse
past actions is to lose the present moment too. Instead of cursing our past
actions
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Simplicity
is mistaken as ordinariness. It is sometimes associated with lack of colour and
variety. So we are not usually so simple in our words and actions. We tend to
try and add on as much colour as we can in order for them to be attractive or
imp
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Sometimes
we find ourselves reacting to even small situations. Our feelings are also
dependent on the different situations we face. We do try to change our feelings
of negativity, if they do arise. But sometimes we are not able to, either
because of
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Usually
we give a lot of excuses for not doing things. Our words are then 'if only...'
or 'some other time'. So even if we have the capability to do it, our
capabilities are wasted, as they are not used at the right time. And we don't
really exper
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Whenever
one experiences deception in relationships, there is disappointment and one
tends to get disheartened. At such times feelings are destroyed and one tends
to reject people and move away from them - mostly physically and always in the
mind. W
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recipients:
People
usually look for peace in hill stations, places of worship or pilgrimage
places. A short or long break from the routine challenges normally gives an
experience of peace. But it is not always possible to get such breaks. Also
once the time s
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Accommodation
is perceived as something to do with accommodating others' negativity or
concealing someone's negativity. So the consciousness is totally of the
negative aspects and one finds it difficult to hide negative things for long.
So after so
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Ask
yourself.....What is most important in my life? Keep that in front of you and
you will discover that most other things get solved by themselves. Do not leave
the important things until last, for then they will become urgent. This feeling
of urgen
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We
normally tend to measure our worth on what we do or how much people recognise
and appreciate us. So we tend to get dependent on the external environment for
appreciating ourselves. Since what comes from outside is not always stable, we
find oursel
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Sometimes
although the act in itself is right, we find that the result is not so good or
effective. At such times, we are not able to understand and tend to have a lot
of waste and negative questions in the mind. But the answer is not found which
on
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During
chaotic and challenging situations the mind is very naturally with negative and
waste thoughts. At such times, we do make an attempt to stabilise and focus our
thoughts. But we are not very successful in doing this; however hard we may try
to
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If
there is the thought that we can do things ourselves without other people's
help, it means that we have arrogance of our own potential or we are not able
to have trust for others. This lack of trust doesn't allow us to use others'
potential for t
If there is the thought that we can do things ourselves without
other
people's help, it means that we have arrogance of our own potential
or we are not able to have trust for others. This lack of trust
doesn't allow us to use others' potential for the benefit of the
task. So we are deprived of a very useful resource and we will not be
able to be happy. We need to understand the fact that there is greater
success in cooperation. It is much more useful to invest our time and
resources in training and developing others' potential. This brings
about the best from people and so there is a greater contribution and
hence greater success in every task that we take up.
Worry Confused With Concern (cont.)
We are all linked together at a
subtle, invisible level, and communicate with others invisibly. We not only
send but also pick up the energy that others radiate, especially the ones that
we are close to. We demonstrate with an example how this can work positively as
well as negatively when we find ourselves in negative situations in our
practical lives.
Suppose the class teacher of your child (we take the example of your son) calls
up and says that while playing in the school playground, your son has injured
himself. She doesn't explain much but says there is nothing to worry. She
requests you to come and pick him up from the school. At this point of time
your son is radiating his own spiritual energy which is most probably the
negative energy of fear, stress, anxiety and sorrow (although the teacher has
informed you that he is fine). At the same time he is also picking up your
subtle spiritual or mental energy. You are driving to his school to pick
him up. At this point of time, you only have a rough idea of what situation he
is in exactly at that moment because you are physically far away from him.
Guessing about the exact situation is making assumptions and is a waste of your
mental energy. If you make negative assumptions i.e. you worry and are
scared, then you are sending him the same vibrations of fear, a negative
energy, which he is going to pick up and it is not going to empower or help him
in anyway but is more likely to weaken and disturb him and even disturb you in
your driving. You have been told that there is nothing to worry but still
you know he is in a slightly difficult emotional situation and only he knows
how he will come out of it. What will help him? He needs your support, but what
will support him the most - we are talking about subtle support, because you
are going to take some time to reach the school and provide him physical
support? Your negative vibration of fear which you may mistakenly call concern
or care as you imagine something bad has happened? Or the positive vibrations
of your unconditional love and your good wishes, which is true concern or care?
What will you send him to support him from far away? Worry vibrations or the
vibrations of love in the form of your good wishes for them? Vibrations of love
will keep you also in a positive state as you drive through the city. Besides,
what is care or concern? It is you sending your positive inner spiritual light
to help another and worry is definitely not that.
Soul Sustenance
The Fifth
Phase/Age Of Humanity (cont.)
A circle is not a circle unless the line turns perfectly consistently to join
up with itself. A cycle of time is not a true cycle unless it repeats itself
identically. From such an angle, we can become aware of a fifth Age, the
Age we are now in - the Confluence Age (Sangamyug - a short Age
between the Iron Age (Kalyug) and the Golden Age (Satyug)) -
a time of change from old to new, from night to day and from vice to virtue.
From the end of one cycle to the beginning of another. It is in this Age that
our spiritual Parent i.e God hears and responds to our collective cries for
help and relieves us from the pain and the fear that we ourselves have created.
Like a good Parent, He intervenes at this time, the only time during our entire
journey, to tell us the whole story - who we are, what has happened to us and
how to find our way home. He reveals the complete picture and, as a result,
sets us free from our false beliefs.
The importance of this time period now sets us free from wondering why the
world seems to be so full of pain and suffering, as we can now understand that
this is the end of the cycle, thus all souls are settling their karmic accounts
at both the individual and collective levels i.e. souls are experiencing sorrow
in various forms as a result of all the negative actions they have performed in
the Copper and Iron Age. Debts are being settled amongst souls. Knowing this,
we find it easier to detach from the numerous negative scenes that we come
across, while staying focused on settling our own karmic debts through the
power of spirituality. At the same time we are available to those around us
when they need a little help to settle their own karma in the easiest way
possible.
(To be continued tomorrow ...)
Message for the
day
To have a desire for the good act done is to eat unripe fruit.
Projection: To have a desire to get the result of what one does is like
eating unripe fruit. It is like following a shadow that will never be got. On
the other hand, to do things because there is joy in doing it is to enjoy
putting in effort. This also ensures that there is fruit attained at the right
time.
Solution: When I am able to do things because I enjoy them, I am able to
be free from expectations. And because I am free from expectations and desires,
yet working towards my aim, I find myself attaining everything without any
difficulty. I am patient and wait with joy for the fruit of my effort to ripen.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris
