Positive Thoughts & the Attributes of God:

 

32 Attributes of God, the Supreme Father the Supreme Soul:

1. God is Bestower of Divine Intellect…

2. God sustains the deity world through Vishnu…

3. God establishes the Golden Age through Brahma…

4. God is the Father, Teacher and Guru…

5. God liberates from the fear of death...

6. God is above Birth and Death…

7. God is the Ocean of Purity...

8. God is the Ocean of Peace...

9. God is the Ocean of Bliss...

10. God is the Benefactor of the Universe...

11. God is the Image of Immortality...

12. God is the Bestower of Liberation and Liberation-in Life…

13. God makes human beings into Shri Narayan…

14. God destroys the devilish world through Shankar…

15. God takes the boat of life across…

16. God is the Store-House of all Virtues…

17. God is the Self Luminous Point of light…

18. God is the Knower of the Deep Philosophy of Karma…

19. God is the Trimurti Creator of Brahma, Vishnu and Shankar…

20. God makes the Stone Intellects into Divine Intellects…

21. God is the Bestower of divine insight...

22. God is the Resident of the the Incorporeal World ...

23. God is the Bestower of Joy…

24. God is the Ocean of Love…

25. God is the Ocean of Wisdom...

26. God liberates from viciousness...

27. God is detached from Happiness and Sorrow

28. God is the Truth, the Sentient Being, the Embodiment of Bliss…

29. God is the Knower of the beginning, the middle and the end of the cosmic wheel…

30. God is the Remover of Sorrow and the Bestower of Happiness…

31. God is the Seed of the human world tree…

32. God is the True Sermonizer of the Gita....

 

BK Shivani - Raja Yoga 2 - Source of Love - The Supreme Father

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvcDQ_2OGg8&list=PL8BCGs3ul_7QJ0FIB7uuE85V3jEwDtmTp&feature=c4-overview-vl

Positive Thoughts

To be free from blame and excuses is to get others' help too.

When I blame others for whatever has happened to me, I lose the chance for improvement. On the other hand, when I make effort to bring about a change, using that situation as a learning point for myself, I find others helping too. There is no negativity involved, but only a move towards a positive change. Today I will not blame anyone for whatever happened to me. I will find a way to deal with the situation, without blaming others or trying to escape by giving excuses. I would be able to courageously take on any situation that I would be faced with.

Create Peace

Your thoughts guide you to your destiny. If you always do what you have
always done, you will always get what you have always got. If you
always think the same you will always get to the same place. Think in a
new way and you will be a new person. Give happiness to all and you
will live in peace. Create peace in your mind and you will create a
world of peace around you.

Understanding And Overcoming Ego

Identification with the ego and the external self creates a false identity and extremes of feeling inferior, or superior, depending on the circumstances and people. It brings with it the thought of I am, which is based on gender, religion, nationality, achievement or talent, creating an attachment to the self, which always compares and competes with others. This insecurity leads a person into forcing others to act and think in the same way as them. An egoistic person, rather than recognizing that everyone is unique with a unique personality and has a right to express his/her respective personality, sees difference in personalities as a threat to himself/herself.

Where there is such ego, only yes people (who have the same opinion as yours) are allowed to come close: anyone with a difference of opinion is rejected. With ego, the original uniqueness of the self is denied, unrecognized and buried deep in the layers of wrong identity. This is why, these days, there is such an identity crisis - humanity has lost its soul, or rather, sold its soul to external traditions and attractions.

With ego, then: is the idea of I know best and consequently the misunderstood duty and right to control and manipulate others, in their best interests (supposedly)! This results in the spoiling of the creativity and uniqueness of others.

(To be continued tomorrow...)

Blessing: May you be a spiritual rose who constantly maintains your spiritual stage and see others as souls.

A spiritual rose means one who constantly has spiritual fragrance. Wherever and whomever one with spiritual fragrance looks at, that one will only see the soul and not the body. So constantly maintain your spiritual stage and, when looking at others, see at the soul. Just as the Father is the Highest on High, so, too, His garden is the highest on high and the special decoration of that garden are the roses, you children. Your spiritual fragrance will benefit many souls.

Slogan: If you give happiness to anyone while breaking any code of conduct that will accumulate in your account of sorrow.

Positive Thoughts & the Different Names of God:

 

The Different Names of God

There are as many names for the Supreme as there are languages, and each one is accurate in that each one conveys a special meaning or quality. The one name that carries out a multitude of meanings, a whole world of significance, is the Sanskrit name “Shiva”. The word Shiva has three specific meanings: Shiva means the Benefactor, the point and it also means the seed.

The Lord of the world, the Lord of the immortal souls, the Bestower of liberation and the Destroyer of sins is the One Supreme Soul. Everywhere in Bharat, from Srinagar in the North to Kanya Kumari in the South, images of this form that Shiva has, are found installed; these images are without face

or ears or feet or body which fact clearly points out that it is the Symbol

of an incorporeal Being. At one place, it is called ‘Vishwanath’(meaning

the Lord of the Universe), at another ‘Amarnath’(the Father of souls),

at a third place it is named Mukteshwara (the Bestower of Liberation)

and it bears the name Papkateshwara (meaning the Expiator of sins)

at a fourth place. All these names prove that these images represent

the Divine Form of God. He is God of all Deities, and, being Rama’s God, is rightly remembered as Rameshwara. Being Krishna’s Lord, His memory as Gopeshwara is preserved in a town called Vrindavan, by means of an idol, called ‘Gopeshwara’.

The temple of Amarnath, Rameshwaram and Gopeshwara etc. are indicative of the fact that God Shiva is the Creater and the Over-Lord of these also. The Black-Stone, called Sang-e- Aswad in the Mecca also is a symbol of God Shiva. Even these days, Muslims who go to Mecca for a Haj (pilgrimage), kiss this holy stone. Though the Muslims do not worship any idols yet they do

not know why this image or idol stands there and is held to be sacred or

worship-worthy. Some Buddhists in Japan concentrate their mind on a stone of this shape. Christ and Nanak also say that God is light. All this shows

that God is Self-Luminous point.

BK Shivani - Personal Relationship with God Part A - Hindi

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

BK Shivani - Personal Relationship with God Part B - Hindi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfAaoSPx0L4

Positive Thoughts

To be an example is to inspire people to change.

It is not always necessary to correct people through words. When my own actions don't reflect the words that I speak, it will not have any effect on people. They would want to see the change that I talk about in my own actions. Since actions speak louder than words, they are inspired to bring about a change in themselves too. Today I will be an example for others in whatever I do. I will check myself when I find the need to correct someone. I will bring about a change in that particular aspect. Then, whether I see the desired change in the other person or not, at least I am richer for whatever effort I make.

Trust

When we are working together, we need to trust those working with us by
seeing their capabilities and using them too. This will naturally
create a healthy environment here everyone is working together as a
team. One thought that would help us in practical situations to work as
a team is to have trust in the ones we are working with. When we are
able to trust, we are able to create a positive environment where
everyone is able to express his or her best potential. The task would
be successful and there would be benefit and personal growth for
everyone working in the team.

Balance Between Masculine and Feminine Qualities

These are some examples of masculine and feminine qualities:

Masculine
Logical, Verbal, Brave, Enthusiastic, Enterprising, Flexible, Creative, Responsible, Self-confident, Jovial, Detached

Feminine
Intuitive, Silent, Affectionate, Serene (Peaceful), Patient, Tolerant, Inspiring, Optimistic, Resistant, Mature, Sweet

Opening up to the spiritual consciousness (or the consciousness of the soul) makes the masculine and feminine qualities emerge from our inner selves. As we become more conscious and attentive, we come across a balance between masculine and feminine qualities, achieving greater harmony in our lives and in our relationships. When we are only aware of the physical form, a part of our being may remain hidden. For example, if a man only identifies with his masculine form (I am a man), his feminine qualities do not develop. In the same way, many women have not developed their masculine qualities due to the thought: "I am (only) a woman". E.g. in a family where the father is often absent and cannot provide his support for long periods of time, the role of the mother takes on another broader dimension. She can make the masculine qualities emerge, combining authority and bravery with her more feminine aspects.

Addiction to relationships, in other words, the dependency on other people, is to a large extent due to an imbalance of masculine and feminine qualities in our inner selves. The main reason why this happens is that we do not develop the qualities that we are missing internally and we seek the company of others who have these qualities. We try to compensate for our weaknesses and fill our defects by taking what we are missing, from other people, thus becoming dependent on them.

Blessing: May you be free from obstacles and become victorious over obstacles by considering them to be a game of entertainment.
It is a good thing for obstacles to come, but you should not be defeated by them. Obstacles come to make you strong. Therefore, instead of becoming afraid of them, consider them to be a game of entertainment and overcome them and you would then be said to be free from obstacles and victorious. You have the company of the Almighty Authority Father and so there is nothing to be afraid of. Simply remain busy in remembrance of the Father and in service and you will remain free from obstacles. It is when your intellect is free that obstacles and Maya come. Remain busy and Maya and obstacles will then step away from you.
Slogan: In order to accumulate an account of happiness, give everyone happiness from your heart according to the code of conduct.

Positive Thoughts & God is One

God is One

All religions have images, idols or memorials, bearing one name or another, to represent the form of the Light of God. Christ, the founder of Christianity said, “God is Light.” Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism also sang the praise of Him who is `All- Light’ and is incorporeal. The followers of Islam in Mecca, call this image “Sang-e-Aswad”. People of Bharat call it `Meccaeshwara’. In the olden days, the Jews held a stone of this shape in their hands while taking a solemn oath and it is also believed that Moses had vision of this form of God when he saw a Flame behind the bush.

He is Nirakãr and all-effulgent (Jyoti-Swarupa).

What is regarded as `Nirakar’ is so only by comparison with objects having gross or subtle physical form. Beings that have a gross body as men and women do are known as `Sãkãr’ or `corporeal’ beings. The deities Brahma, Vishnu and Shankar who are eternal, i.e., who have a self-luminous or an angelic body are, called Sukshmãkari’ i.e. Subtle, Angelic or Astral in form. Shiva, the Incorporeal Being is such a soul that has neither a gross nor a subtle body, and, is therefore, relatively called `Nirãkãr’.So, Nirãkãr is one who does not have the physical form or one who has no outline as of a body. In English, the equivalent of the word `Nirãkãr’is `incorporeal’ or `non-anthropomorphic’, i.e., one who does not have the form of a human body

God has His own imperishable form, which is a point-of-Light, who’s gross and enlarged representation is Shiva-Linga. When a lamp is lighted or a candle is burning, the form of the flame or the light emitted is like that of an egg, i.e. Shiva Linga. Even so, God is a Divine Flame; He has a form which is subtler than the subtlest. We cannot see it with the physical eye. It needs the divine eye to see it. All seeds and eggs, i.e., all the ‘creators’ also have oval forms. So, God, who is the Creator or the conscient Seed of this Human World-Tree, also has an extremely subtle and minute, seed-like form, i.e., He is an oval point of Light.

One God World Family 1 (English 9 mins)

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

One God and One World Family (Hindi 9.5 mins)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Blfe-DjRc&feature=youtu.be

Positive Thoughts

To finish the burden of the past is to move forward with lightness and speed.

Throughout the day, I may not have that much attention on myself. I may not be able to sustain a thought that I had taken for myself. But before I go to sleep, I need to check myself how I was throughout the day. I need to clear out all my fears and feelings and then go to bed. This practice will make my sleep peaceful and the next day will be beautiful too, because there is no burden of the baggage of the previous day. Today I will talk to myself and God before I go to sleep. I will write down all my doubts, fears and feelings. I will become light in my mind and go to sleep peacefully. Because I will, then, look forward to a brighter tomorrow.

See Specialties

Trust is more based on our perception of people rather than just their
behavior. When we have the habit of seeing specialties in each and
every person, we are able to create space for the use of these
specialties. This automatically reflects our trust in them. Let us make
a firm practice of seeing at least one positive aspect in each and
every person we come into contact with. Then we will be able to use
this specialty in a practical way and help the other person also to use
this specialty. In this way, we will be able to increase his capability
and our trust in him.

Identify The Filters In Your Life

Like different types and different colour filters on a physical level; on a spiritual level, there are many different types of filters that work in our lives e.g. the jealousy filter, hatred filter, attachment filter, fear filter, greed filter, etc. and many more. Due to these filters, we do not see people and things as they are, but as we are, because the filters are our own self-created ones. If we want to see people and things as they are, we need to check which filters are working most in our lives. Each one of us has different filters working to different extents, depending on our personality e.g. someone might have the jealousy filter working more regularly as compared to the fear filter in his/her life.

Because of these filters, everything that we see is not only coloured by the colour of the filter we are using at that time, but our look is also biasedas we choose what to see, what to give more importance, what to be affected by more, what to let through the filter etc. and what not to. We have and form a deceptive vision of the things and people that surround us inside our minds. And the longer this deformed vision lasts, the more we will convince ourself that that is the true image of the world, because our filters continue to process new data depending on what they see that make the image stronger. This reinforcing of the incorrect image builds up our database of incorrect beliefs based on different filters and makes them stronger and stronger as we go through our life journey. Beliefs are fixed ways of looking at reality. Thus, the world that we perceive is no longer the real world, but a world created by our own mind. So in a way we become deaf and blind on a spiritual level towards the world. To heal this deafness and blindness, we do not have to remove each filter one after the other, which may become a difficult task; but we have to discover the pure, original internal self and start seeing everything without the filters, based on the pure-self point of view. As a result of that, gradually our incorrect beliefs start dissolving and correct beliefs start setting in based on our clean unfiltered view.

Blessing: May you be a destroyer of obstacles who remains stable in the point form and who also reminds others of the point (dot) of the drama.

Children who never have any question marks about anything, who always remain stable in the point form and who remind others of the point of the drama are said to be destroyers of obstacles. They make others powerful and take them closer to the destination of success. They do not become happy on seeing the attainment of any limited happiness, but are embodiments of unlimited success. They are constantly stable and stabilised in one elevated stage. With their own stage of success, they are able to transform failure.


Slogan: Give blessings and receive blessings and you will quickly become a conqueror of Maya.

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.