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Soul Sustenance 27-06-2012
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Understanding Qualities And Virtues
Human beings have original qualities that are values which define our human and
spiritual nature. The original qualities of each person are similar. The only difference
is to be found in the intensity with which they are expressed. There are seven intrinsic
qualities in human nature: peace, love, purity, happiness, power, bliss and truth.
These qualities, that we all possess, are expressed in our life, relationships and
activities in the form of different virtues. Any virtue that we express in our life
and day-to-day interactions is not usually a unique quality; normally these virtues
are a variety of qualities (listed above) that work together and express themselves.
If we blend some primary colours, we get a wide range of colours. While we are expressing
these original qualities in action, they mix together and become virtues.
For example, patience is not an original quality of the self, but it is an important
virtue, necessary for keeping calm in today's world. Patience possesses a little
of the quality of love, wisdom and peace. If these original qualities are missing,
in the sense that we have lost our contact with them, then impatience and irritability
will arise. The virtue of tolerance requires inner strength, love and peace.
From the moment we are born, we are subject to many negative influences from our
family, society, religion, education, the media, culture, social class and ethnic
background that tarnish our basic values and often restrict our ability to express
them in the form of different virtues in our daily actions and interactions. Spirituality
helps us to revive these basic values.
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Message for the day 27-06-2012
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To have a balance between being a master and a child is to ensure success.
Expression: To be in the consciousness of being a master means to have confidence
in whatever has to be done and in the ideas that have to be put forth. Along with
this if there is the consciousness of being a child, there is learning and improvement,
because criticism is taken in the right spirit.
Experience: When I am able to be open to criticism as a child, I am able
to learn from it. I am able to gain further mastery without being troubled by ego.
My learning would never be blocked by what other people think or feel. Instead I
am able to experience constant progress and sure success.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris