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Soul Sustenance 04-07-2012
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Understanding And Overcoming Repetitive Thoughts
Repetitive thoughts are mental dependences that arise due to a badly channeled imagination, false beliefs or mental weakness. For example, this happens when the pattern of negative repetitive thoughts makes us experience continuous feelings of guilt. Or we think, almost obsessively and continuously, that someone wants to hurt us or are after us. Or we create continuous thoughts of jealousy, hatred and violence with regards to another individual. They are negative and self-destructive habits. We fall into repetitive thoughts, which make us live in constant unhappiness.
We spend a lot of time during the day with these types of unnecessary thoughts. They are leaks of energy that weaken us. We have created the habit of thinking like that and, therefore, it is in our hands to learn to change it. We can free ourselves of these dependencies and the result is to be freer, mentally, of negative and repetitive thoughts, which are like a constant hammering. It is a question of learning to control what we think, thinking positively and in a focused manner, meditating and exercising the mind. We exercise to keep the body healthy and strong; in order to have a healthy and strong mind we have to learn exercises like meditation and relaxation that help us to free ourselves from repetitive thoughts which are nothing but bad positions or postures of the mind.
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Message for the day 04-07-2012
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Faith is the key to the best use of one's fortune.
Expression:
For the one who has faith, in the self and in things, there is only
positivity. Under all circumstances, there are only opportunities and
treasures seen. Each moment is an inner urge to discover these hidden
treasures and make the best use of them. So the one who has faith
draws out the best from each and every situation.
Experience:
When I am able to move forward with faith, I am encouraged to give my
best under all circumstances and am able to enjoy the best fruit of
the effort that I put in. Faith gives me the courage to go on even
during difficult times and so I have the satisfaction of bringing
about constant change and progress in my life.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris