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Soul Sustenance 09-07-2012
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False Attachments
Are you aware that whenever you lose your true self-awareness (soul-consciousness), you will identify with and get attached to something that is not you? It could be another person, your work, or some material possession. Let's say you are attached to your job and one day, due to rising costs, your company decides to downsize and starts laying off thousands of its employees - all of a sudden you are asked to leave. The attachment to and identification with your position in the company, which has become a habit (“sanskara”), causes the creation of fearful and angry thoughts (e.g., "I'm going to lose my job" (fear related to the future) or "How dare they downsize the company and damage my position (anger towards the company and its leadership)). The destructive energy of these thoughts becomes emotion (energy in motion) which then invades your entire mind so you cannot have clear and calm thoughts (the prime requirement of that moment). It hijacks your intellect so you cannot make correct, wise decisions and choices (also the prime requirement of that moment) for the future. Any connection you had with your inner peace is broken. All this happens because you forgot who you really are and had begun to think you are what you do. When seen from the point of view of this example it sounds ridiculous that we should identify with what we do or what we have, but this is currently how the world and its people work. So, never forget who you truly are!
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Message for the day 09-07-2012
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Real contentment spreads happiness to others too.
Expression:
When one feels contentment but the others are not able to perceive
that contenetment, it means that it is not true contentment. Real
contentment is visible in such a way that others too are able to feel
the happiness that is created. When there is real contentment, all
thoughts, words and actions are filled with quality.
Experience:
When I am content, others automatically recognise the contentment
within me. They are able to take benefit from my state. Even in the
most hopeless state, I find that I become a source of support for
those around me. I am able to give hope to the hopeless and help them
get back to a state of happiness.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris