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Soul Sustenance 08-08-2012
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Uprooting The Emotion Of Worry From The Consciousness (Part 2)
In yesterday’s message, we had explained how worry is the wrong use of the imaginative
capacity of the mind and intellect. On the other hand, imagining possible positive
outcomes or results will have a double effect of not only keeping the negative outcomes
away from us (even if there is a possibility of them occurring), but will also attract
the positive results towards us. But to ensure that both these processes
happen, it’s important not to attach possible negative results to the same, even
to the minutest extent, otherwise the probability of positive futures becoming a
reality reduces. Worrying is another word for this attachment process.
Worry is a type of mental habit, which arises from the belief that it’s good to
worry. This belief gets acquired during our childhood. And then it keeps getting
strengthened from our life experiences. We start from this belief. That attracts
negative circumstances; as a result the belief gets strengthened further, because
you think that with life full of so many negative circumstances, it’s important
to think of negative outcomes beforehand. You don’t realize that these negative
situations occurred in the first place largely due to this belief. When we are faced
with a negative situation, again we worry because we hold that belief. Again it’s
the same result. In this way, we are caught in a vicious cycle. How do we come out
of this cycle? By changing this belief to – ‘it’s not good to worry’. Once we do
that, there is no guarantee that negative situations will completely stop arising
in our life, because we have performed negative actions in the past (either in this
birth or past births), which need to be settled in our present, but the extent of
negative situations will be minimized. And even if they do come, they will bid goodbye
sooner, if we have a worry-free consciousness.
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Message for the day 08-08-2012
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The breath of a true life is enthusiasm.
Expression: To live life, to live each moment with enthusiasm is to really
live life. The quality of life, the quality of the work done, the quality of relationships,
everything is enriched through enthusiasm. Where there is enthusiasm there is maximum
recognition and usage of everything available. Enthusiasm spreads to others too,
gives them the courage to do their best and enrich their lives.
Experience: When I am enthusiastic, I am able to enjoy everything that comes
my way. The biggest obstacle seems like a game for me, and I pass it by easily,
without experiencing any difficulty. Confidence builds up in me and gives me the
courage to be the best in all I do. I slowly increase my own potential and steadily
move on towards success.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris