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Soul Sustenance 01-09-2012
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The Three Mirrors For Inner Beauty (Part 3)
In the last two days’ messages, we have explained the first mirror for inner beauty.
The second mirror is the mirror of meditation – In the silence of meditation
which is a connection or the experience of a relationship with the inner self and
the Supreme Soul, each day you come close to and dive deep into both of them. When
you create powerful, positive thoughts about the self and you also visualize your
true spiritual self, you feel and experience your true virtuous being, what you
are - radiant and free of all influences. That experience helps you to see yourself
as you really are and in contrast to how you are now. Perhaps you feel peaceless,
disturbed and dejected today, but by creating thoughts of peace and contentment
in meditation you quickly realize that in reality that is your true nature. In that
way, it serves as a mirror for self realization and checking and changing. When
you visualize the Supreme Soul during meditation and experience His virtues, it
helps you to see and quickly realize yourself in contrast to Him and make the required
changes in yourself because the child should reflect the qualities of the Father.
So a good practice then is to look into this mirror and check yourself once in the
morning before the day’s activities and once before sleeping for 10 minutes each
time. Also, since this is the most powerful mirror, it is extremely vital to carry
this mirror with you throughout the day and check yourself in it for one minute
after every hour. This may sound too much time given to the inner self to
many, but all of us are aware that like an untidy, unkempt external self is not
pleasing to the self and does not create a favorable impression on those who come
in contact with us, in the same way that applies to the inner self also. So one
minute spent in looking into this mirror and doing some self-introspection and checking
and changing will keep us looking good for the next fifty nine minutes and if we
do mess up internally during those fifty nine minutes, then corrections can be made
quickly in the next one minute break – it’s as simple as that.
(To be continued tomorrow ….)
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Message for the day 01-09-2012
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The one who has courage to bring about a change is free from excuses
Expression: For the one who recognizes the need for bringing about a change,
every situation is an excuse for doing something new. If there is no commitment
to change in every situation, excuses are given and others are blamed. So there
is nothing new that is done and nothing new achieved.
Experience: Life becomes very interesting for me when I am willing to take
up the challenges that it brings. I am not afraid of new situations and challenges
but am able to make the best out of the situation, I am free from fear and have
the courage to bring about a change easily and naturally.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris