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Soul Sustenance 19-11-2012
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Freedom From The Dependency On The New (Part 1)
One of the dependencies that the consumer society promotes is dependency on the
new. You have a car but today a new, better one is coming out. You have a mobile
but the new one on the market today has more features and yours is now obsolete.
The same thing happens to the television, MP3 players, DVD players, etc. Today you
have some clothes but tomorrow the fashion will be different. We find the need to
fill ourselves with more and more. This way an addiction to the new is generated.
We get bored quickly and we need something apparently new and different all the
time.
Some people need to buy new clothes all the time because it makes them feel better;
they ‘feel’ the newness, is this normal or is it actually an addiction to the new
out of boredom, is it discomfort with oneself and the inner need to impress and
please others that sometimes some people seem to possess. It is actually living
in the superficiality of the pair of jeans or the saree, not in the inner essence
of being or soul. It is to use time to distract oneself and not to construct creatively.
It’s not as if buying new stuff or going shopping is wrong but when it becomes a
dependency, when it becomes a source of boosting your self esteem, that’s a sign
that you are going wrong.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
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Message for the day 19-11-2012
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The one who has the power of realisation is the one who can bring transformation.
Expression: When something goes wrong we immediately begin to look for excuses
why that mistake happened. This finishes our power of realisation and we will not
be able to recognise our own mistake. Then we will not be able to work at improving
ourselves and we will not be able to bring any transformation.
Experience: Instead of looking for excuses for what happened, we need to
take the opportunity to check within ourselves and see our own mistake. When we
recognise our mistake, however small it may be, we will be able to work on it. Only
when we are able to realize our own mistake, will we be able to bring about transformation
in ourselves.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris