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Soul Sustenance 22-11-2012
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Soul Power Over Role Power (Part 1)
Every act that we are involved in throughout the day is made possible or real by
two entities - role and soul working in conjunction with each other. Although, it
is a spiritual fact that the soul is the master and makes the role function, without
the soul the role cannot function; while playing any role in our day-to-day life
we tend to forget this fact and our entire focus falls on the role that is to be
played, forgetting that by doing that, we bring down the probability of success
of that role in our personal or professional life. Focusing positively on the soul
and its components while playing the role fills the role with soul power and focusing
on the role and its components while playing the role fills the role with something
you could call role power. We need to create a balance between the role
and the soul and a balance in using both role and soul power to bring about the
success of the role, the role could be of any type. Even a project that you have
to work on in the office which is going to last for a month is an example of a temporary
role you have to play. There are many other examples of roles - getting your child’s
homework done, preparing food for the entire family, doing charity work at the club
together, taking part in an extracurricular activity in school or college, etc.
Any such or other role will consist of some or all of these components - various
tasks, interaction with people or relationships, mediums like wealth and other objects,
time, knowledge of everything connected with the role including the components that
make up the role, etc. All these components are physical in nature and make
up the role. The power that these components possess makes up what we call role
power. Now, what happens is that as soon as we step into the role each day or on
a particular day, obviously our aim is to bring about success of the role, but to
achieve that, our entire focus falls on using the power of the role, neglecting the
immense potential that soul power possesses. We spend our day and night
in streamlining the role components for the well being of the role, not realizing
that this purpose could be more easily achieved, if the focus is more on using soul
power, obviously without neglecting role power (without which the purpose cannot
be achieved).
In tomorrow’s message, we shall explain the various components that make up soul
power.
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Message for the day 22-11-2012
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To spread the light of happiness is to become a spiritual lighthouse.
Expression: When we are in situations where there is negativity around or
there seems to be no source of happiness, we too naturally tend to feel low and
negative. We are totally under the influence of the situation and we can't seem
to overcome the feeling at that time. Nothing actually inspires us to make effort
to come out of such a feeling.
Experience: We need to remind ourselves that we are a lighthouse, a source
of light to all those around us. This thought will give us the inspiration to remain
stable and strong even when we are amidst chaos or difficult situations. We will
be able to spread our light across and show everyone the right direction by becoming
an inspiration to those around us.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris