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Soul Sustenance 29-11-2012
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Improving The Quality Of Different Areas Of My Karmas (Part 1)
Karma yoga (experiencing meditation in practical life situations) functions in two
ways:
• By filling the self with power, the transformation of action is possible.
This in turn brings about change in my sanskars.
• By absorbing the qualities of the Supreme Being my sanskars change.
It's necessary to experiment with this to discover its validity. On one level, whatever
I have done, I have to receive the return for that but, on another level, just simply
pure love for God is the factor that purifies, cleanses and forgives. Whatever my
past karma may have been, the fire of God's love, the fire of a powerful connection
with Supreme is able to resolve it and remove its impact from within the soul itself,
in terms of negative personality sanskars and also in terms of negative karmic effects
in real life situations. Thus it can be seen why yoga or the union of love with
God is so crucial.
If one looks at the whole pattern of human life, there are four areas of karma
which need to be improved:
• Karma that I perform for myself, for my own sustenance and upkeep.
• Karma that I perform with or for others in terms of relationships.
• Karma that I perform, not out of need or necessity, but for leisure or
entertainment.
• Karma that I perform as service of others.
In the next three messages, we shall explain how we can improve these four areas
of karma.
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Message for the day 29-11-2012
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The one with the vision of perfection constantly experiences progress.
Expression: Many times, as we are moving ahead in the path of our life, we
find ourselves stagnating. There seems to be no progress at all in any aspect of
our life. We try to bring about a few changes that work for sometime. But after
sometime we find ourselves dissatisfied and we stop trying.
Experience: We need to have the vision of perfection constantly in front
of our eyes. We need to ask ourselves what is it that we expect out of ourselves,
to be a source of joy to others, to keep learning.... it could be anything that
inspires us to constantly move ahead while appreciating all that life brings.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris