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Soul Sustenance 19-12-2012
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The Location Of The Soul Inside The Body
The soul has the following basic functions to perform:
• to give life to the body and to maintain life inside it,
• to express and experience its role through the body, and
• to receive the rewards or fruits of past actions performed in previous births,
through the body.
These functions are controlled and monitored by the soul via the nervous and hormonal
systems from a particular point in the area of the brain which contains the thalamus,
hypothalamus, pituitary and pineal glands. This region is known as the seat of the
soul, or the third eye. The connection between the physical (body) and the
non-physical (soul) is by the medium of thought energy. Many religions and philosophies
place great importance on the third eye, or eye of the mind. When viewed
from the front, this region appears to be between and slightly above the line of
the eyebrows. It's for this reason that Hindus use a tilak, a dot in red
or sandalwood paste in the middle of the forehead. Christians also make the sign
of the cross in this region. Even when one makes a mistake or expresses tiredness
it's to this region that we put the hands in the gestures of self-dismay or exhaustion.
After all the soul subconsciously knows that it makes the mistakes and not the body.
When people are concentrating deeply in thought it is this area of the forehead
where creases or lines are formed on the skin.
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Message for the day 19-12-2012
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To become worthy of blessings means to make success easy.
Expression: Thinking of benefit for the self increases to such an extent
that it sometimes takes on the form of selfishness. When we are selfish we stop
thinking about others or the effect that our action is going to have on them. Then
we are not able to move forward with lightness because the good wishes and blessings
of others are not with us.
Experience: In each and every action of ours we need to first check if it
is going to be beneficial for us as well as for others. As much as there is benefit
for others too in the task that we are doing, that much the good wishes of others
will be there for the task. With these good wishes we will be able to move forward
much faster and achieving success will be easy.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris