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Soul Sustenance 22-12-2012
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The Original Ingredients Of The Soul
Our original resources are very simply - peace, love, purity, knowledge and happiness.
In Raja Yoga meditation these are called the five original qualities of the soul.
When we return our consciousness to these five qualities and remember them, then
the following feelings arise in us, which finally get reflected in our actions:
• Love: I care and I share.
• Peace: I harmonize and reconcile (adjust).
• Purity: I respect and I honour.
• Knowledge: I am and I exist.
• Happiness: I express and I enjoy.
To understand and remember these qualities, we need to recognize the heavy deep
shadows or personality traits (sanskars) which have blotted them out, or
polluted them. Sometimes we don't recognize the pollutants because they have ingrained
themselves so deeply into the personality that we say ‘I am this’. True, complete
spiritual knowledge, makes us aware of these pollutants and the practice of meditation
empowers us to dilute them and get them out of our consciousness.
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Message for the day 22-12-2012
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True love is felt by all who receive it.
Expression: Sometimes we do find ourselves in situations where others are
not responding to the love we are giving. We are trying to be understanding and
accepting as much as possible but others don't seem to be recognising it. In such
a situation we begin to blame others and their lack of feelings and concern.
Experience: Instead of blaming others when our love and concern is not being
reciprocated, we need to check the quality of the love that we give. If there is
even a trace of selfishness or if it is mixed with expectations, our love will not
be able to reach out and touch the hearts of others. So we need to make sure that
our love is pure and unselfish.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris