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Soul Sustenance 01-12-2012
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Improving The Quality Of Different Areas Of My Karmas (Part 3)
Karmas performed for leisure or entertainment
When someone says they don't have time for meditation or for their spiritual development,
it generally reflects an unwillingness to face the self rather than an actual lack
of time. The fact that average T.V. viewing time in many countries runs to more
than 15 hours a week tells its own story. To the extent that I value my time, I
value my life and make myself valuable. Valuing my time, energy and money is very
much a part of the whole karmic story of give and take: what they are used for,
how well they are used, whether they are wasted and so on. Difficulties
with time, one's own bodily energy and finances are the fruits of past indifference
or wastage of these resources (either in this birth or previous births). The world
financial crisis is the karmic sum total of all such individual difficulties. Am
I using all that I have in a worthwhile way? Am I just wasting it or am I using
it for benefit for myself and for others? These questions, answered correctly, often
spell the difference between success and failure.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
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Message for the day 01-12-2012
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True service is to spread the light of happiness to all around.
Expression: In any negative situation, the usual reaction is to feel disheartened
and unhappy. With this reaction to the situation, the people around too are affected
as the unhappiness spreads around. Focusing this way only on the problem creates
such negativity that it doesn't inspire anyone to work for a solution.
Experience: Instead of spreading unhappiness in a difficult situation by
seeing the negative aspect, we need to think of how to bring a solution. Even if
we can't, we need to look at some positive aspect in it that will enable us to maintain
our own positivity. When we keep ourselves happy in this way, we will be able to
spread this happiness to others too.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris