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Soul Sustenance 21-01-2013
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The Power To Transform Emotions
As with feelings, when emotions are aroused, there are physical changes inside the
body in the form of chemical and electrical activity. In fact, strong emotions don’t
just affect the body; they also have an impact on the soul. When the soul
suffers emotional trauma, from which there is lasting impact, the emotional trauma
brings about an immense strain on the brain and body. Brain chemical production
is likely to be affected, and there may also be feelings of depression and tiredness.
But the real trauma at the root of these physical effects is at a deeper level within
the soul itself, and the resulting emotional sensitivity will also arise from the
soul.
e.g. I suffer a series of losses or setbacks in my business that causes a lack of
confidence and self-respect inside me. A ‘sanskara’ of low self-esteem is created
inside. As a result I become emotionally unstable and sensitive. I'll show a tendency
to react emotionally with extreme sorrow (may be in the form of depression) or extreme
anger (sometimes in the form of an outburst) whenever there is a similar setback
that touches this sensitivity. A person who has not suffered similarly in the past
and does not have a ‘sanskara’ of low self esteem, and as a result does not have
this tendency, will not react in a similar fashion under similar circumstances.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
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Message for the day 21-01-2013
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To be a donor means to give at each step and increase one's own stock.
Projection: Usually it seems very difficult to be a donor - to give from
whatever resources we have. The thought often arises in the mind that we cannot
give because we are ourselves not complete or full. We find ourselves constantly
trying to fill ourselves and we then have no time or thought for giving to those
around us.
Solution: We have a lot of treasures within us which we can give to those
around us, our virtues, our specialities etc. Even if we have just a little and
give to the others, we will find ourselves benefitting. For having given from whatever
we have, we find that these treasures begin to increase within ourselves too.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris