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Soul Sustenance 31-01-2013
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How Often And Why Do I Need To Meditate – cont.?
As explained yesterday, we regularly and quite easily slip into four main negative
habits. So meditation is not only sitting in a quiet corner, and connecting
with the self and the Supreme, at a couple of fixed times during the day, but it
is also the way to gently remember and remind ourselves, many times in a day, that
we as well as others, are souls or spiritual beings not physical beings,
by detaching ourselves from actions and also while being involved in actions. These
reminders given to the self over a period of time become natural and prevent us
from succumbing to these four habits. Given below is a basic meditation, which you
could use to remind yourself regularly during the day:
I have a body but this body is not me…
I have thoughts but these thoughts are not me …
I have feelings but these feelings are not me …
I have attitudes but these attitudes are not me …
I have emotions but these emotions are not me …
I have beliefs but these beliefs are not me …
I perform many actions through my sense organs, but these sense organs are not me…
I play many roles but I am not my roles…
I experience joy or sorrow through my sense organs, but these experiences are not
me …
I am a soul – a being of energy, which is neither created nor can be destroyed,
and my original and true nature is one of peace, love, joy and power…
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Message for the day 31-01-2013
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True detachment is to be a master of all things that we use.
Projection: Detachment is usually mistaken as being away from things because
usually while using the facilities available we tend to get dependent on them. Such
dependency is troublesome and so we sometimes give up using these facilities thinking
that this is detachment which helps us to be free from their control.
Solution: The solution lies in mentally detaching ourselves from the facilities
we are using. That means we use them but we are not dependent on them. For this
we need to remind ourselves that we are the creator and whatever facilities are
available to us are the creation. This enables us to develop mastery and control
over everything.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris