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Soul Sustenance 09-02-2013
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Letting Go Of The Past
The influence of the past on our personality, hopes and fears is deep, and difficult
to trace. The past is by definition a collection of memories. It is also the journey
on which we have picked up the skills required in our day to day activities, because
of which we tend to believe that remembering the past will help, sustain (strengthen)
and protect us. There are certainly great benefits in learning from our past mistakes,
but too much attachment to the past can damage present satisfaction.
Many of us are very worried about avoiding past disaster, even to the extent that
we forget how to enjoy the present or how to hope positively for the future. E.g.
if we have been badly hurt by someone in the past, we may allow this to damage our
self-esteem. We become worried that the unhappiness will occur again, because of
which we see our current relationship with some other person with a negative frame
of mind. As a result of that the negativity is reflected back at us. The relationship
fails, which strengthens our belief in the past, and increases negative feelings
about the future.
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Message for the day 09-02-2013
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Words are effective when truth is combined with sweetness.
Projection: It is usually believed that when we speak the truth, we need
to be frank and outspoken. And with this attitude we sometimes tend to become harsh
in our words too. We believe that only when we are assertive in this way, will our
words be effective. But practically it is found that when our words are without
sweetness we will only find temporary results.
Solution: In order to have lasting effect when we have to give correction
to someone we need to take care that there is sweetness in our attitude and voice
too. Only then will there be the desired effect in the words that we speak and we
will find people bringing about change in themselves.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris