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Soul Sustenance 12-03-2013
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Understanding The Mechanism Of The Virtue Of Peace (Part 2)
Yesterday we have explained how the virtue of peace works in human souls through
the cycle of life. In today's message we explain (with reference to yesterday’s
message) how we can experience our original state of peace experienced during the
initial phases of the birth-rebirth cycle. Tomorrow we shall explain how we can
experience the eternal peace of the soul world. To have both these experiences, the
basic principle that I need to remember is that to experience peace, I need to concentrate
on it – concentration means creating thoughts about it and visualizing it at the
same time. Secondly to access peace, I need to separate myself from my body and
surroundings. So how do I bring these two principles in practice?
The first chapter of the Rajyoga meditation course as taught by the Brahma Kumaris
in each of its centers states a simple fact and makes me realize it that I am not
this body but I am an eternal soul, a non-physical star like spiritual energy, situated
at the centre of the forehead, just above the eyebrows, the original nature of which
is peace. The body is my vehicle. Now, to experience the peace experienced during
the initial phases of the birth-rebirth cycle, my mind picks the above fact or wisdom
from my intellect, which is a reservoir of spiritual knowledge and where the above
fact is stored. Then, my intellect, which possesses the decision making ability
judges the thought as to whether it is a right or wrong one. If my intellect is
convinced about the fact, it judges the thought as right. Next, I take this process
further. Along with creating this thought I visualize this thought on the screen
of my mind i.e. see my star-like white/golden light form just above the eyebrows
radiating white/golden rays of peace in all directions. I do this exercise for a
few minutes. This exercise then leads me to an experience of peace, as a result of
which a sanskara of peace is created. This is the peace experienced whilst
visualizing the spiritual self inside the body – it is the peace experienced in the
initial phases of the birth-rebirth cycle.
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Message for the day 12-03-2013
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To understand that each one is unique is to have respect.
Projection: We usually expect others to change according to our expectations.
We actually want everyone to get moulded according to our own value system. But
it doesn't happen so because each one is different.
Solution: We need to understand that each one is unique with their own specialities.
When we look at others in this way we will no longer expect others to change according
to our wish but will have full respect for them.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris