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Soul Sustenance 20-03-2013
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The Three Root Causes Of Anger (Part 1)
Any time we sense irritation, frustration or anger emerging inside our consciousness,
if we take a close look at it, we will notice we are fighting a war in our consciousness
with one of these three: either with another person, most obviously or with
the past or with our self.
We are at war with the past because our anger is always towards something that has
already happened and looking at it we react emotionally which means we are trying
to change it, which is impossible. Any scene that has taken place a year
ago, a month ago or even a second ago cannot be changed. We may be completely convinced
and we may believe we can. That's because we hold this belief subconsciously. Somewhere
and sometime in the past, we have picked up and absorbed the belief that the world
and its circumstances should shape up exactly as we want.
When our internal desire of a certain type of circumstances is not fulfilled, or
in other words something against this belief happens, our instant reaction is one
of the various forms of anger and we tend to try and change the incident
that has happened in a far-off past or a past that has just gone by. We keep replaying
a revised incident, with words and actions that we would have liked and that suit
our convenience and we also keep nullifying the actual incident or remain in a un-acceptance
mode towards it. This is like fighting a war with the incident. We tend to do this
inside our minds, repeatedly, even realizing somewhere deep within, that it is impossible.
(To be continued tomorrow…)
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Message for the day 20-03-2013
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The sparkle of a true diamond reveals itself.
Projection: Whenever we make a positive contribution, we expect those around
us to recognize and appreciate it. But there are occasions where we do not receive
such recognition and we then feel disheartened which in turn doesn't let us give
our best in all we do.
Solution: Whenever we find ourselves expecting people to appreciate us, we
need to remind ourselves that the diamond doesn't need to speak about it's own sparkle
but is recognized because of its speciality. We, too, need to discover our own speciality
and work with it. We will, then, be satisfied whether we get recognition from others
or not.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris