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Soul Sustenance 29-03-2013
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Carrying Forward Of Special Talents
Everything that an individual does i.e. a soul does using the medium of the physical
body is registered in the soul as a sanskara. Sanskars, therefore, are the foundation
of our present personalities and all our special talents and inclinations. There
have been many famous personalities including artists, musicians, engineers, sportsmen,
etc. who, before attaining phenomenal success in their respective fields, displayed
amazing talents related to their respective field at a very young age. When and
where could they have mastered these talents so well? It's obvious that amazing masteries
at a very young age are not inherited from our parents. These talents have been
developed and brought into practice in previous births, as a result of which sanskaras
of the talents are created inside the soul. These sanskaras are then carried
into the next births, and are brought into actions in the new births.
A more common day-to-day example is the following: A child is born into a family
of doctors where, from the beginning, all efforts are made to mould and prepare
him to become a doctor, according to family tradition. However, from an early age,
the child shows strong tendencies to become an actor, starts to take part extensively
in theatre activities at school and the talent starts manifesting itself. This example
demonstrates that the characteristics a soul carries from previous experiences of
previous births will take it in a specific direction despite attempts made by the
family on the contrary. So in short, genius is experience. Some think that it's a
gift or talent, but it is the fruit of long experience of many lives. Some
are older souls than others i.e. they have been present on the world stage since
a longer period of time and have covered a journey of more number of births and
so know more. This kind of unlimited, broad vision of life provides us answers to
many questions.
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Message for the day 29-03-2013
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Happiness increases when given to others.
Projection: We usually expect others to give happiness to us. We rarely ever
think of giving happiness to others. We don't usually get what we expect because
the other person is also expecting the same from us.
Solution: Whatever the kind of person we only have to make sure that we continue
to give happiness to others without any expectations. For this we have to increase
our own treasure of happiness by continuing to be happy under all circumstances.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris