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Soul Sustenance 04-04-2013
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Meditation - A Process Of Cleansing, Dialogue And Joining (cont.)
Meditation can be defined as a process of cleansing, a process of dialogue and a process of joining. Today we take up:
Dialogue
In Greek, the word meditation is translated as dialogismos, from which comes the English word dialogue. Meditation is a dialogue with oneself, with the true self; a very necessary process for developing self-knowledge and accumulating inner strength.
The basis of spiritual dialogue with oneself is introspection. Introspection is the ability to examine and change oneself, as one wants to or should do. Without a consistent re-evaluation of our attitudes and thought models, negative habits easily dominate our consciousness. A healthy dialogue with our inner selves means that we interact positively with others, without being trapped or lost in ourselves. Introspection involves being an observer: observing and not reacting to situations or people with negative emotions such as anger, hate, fear, resentment and jealousy. Being detached observers helps us conserve our inner energy and keeps us spiritually, mentally and emotionally healthy.
(To be continued tomorrow….)
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Message for the day 04-04-2013
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The method to finish all labouring is to do everything with love.
Projection: Throughout the day we find ourselves doing several things which we
don't like. As soon as the thought of such a task comes in our mind
we tend to feel heavy which makes even the simplest thing seem very
difficult.
Solution: Before we are going to start some task which we don't like we need
to train ourselves to think of something positive in it. When we
train ourselves to love the task we will be able to do it with
lightness.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris