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Soul Sustenance 26-04-2013
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We need to make sure that we have a gift for everyone we meet; it could even be a
smile or a kind word. When our focus is on what we have to give, we will be free
from expectations from others. This will make us truly special.
A good meditator is one who has a mental link or union with the internal self and
the Supreme Soul or God who is the source of all goodness. This, along with an understanding
of the laws of action or the laws of karma, which govern the behavior of
souls, means that one does not have to renounce or leave society in order to achieve
enlightenment. Rather, the soul filled with spiritual illumination faces society
directly with understanding and the generosity to serve it and to elevate (improve)
it.
The soul becomes elevated not by the renunciation of responsibilities or worldly
duties but by a renunciation of the negativity that exists within the role
being played by it in society. A good meditator does not try to escape social obligations
(duties) but rather purifies those duties by becoming filled with light,
love, peace and happiness. The stage of self-awareness and God-communication injects
a subtle richness into one's life-patterns.
There are those who believe that the elevated state is beyond society and its duties.
They find a quiet spot in the jungle or an ashram and contemplate (think about)
deeper things. There are others who are stuck in the quicksand of their problems,
and believe that those who leave society and take up a spiritual lifestyle are saints.
However, holiness and virtue are qualities attained in one's life situations
, not in running away from them. The elevated state is not merely a matter of
elevated thoughts (which can be experienced in a sanyas), but elevated actions also,
for the benefit of the self and the world. We are what we do and not so much what
we imagine ourselves to be.
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Message for the day 26-04-2013
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Honesty brings progress.
Projection: Honesty is usually associated with telling the truth or being
open with others. Even when we have such honesty, we sometimes don't experience
progress because we are always honest with ourselves.
Solution: More than anything else we need to be honest with ourselves. That
means we need to introspect and check within and change ourselves. Such internal
checking without cheating ourselves, i.e., without giving excuses to ourselves helps
us to experience progress.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris