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Soul Sustenance 17-05-2013
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How Does The Mind Work?
We can compare the mind with a screen, where thoughts, images, feelings and associations
are constantly appearing. Thoughts manifest themselves in the mind in the same way
as images on a film are projected onto the cinema screen.
The mind often interprets negation as affirmation. Therefore, when we tell you not
to think about something, it is as if we were saying, "Think about this" and these
thoughts are produced with even more force in the mind. Therefore transforming negative
habits and personality traits becomes a struggle. The most effective way of fighting
is to ignore these unwanted thoughts, but we should then immediately focus our mind
in another direction, thinking about something positive. Thus useless or negative
thoughts have no space to grow in our mind. Thinking positively is not a battle
against negativity but by imbibing spiritual knowledge, we transform the negative
into positive.
We can compare the mind with a naughty child who is playing with a dangerous object:
if you take it away from them they will cry until they get it back again. Perhaps
a more effective method would be to offer them something that would be of more interest
to them and in this way, by having a new inoffensive toy in their hands, they will
leave the dangerous object alone.
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Message for the day 17-05-2013
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Sweetness is the ability to see the good in all things.
Projection: Deep within each and every situation is something good. It only
takes a little patience to look within and find it. When we are able to understand
the secret behind what is happening, it automatically brings sweetness in our life
Solution: Whatever happens throughout the day, we should be able to see the
good in it. Even if we are not able to discover something good at that moment, we
should maintain the faith that whatever happens is for the best.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris