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Soul Sustenance 18-05-2013
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The Gender Of God
In a large number of religious traditions, all over the world, God is always referred
to as a male entity. But, just as the soul does not have a gender and is neither
masculine nor feminine, God’s i.e. the Supreme Soul’s gender is neither male nor
female specifically. Therefore, as a soul, a spiritual child of God, I can come
close to God without any inhibitions or difficulty, which I may experience in any
relationship in the physical world, due to the gender of the body I am occupying.
We need to take a look at the Supreme Being or God closely. The Supreme Being is
the Supreme Mother who provides spiritual sustenance and whose love is full
of unconditional acceptance. No matter what has happened, how my nature or personality
may be, I experience unconditional acceptance from God. It's a love that strengthens
me, as well as it purifies me. At the same time, God is also the Supreme Father,
a very powerful entity, who provides protection and fills the soul with the inheritance
of divine qualities and powers. It's a question of just being an innocent child
and claiming that inheritance. These are the first two relationships that have to
be experienced with God. The Supreme is a balance of being feminine, having the
qualities of caring, giving and full of good wishes and masculine
at the same time, having the qualities of power, authority and fearlessness.
He is She and She is He. These two relationships with God, whereby God plays both
the roles of both parents are the basis of my spiritual development. Spirituality
introduces to us the concept of taking a new spiritual birth to the Supreme Father
and Mother. This birth is based on a change of consciousness. One needs to let go
of the negative, impure and sorrowful past and develop a new consciousness, based
on the present introduction to spirituality, which is positive, pure and blissful.
The awareness of the self as a soul changes my way of looking at things immensely,
but the consciousness of being a child of God, who is the Mother as well as the
Father and seeing others with that vision brings respect and love for myself. Then
all these qualities start showing in my actions and interactions as well.
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Message for the day 18-05-2013
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Others experience sweetness when words are filled with the power of truth.
Projection: False sweetness is saying that something is good without having
taken the pains to find out what it is i.e., commenting on something superficial.
Sweet words are those that are spoken after having understood the reality.
Solution: In order for our words to have an effect on others, we must take
time to see if we have really understood the goodness in the other person. Our each
comment should be based on the truth that we have discovered in others and we will
find others taking benefit from our words.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris