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Soul Sustenance 25-05-2013
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Becoming Responsible For My Destiny
These are examples of some of the inner questions that emerge in our minds from
time to time:
* Why is she rich and successful and I am not? * Why did he behave in that way with
me; I've always behaved well with him. * Why does that one have easy success in
life and the other, however hard he tries, fails at every step? * Why is he nice
natured but is born blind and the other ill natured but has no health problems at
all? * Why does she suffer so much? * She is so sweet, but yet everyone disrespects
her. * Why did that child die at such a young age? She was so innocent. * Why did
I get married to such a person? * Why am I here? * How is that student in my class
so intelligent?
There are lot more questions like these that trouble us. In the case of sorrows,
it is seen more than the sorrow, it is the question - why this sorrow exists in
my life that troubles us. Why? What? How? When? Even so, they all have only one
answer: karma.
I don't need to go into minute details of each situation. If I see that nothing
can happen without having had a justified cause in my past or in that of others,
life becomes much easier to face, with responsibility and the power of courage.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
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Message for the day 25-05-2013
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Real progress can be experienced when we are faced with obstacles.
Projection: When faced with obstacles in our path, we usually tend to have
negative feelings. We either experience fear or irritation and we don't enjoy the
work anymore, our total focus being on the result. We only wait for the outcome
not really bothered about enjoying the effort that we need to put in.
Solution: When we are encountered with a difficult situation, instead of
seeing it as an obstacle, we need to see it as an opportunity to evaluate ourselves
and see where we stand. We can then use this understanding to bring improvement
in ourselves. When we constantly work on ourselves in this way, we will never stop
when faced with obstacles, but will experience constant progress in our life.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris