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Soul Sustenance 01-06-2013
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The Spiritual Concept Of Becoming A Trustee
Spirituality introduces to us a very beautiful concept of trusteeship. At
first, I realize that as a spiritual being or soul, I possess the treasures of my
mind, my thoughts, words, actions, virtues, powers, time, physical wealth, etc.
Even my physical body is a treasure. While I may have many a times misused these
treasures earlier, now I learn how to use them correctly for my spiritual upliftment
or the long term benefit of me, the soul. As per the Supreme Being’s instructions,
I use these treasures for a positive purpose of bringing not only myself but others
also, closer to a state of truth, a state in which the soul experiences
its original virtues of peace, love, joy, purity, power, wisdom, etc. By doing that
I, in return, experience spiritual self-growth.
Each time I deviate from this purpose, I come down spiritually, or I do not grow
spiritually. This is a different type of existence as compared to before when I
did not even realize that these were treasures in the first place. A treasure can
be defined as something of immense value. So, these physical and spiritual energies
or resources (mentioned above) which I own or possess, become treasures because
by the right use of them towards myself and others, I can increase my value.
Here we refer primarily to the spiritual self’s value. Once that is increased, the
physical self’s value also increases as a result.
(To be continued tomorrow…)
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Message for the day 01-06-2013
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Faith enables one to bring solutions to problems.
Projection: When problems come, we tend to overreact to it or exaggerate
it to such an extent that it becomes a trap for us. Instead of working on the problem
we fall prey to it making all our thoughts negative. Once we are caught up in negativity
we will neither look for, nor find solutions.
Solution: Each thought of ours is important when working on a problem. Instead
of making our thoughts negative, we need to remind ourselves that what we are going
through is a test which we must pass with honour. When we have this thought, all
our energy will be focussed on working to bring a solution.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris