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Soul Sustenance 09-06-2013
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Being A Good Transformation (Change) Agent
Often, we feel ourselves to be victims of different factors that seem to direct the course of our life without us being able to control them. The world does not seem to dance to our music and our will, and we feel ourselves to be victims because things do not work out or are not as we want. Therefore, we give up and decide to resign ourselves to this reality; to be victims of it and observe passively (non-actively), resisting what comes, getting frustrated and bad-tempered. However, we could position ourselves in another way: being transformation (change) agents (the ones who are able to change the external factors like people or situations) by creating a different reality. To do so we have to change our perception. Also, it is necessary to strengthen our capacity to tolerate, accept, let go and forget. Tolerance here also refers to understanding, love and compassion (kindness). Not to put up with people or things, but to remain above them, to go beyond them; to co-operate with trust and motivation. It is difficult for us to tolerate because we have expectations and pre-conceived ideas of how others should act and be. Then we create negative feelings towards them because they are not like that or don’t act in the manner that we want. This makes our relationship with them difficult.
When your vision towards others is positive, you see their qualities, their efforts and their values instead of their defects and their errors. You are open to listening to them and to understanding their intentions. That way it is easier to have good feelings towards them. Basing ourselves on a positive and objective vision and on good feelings, we do not have to put up with, or even tolerate the other - the relationship becomes streamlined.
(To be continued tomorrow…)
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Message for the day 09-06-2013
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The one who is a giver, has attention constantly on giving fully.
Projection: When the system that we are working in doesn't let us give maximum
benefit to the people around us or deprives them of their natural
right, we tend to react negatively. We tend to become upset which
doesn't help either of us in anyway.
Solution: When we remember and maintain the awareness that we are a giver,
instead of complaining about the restrictions that society or
people around us impose, we continue to give those around us
something that will make them happy. This could be in the form of
kind and supportive words or at least an understanding smile. When
we give in this way, it will make others too, free from negative
thoughts.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris