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Soul Sustenance 13-06-2013
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Reflection
Reflection (thinking deeply) is a necessary step in digesting knowledge.
Reflection is an exercise of the mind and intellect that goes into the depths of
understanding an idea, or realization, or point of knowledge with the aim of practicing
it in daily life.
Values in my life are a sign that knowledge has been digested; without this, knowledge
simply remains a beautiful aspect, appreciated, interesting information in my intellect
but without the ability to give me strength because it is still external; it has
not been internalised.
All quality action (quality action is that action which is truly appropriate
to person, circumstance and the need of the moment), all newness of perception (understanding),
all new insights, or vision, require a space for silent reflection as a preliminary
step.
Normally, we are lost in the business of action, its routine and ritual that make
our life so echanical and hence dull and boring, or demanding and hectic.
A mind and intellect that do not give time and attention to reflective silence (meditation)
become lazy, though externally there is lots of activity for hours and hours. No
new heights are reached because there is no depth of awareness in what we are doing,
no reflection on purpose. As a result, we get trapped by routine.
(To be continued tomorrow .... )
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Message for the day 13-06-2013
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Where there is honesty there is flexibility.
Projection: When someone challenges the truth of what we are saying we generally
tend to argue and prove our point in order to prove ourselves right. When we argue
in this way, it only shows our own stubbornness and doesn't help in anyway to reveal
the truth. Where silence doesn't help in revealing the truth, argument never will
because the other person is not in a position to listen to us at that moment.
Solution: We need to realise the fact that when the other person is not able
to recognise the truth, our arguing will not help in any way. When the truth is
with us we need not argue but we only need to wait for the right opportunity to
talk what we have to say. When we try to talk when the other person is not in a
position to listen to us, it only reveals our lack of flexibility.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris