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Soul Sustenance 29-06-2013
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Using Creativity and Positive Thinking To Overcome Dependencies
The correct use of creativity and positive thinking helps us to overcome any type
of dependencies or negative tendencies that we may have. Often we live under the
illusion (false belief) that we can only be happy thanks to objects, people and
places, but happiness is something that we experience when we put our heart into
something, and our intention is of giving and not of taking. In the creative activity
that we experience greatest enjoyment in, our happiness comes from within and expresses
itself outwards, and not from the outside in. Creative personal development helps
us to overcome laziness. On overcoming it, we recover the inner strength necessary
to free ourselves of certain dependencies, such as the dependency on the creativity
of others to entertain us e.g. watching a movie in which actors entertain the viewers.
It is fine to enjoy entertainment, but the important thing is that you are capable
of spending a good amount of time being creative yourself, overcoming laziness,
boredom and the wasting away of our own inner creative capacity.
Also, let us learn to create thoughts which are positive and creative. They arise
out of the spiritual knowledge of the inner self or soul. In this way, thanks to
those higher quality creative thoughts, full of peace, harmony, love and happiness,
the mind gets strengthened and is able to overcome old habits and negative tendencies
which we hold on to or are dependent on.
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Message for the day 29-06-2013
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To know that the seed of selfless action will surely bear fruit at its own time is
to be light.
Projection: Sometimes when involved in a task, we tend to get carried away
with the result. We become so result-oriented that we begin to expect the fruit
of what we have done immediately. Without the recognition of the fact that the result
might take time to come, we begin to get caught up with our own expectations. This
creates a lot of heaviness in our mind and we might even give up what we are doing.
Solution: When we make a contribution for something, we must develop faith
that whatever has to happen will happen at the right time. We don't have to eat
unripe fruit, i.e., not get carried away with immediate results but have to wait
patiently knowing that the fruits of our actions will ripen at their own time. With
faith this is possible and we will be able to free ourselves from negativity and
heaviness.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris