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Soul Sustenance 23-07-2013
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Increasing The Power Of Discrimination To Improve Karmas
Many people feel internally and complain that their intellect is not as clear as
they would like. One of the aims of meditation and spiritual knowledge is to make
the intellect strong, clear and clean, as a result of which there is an increase
in the power of discrimination. An increase in this power helps us maintain a sense
of what is right and wrong while performing actions and implement that awareness.
Meditation brings about self-realizations whereby you realize what is happening
inside you. Sometimes, while observing someone, we use the phrase: "He/she doesn't
know what he/she is doing", referring to someone who is acting in an incorrect way.
If we are to act in an appropriate way, we need to be aware and be awake to the
consequences (results) of our actions. The voice of the conscience brings with it
that state of awareness, awakening, realizing and discrimination. This is
because, in meditation you feel quiet and you focus your thoughts inwards. In that
state, the sound of the voice of the conscience is perceived and heard. It is a
voice that is not affected by material worries or a preoccupation about one's image
and public appearance. During meditation, you are completely focused on the present
moment of spiritual empowerment and not distracted by: karmas which
are necessary but unnecessary to be thought of that time, noise, unrelated ideas
of the past and the future, mental chatter, etc., basically everything that separates
you from your true spiritual self. In this way you can listen to yourself within
and as a result ensure to the maximum extent that your karmas are appropriate
and accurate.
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Message for the day 23-07-2013
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Where there is humility there is the give and take of love.
Projection: Usually we don't even know when we are working with our ego because
it is deeply concealed. Even when someone points out our ego, we don't want to accept
it and we continue to work with it. Ego finishes the ability to learn and negatively
effects our relationships because there is no give and take of love.
Solution: The method to overcome ego is to develop humility. Humility means
to be strong within yet to be gentle and flexible. This enables us to bend i.e.,
to bow. When we bow it doesn't mean we are defeated, but it reveals our own victory.
It is only when we bend and forgive will we be able to allow the flow of love in
relationships.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris