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Soul Sustenance 26-07-2013
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Self Responsibility (cont.)
Because we have forgotten the principle of karmic returns (discussed yesterday),
we have learned to avoid taking responsibility for many of our actions. We fail
to see the impact of our actions upon others and we fail to see that the real meaning
of responsibility is 'responding correctly'. Life can be seen as a series of responses
which we each create in our interactions with other people and events. As is the
quality of our ability to respond (energy given), so will be the quality of the
return (energy received). The Laws of Karma also serve to remind us that
the situations in our life, the quality of our body, wealth, relationships etc.
and the type of person we are today are the result of what we thought and did yesterday,
last month, last year, perhaps in our last birth. Many people do not like this idea
or find it difficult to accept because most of us have been taught that our destiny
lies in someone else's hands or in the hands of fate or luck, about which we can
do nothing. The Law of Karma or the Law of Reciprocity teaches us that there
is no such thing as luck and that whatever happens to us today is the result of
our positive or negative actions in the past. If you spend a few moments reflecting
on events in your life, without being judgmental, you will begin to see connections
between actions and results, causes and effects. When you see how all effects have
their causes, you will then be convinced that this universal law is at work in your
life at all times.
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Message for the day 26-07-2013
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To be a donor means to give at each step and increase one's own stock.
Projection: Usually it seems very difficult to be a donor - to give from
whatever resources we have. The thought often arises in the mind that we cannot
give because we are ourselves not complete or full. We find ourselves constantly
trying to fill ourselves and we then have no time or thought for giving to those
around us.
Solution: We have a lot of treasures within us which we can give to those
around us, our virtues, our specialities etc. Even if we have just a little and
give to the others, we will find ourselves benefitting. For having given from whatever
we have, we find that these treasures begin to increase within ourselves too.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris