The Three Mirrors For Inner Beauty (Part 1)

To check our external appearance or cleanliness, we look into the mirror on the wall each day. But on a mental, emotional and spiritual level, what is the mirror that helps you to see if there is anything wrong with your inner face or spiritual self or to realize what is happening to you and what you have to do to maintain your inner beauty?

There are three types of mirrors, which one can use to see or check the internal self:

The first mirror is the mirror of spiritual knowledge – Spiritual knowledge is the knowledge related to spiritual self-development i.e. of the soul and also of the Supreme Soul. Each day, in the morning, you can look into this mirror for 15 minutes at least. Looking into this mirror means listening or reading a piece of spiritual knowledge for at least 15 minutes that connects you to your inner essence, increases your emotional and spiritual power as well as reminds you of the true purpose of your life.

You will see yourself very clearly in this mirror as this mirror will show you:

1. the knowledge of the original and ideal virtues of the soul like peace, joy, love, bliss, purity, power and wisdom;

2. how these virtues can be imbibed in the self to benefit the self and others;

3. the knowledge of the different types of weaknesses that can arise in the soul like anger, greed, ego, hatred, fear, attachment, jealousy, sorrow, etc., the roots of which lie in the incorrect identification with the physical self and forgetting the spiritual self and how these weaknesses can harm the self and others;

4. the knowledge of overcoming these weaknesses.

All of these things which you see in the mirror will help you to check where you stand in comparison to the right way of creating thoughts, feelings, attitudes, emotions, speaking words and performing actions, where you are going wrong and how you can make the required corrections in the same. On looking into this mirror you will be reminded of the Law of Karma (the Law of Action and Reaction), which will motivate you to make these corrections.

(To be continued tomorrow ….)

Message for the day

To know the fruit of efforts will surely come is to remain happy and healthy.

Expression: To know that the fruit of my effort will eventually come one day is to understand the importance of making effort. Once there is this understanding, it becomes easy to continue making effort, which is like nourishment that keeps one happy. So effort is never stopped till what has to be achieved is achieved.

Experience: Knowing that my effort will surely be fruitful makes me enjoy everything I do. It makes me remain happy, keeps me enthusiastic and free from tiredness, even when things are not going right for me. My mental happiness and well being thus keeps me healthy.