Brahma Kumaris

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 11-06-2020

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Soul Sustenance 11-06-2020
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Being Emotional – Right Or Not (Part 2)?

Continuing from yesterday’s message, emotional power comes from giving and emotional weakness, comes when our primary purpose is to take. When we absorb a lot from life’s scenes, circumstances and also from people’s minds, words and their actions, sometimes we feel it is an empowering experience. But remember, if you absorb the good, you will also absorb the bad because that is what your mindset is. It is like the vacuum cleaner. You clean your carpet with it. It absorbs the dust and if your ring was lying on the carpet, it would suck in that too. Also, giving is receiving. Every positive emotion we give, it is increasing inside us at the same time, as it flows from within us to everyone and everything around us.

Based on this principle, when we look to take from a positive scene, we will feel emotionally joyful and when we are taking from a negative scene, we feel emotionally sorrowful. The more we look to make our emotional world dependent on the external situations or stimulus, the more our responses are under their influence. Being over emotional, whether in joy or in sorrow, is a sign of dependency. That does not mean we become cold and boring and do not enjoy life’s beautiful moments, which it has to offer. Also, we love everyone and are full of sympathy where required. But we are a little detached while viewing life. A spectator in a sports event sits on an emotional roller coaster watching his favourite team or player perform, sometimes over happy and sometimes unhappy. A spectator with a spiritual consciousness does not get overawed by his team’s or player’s performance. He enjoys the victorious moments and views the moments of failure, both without getting moved emotionally. This is not boring, but more empowering.

(To be continued tomorrow …)

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Message for the day 11-06-2020
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To be free from weakness means to have the power to mould.

Expression: When there is a weakness, it becomes difficult to mould according to the needs of the situation. Weakness creates hardness and rigidity not allowing the situations to create internal beauty. So the one who is constantly working with one’s own weakness finds it difficult to stop the negativity from being expressed immediately. The weakness is revealed inspite of making effort not to and there is unpleasantness created.

Experience: To have the ability to mould means to become real gold. I become as flexible and beautiful as pure gold, which is ready to take beautiful shapes when it comes under the influence of the heat of the situation. So I have no hard feelings for having to adjust, but I am able to enjoy the beauty I create and the joy I spread.

In Spiritual Service,
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 10-06-2020

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Soul Sustenance 10-06-2020
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Being Emotional – Right Or Not (Part 1)?

Living a life full of twists and turns and different scenes, it is very easy to become emotionally attached to scenes happening around you and sometimes become disheartened or sorrowful and sometimes even emotionally joyful. Both are normal emotions. Yes we thought so! What is wrong with experiencing pain when I watch an accident on the road and what is wrong with becoming emotional and crying, when I watch a moving emotion filled movie. How can you take away these two experiences from life? The world told us they are correct. When we grew up, we often cried, sometimes in sorrow and many a times in joy. Did you go to your best friend’s birthday and become excessively emotional and when your younger brother or sister went down with fever, you sometimes cried seeing his or her pain. Our parents taught us this is what life is all about – mixed shades of emotional joy and emotional sorrow make up the painting of life. In fact, we grew up seeing them doing that in their worldly duties and we thought it was correct. Now! Wait a moment! Do I like sitting on this emotional roller-coaster so regularly and so much? How can I free myself?

We all look at life’s scenes with an attitude of receiving or taking something from life. We rarely think of giving to life’s scenes. Take the example of the sun in nature. The quality of the sun is giving, it never seeks to receive or take. And it is a powerful force of nature. Let’s emerge this virtue in ourselves. That will make me emotionally powerful inside and I will be lighter, happier and more contented in life’s different situations. So from today look to give to life’s different scenes and filling them with the primary qualities of life – peace, love and joy. On the other hand, if we are trying to fill ourselves with these qualities by taking them from people and situations, we will become emotionally weak.

(To be continued tomorrow …)

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Message for the day 10-06-2020
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Feelings change intentions, thus changing actions too.

Expression: When there are negative feelings like jealousy or hatred towards another person, those feelings naturally create misunderstanding. Even if the other person has a good feeling while doing something, a negative intention is attributed and this naturally changes one’s own behaviour or response making it negative too.

Experience: When there is the slightest bit of negative feeling within me for someone, it naturally creates further negativity from others too. I find everything I come across to be negative, like the one who wears coloured glasses sees everything to be of that particular colour.

In Spiritual Service,
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Tuesday, June 09, 2020

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 09-06-2020

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Soul Sustenance 09-06-2020
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Gratitude For People Who Weren’t Right To Us

The behaviors of certain people feel nearly intolerable to us. We feel they came into our life and created chaos with their words and behaviors. What we fail to realize is that such people bring out our potential, help us grow and be stronger. Let us be grateful to those who weren’t right to us. Do you believe that good people give you good times, but wrong people give you good lessons? You may dislike every bit about someone who behaved wrongly with you, but do you realize how powerful you emerged, as you went through those experiences? Whether they are rude, betray us, create an obstacle in our success, lie to us or harm us, they are instruments for changing our destiny. They make us strong enough to independently deal with the issue, overcome any situation, and remain powerful. When people are not right to us, we adapt, we adjust, we adapt to new ways of thinking, of not being dependent on their behaviour. We lower our ego, enhance our goodness and take care of keeping our karmas clean. By becoming powerful, we also change our past belief that our emotions are dependent on people. Practice being grateful, kind and peaceful to such people. Remind yourself everyday - I am a wise being. I am grateful for everyone in my life, no matter how they treat me. I treat them well. I thank the people who were not right to me, for giving me the strength to be who I am today – powerful and humble.

Remind yourself regularly that you are a powerful being. Thank everyone who has been a part of your life journey, for their role in it. At times people are not right to you, they lie, betray, ignore or abuse you. It’s their doing, their choice. You take care of yourself, you recognize your worth and remain in self-respect. You should be grateful to them for bringing out the best in you. Their behaviour gives you the opportunity to increase your tolerance, your calmness, your respect, your stability. Develop compassion for yourself and them. Forgive them as they are not wrong, they are in pain themselves, and behaving that way because of that. They are playing their role, as per our past karmic accounts. Now they allow you to settle your past karma with them. Even if you feel uncomfortable momentarily, realize they came to give you the lessons and knowledge that you had to learn. Your gratitude influences them, heals them. You come out of it stronger, you let go of the emotions, move on, being a better you, giving gratitude for everyone.

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Message for the day 09-06-2020
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An elevated consciousness brings speciality to the task being done.

Expression: As is the consciousness, so is the feeling behind the task, and therefore its quality. Just to perform action and finish the tasks at hand does not bring speciality and accuracy as much as it should. When the consciousness is special, that means before a task is performed there is a thought given both to the task and to the self, there is speciality revealed in the task.

Experience: When I am able to start each task with a special consciousness, like “I am victorious”, or “I am powerful” or “this task is for the benefit of all”, I am able to experience the speciality of doing the task. I am also able to increase my state of self-respect, whatever the task or however simple it maybe.

In Spiritual Service,
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Monday, June 08, 2020

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 08-06-2020

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Soul Sustenance 08-06-2020
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Be The Giver In Your Relationships

Navigating through our relationships today, let us check if we are the givers of care, attention and forgiveness. Often we start as givers but gradually shift to the wanting side of things. Relationships are strong when we only give…and give. They become business when we expect a give-and-take. In your important relationships, do you see clear evidences where you have given more goodness than you have taken? Even if it’s one-sided, do you radiate selfless love, respect and care to the other person? If yes, your qualities are conducive to create lasting relationships. When we take care of ourselves emotionally and spiritually, we recognize our self-worth and discover an unending supply of inner treasures of happiness, peace and love. We will need nothing from others. We will have so much to give in terms of energy that we naturally radiate it to people. Relationships are about giving and not so much about receiving. We give right energies not because they need, but because giving feels good and giving is our nature. And when we radiate goodness, we are the first ones to receive our energy. We are emotionally powerful, self-sufficient and independent.

Remember that you are a loveful soul and the creator of your relationships. Caring for family, friends, colleagues, neighbors, society is your nature. Relationships are important for you, their happiness matters to you. Choose to be the giver in every relationship. Give love and acceptance and unconditionally be there for them. As you give and receive them you will become full of these qualities. So you don’t need them from anyone else. Do not need people to be your way, they can be their way. Do not think, hear or speak about weaknesses. Thank everyone who loves and supports you. Thank everyone who has not been right to you for giving you the opportunity to increase your patience, adjustment and tolerance. You need nothing. You only give in your relationships.

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Message for the day 08-06-2020
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To be free from worry means to have the power to change negative into positive.

Expression: The ones who are free from worry change that which is bad into something good, because the state of mind is calm. The one with a calm state of mind is able to think creatively and see very clearly even beyond the situation. So there is the ability to transform the seemingly negative situation into something very positive. So there is clear decision-making and quick action. There is also no time wasted.

Experience: When I am free from worry, I constantly remain satisfied for having seen the positive and finding the solutions immediately instead of looking at the problem and worrying over it. This internal silence gives the feeling of power, which naturally enables transformation in a second and only the goodness is absorbed.

In Spiritual Service,
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Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 07-06-2020

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Soul Sustenance 07-06-2020
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A Higher Purpose At Every Step (Part 3)

A very important aspect of a higher purpose in our lives is making every moment of our lives so beautiful and positive that it is remembered by each and every person interacting with us, in our homes, at our workplace or in any other sphere of life. Suppose you have to give a speech to a large number of people. You prepare immensely to ensure that your speech delivery is good, the content you share is appreciated and also everyone likes listening to your words. Don’t you think more than just once about how you present yourself in front of many people? Why? Because it matters to you how people see and perceive you. In the same manner, when we perform some other actions in the whole day, take care and ensure that everything you do is of a higher quality and not just ordinary.

Make every action so special and so full of good qualities that others like every moment of being with you and not only feel happy in your company but also full of peace, love and power and also truth. Some people are very pure and truthful and just being with them is a beautiful experience. What makes them different from others? They carry treasures of beautiful personality characteristics like humility, love and care as well as concern for others which are unmatched. Also, they have an awakened inner spirit that wants to serve everyone and ignite the lamp of goodness in everyone, through spiritual knowledge and the knowledge of how to be a nice person and how to perform only good and pure actions. So, make your life special by being such a special and shining living star, who lives life with a higher purpose and spreads the light of that purpose through every action, in the lives of others.

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Message for the day 07-06-2020
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True help is to help people discover their own specialities.

Expression: When others' negativities or weaknesses are perceived, it is essential to look at their positivity or specialities too. This will naturally bring love and positivity in the relationship and there will be an encouragement of that positivity. So even if that person has no recognition or has not been using his speciality, an encouragement of it by others will naturally enable him to begin to use it.

Experience: Making others aware of their specialities and subtly encouraging them to use these specialities is a great help that I can do for others. When I am able to give this unique help and cooperation, I not only find benefit for others, but I am also able to get the good wishes of others. Even others naturally become positive with my positive attitude.

In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris | Facebook | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram | Website | Intl Website

Saturday, June 06, 2020

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 06-06-2020

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Soul Sustenance 06-06-2020
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A Higher Purpose At Every Step (Part 2)

A very important aspect of keeping a higher purpose in every action, even if that action is a very ordinary action like cooking food or driving a vehicle or working on your phone or computer, is keeping a higher consciousness. A higher consciousness means a positive state of mind, a state of mind full of mental strength and determination, full of the surety of success and along with that very stable and fearless. Also, a higher consciousness means a mind full of only positive and necessary thoughts and no negative and unnecessary thoughts. So, you need to check and keep such a higher mental state, which will always bring you victory at every step, because where there is the inner power of faith, victory is guaranteed. Keeping a state of mind focused only the actions you are performing and taking care that the actions are performed well, is not enough to get success in the actions alone. Take an example - if you are working on a project in your workplace, and you have various tasks to perform in the project. Taking care of all those tasks is natural and you should and will look after them, but if you keep an ordinary consciousness, then there will be more obstacles in the tasks and it will even take longer to complete. Also, there will be more problems and issues of differences of personalities in interactions with people involved in the project. So, in such a case, if everyone involved in the task would begin their day with something good to read, some spiritual wisdom, some positive thoughts, some food for the mind, then the project and all its tasks would be done much sooner. Also, there would be greater amount of success in them.

So, a higher consciousness means a higher purpose for the mind. Over-thinking about a task and becoming stressed about it is a sign of an ordinary purpose. A higher purpose means a positively empowered mind which thinks above the ordinary day-to-day tasks.

(To be continued tomorrow …)

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Message for the day 06-06-2020
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The one who has self-respect is the one who is free from aggression.

Expression: When the situation seems out of control, there is naturally a feeling of helplessness. This helplessness further creates tension, which gets expressed in the form of aggression. Such a kind of aggression cannot be suppressed or controlled. To be in the state of one’s own self-respect is to be confident and the one who is confident will be assertive but can never be aggressive.

Experience: I am able to keep my mind cool, when I am in my state of self-respect. So I never react to situations negatively but I am able to understand the situation and respond in the right way. I take decisions in a calm and composed state of mind, so I find myself relaxed and easy even in the most difficult situations.

In Spiritual Service,
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Friday, June 05, 2020

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 05-06-2020

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Soul Sustenance 05-06-2020
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A Higher Purpose At Every Step (Part 1)

A beautiful and important purpose of our lives is to make everyday important and worthwhile and also make sure that each moment of our lives is extremely valuably spent. How does one ensure and how does one know the right way of spending time? Suppose I am visiting a friend of mine and I will have a few things to discuss with him about our lives. In such a case, is this the only purpose of my meeting or can I have a higher purpose or should have a higher purpose? A higher purpose means being a virtue filled person having virtues or qualities expressed through my words and actions when I interact with my friend. Also, do I give the experience of my virtues to the other person or are they experienced only by me? Also, do I possess divine wisdom inside me while I interact with someone? Divine wisdom’s first step is experiencing myself as a spiritual being or soul? Do I see the other person also as a spiritual being while talking to him? Another aspect of a higher purpose in this type of meeting would be giving happiness and giving and receiving blessings. After such an interaction, do I experience contentment at the level of the heart or a deep rooted feeling of happiness of having contributed to the other person in a higher way? Or do I just feel superficially happy for a short period of time and the interaction is forgotten? These are some of the few things to observe and make a part of every action. We have given an example of an interaction or meeting a person, which is something we do the whole day - we meet a number of different types of people all the time.

Let us look for higher purposes in everything we do. Let us give, share and donate our inner treasures of peace, love and joy to everyone we meet and let us experience these treasures in every action that we perform. Just living from morning to night with no higher purpose is almost living like machines, just performing actions, with temporary purposes.

(To be continued tomorrow …)

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Message for the day 05-06-2020
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The one who has the power to face is free from tensions.

Expression: To be good with those who are good is quite natural, but to be good with those who are bad is known as having the power to face. This naturally comes when there is the power to transform even that which in negative into something positive. When there is the power to face, there is no retaliation, no conflict. There is love given to all around.

Experience: When I am able to transform and look at each and everything in a positive way, I will not have any difficulty with any situation. I will naturally be able to face all situations in a light and easy way. When I am able to be free from tension in this way, I am also able to give my best and thus become an inspiration for those around me.

In Spiritual Service,
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