Brahma Kumaris

Friday, August 18, 2017

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 18-08-2017

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Soul Sustenance 18-08-2017
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In The Company Of The Purest One (Part 3)

Every year, different religions of the world celebrate the birthdays and other special days of the founders of their religions. In India, many festivals are celebrated to give respect to deities or devi devtas who have lived here in the past. Everyone we love and respect are with physical bodies and God is the only one without a physical body. He plays the most important role in the whole world drama – of world purification, at the end of the world cycle. This is when it’s time for us to go back to our home or the soul world from where we have come.

There are lots of different views about the duration of the world drama but it is God who knows accurately, when souls come down from the soul world in the physical world. Also, He knows how much time it takes them for becoming pure to impure and when they return home, after becoming completely pure again. And this knowledge is revealed by God. To learn about this, we invite you to experience God through the meditation taught at the Brahma Kumaris. Then that experience will take your relationship with God to a completely different level and bring you closer to Him. For that, we would want you to take out some time, for our free introductory course, which is held at all our centers in India and worldwide. After that, you will be in a position to understand the complete godly knowledge, as revealed by Him. The complete course of knowledge and meditation followed by its regular listening and practice which brings divine qualities inside us and helps others also come close to God through us, is called Rajyoga.

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Message for the day 18-08-2017
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Determination fills a thought with power.

Expression:Any thought which is added with determination automatically brings confidence. This confidence naturally fills the thought with power. When there is the thought, 'I can do it', there is surely the power to do it. Then there are no distractions, nor is there any comparision with others. All resources are put to the maximum use and the task is accomplished.

Experience: When I am able to fill my positive thoughts with the power of determination, I am able to bring all my special thoughts and plans into action immediately. I am able to feel the satisfaction of bringing equality into my thoughts, words and actions. There is no feeling of helplessness, but there is only confidence and courage in doing what I am supposed to do.

In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 17-08-2017

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Soul Sustenance 17-08-2017
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In The Company Of The Purest One (Part 2)

Whenever anyone in the world remembers God, they look upwards, which means that there is a Higher spiritual energy which looks upon us and is taking care of us all the time. Also God has taken care of us in many of our births, when we experienced pain of any particular kind. We forgot our spiritual identity and who we are and also who God is but God never forgot us and all the time was filling us with His love and sustenance so that we could be happy. God has helped us in different ways. God is a parent, a Supreme one, who has His own ways of loving us and getting us out of trouble, which we sometimes, during our births and rebirths, have not understood completely.

There is no human being who can take the place of God in this world drama. Although there will be some human souls who are higher and purer than the rest and have performed higher actions. That is why some human souls are respected more than the rest and also worshipped in temples and other places of worship and also remembered a lot by millions of people. Deities or devi devtas are human souls with divine qualities and also founders of different religions are extremely pure souls who have been loved for what roles they played. They are remembered many years after they have left their roles and physical bodies. Even famous gurus have left an important mark on the world with their lives of purity which they have led and the direction that they gave to many people and showed how to lead pure and peaceful lives. But, God is the still the Highest One, who is not only full of many qualities, which many pure souls were, but is an Ocean of those qualities and is the purest one. That’s what differentiates Him from many pure souls who are well known and remembered all over the world.

(To be continued tomorrow …)

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Message for the day 17-08-2017
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True victory lies in inspiring courage in others too.

Expression:The one who is victorious enables others to be victorious too. Such a person will never make the other person seem any less. He will never allow the other person to feel defeated because the one who is victorious is a bestower. He has the ability to give courage to others and fill with hope to achieve something better.

Experience: When I have the feeling of being victorious, I would naturally want others too to experience the same. I would look for ways to give courage and support to the ones who are losing. This will never let me lose hope in myself or in others and will also win the trust and good wishes of others. So there is a constant experience of being victorious.

In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 16-08-2017

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Soul Sustenance 16-08-2017
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In The Company Of The Purest One (Part 1)

A beautiful experience with God is one of playing different relationships with God at the same time and experiencing the joy of the same. There is no doubt that no human being can take the place of God in this world drama and there is no one as high as Him. All human souls are full of peace, joy, love, bliss, purity, power and wisdom for some time, but not permanently. As the souls come down the ladder of different births, they come in different relationships with each other. Also, as the souls play their roles through physical bodies, they become attached with their physical bodies, which makes them impure. Because of that, they lose these qualities and that affects their relationships. This happens until God comes down Himself and purifies the souls so that they can return back to the soul world, from where they have come as pure souls.

So, all human souls need the help of God to go back to the world where God also stays - the soul world. God does not come in the cycle of birth and rebirth and stays in the soul world until the world cycle reaches its end point i.e. the end of Kaliyuga or the Iron Age, which is the present moment. All human souls will be liberated by the Supreme Soul or God now and will be taken back by Him to the soul world, as He purifies them at this point of time. So, this is the time when the Supreme Parent of Humanity is with us and we are all His 7 billion children, who need His power to become pure again. We were pure before coming into this physical world. So, God is One and we are all souls, who will be purified by God, who is the everlasting and eternal Ocean of Purity.

(To be continued tomorrow …)

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Message for the day 16-08-2017
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To bring newness into actions means to contribute for the betterment of the self and others.

Expression:There is a constant desire to do something better that makes a contribution to oneself and to others too. So the one who thinks of newness can bring about such a contribution. There will not be something different that can be done. But the same thing can be done in such a way that there is benefit visible.

Experience: When I am able to bring newness in the way I do things, I am able to experience constant progress. There will also be the satisfaction of bringing about newness and creativity even in ordinary actions. Along with this will also be the satisfaction of making a contribution in every action of mine.

In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 15-08-2017

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Soul Sustenance 15-08-2017
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Being In Yoga (Part 2)

Yesterday we learnt how I the being am in yoga with my mind, body, people and nature. Yoga is not about few minutes or hours. It is in our every action.

Let us now explore the fundamental steps to follow, so we can lead a yogic lifestyle:

- The first thought upon waking up can be of gratitude to God, and to everyone and everything that makes our life beautiful, so the day begins with pure vibrations.
- Meditation can be done in the morning, connecting to the Supreme Power to energize ourselves and change our sanskars.
- While breathing, experience that all toxic energy and negativity is exhaled and positivity is inhaled, like Expectations exhaled, Acceptance inhaled; Hurt exhaled, Love inhaled.
- When doing physical exercises, we must not think about any issues, else negative energy patterns and blockages get created in the body. We can create thoughts as - I am a peaceful soul. My every action is peaceful. I accept everyone. The world is beautiful. My body is my temple, healthy and clean.
- Day can begin with reading or listening for 20 minutes, to positive information like spiritual knowledge, which forms the basis of our thoughts. Taking one thought we can create an affirmation for the day. Newspapers can be read later in the day.
- We can take care that every thought, word and action throughout the day is divine.
- As is the food, so is the mind. Creating thoughts of peace and love while cooking food makes it high energy, saatvik food. Tamsic food is low energy food carrying vibrations of hatred, pain and fear.
- Before going to sleep, any issues playing on the mind need to be resolved. We can spend 10 minutes reading a positive soothing message.

Besides physical and social health, we must pay attention to spiritual and emotional health. Yoga has the power to create happiness, health, harmony and heaven on earth.

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Message for the day 15-08-2017
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True royalty lies in humility.

Expression:The one who is humble never reacts but responds in the right way to situations or challenges. Thus there is royalty visible in all words, actions and behaviour. So there is newness visible in the way of responding to situations.

Experience: When I am humble I am able to be beyond the influence of praise and defamation. This is because I am stable in the state of my self-respect. Also because of this I am able to bring about newness and I am able to be creative in responding to situations too.

In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

Monday, August 14, 2017

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 14-08-2017

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Soul Sustenance 14-08-2017
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Being In Yoga (Part 1)

Today everyone is embracing one yogic practice or another. Yoga has a remarkable influence on our wellness.

Struggling to fulfill responsibilities, we have created stress, anger, anxiety, fear, jealousy and expectations. These are emotional illnesses we fail to recognize, believing they are normal. Time to realize that happiness, compassion, acceptance are normal. Taking care of my inner world (the being that creates every thought, decision and karma) and then doing everything in the outer world creates true happiness. Let us explore how yoga helps us create it. Our every thought has 4 impacts – it creates my feeling, it affects every cell of my body, it reaches the person about whom I am thinking and it radiates into the environment. So my thoughts are connected to my emotions, health, relationships and environment. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word yuj which means connection. I the being, is in yoga with all that I am connected to. So I the being am in yoga with my mind, body, people and nature. Suppose I create a thought of anger, it influences my feelings and I create unhappiness. It influences my body and causes illness. It reaches people and creates conflict. It radiates into the environment and affects the universal consciousness. So my yoga with these 4 dimensions is disturbed. The disturbance was because I missed yoga with the 5th element - the Supreme Power. In Rajayoga meditation, I connect to the Supreme Power and re-emerge my 7 original qualities – Purity, Peace, Love, Happiness, Knowledge, Power, and Bliss.

When I am in yoga:
- I shift my mind from suffering to happiness so I remain calm and let go of my past. Peace and contentment become my natural state.
- My positive feelings radiate good energy to every cell of my body. So yoga between me and my body shifts it from illness to health.
- I become compassionate. So yoga between me and others shifts my relationships from conflict to harmony.
- I radiate pure vibrations into the environment. So yoga between me and the environment creates a peaceful world.

Tomorrow we will explore what is a Yogic Lifestyle.

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Message for the day 14-08-2017
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Accuracy brings perfection and speciality in all that is done.

Expression:To be accurate means to take up full responsibility for every task and do it to the best of one's ability. That means all resources that one has are used in the best possible way for the best result of the task. This naturally brings perfection in everything that is done.

Experience: When I am accurate in everything I do I am able to be free from carelessness and negligence. I find myself bringing speciality and uniqueness in what I do. For having done things with accuracy, I also find myself becoming trust-worthy and I am also able to be satisfied with myself.

In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 13-08-2017

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Soul Sustenance 13-08-2017
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Positive Thought Based Living (Part 3)

Yesterday we learnt how I the being am in yoga with my mind, body, people and nature. Yoga is not about few minutes or hours. It is in our every action.

Let us now explore the fundamental steps to follow, so we can lead a yogic lifestyle:

- The first thought upon waking up can be of gratitude to God, and to everyone and everything that makes our life beautiful, so the day begins with pure vibrations.
- Meditation can be done in the morning, connecting to the Supreme Power to energize ourselves and change our sanskars.
- While breathing, experience that all toxic energy and negativity is exhaled and positivity is inhaled, like Expectations exhaled, Acceptance inhaled; Hurt exhaled, Love inhaled.
- When doing physical exercises, we must not think about any issues, else negative energy patterns and blockages get created in the body. We can create thoughts as - I am a peaceful soul. My every action is peaceful. I accept everyone. The world is beautiful. My body is my temple, healthy and clean.
- Day can begin with reading or listening for 20 minutes, to positive information like spiritual knowledge, which forms the basis of our thoughts. Taking one thought we can create an affirmation for the day. Newspapers can be read later in the day.
- We can take care that every thought, word and action throughout the day is divine.
- As is the food, so is the mind. Creating thoughts of peace and love while cooking food makes it high energy, saatvik food. Tamsic food is low energy food carrying vibrations of hatred, pain and fear.
- Before going to sleep, any issues playing on the mind need to be resolved. We can spend 10 minutes reading a positive soothing message.

Besides physical and social health, we must pay attention to spiritual and emotional health. Yoga has the power to create happiness, health, harmony and heaven on earth.

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Message for the day 13-08-2017
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True honesty to the self brings the power to bring about change.

Expression:To be honest is not just to be truthful. It is more to be honest with the self. The one who is honest with the self constantly has the aim of bringing about a change for the better. Each situation is used as a chance for the betterment of the self. So there is always the aim not to repeat the mistakes that are committed once.

Experience: When I am honest with myself I am able to feel the constant progress and experience the happiness of moving forward under all circumstances. I have the power to understand the situation, not just from my point of view, but more in a detached way. So I am able to understand and accept whatever the situation holds for me and learn from it humbly.

In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

Saturday, August 12, 2017

Soul Sustenance & Message for the day 12-08-2017

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Soul Sustenance 12-08-2017
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Being In Yoga (Part 1)

Today everyone is embracing one yogic practice or another. Yoga has a remarkable influence on our wellness.

Struggling to fulfill responsibilities, we have created stress, anger, anxiety, fear, jealousy and expectations. These are emotional illnesses we fail to recognize, believing they are normal. Time to realize that happiness, compassion, acceptance are normal. Taking care of my inner world (the being that creates every thought, decision and karma) and then doing everything in the outer world creates true happiness. Let us explore how yoga helps us create it. Our every thought has 4 impacts – it creates my feeling, it affects every cell of my body, it reaches the person about whom I am thinking and it radiates into the environment. So my thoughts are connected to my emotions, health, relationships and environment. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word yuj which means connection. I the being, is in yoga with all that I am connected to. So I the being am in yoga with my mind, body, people and nature. Suppose I create a thought of anger, it influences my feelings and I create unhappiness. It influences my body and causes illness. It reaches people and creates conflict. It radiates into the environment and affects the universal consciousness. So my yoga with these 4 dimensions is disturbed. The disturbance was because I missed yoga with the 5th element - the Supreme Power. In Rajayoga meditation, I connect to the Supreme Power and re-emerge my 7 original qualities – Purity, Peace, Love, Happiness, Knowledge, Power, and Bliss.

When I am in yoga:
- I shift my mind from suffering to happiness so I remain calm and let go of my past. Peace and contentment become my natural state.
- My positive feelings radiate good energy to every cell of my body. So yoga between me and my body shifts it from illness to health.
- I become compassionate. So yoga between me and others shifts my relationships from conflict to harmony.
- I radiate pure vibrations into the environment. So yoga between me and the environment creates a peaceful world.

Tomorrow we will explore what is a Yogic Lifestyle.

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Message for the day 12-08-2017
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The one who has the courage to face is the one who can bring about a change.

Expression:When there is a challenge which brings out a negative response, there is an immediate desire to move away from the situation so that the negativity finishes. But the real challenge is not the situation itself, but the expression of a weakness within. The one who has the courage to face this weakness and work on it is able to bring about a change accordingly.

Experience: When I am able to face the challenge of working on my own weaknesses, instead of moving away from the situation I am able to experience progress at every step. Then there will be no feeling of helplessness but I will be able to have full control on the situation. So there is the ability to learn from each situation and move forward constantly.

In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris