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Positive Reflections messages from Awakening consciousness
Manifestation: The Process, Practise & Signs
Learning To Be At Peace With Time (Part 1)
Our Relationship With Time
Each of us aspires for emotional freedom or a peaceful state of mind where we are at ease with ourselves and content with everything around. Having certainly tasted such moments, we all know how fulfilling and soothing they are. But we are not able to sustain them. Our quality of life largely depends on how we deal with the three aspects of time – past, present and future. So, whether we live as masters of time or as its victims, depends on which aspect of time we place our mind on or give our emotional energies to.
The present moment is all that we have, and we need to make it productive.
But most of our time our mind is not always in the present. It slips into scenes from the past or creates projections about the future. Past memories and future plans are needed, but being so engaged in looking back or looking ahead that we miss living in the present is not the right thing to do and does not give you good results in any sphere of life.
Thinking of the past means reconstructing scenes over which we have no power. They live only in our memories. When a past memory is triggered, an entire spectrum of emotions associated with that memory also get triggered. There are also big chances that we drift into another past memory from the first past memory and then into another. So, we may experience an emotional roller-coaster, depleting our resources of time and energy. Sometimes we wonder - Why am I feeling so uneasy? I was just sitting here doing nothing, but my mind was entangled in the past. Thinking of the future means painting on the screen of our mind, a scene of what we want or what we anticipate. That scene may or may not become a reality, we don’t know. But the mind is now carrying the excess baggage of all these scenes and hence its energy gets depleted. A mind pre-occupied with the past or future, ruins the present. Tired, anxious, or upset, it mostly remains vulnerable and weak. As we can see, time does not actually harm us. Our mind chains itself to the past and future and causes its own suffering. This is when we become slaves of time. In the next message let us explore how to master the dimension of time.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Checking And Experiencing 6 Types Of Contentment
Am I Content With Myself -
Being content with myself, my sanskars, my thoughts, words and actions and also how I feel is very important for progressing in life. Also, we need to realize that those who are always content with themselves, radiate positive energy and attract positive circumstances in their life.
Am I Content With Others -
While playing my roles, responsibilities and relationships, we come in contact with different people, who have different sanskars. I need to check at every moment that am I content with each and everyone or is there someone I do not tend to like? Making each and every relationship beautiful gives me strength and makes me lighter.
Are Others Content With Me -
While contentment with others is extremely important, we also need to check whether others are content with me. The more beautiful and perfect I am in my sanskars and the more I think nice and positive for others, the more others come close to me and I get their certificate of contentment.
Am I Content With God -
Spirituality teaches us to make a beautiful relationship with God, without which our lives are incomplete and without fulfillment. As a Spiritual Father God gives us sustenance, as a Spiritual Teacher God shares wisdom with us and as a Spiritual Guru He teaches us how to connect to Him. While receiving these attainments from Him, I need to check if am I content with Him at every step.
Is God Content With Me -
God fills us with various qualities and powers and makes us beautiful souls. When I always follow God's instructions and don't disobey Him ever, I get His certificate of contentment and become filled with His love and blessings.
Am I Content With My Life -
We are the creators of all our life situations based on our actions of this birth and our previous births. This makes me content with my life and I accept every situation and create a positive future for myself by performing beautiful and positive actions in the present.
Taking Care Of What Is Eternal And Permanent
We are living a life which is full of identities which are temporary and only restricted to one birth. In our very busy lifestyles, which is based more on the physical identity, it is very easy to forget who we are spiritually, not only because we do not have the correct wisdom of what is our permanent identity or who we are spiritually but also because all our physical identities like name, age, gender, looks, external personality, education, profession, relationship, nationality, language, religion, etc. pull us towards them throughout the day. But, as God has made us realize spiritually that all these identities keep changing in every birth and if we keep getting attached to them in each birth and then keep losing them, the soul becomes tired and its happiness and lightness reduces. This is what is happening today with every soul in the world. This is causing soul fatigue and the soul in its journey of many births, is slowly losing its strength as a result of that.
At the present moment, God is making us soul-conscious and making us realize that if we want to strengthen the soul again, after such a long journey of many births, then we need to first start doing every action in the day in the remembrance of our spiritual self, so that we do not lose any more of our spiritual strength and also connect with the Supreme Being or God through His remembrance and the technique of meditation, so that we increase our strength. Along with this, we also need to nurture the soul with beautiful qualities of God, important specialties which benefit the self and others, sanskars and beliefs based on spiritual wisdom, an attitude of self-respect and giving respect to others, determination and will power for bringing about change in the self, spiritual attainments of different types from God and also give our thoughts and time in creating a new and beautiful world which will fill us with the nature of a world server. All these different attributes we will carry with us in our future births and all these will make the soul full of what it requires in very birth. Also, our physical reality of every birth will benefit from them also and become eternally beautiful.
The Negative Habit Of Writing Other People's Script
We are all actors in this drama of life, playing several roles. Every scene demands us to write and enact our own script. But, often we don’t spend time with our scripts. Instead we are busy mentally writing out other people’s script – of what they should say, how they should behave, when they need to respond… We get entangled in their roles and forget ours. People write their own scripts, they cannot enact as per our expectations.
1. Do you find yourself frequently evaluating other people, mentally writing out a script of how they should be and what they should do? Have you felt the futility of the exercise when they didn’t follow your script? Has that habit affected your own growth and development, since your time and energy gets depleted by focusing on others?
2. We are all actors in this world drama, playing several roles in our life. We are the actor, director and also the script-writer in each scene. But while playing our role with fellow-actors, we start focusing on their performance, write their script mentally and expect them to follow it. But other people cannot follow our script.
3. Our focus needs to be on our performance. Whatever may be the role, our personality of peace, love, wisdom, should reflect in every role. Even if other actors don’t perform right, our performance can show them the path to correct themselves.
4. Be aware of perfecting your own script and not other's script. Cross every scene well, by being at ease, relaxed and empowering your co-actors. Remind yourself - I bring out my personality of peace and compassion in every role, uninfluenced by the performances of my co-actors.
𝕀𝕤 𝕆𝕦𝕣 𝔻𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕪 𝔽𝕚𝕩𝕖𝕕 𝕆𝕣 ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕎𝕖 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕀𝕥?
A very common question that people have asked since thousands of years is that is our destiny already fixed or can we change our destiny? Whenever we face a difficult situation in our lives, we often wonder that is this a result of our past actions and we also think that can the effect of these negative actions of our past births on our present birth be reversed or stopped. So, what should we do and where do we start? First of all, we need to understand very deeply that all human souls have performed some negative actions, along with positive actions, in many of their different births. But a very important point to note is that some souls have performed lesser negative actions, and some have performed more of them. So, as a result, everyone in the world today is facing some or the other negative situation or situations in their lives because of this. There is a common belief in the world that our destiny is created and written by God and everything that is happening in our lives – whether good or bad, is decided by God. But as per spiritual wisdom given by God, this is not a correct belief. God does not decide our life’s circumstances. Whenever anything good happens in our lives, it is always a result of our good actions of our past as well as because of God’s help, which is there in some circumstances, but not in all. On the other hand, whenever anything negative happens in our lives, it is a result of our wrong actions of our past only. God does not punish us for our negative actions.
So, we all have a destiny based on our past actions. But, at the same time there are three ways by which we can change our destiny at the present moment, as per God’s guidance and spiritual wisdom given by Him –
1. Remember God in meditation and listen to His spiritual wisdom, which will purify the soul and clear off the burden of negative past actions from the soul.
2. Perform many positive actions that will fill the soul with the seven basic virtues - peace, joy, love, bliss, purity, power and wisdom and also increase the same virtues in others.
3. Remain free from the 5 main vices - lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego and other vices in thoughts, words and actions and lead a pure lifestyle.
When we do all these three the soul gets purified and also creates positive sanskars of goodness and giving. These changes inside the soul change its destiny and attract more positive and beautiful situations in its life and change its negative situations to positive ones. They also make its future births full of positivity and success.
Resolving Negative Situations In 3 Steps (Part 3)
Step 3 – Taking Positive Steps Of Resolution
The third step and a very important one is doing something positive on a physical level to correct the situation. Sometimes, we think that a situation will get resolved on its own if we just think positive and remember God. But it is seen sometimes in certain situations that any delay in taking steps to resolve the situation can worsen the situation and take it out of our hands completely. So, positive energy of our own and that we take from God needs to be radiated from our mind to the situation and we can discuss with others and think ourselves also what we should do now and soon. While we act on the situation, we should also feel God’s presence close to us and catch what He is communicating to us from His divine intellect full of wisdom. Talking to others and reading spiritual wisdom is also good and very important, because God sometimes guides us through others and through His wisdom, which we read or listen to, and takes us to solutions soon, when we don’t expect situations to resolve immediately.
Lastly, when taking steps, keep yourself patient and remember that as you flow through the steps of resolution you take, God will also guide you based on your progress in the resolution and take you to the solution of the problem. If we don’t take any steps of resolution ourselves, even God is not able to guide us correctly, because we over-depend on Him and leave completely everything to Him without doing anything ourselves. God says as you take one step of resolution full of determination, I will help you thousand times more. But if we don’t take that one step, God also remains detached from the situation and we do not receive His help as much as we expect. On the other hand, God’s help creates miracles and makes us feel that the situation was not very big as it seemed. But we need to also be active in the sphere of action and do our best we can to correct the situation.
Resolving Negative Situations In 3 Steps (Part 2)
Step 2 – Creating A Positive And Powerful State Of Mind
The next step in resolving any negative situation is creating a positive and powerful state of mind with the help of spiritual affirmations or thoughts full of inner power and determination. The best practice is to create a short affirmation for yourself according to the negative situation you are facing and to practice thinking it in the mind just after you get up in the morning, before eating and drinking anything in the day and once just before sleeping. The affirmation should be practiced with complete faith and conviction and not just repeated in the mind, without any feelings. Also, we need to remind ourselves that this situation will be resolved easily if we remain fearless and stable and take the help of God, who is the World Almighty Authority and also the Ocean of Wisdom who knows how to resolve any situation in the world. We should also experience His company and power at every step with ourselves and hold His hand of help tightly and feel completely confident.
To absorb God’s power, take time to connect with Him in meditation and also have subtle conversations with Him. Share your thoughts of the negative situation with Him and receive His positive vibrations and inspirations of what steps of resolution to take. Any situation that seems very difficult and the path to success is full of darkness can become easy to cross with the light and vision of God, which you take from God in meditation. Lastly, also remember and revise points of spiritual wisdom related to crossing negative situations that you have listened to and learned from God, and fill your mind with cheerfulness and contentment, based on that spiritual wisdom. Also, remember your experience of different negative situations in the past, which you have crossed with God’s help and support. This lightness attracts positive solutions easily and faster and makes us stronger also for facing the situation with ease and not with any pressure inside our minds and in our thoughts.
(To be continued …)
Resolving Negative Situations In 3 Steps (Part 1)
We are living a life of unpredictability and unexpected situations come in our lives every now and then. What is the reason for this? Why is it that difficult situations are increasing in our lives today? As per the knowledge of the World Drama which has been revealed by God, we are all presently in the last phase of the World Drama, at the end of Kaliyug or the Iron Age. At this point all the souls of the world are carrying negative sanskars of many different negative actions performed in their past births. These negative sanskars are causing difficult situations of the mind like negative thoughts and feelings and also constantly radiating negative energy to the body, other souls and the environment and attracting difficult situations of the body, relationships, wealth and role. So, we have to resolve these different negative situations with patience and strength. Let us see in this message 3 steps by which we can resolve difficult situations successfully and in a short period of time –
Step 1 – Accepting The Situation Peacefully
The first step in resolving any difficult situation is accepting it peacefully with wisdom and understanding. If we resist any situation and fear it, it becomes bigger and takes more time to resolve. Sometimes the situation is not so big but the thought that there is a difficult situation in our life and life is no longer the same makes the situation bigger. Also, before we create a positive state of mind and start changing the situation with our right thinking, help from God and guidance from others, we need to accept the situation with the understanding that it is not caused by any person or any other outside force, but it is a result of our own negative actions of some past birth or births or some negative actions of this birth. We also need to talk to ourselves and be light in our mind and feel deep within that we are not very bad souls or souls who have performed many negative actions, because of which we are suffering today. Instead, we need to tell ourselves that we are good souls with many specialties and God loves us. But this type of situation can come in anyone’s life and we are not alone. Acceptance will make us stronger and more stable and resistance will make us weaker and unstable emotionally.
(To be continued …)
Crossing Negative Situations With Spiritual Power (Part 3)
Situations are to be overcome without them creating a deep influence on our consciousness. It is said that, tolerate situations with pleasure and don’t feel their pressure. Pressure of situations has a negative effect on our mind and that can in turn influence our thinking to such an extent that it’s difficult to take away your mind and thoughts from the situation. Someone might say that since the last four days I have not stopped thinking of my argument with my office colleague. Another one might say today I am low since the morning because I heard a very bad news of the death of my close relative. Isn’t it almost like a natural instinct? If a situation is there I will feel different and that different is always negative.
So how do I train myself for a more right or more natural instinct of remaining positive? That will come over a period of time with experience and also practicing stability in every difficult situation we face. It’s like a ship without a rudder, which can lose direction and drown in a rough sea. In the same manner, the rudder of spiritual power will enable us to cross negative situations with ease. It’s also not about saying to yourself that I am powerful and then repeating the same mistakes of thinking negative.
Unless power is filled in the soul through the technique of meditation, we will never change into positive thinking individuals even if we are very determined to become positive and remain away from the negative.
Power in the mind will also create positive sanskaras of faith, patience, determination, tolerance and stability, which will help us in any difficult situation. As a result, we will cross every negative situation with ease and lightness.
Taking Guidance From God Or The Supreme Soul
There are many occasions in our day-to-day life when we are not sure as to what our next action should be in that particular situation. The intellect in the soul normally takes all decisions for the soul. But sometimes the intellect is clouded by our own or others’ sanskaras, beliefs, opinions, assumptions, thoughts, actions, past experiences, etc.
In such a situation, we require the guidance of someone who :
- is above the whole situation and is seeing it as a spectator or observer and is not a player in the situation,
- is the knower of the three phases of time (the past, present and the future),
- can see the situation from all dimensions or perspectives,
- is beyond all influences and is impartial,
- is extremely pure and clear,
- knows us more than we know ourself,
- knows our benefit and harm more than we know ourself,
- someone who is selfless and is concerned for our well being the most.
No human soul can fulfill all these requirements. Thus, to proceed in such a situation, it’s good to take the guidance from the intellect of someone who fulfills all these aspects. That someone is no one except the Supreme Being or God, who is the Supreme Soul possessing the most clean and powerful intellect, with the most perfect judgment power. Sometimes our mind and intellect is absolutely clean and clear and we are 100% sure about the right action, but even in those times it’s good to verify the action from a higher authority.
So, in those times, it is very important to connect for a few minutes with the Supreme, who is a spiritual energy full of truth and unlimited wisdom full of depth. Then, the question to ask ourselves at that time is not what do we want, or what do others want, but most importantly: What does the Supreme want, what is His wish, what is His perception of the situation? The deeper our connection with Him in meditation, the clearer the answer will come. When it becomes a regular practice, it will be as simple as taking guidance from our physical parent or spouse or friend. We'll know without wasting time and energy, the right action in any situation. Sometimes it may happen that the answer may not come to us immediately, but by connecting our intellect with the Supreme’s intellect our intellect will become clean and clear, which will help us take the right decision. Also, in some cases the Supreme may not respond immediately in meditation but may guide us through some other medium, whether living or non-living after some time or even after a day or two or also give us an answer through His wisdom, which He shares with us everyday.
Today's Learning :
When the answer does not come immediately, let us today try and stay connected with the Supreme so that our mind becomes clean and calm to be able to recognise guidance through meditation, wisdom or situations.
Create A Sacred Space At Home For Inner Peace And Bliss
1) It is beneficial to create an exclusive, high-vibration room or corner at home for meditation. We go to high spiritual energy places for inner peace and bliss. We can create such a sacred space at home to sit in, any time whenever we want to get mentally charged. Identify an exclusive space at home, to create a place of high vibrations. Preferably choose a quieter space away from the television or bedroom to avoid lower energies. The size of the house doesn’t matter, even a small corner within a room, enclosed by clean white curtains is enough.
2) Before entering that space withdraw from distractions and consciously focus on self-reflection and meditation. Do not create any other thoughts. Your pure thoughts radiate to that space and increase its positive energy.
3) Spend a few minutes there atleast twice a day. With each day, the energy field there strengthens and enhances your sitting experience over there. Keep that space clean and uncluttered. The collective energy you create there over a period of time, will help you when needed.
4) Whenever you or your family member need an answer, need clarity, need to take a decision, need to delete any wrong type of thoughts or need to quieten the mind, sit there for some time. As you experience the vibrations of the room, your mind calms down and your divine connection with your inner consciousness and the Supreme will give you all the answers.
Being Your Own Hero
To be the hero of your own life means stepping into 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 instead of waiting for rescue. It is choosing 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 over comfort, growth over stagnation, and 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 over hesitation. A hero does not live passively—𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚.
➤Being your own hero also means facing struggles head-on, seeing failures as "stepping stones", and rising every time life pushes you down. Heroes are not defined by the absence of fear but 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭. They learn, adapt, and refuse to hand the pen of their story to someone else.
➤Choose 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 over comfort, even when no one is watching. Save yourself daily with small, brave steps, and you will become the person you have been waiting for. Stop looking for a "savior" outside, because the strength you seek lives within you. The moment you decide "to rescue yourself" is the moment you realise you are the powerful '𝐜𝐨-𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫' 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲.
➤Consider 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐳𝐚𝐢: once a schoolgirl silenced by violence, she rose to become a global voice for education. She did not wait for someone else to fight her battle—she became her own hero, and in doing so, became one for millions. Her journey reminds us that our lives, too, can be heroic when we stand tall, even in the face of overwhelming odds.
➤Ultimately, true greatness is not measured by the battles we win, but by 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. Every wound can awaken wisdom, every setback can reveal hidden potential, and every new dawn offers an opportunity for renewal. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, transforming life's challenges into opportunities for inner transformation. Remember, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, for when you discover the light of your own soul, you not only illuminate your path but become a beacon of hope for others.
Learning To Be At Peace With Time (Part 3)
Time Does Not Control You, Time Co-operates With You
Often, we feel that either time is chasing us or we are running behind time to catch up with it. We wish to bring time to a standstill or at least slow it down so that we can organize ourselves. There are also moments when each of us will want to temporarily step away from the demands of our roles and responsibilities, to enjoy a few moments of peace. Spending a few minutes to nurture the self is a necessity but many people find it a luxury that they cannot afford or take some time out for. Spirituality makes it possible to shift us from complaining about lack of time to becoming creators of time.
If we begin our day reading or listening to pure and positive information such as spiritual knowledge or gyan for at least 15 minutes, the foundation layer of the mind will have an unshakable setting of peaceful and powerful thoughts. This strengthens our mind and intellect, so our improved efficiency saves us time and keeps us enthusiastic throughout the day. Rajyoga Meditation as taught by the Brahma Kumaris connects us with God to recharge our emotional batteries through the Supreme Spiritual Power House. This means the emotional treasure of different aspects of wisdom and different qualities and powers that we are seeking outside will now be activated and rejuvenated from within us. When every thought, word and action is a product of our spiritual charging and carries the power of wisdom and its understanding in the consciousness as well as the inculcation of qualities and powers, we will experience peace and contentment even while working and meeting targets and deadlines.
We will never find ourselves short of time
When we are in charge of our mind, then time will not control us, time will co-operate with us. Such a soul enjoys life at every moment and is at peace with time and the uncertainties that time brings with it in our present day lives. Also, the health, relationships and personal and professional roles of such a soul are benefitted immensely by such an approach of performing actions in a soul conscious and God conscious stage and not in a time conscious stage, leading to overall long-term success.
Learning To Be At Peace With Time (Part 2)
Being In The Present Moment
Gaining mastery over the subtle dimensions of time needs that we do not fear time, fight it or force it. To reach this stage we need to take care of two aspects – to live in the present moment and to be at peace with time. Living in the present requires complete acceptance of ourselves along with our circumstances. Otherwise, if we avoid, regret, complain about or question the present, we will keep getting stuck and complicate life. By choosing to accept the present moment, we will have control over it.
Acceptance only means that the circumstances of the present moment should not influence our vibrations.
We choose our vibrations. Thus, acceptance brings us a sense of comfort, gratitude and satisfaction for whatever we have. This positive attitude radiates contentment and happiness. The mind and intellect naturally function calmly, creatively and lovingly. As a result, our thoughts, words and actions in the present moment will be right. Spiritually, right karma in the present is all that matters. With a little practice, our mind gradually gets trained and learns to live more in the present.
Being at peace with time means being in harmony with the past, having respect for the present and carrying a readiness for the future. It happens when we treat time as our friend, a constant and trusted companion. When we place our trust in time, we experience inner freedom because we stop experiencing sorrow about the past or worrying about the future. Suppose we have an urgent task to complete at the office. If we are at peace with time, we create only one thought - I am putting my best efforts and will successfully complete it in time. We do not stress about time, and we only invest our energy in the task. This increases our probability of success. Even if we fail, we will have the inner power to face the results. On the other hand, if we are not at peace with time, we stress about time. The mind creates thoughts like - So much to do. What if I cannot complete the task in time? I missed a deadline last month too. My boss may hold these things against me and deny my next promotion... I should hurry. In this case back-referencing to past and carrying anxiety about the future will block the mind from giving its best in the present. Being at peace with time, in this case, is a more uplifting experience because we flow with time, not race against it. We greet every moment with love and without preconceived ideas in our mind. We start living more and judging less, so inner freedom becomes a natural result of that.
(To be continued tomorrow …)