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Positive Reflections messages from Awakening consciousness
Overcoming Absent-Mindedness
Some of us at times forget where our purse or phone is. Or we reach office and cannot recall if we had locked the house door and turned off the lights in the house. Being absent-minded means that our mind is preoccupied, overwhelmed or tired. Do you often lose attention in the middle of an interaction? Do you misplace or forget activities or things, every now and then? If yes, absent-mindedness has been affecting your routine life.
1. Besides burdening the mind with several activities, your mind may be holding a clutter of unpleasant past memories, people's behaviours, guilt, expectations and even ideas of your self-image. The mind needs to be uncluttered, to create space for what is essential.
2. To stop being absent-minded, empower the self internally. Be committed to follow a daily routine that includes meditation, spiritual wisdom study, exercise, healthy and timely meals, activities, free time and sleep. These improve your concentration, memory and intuition.
3. Prepare a daily task list and follow it. When interacting with people, listen well. Do not get distracted by other thoughts, gadgets or by what is happening around you. Identify right places to keep the objects you own – keys, purse, spectacles etc.
4. Be in the present. Check your thoughts after every hour, clean them and bring your awareness to the present moment. Respond rightly to every situation to keep your mind calm and energized.
Key Learning :
Today, let us notice when our mind becomes occupied with past memories, expectations or unnecessary thoughts. By clearing this mental clutter, we create space for better concentration and awareness
7 Vitamins For The Soul
Vitamins are sources of nourishment for the physical body and fill it with strength. We take vitamins through various sources of food. Spiritual wisdom and meditation are both connections with God, which nourish the soul with 7 spiritual vitamins -
1. Peace - An experience of deep calmness where there are no questions asked, there is a deep contentment and subtle acceptance of everyone and everything. A beautiful thought of peace is - I am a soul full of peace ... I feel, experience and radiate peace to everyone.
2. Joy - An experience of overflowing lightness and enthusiasm, where there is a feeling of connecting deeply with the qualities of the self, others and nature. An affirmation of joy is - I am joyful and light ... I touch everyone with my inner positive energy.
3. Love - A deep feeling of goodness for the self, God and everyone and everything around, where the heart feels like benefitting and fulfilling. A deep reflection of love is - I am an angel of love ... I care, share and express myself deeply for the benefit of others.
4. Bliss - A beautiful emotion, where one feels that one has found everything that the heart desires and does not need anything else. A very deep feeling of bliss is expressed as - I am a blissful soul ... I connect with God and fill myself with everything He possesses.
5. Purity - A deep experience of cleanliness, where the soul has erased all its negativity and has become perfect. A positive affirmation of purity is - I am a pure spiritual energy ... I learn and experience God's wisdom to clean myself of all sins and mistakes.
6. Power - An emotion of strength and stability, where the soul has stopped fearing and is tolerant at the same time. A positive reflection of power is - I am soul conscious and completely free from body conscious ... no situation can shake me and touch my inner strength.
7. Truth - A feeling of becoming an embodiment of the wisdom of the soul and God and experiencing that wisdom in every thought, word and action. A deep thought of truth is - I know all truths from God and remain in self-respect ... at the same time I am humble.
Believe. And You Will Succeed
Have you been very excited about your big or small goals, worked very hard to reach there… but somewhere down the line doubted success? Just recall how it influenced the outcome. Whether it is a personal goal or a professional one, we typically need people’s support to be successful. It’s important for everyone to work with a calm, relaxed and stable mind. The environment needs to vibrate with confidence and determination. When we rely on each other, trust must be at the core of our belief and behavior. We have all experienced that people are most productive when they have a person trusting their abilities. Let's ensure no-one creates thoughts of doubt, insecurity, incompetence or anxiety – either about themselves or others. Negative thoughts become obstacles to success. If it is our goal we have a responsibility to be solution-oriented. Let’s focus only on how to help and motivate people. And let’s remind ourselves daily I am confident that together, we will be successful.
We have heard - Well begun is half done. Whether there are 10 things on our to-do list today or 20, if we begin them with self-belief, discipline and enthusiasm, our speed and efficiency increase magically. People working with us absorb our energy and feel motivated. An overall sense of belonging for the place, people and task develops. Time doesn’t seem a barrier. Sit back and make your work day unfold perfectly today. Your inner success factors of stability, comfort and happiness will have an influence on getting you success outside. You will save time and energy because there were no emotional leakages of anxiety, aggression or stress. You will go back home from your workplace pleased and happy.
Today's Learning :
Today, let us begin our tasks with self-belief, discipline and enthusiasm. Instead of allowing doubt to weaken our efforts, we can focus on solutions and move towards success with confidence.
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.
5 Beautiful Meanings Of Success (Part 3)
4. Success at every step is also how humble and truthful we have been, while achieving various goals in different spheres of life. Humility is the biggest virtue of all. Anger and ego are humility’s biggest enemies and spoil the way people see us and feel about us in their hearts. No one likes arrogant people and people tend to remain away from such people instead of coming close and providing support to them. They not only loose blessings and respect but they also loose self-respect. Egoistic people are the most unhappy people inside and are always trying to dominate people with all that they achieve as their tools to do that. Tools like - I look good, I am intelligent, I am rich, I am smart, I have a beautiful personality, I am an achiever, My relationships are beautiful … Also, apart from humility, your honesty and truthfulness also make you successful. Some people reach big milestones in their life, but they have lied or indulged in dishonesty of some type or the other while reaching there, which is false success.
5. Lastly, success also means giving at every step. Being a giver of everything nice that you possess – physical or non-physical is a beautiful quality. Those who possess this quality are nice human beings who are successful in the right and complete way. So, always look at people with respect even if they do not possess what you possess. Also, instead of dominating people, influence and empower them. Even physical treasures of wealth and non-physical treasures of knowledge should be shared with people. Then you are a true giver and untouched by the negative influence of your attainments in life. Instead, you take the attainments in your stride and never have a false ownership over them, which is true success.
Key Learning :
Let us use our knowledge, abilities and resources to empower someone today. True success is not about appearing superior, but about sharing what we have and helping others grow with dignity.
5 Beautiful Meanings Of Success (Part 2)
2. Success also means increasing one’s overall quality of life. Very often we will buy an expensive car or expensive clothes for ourselves and also feel proud when we come in front of others with these accomplishments. Sometimes this pride even takes a negative shade of ego. Most people today are defining success with material assets and feel big homes and rich jewellery worn is success. But have we ever looked within and talked to ourselves that where are we heading? All this is not unimportant but it is high time we did not let these comforts define our lives. Buy the expensive mobile phone if you want, but not for people to see, because that is not success. Fulfill the dream of the best office space, but after achieving it, don’t say this is not enough, I want more. That’s where you go wrong and realize that success is incomplete without contentment, and that could have been there, even before the dream was achieved. What is the use if you work all your life for these dreams but never feel satisfied after achieving them? So, enjoy success in the journey, enjoy the nice people you meet, enjoy the beautiful things and different scenes of life, enjoy nature, enjoy the company of God and enjoy just being yourself – always happy.
3. A very important component of success is living with people in beautiful relationships. Relationships are one of the most important aspects of life. This could be a relationship with people or God. Of course, a relationship with God is eternal and is with us in all our births and relationships with people change with every birth. But relationships are important and carry immense meaning. So, success means at the end of your life, you say to yourself and feel from within that you have led a life making everyone happy and receiving happiness from everyone. Also, success is giving God immense importance at every moment of your life and thanking Him for everything you achieve.
Key Learning :
Today, let us enjoy what we have achieved without constantly comparing it with what others possess. Contentment helps us appreciate life's journey and experience happiness beyond material success.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
5 Beautiful Meanings Of Success (Part 1)
We are all special human beings with a beautiful purpose of performing actions that benefit us and others in the best possible way. While working at the workplace, while going to the market, while studying, while interacting with family and friends or while looking after our physical body, we are always looking for success of every type.
This is success at a physical level and also success at the level of the mind, which is complete success.
Often, happiness and just being content is everything for many. Also, immense success of education, career and wealth can mean lots for some people and for some unless there is happiness while doing all this, it means nothing for them.
Let’s explore 5 beautiful meanings of success and their different dimensions while reading this message:
1. Success means fulfillment. We often look for the treasures of respect and good roles from the outside world. But, do we also look at the fulfillment of inner treasures of peace, joy and power from the inner world of our mind also? Sometimes, we have achieved a lot, but we are not satisfied as much as we should be. Also, you very commonly meet people who have reached the top of the career ladder, but they are either depressed or they are looking for another job or they feel frustrated because they have got the outer regard of people, but the heart-felt love and good wishes of people are missing in their life because of which they lack lightness and carefreeness. Some people have become ill physically and suffer from high blood pressure or diabetes or digestion problems, which are all after-effects of stress experienced, while reaching their destination of outer success. So, a balance between inner success and outer success, keeps you happy, healthy and lighter in the long run.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
Withdraw From Outer Chaos And Inner Emotions
The ability to withdraw can be correlated with the behaviour of a tortoise. When it senses any danger a tortoise withdraws within its tough shell. Introspection is about stepping inside and meeting myself a few times during the day. This inner quietness recharges our battery.
By going deeper inside and concentrating on the self, we draw closer to God and receive a current of pure energy that dissolves negative sanskaras.
Practicing regularly for a minute every hour helps us to conquer wrong habits. Once we get into the habit of connecting to the self and God, we can do it in the midst of any situation. Using this ability we continue to be with people and amidst challenges but withdraw internally from the energy of the situation. We step back from our emotions, detach and see if we are creating any turbulence. If so, we understand that our ego is causing pain and hence remind our self that peace is needed, thereby emerging thoughts of peace.
Withdrawing offers us the ability to examine a situation from all perspectives. It brings us clarity to create and choose the right response. So we do not react impulsively using old patterns of behaving. We also do not get sucked into the energies present around us. We connect to our inner self and experience stillness when we withdraw from outer chaos and our inner emotions. It is in this stillness that we will find creative solutions to our problems. The ability of being with people and withdrawing from their energy protects us. The energy of peace with which we respond to them empowers them also. Go into your shell and ask yourself today – Do I have any habits that have a negative impact on my daily behaviours? How can I start to shift or dissolve this habit?
Today's Learning :
Today, let us pause for one minute each hour and observe our inner state. Recognizing emotional turbulence early can help us choose peaceful responses instead of repeating old habits.
5 Signs That We Carry A Goodness Vibration
We are all beautiful souls in the world and we have a role in this World Drama of radiating goodness to everyone. A goodness vibration is a positive vibration of niceness, which everyone feels from us, wherever we go and whomever we interact with.
5 signs that we carry a goodness vibration –
1) We will be full of the experience of 3 qualities – peace, love and joy. All 3 qualities will show on our face and in our character constantly. Every thought, word and action of ours will have these 3 qualities. Everyone we meet throughout the day will feel these qualities from us and experience them themselves.
2) Today, everyone is looking for unconditional goodness from others, which is lacking in the world. When we as God’s children, experience and realize our duty of giving to the world and to every person in the world, everything that God has given us and filled us with, we become angels of goodness, who touch every human soul with our goodness and giving nature.
3) Everyone in the world is today concerned about their personal future and the future of the world. A bright future is only possible when we are nice and full of goodness. This can only come inside us when we are divine and connected to God’s wisdom. Let us fill our lives and others’ lives with this divinity and wisdom and become God’s messengers of goodness.
4) When we give up sanskars of anger and ego, we carry a goodness vibration and people come closer to us and connect to our vibrations of spiritual closeness. Relationships become stronger when we give attention to giving up these two vices and our vibrations of goodness radiate to our family members and colleagues at our workplace.
5) When we carry a goodness vibration, we always attract blessings from everyone and everyone becomes naturally content with us and our every action. We touch everyone’s hearts and make every action very easy and beautiful with our inner lightness, contentment and humility. People love working with us in any sphere of life.
Today's Learning :
Today, let us check whether our thoughts, words and actions carry peace, love and joy. By expressing these qualities consistently, we can create positive vibrations and bring comfort to others.
Observing Your Thoughts And Taking Control Of Them
We do not usually observe or recognize our thoughts but now would be a good time to become aware. Pause, withdraw your attention from your surroundings for twenty seconds and observe what is going on inside your mind. There is always a constant flow of thoughts. Where do you feel them arising? From your heart? Gut? Or somewhere in your brain around the centre of your forehead? It is in your brain around the centre of the forehead where thoughts can be felt.
Notice that when you overthink or when your thoughts are cluttered, your forehead region feels heavy or aches.
The soul is a spiritual energy situated at the centre of the brain, very close to the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. The non-physical thoughts originate in the mind, which is a subtle faculty of the soul and create physical electrical and chemical energy activity in the brain, which is detected by physical instruments. That is why we feel thoughts at the centre of the forehead, just behind the eyes, where soul energy is concentrated and it radiates the maximum vibrations from our eyes.
The more we think, the more is the activity. If we do not check our thoughts, they keep increasing and make us more stressed. Sometimes the stress is more than we can handle and thoughts can become difficult to stop and they can also cause sleep issues. So, keeping yourself alert and preventing the mind from creating waste and negative thoughts is very important. Meditation silences the mind and helps us in this process. And also, a good practice is to stop actions every hour and observe your mental space.
Today's Learning :
Today, let us pause for twenty seconds and observe the thoughts moving through our mind. Without judging them, we can notice whether our attention is present, scattered or caught in unnecessary thinking.
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