Freedom From Dependency

Freedom From Dependency 

The real reason why we sometimes experience a lack of real, deep lasting happiness in our lives is dependency. We are taught to make our happiness dependent on some event, condition, person, object etc. This is why we keep delaying our happiness until things are just right in our life. We think we will be happy in the future and then wonder why we are not happy now. But life is never just right, and the future never comes – there is only now! And that's why, in order to be happy we must make our happiness a decision and not a dependency. 


Reflection: What is your happiness mostly dependent on right now? Imagine your self without the above and that you are quite content without the above, how do you feel?


Action: What can you do in your mind tomorrow to change your state of being from dependency to freedom from dependency

Courtesy: Brahma Kumaris

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Mind, Intellect And Personality

Mind, Intellect And Personality

Just as electrical energy produces warmth, sound or light depending on the device through which it passes, similarly, the energy of consciousness functions through three different but closely connected entities, referred to respectively by the terms mind, intellect and personality.

The Mind
With the power of the mind, one imagines, thinks and forms ideas.  The non-physical mind should not be confused with the heart, the physical organ that maintains blood circulation.

The Intellect
The intellect understands, reasons, memorizes, discriminates and makes decisions. The non–physical intellect should not be confused with the physical brain, which is the physical focus of the nervous system.

The Personality
Habits, sanskaras and tendencies are all embedded in the soul in the form of impressions as a result of every action performed. The most fundamental feature of every soul, its personality, is determined by such stored impressions

Courtesy: Brahma Kumaris 

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Co-operation

Co-operation

Human achievement is like a mountain range with cliffs, peaks, slopes and valleys. To aim for excellence in collective achievement is to aspire to climb to the crowning point. The effort requires each climber to be equipped with essential skills and knowledge and good amounts of determination and will power. However, no climb should ever be undertaken without the most important piece of equipment: the safety rope of co-operation.
Co-operation ensures calmness, empowerment, easiness and enthusiasm. Co-operation provides the means for each climber to take a step, no matter how small, and for those steps collectively to reach the peak.

Courtesy: Brahma Kumaris 

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Self-Introspection

Self-Introspection

Meditate on an external object that holds some symbolic reference for you. You can begin more simply by finding in nature something (real, imagined or illustrated) that holds particular symbolism for you. The symbol can be anything, so long as its associations are positive - you might choose a lake, a mountain, a river or a tree. You can connect with the symbols and use them as reflections of virtues in your own personality. In this way you gain a deeper insight into the inner self. Whatever you find in these symbols will have correspondences within yourselves

Courtesy: Brahma Kumaris

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Self Esteem: Our parents are critical and have a deep and lasting impact on our self image and self belief

Self Esteem

Almost everyone of us has heard a voice of criticism from a very young age. It is a voice, which echoes through our whole life, and unless we become consciously aware of it, and decide not to listen to it, it will be a major reason why your self esteem never recovers from those first blows. Our parents are critical and have a deep and lasting impact on our self image and self belief. It could have been anything negative "You're not very good….you can't….you are always…you are never able….you are useless at that". Parents are our Gods during those early years, and Gods speak the truth. So we believe them, and not only shape our self image around what they tell us about ourselves, but their voices remain in our heads, in our subconscious minds for years to come. This is how our sense of our own inner beauty never gets a chance to form. But that was 'then', and this is 'now'. 'Then' cannot be changed, but 'now' can be transformed. Have the courage to remove those voices from your head, and set yourself free. That does not mean struggling with them and conquering them. It means politely disagreeing with them and replacing them. Start from where you are and accept yourself. Accept where you are now, accept what you feel right now. This is the beginning of quietly rebuilding your self image and self belief. Realise you are now your own parent and begin to talk to yourself in accepting, loving and gentle ways. It may sound strange at first, but keep going, and you will be amazed at how quickly your feelings about yourself change, and how it brings a natural inner strength and increases your self esteem.