Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Inspiring words from Sai Baba

Service to man can be done in many ways; but, serving the other person, by example is the best of all. Do not be a bad example to your neighbours or family members. Be good and radiate goodness. That is why, when the education of a pupil was over, the teacher in ancient times exhorted the pupil to speak the truth and observe righteousness. Because after the period of study, the young person is to engage in a job, so, he has to be given the most beneficial advice, at the appropriate moment. The truth must be spoken, without hypocrisy and deceit; there should be no motive to injure.

- Divine Discourse, December 21, 1967.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

The negative ego is a disease...

I recently had a very interesting encounter with a friend. On the conscious level, I know she enjoys our friendship, but on the subconscious level, there is always a need to compete and compare with me. On this occasion, she attempted to 'humiliate' me in public, putting me down in front of others. I immediately responded kindly to her and the matter diminished in seconds.

I began to see her with even greater compassion because of her discomfort in her own skin; that she needed to feel good about herself by putting others down. And I learned many lessons from this experience.

The negative ego with its negative programmings, behavior patterns, thoughtforms, feelings etc is really a crippling dis-ease. This dis-ease doesn't allow one to love self or others, it dis-empowers people, it makes a person go into moodswings, it makes a person suffer from superiority/inferiority complex, it makes people do foolish things, it creates confusion, it creates conflicts in relationships, the list of psychological dis-eases is really endless.

For the world to change and for peace to manifest, the human race must learn to get rid of this crippling dis-ease. There is no quick cure, but there is a way in which we can heal ourselves and that is through right thinking and not allowing our subconscious minds to be the pilot of our consciousness.

Anyway, my friend and I will always remain friends but I will be more mindful of her dis-ease.

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Inspiring Words

By learning to think with your Spiritual/Christ/Buddha mind you can get off the emotional roller coaster of extreme highs and lows and manic depressive mood swings and learn to be more even minded! When this state of consciousness is mastered you will have an unceasing even state of Self-mastery, Self Discipline, Involved Detachment, Unconditional Love, Joy, Happiness, Bliss, Inner Peace, Equanimity, Spiritual Passion and Fun Loving spirit all the time! It is just a matter of changing your thinking. This may sound hard to believe by some but it is totally true! Your thoughts are creating your reality! --Dr Joshua David Stone