5 Ways To Become Fearless
1. Remain In A Powerful Consciousness Of Self Respect - The first and most important way by which we can overcome all our fears is to deeply realize our own spiritual importance and also feel our own specialties that we have in terms of wisdom, qualities, skills and any other personality traits. Also, inculcate a habit of seeing different situations of life as a detached observer and feel that we can overcome them easily with the inner power of our different attainments.
2. Remember God And Experience His Help And Power - In any situation, when we feel ourselves to be alone we fear the situation and think that we cannot resolve it on our own. In such situations, visualize and experience God close to you and take His Supreme help and absorb His Supreme power. Also, let God guide the situation and you leave the responsibility to Him and let Him do the best. This will make you constantly fearless.
3. Face The Situation With Lightness And Don’t Weaken Under Its Pressure - When you fear any particular situation, it starts dominating you and your thoughts, words and actions become weak. Remember the two points of spiritual power in such situations in your mind again and again – I Am A Master World Almighty Authority, child of God – the World Almighty Authority and I Am A Destroyer Of Obstacles. These thoughts act positively on the situations and make them positive and beneficial for you.
4. Reflect And Go Within And Visualize Your Victory - Fearlessness comes when we visualize in advance that the situation has already been overcome, with no doubt in our minds about that. The more we practice this in any situation, the more we become used to overcoming difficult situations easily and we become brave and resilient, without any worries.
5. Tell Yourself That Fear Is Not Good For You - Always keep reminding yourself that fear is a negative energy and it is harmful for your own mind and its well-being, your physical health, your relationships and the success of whatever actions you perform. The more you realize that fear is the wrong path to take, and it will only worsen the situation more, the more you do not allow it to touch your consciousness.
1. Remain In A Powerful Consciousness Of Self Respect - The first and most important way by which we can overcome all our fears is to deeply realize our own spiritual importance and also feel our own specialties that we have in terms of wisdom, qualities, skills and any other personality traits. Also, inculcate a habit of seeing different situations of life as a detached observer and feel that we can overcome them easily with the inner power of our different attainments.
2. Remember God And Experience His Help And Power - In any situation, when we feel ourselves to be alone we fear the situation and think that we cannot resolve it on our own. In such situations, visualize and experience God close to you and take His Supreme help and absorb His Supreme power. Also, let God guide the situation and you leave the responsibility to Him and let Him do the best. This will make you constantly fearless.
3. Face The Situation With Lightness And Don’t Weaken Under Its Pressure - When you fear any particular situation, it starts dominating you and your thoughts, words and actions become weak. Remember the two points of spiritual power in such situations in your mind again and again – I Am A Master World Almighty Authority, child of God – the World Almighty Authority and I Am A Destroyer Of Obstacles. These thoughts act positively on the situations and make them positive and beneficial for you.
4. Reflect And Go Within And Visualize Your Victory - Fearlessness comes when we visualize in advance that the situation has already been overcome, with no doubt in our minds about that. The more we practice this in any situation, the more we become used to overcoming difficult situations easily and we become brave and resilient, without any worries.
5. Tell Yourself That Fear Is Not Good For You - Always keep reminding yourself that fear is a negative energy and it is harmful for your own mind and its well-being, your physical health, your relationships and the success of whatever actions you perform. The more you realize that fear is the wrong path to take, and it will only worsen the situation more, the more you do not allow it to touch your consciousness.
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You Have More Time Than You Need
Have you found yourself not doing things you liked to do? The belief of not having enough time is more a mental block than our reality, preventing us from using time the right way. We all want to exercise, meditate, go for a holiday, but time seems a barrier. By repeatedly creating the thought - I don't have time for this, we have programmed the mind to believe so, and eventually manifest it into our reality.
1. Constantly complaining about lack of time radiates an energy of rejection towards yourself or towards others. It gives a feeling of not being available for yourself, family, friends or colleagues.
2. Time is not the reason to not do something. The real reason is that the task has not been your priority. The day you say - This is my priority… I will exercise, I will meditate, I will spend time with my family… you will make time for it.
3. Cultivate a good relationship with time by valuing it. Do not waste it in wasteful thinking or activities. When you respect time, it co-operates with you and you will be able to focus better, complete tasks in lesser time and be more productive.
4. Select one activity for which you have been saying you don’t have time. Firmly believe you have more time than you need and visualize yourself doing that activity.
Have you found yourself not doing things you liked to do? The belief of not having enough time is more a mental block than our reality, preventing us from using time the right way. We all want to exercise, meditate, go for a holiday, but time seems a barrier. By repeatedly creating the thought - I don't have time for this, we have programmed the mind to believe so, and eventually manifest it into our reality.
1. Constantly complaining about lack of time radiates an energy of rejection towards yourself or towards others. It gives a feeling of not being available for yourself, family, friends or colleagues.
2. Time is not the reason to not do something. The real reason is that the task has not been your priority. The day you say - This is my priority… I will exercise, I will meditate, I will spend time with my family… you will make time for it.
3. Cultivate a good relationship with time by valuing it. Do not waste it in wasteful thinking or activities. When you respect time, it co-operates with you and you will be able to focus better, complete tasks in lesser time and be more productive.
4. Select one activity for which you have been saying you don’t have time. Firmly believe you have more time than you need and visualize yourself doing that activity.
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Take And Apply One Value For Each Day |
Every scene in our daily life presents so many choices of how to be and what to do. The decision we take in each of them is a reflection of our values. Whether it is our care, patience, sincerity or gratitude - values give direction and add meaning to life. If our thoughts, words and behaviors are in line with our values, we feel comfortable. But if we compromise, deviate or give up values for any reason, we regret it sooner or later.
As someone who believes in moral living, you create a compass of values and use it to guide your choices and decisions. But as you set out into the world, you notice people around you compromising on their values. At those moments, do you get tempted to drop yours? Have you given up on any value just because someone else you live with, doesn’t have it? Values are our strength. Even if no one around us is using them, and even if others believe they don’t work, we should not give them up. But often our behavior becomes only a reflection of the way others behave with us, and in the process our own values get lost. Living values means to consistently strengthen the spectrum of our principles and use them every time with everyone. Holding on to our values even in the face of temptations and challenges, increases our power. Values should be at the heart of all our choices and decisions, always. Otherwise if we use them only as per convenience, our values lose their value. Choose any one value and for the next 24 hours, be committed to make that value reflect in who you are and what you do. Use it always and with everyone. Remind yourself - I choose one value every day. And I use it in my every thought, word and behaviour. My values define me. I bring them into action in every scene and strengthen my personality.
The value you choose becomes like a code of conduct which helps you become better and better. You will also make a difference to people and situations around you.
Every scene in our daily life presents so many choices of how to be and what to do. The decision we take in each of them is a reflection of our values. Whether it is our care, patience, sincerity or gratitude - values give direction and add meaning to life. If our thoughts, words and behaviors are in line with our values, we feel comfortable. But if we compromise, deviate or give up values for any reason, we regret it sooner or later.
As someone who believes in moral living, you create a compass of values and use it to guide your choices and decisions. But as you set out into the world, you notice people around you compromising on their values. At those moments, do you get tempted to drop yours? Have you given up on any value just because someone else you live with, doesn’t have it? Values are our strength. Even if no one around us is using them, and even if others believe they don’t work, we should not give them up. But often our behavior becomes only a reflection of the way others behave with us, and in the process our own values get lost. Living values means to consistently strengthen the spectrum of our principles and use them every time with everyone. Holding on to our values even in the face of temptations and challenges, increases our power. Values should be at the heart of all our choices and decisions, always. Otherwise if we use them only as per convenience, our values lose their value. Choose any one value and for the next 24 hours, be committed to make that value reflect in who you are and what you do. Use it always and with everyone. Remind yourself - I choose one value every day. And I use it in my every thought, word and behaviour. My values define me. I bring them into action in every scene and strengthen my personality.
The value you choose becomes like a code of conduct which helps you become better and better. You will also make a difference to people and situations around you.
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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 …)
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 …)
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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 …)
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 …)
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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 log-term success.
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 log-term success.
Give Blessings, Receive Blessings
Blessings are positive energy vibrations which we share with each other and they create goodness in relationships. God shares some beautiful methods of exchanging blessings with each other. Let's understand some of them -
1. Whenever we come in contact with another soul, the first thought that comes to our mind is of a past interaction with them, or of some work we have with them, or sometimes we look at them based on something we know about them or have heard from someone about them or of some weakness of theirs. Instead let us have a thought first of their specialty or their goodness, which we have seen in them at some point of time. This radiates blessings to them.
2. When we interact with someone, radiate to the other person a pure and positive feeling that you are a very special and beautiful soul and also keep a good wish for the person in your mind that you will find happiness and success in everything you do. Both good feelings and good wishes are form of blessings that fill spiritual love in interactions and bring back blessings from others.
3. Also, when meeting others, see others as God's children, whom God loves a lot and keep your vision subtly at their spiritual form or the soul, a being of pure spiritual light at the center of their forehead. The more this spiritual vision becomes your habit, the more your positive energy will radiate to the other person and in return, the other person will send back positivity and goodness.
4. A sign of a good natured soul is to give something to everyone they meet. Depending on what the soul is lacking in or what they need in that particular scene of life, give them peace or joy or love or power through your eyes, face, words and actions. These are beautiful blessings.
5. Lastly, give support to everyone and co-operate enthusiastically with everyone. Today, souls in the world need our positive energy and we also benefit from their positive energy which they radiate to us. This is an important way of giving and receiving blessings.
Blessings are positive energy vibrations which we share with each other and they create goodness in relationships. God shares some beautiful methods of exchanging blessings with each other. Let's understand some of them -
1. Whenever we come in contact with another soul, the first thought that comes to our mind is of a past interaction with them, or of some work we have with them, or sometimes we look at them based on something we know about them or have heard from someone about them or of some weakness of theirs. Instead let us have a thought first of their specialty or their goodness, which we have seen in them at some point of time. This radiates blessings to them.
2. When we interact with someone, radiate to the other person a pure and positive feeling that you are a very special and beautiful soul and also keep a good wish for the person in your mind that you will find happiness and success in everything you do. Both good feelings and good wishes are form of blessings that fill spiritual love in interactions and bring back blessings from others.
3. Also, when meeting others, see others as God's children, whom God loves a lot and keep your vision subtly at their spiritual form or the soul, a being of pure spiritual light at the center of their forehead. The more this spiritual vision becomes your habit, the more your positive energy will radiate to the other person and in return, the other person will send back positivity and goodness.
4. A sign of a good natured soul is to give something to everyone they meet. Depending on what the soul is lacking in or what they need in that particular scene of life, give them peace or joy or love or power through your eyes, face, words and actions. These are beautiful blessings.
5. Lastly, give support to everyone and co-operate enthusiastically with everyone. Today, souls in the world need our positive energy and we also benefit from their positive energy which they radiate to us. This is an important way of giving and receiving blessings.
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Stability In Appreciation And Criticism
If appreciation boosts our ego, we are sure to get upset when criticized. Spiritual wisdom teaches us to simply focus on our actions without getting affected by appreciation or criticism.
1. Check your first reaction to any feedback: Do you get fascinated by praise? And do you defend yourself or react back when you are criticized? If so, practice taking a pause the next time to choose a response of stability.
2. Remain humble, with a consciousness of being an instrument of God - emotionally detached yet involved. Go into your field of action understanding that everybody’s opinion is different.
3. Practice remaining untouched by appreciation. The praise is after all their perception, their pure intention and a reflection of their generosity. Thank the other person, surrender the praise to God and be grateful for being used as an instrument in the positive action.
4. Remaining stable in appreciation helps you handle criticism with dignity. A person criticizing you is portraying his perception, mood and personality. Detach from the emotional energy attached to it, judge the feedback and see if you need to do something. Otherwise ignore it completely, let go and remain stable. Respect yourself and them.
If appreciation boosts our ego, we are sure to get upset when criticized. Spiritual wisdom teaches us to simply focus on our actions without getting affected by appreciation or criticism.
1. Check your first reaction to any feedback: Do you get fascinated by praise? And do you defend yourself or react back when you are criticized? If so, practice taking a pause the next time to choose a response of stability.
2. Remain humble, with a consciousness of being an instrument of God - emotionally detached yet involved. Go into your field of action understanding that everybody’s opinion is different.
3. Practice remaining untouched by appreciation. The praise is after all their perception, their pure intention and a reflection of their generosity. Thank the other person, surrender the praise to God and be grateful for being used as an instrument in the positive action.
4. Remaining stable in appreciation helps you handle criticism with dignity. A person criticizing you is portraying his perception, mood and personality. Detach from the emotional energy attached to it, judge the feedback and see if you need to do something. Otherwise ignore it completely, let go and remain stable. Respect yourself and them.
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