Daily Positive Thoughts: August 17, 2017: Trust Grows From Faith
Amola Shah
Daily Positive Thoughts: August 17, 2017: Trust Grows From Faith
Trust Grows From Faith
It can be difficult to learn who to trust. When we have had bad experience with people who betrayed our trust in the past, it can be difficult to let anyone else in. It can take some time to learn to trust anyone again. Trust goes both ways. If I want to gain someone's trust, I have to show them that I trust them before he or she will open up to me. When I am truthful, this will be evident in everything I say and do. When others realize this, they will begin to trust me. From trust, love begins to grow.
Absorbing Spiritual Light (Part 3)
Continuing from
yesterday’s message, we should not keep the vices bottled up inside us like
prisoners. Prisoners are always plotting to escape. If we change them into our
friends they can help us. For example, the energy required to be stubborn is
almost the same as that required to be determined except that one is positive
and the other negative. The soul learns to transfer such energy.
Anger becomes tolerance. Greed can be transformed into contentment. Arrogance,
or the respect for false identity, can become self-respect. Attachment can be
changed into pure love.
The more I inculcate the Supreme Soul or God’s virtues, the closer I feel to
Him, but if I allow inner disturbances due to any vice, my high stage is
grounded. All the power stored up until that moment will leak away. I must
recognize that I really do not like being body-conscious. As I wish for
higher experiences I choose to live the life of a meditator with purity in
thought, word and action. Obstructions come within and without, but through my
connection with God I am drawing so much power so as to remain unaffected. This
needs soul-consciousness. So in discarding the rubbish of the vices I have
gathered over many births, I become my original form and maintain it through my
closeness or companionship with God.
Make up
While we spend much time 'making up' our faces
to ensure our
appearance is beautiful for others, we forget to
make up our minds.
This is not about making decisions. Making up
our mind means ensuring
that our thoughts are positive and our feelings
towards others are
filled with good wishes. When we do, others
begin to sense a deeper
beauty emanating from behind the skin! This is
inner beauty. Don't
hide behind your face. Let the real you show
through…
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Message for the day
Royalty of personality lies in cheerfulness.
Thought to ponder: A royal person maintains his royalty and poise in all circumstances. Cheerfulness in all situations is royalty. There might be situations challenging my state of self-respect and happiness. But I will continue to move forward with a sense of self-respect and positivity.
Point to practice: Today I will remain seated on my secret of self-respect in all I do. I will order situations, my mind and my own sense organs whilst seated on this seat. I will not come down and get colored or affected by the negativity of the situation.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris