Positive Reflections For The Day - 14-4-25 and 15-4-25
Brahma Kumaris
Positive Reflections For The Day - 14-4-25 and 15-4-25
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.
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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.
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Warm Regards,
Awakening With Brahma Kumaris