Positive Reflections For The Day - 11-6-25 and 12-6-25
Brahma Kumaris
Positive Reflections For The Day - 11-6-25 and 12-6-25
Asserting Without Arrogance
In our different roles at family and workplace, we need to be assertive in order to influence people to get desirable results. Assertiveness helps us to politely state our opinions, respect others, be firm and be flexible to change. But if we do not take care, we can shift towards arrogance and look down upon others, to feel superior. In our various roles, we need to exercise influence on people, so that we achieve desirable outcomes. We all begin asserting ourselves humbly, but at times we find ourselves becoming pushy or arrogant.
1. Assertive communication is a skill you can master with practice. Think clearly and speak humbly. Choose fewer and right words to state your opinion. Be confident and respectful. Focus on achieving the goal rather than winning the conversation.
2. Remember that you are speaking to another pure being, not to a role or position. The other person may resist, oppose, or question your views. They may even be rude. Have compassion for their behaviors. Be your respectful self and listen patiently.
3. Detach from your point of view to see their perspective. Identify their concerns and address them. When they feel valued, they respect you and become more receptive.
4. Once everyone agrees, calmly communicate responsibilities, set timelines, establish rules and discipline people with dignity.
5. Do not compromise on your values. Stand by them firmly, without fearing consequences.
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7 Benefits Of Offering Food To God Before Eating
A beautiful habit that we can have in our spiritual lives, is cooking all meals in God’s meditative remembrance. Also, atleast one main cooked meal in a day (or more) along with fresh fruits, drinking water and anything else made fresh in your kitchen can be offered to God together. Meditation for 10-15 minutes in the way as we have explained in our earlier messages can be done, but along with connecting with God, we need to radiate His vibrations of purity and love to the food in front of us, which is kept in special boxes and the boxes are kept in a special plate, both of which can be used specially only for this purpose everyday and also washed everyday after this practice. The entire plate with the boxes can be covered with a pure and neat white cloth, which is also used only for this purpose. A meditation musical tune or spiritual song, which reminds us of God, can be played in the background. The following are 7 benefits of this pure and beautiful everyday practice –
1. Increases our chart of remembrance of God.
2. Purifies the food we eat and as a result purifies the soul, subtle body as well as the physical body when we eat the purified food full of God’s vibrations.
3. Develops in us the habit of expressing gratitude to God, in whose remembrance we have cooked the food and to the physical elements, of which the food is made.
4. Develops the habit of eating slowly and consciously in us, as we remember God while eating the food also.
5. Our physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual health improves as we become more spiritually vibrant and full of peace, love and joy.
6. Deepens our relationship with God and brings us closer to Him. Increases our love for Him.
7. Brings others also closer to God and helps them experience His purity and love when we serve food filled with God’s vibrations to them.
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Warm Regards,
Awakening With Brahma Kumaris