Keep Positive Approach & Things Will Happen For The Best !

When the oyster found that sand had got under his shell, just one little grain, he said to himself, "If I cannot remove it, I'll try to improve it." 

And as time passed by, this small grain of sand had become a beautiful pearl.

When things go wrong and get under your skin, instead of asking who is to blame, start asking, "What can I do to improve the situation?" 

Develop the oyster approach and transform the situation into something beautiful.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Find Positiveness In Other’s Acts !

You can have good wishes for everyone when you consider the ones who put obstacles in your way as your teachers. 

When someone puts any obstacle in your way, check what feelings you are having towards that person. Check if you are able to have good wishes for them or if your attitude is becoming negative towards them. Even when someone does something wrong towards you, have the awareness that they are the ones who enabled you to learn something new and contributed for your progress. When you do this, your negative feelings will also change to positive and you will begin to have good wishes for them.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Take Up Responsibility And Experience Constant Progress !

Trying to do too much at one time will only leave you exhausted and unable to give your best. 

Like a marathon runner who knows how to complete the race, pick the right pace for yourself and preserve your energy, so that you complete the task.

So, the next time, you're expecting too much from yourself, remind yourself, "If I want to see things through to completion, I have to pace myself properly." 

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Use A Positive Approach To Solve Problems !

By removing the curtain of negative thoughts from your mind you can see the best that is hidden behind in every scene.

Throughout the day when thing s go wrong, check if you are able to remain unaffected. Also check how far you are able to see beyond each situation and see the positive aspect that is hidden within. Each day take the thought that whatever happens is for the best. Even when things go wrong make the practice of seeing the good aspect in the situation and if you are unable to do so, remain with the faith that everything happens for the best.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Recognizing Own Values Will Bring Success & Satisfaction !

To use one value with commitment is to guarantee the use of all values.

Values are related to each other as if they were members of a great family. For the one who is committed to one value is the one who is able to emerge the other connected values. Such a person is able to add quality to everything he does and speaks. When I am able to recognise my own special value and use it with commitment in my daily life, I am able to experience success in all I do. This is because I have the satisfaction of giving my best and of having added quality to everything I do.

 

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Get Rid of Selfishness & Move Towards Success !

You can always be successful when there is a desire to serve others.

At the end of each day, check if you have done anything for others. Also check if there is any consciousness of 'I' in all the things that you do for others. When there is even the slightest trace of a desire for benefit for yourself you cannot experience either contentment or success. Each day take up at least one thing that would bring benefit to others, irrespective of whether it will get you anything or not. When you serve with no selfishness you will find yourself succeeding in all you do.

 

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Stop complaining about your circumstances !

It’s extremely rare to find a successful person who whines, complains, and frets about his circumstances. This is despite the fact that he may have overcome great obstacles to achieve his level of success. On the other hand, it’s extremely common for struggling individuals to continually blame their circumstances for their lack of joy and happiness.

The real question is: what came first – the attitude or the success? The answer, in virtually all cases, is that the winning, positive attitude came first, followed by a lifetime of success.

All it takes is a simple decision; the decision to stop yourself from falling into the habit of complaining about your circumstances. At first it may be difficult – even funny – to observe how often you complain.

Habits can be hard to break. But in this case, it’s well worth the effort. As an excuse of complaint comes to mind, gently shoo it away. Don’t worry about it too much. You’ll quickly get used to the nicer feelings that come from a life without complaints.

Source : K N Rajan

 

 

Feel The Qualities Of Our Soul !

Our original resources are very simply - peace, love, purity, knowledge and happiness. In Raja Yoga meditation these are called the five original qualities of the soul. When we return our consciousness to these five qualities and remember them, then the following feelings arise in us, which finally get reflected in our actions:

• Love: I care and I share.

• Peace: I harmonize and reconcile (adjust).

• Purity: I respect and I honour.

• Knowledge: I am and I exist.

• Happiness: I express and I enjoy.

To understand and remember these qualities, we need to recognize the heavy deep shadows or personality traits (“sanskars”) which have blotted them out, or polluted them. Sometimes we don't recognize the pollutants because they have ingrained themselves so deeply into the personality that we say ‘I am this’. True, complete spiritual knowledge, makes us aware of these pollutants and the practice of meditation empowers us to dilute them and get them out of our consciousness.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Look At Your Dependencies & Learn From Them !

Watch how many things you do during the day are dependent on how you imagine the other sees you: your husband, your friend, your child, your cousin, your aunt, your boss, the secretary or whoever. You imagine how they are going to look at you and, as a result, you mould yourself accordingly. If you depend on the look of the other, inwardly you will always feel fear. You want to please the other so that they continue to see you as you want. Because of the dependence that we have on the other to appreciate us, value us and not to reject us, we want to please them. If, in spite of doing everything possible, they do not appreciate us or are not happy, how do we feel? Cheated. After having done everything out of wanting to please them! Inside, you want to please them because you want them to keep on loving you, or you don't want them to sack you from your job, or you are afraid of being different or not being accepted. That kind of dependency takes us away from our true authenticity. If you look at yourself well, in the end, others will look at you well and the one who does not look at you well will perhaps teach you something, but your value and self-esteem do not depend on the look of the other. In this state, you are open because you trust yourself and you have personal security. 

Get Out Of Your Bad Habits !

Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of. 

How to break bad habits :

  - focus on changing just one habit at a time

 - acknowledge how the habit dis-empowers you

 - realize how you alone can break the habit, no-one else can do it for you

 - separate yourself from your habit and understand that you aren't your habit

 - visualize yourself without the habit

 - replace the bad habit with something positive

 - don't focus on the "not doing", but instead, focus on " doing" the positive action

- don't beat yourself up when you slip up, just break the habit as many times as it takes

Face The Situation Positively !!

Instead of thinking of the situation, think of your own stage.

 

When you find yourself questioning the things that are happening in your life, ask yourself if your own stage is good. The situation might be bad, but check if your own stage is good and if you have the power to face the situation. The reason for losing the stage in a negative situation is because of negative thoughts. In order to finish such negative thoughts, remind yourself that you are learning from the things that are happening so that you can improve your own stage.

 

 

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Cute Positive One-Liners !!

"Life is too short. Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness.

Laugh when you can, apologize when you should and let go of what you can't change.

Love deeply and forgive quickly.

Take chances. Give everything and have no regrets.

Life is too short to be unhappy.

You have to take the good with the bad.

Smile when you're sad, love what you got, and always remember what you had.

Always forgive, but never forget.

Learn from your mistakes but never regret.

People change, and things go wrong but always remember... life goes on!"

~   Author unknown

 

Take Out Time To Relax Yourself !!

When you are full with the nourishment of happiness you will remain healthy. 

Just as the body needs food each day, check if you are giving the nourishment of happiness for the well being of the mind. When the mind is healthy with this regular diet, the body will remain healthy too. In the busy schedule of the day, make sure you make time for yourself. For at least a few minutes, do something that you enjoy and which relaxes your mind. It is essential that the mind is given the food it requires everyday to keep it healthy. 

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Find A Weakness & Overcome It Immediately !

Be light by checking and changing at the same time. 

When something goes wrong, check if you are able to find your own weakness in that situation. Also after finding that weakness in yourself, check if you are getting disheartened. If you only check, but do nothing to change yourself you will find yourself becoming heavy. As soon as you find a weakness, make sure you make out a plan for yourself so that you can bring about the necessary changes immediately to overcome that weakness. In this way you will be able to remain light even when you find your weakness. 

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Explore the Power To Accommodate !

Closely linked to the power of tolerance, the power to accommodate means having a heart so big and generous that I am able to rise above all differences of character and personality while interacting with other soul actors, knowing that every actor in the enormous drama of existence has a unique personality, contribution and role to play. Whereas tolerance heals wounds and removes hurt, accommodation accepts and values differences, observing them and ultimately absorbing them in my love, as an ocean absorbs the rivers that flow into it. While completing my own part as a river, I also need to be aware of God as the Ocean of Love and the Ocean of Wisdom and I as the master Ocean of Love. When I enter this consciousness through meditation, the goodness of all other soul actors becomes clear to me very naturally, and it is no effort for me to go beyond conflict and clashes of opinion. 

I become like my father, the Supreme Soul who is an Ocean of Love. My father sees every actor in this world drama as his child and his love is the same for each one of them (even though they have different personalities and roles) because he has the spiritual knowledge that every soul's original nature is loveful and the present nature is just an artificial one which has been acquired while coming into the process of birth and rebirth. In the same way, I too, experience myself to be a master Ocean Of Love and see all souls as my brothers and absorb their different natures. This is the power to accommodate which I can inculcate inside me through the practice of meditation.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Thought-provoking Positive Quotes !

There is no exercise better for the heart 

than reaching down and lifting people up.

~   John Andrew Holmes

"What you don't do can be a destructive force."

~   Eleanor Roosevelt

"Your worth consists in what you are 

and not in what you have."

~   Thomas A. Edison

The best way to gain self-confidence

is to do what you are afraid to do.

~   Anonymous

The life of man is like a game with dice; 

if you don’t get the throw you want, 

you must show your skill in making the best of the throw you get.

~   Terence

Thoughtful Morning Quotes !

Being gentle isn't being weak but a power that doesn't force or disturb. 

Gentleness comes from the heart and requires awareness and sensitivity. If being gentle doesn't come easy to you, start by being gentle with yourself first. 

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

"Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character.The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him."

~   William Carleton

"Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it."


~   Julie Andrews

Taking Self Towards Success !!

You can become successful when you have humility. 

In all that you do, check if you are experiencing pleasure irrespective of whether you attain success or not. Where there is humility you automatically experience happiness. Before you take up any task make sure you remind yourself to put in your best. At the same time, remind yourself that you are only trying for the success of the task that is good for all. When you take a thought in this way, you will find yourself succeeding. 

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Look At Yourself & Not the Situation !!

Instead of looking at situations, look at yourself and you will progress. 

When something goes wrong, check your thoughts. See if you are blaming the situation or if you are looking at yourself and checking if you have gone wrong in any way. Each day pick out at least one thing that went wrong and take the lesson from it so that you could use it for the future. In this way, whatever happens you will be able to see yourself and progress instead of blaming the situation. 

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Cultivate the Positiveness !

We can rant on and continue to complain and criticize throughout the day. However, if everything appears negative, maybe it's our perception.

We can always find positivity in everything, if we choose to look for it. So, let's cultivate the art of seeing the glass as half full. 

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.