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Patience brings harmony in relationships

Projection

When there is a misunderstanding in a relationship we

hardly put in any effort in order to understand the other
person. We tend to become impatient and we don't listen to
the other person to understand them. Because of which we
start inventing things about them. This only further
increases the misunderstanding.
Solution

When we have a difference of opinion with someone, we

need to give some time to understand and listen to the
other person. Only then will we be able to understand the
other person's point of view. This practice will enable us to
finish any misunderstanding we have with others and
brings harmony in relationships.

Understanding The Virtue Of

Love
Love is normally associated with the heart. But what is the heart? You are your
heart. Human consciousness is the heart. You have two hearts the physical heart
and the spiritual heart. Your physical heart is not a source of love, it is simply a very
powerful pump. Your spiritual heart is a source of love and you are it. Why?
Because you are spirit or soul. This is important because it reminds you that you are
love and you are a source of love. In fact, you dont need love because you already
have it! However, you dont feel it. You normally believe that love and happiness are
physical sensations. This teaching is dangerous because it makes you reverse the
flow of the energy of your own heart from giving and radiating to wanting and taking.
Thats why attachment happens and our life becomes rather dry of real love. This
false belief, that love comes from outside, eventually makes us turn our own life into
one which is filled with sounds of give me, give me, give me! Its no wonder love is
a rare experience because the moment our aim is to take we change the energy of
our heart into fear. The fear that we wont get, the fear that if we do get it wont be
up to expectation and the fear that when we do get we might lose what we got! And
we havent even got it yet! If only someone had told us that fear is the opposite of
love.

Emotional Intelligence
Most of us create the following forms of disturbances inside our minds:
anxiety, tension, fear, irritation, frustration, anger, sadness, depression,
worry, powerlessness, hopelessness are but a few of the many painful
emotional experiences! One minute the high of excitement and the
next moment the depths of sadness. We have been taught to believe
this is good, normal and healthy, but it is not it leads only to addiction
to the emotional disturbance in our minds and the chemicals they
stimulate in our bodies. When people hear this they immediately think
that without emotion life would be without feeling and meaning, a cold
and boring existence. In fact the opposite is true. Free of emotional
disturbance we are able to feel better, care deeper and better. We also
learn how to truly motivate ourselves instead of being dependent on
emotions to motivate us. Emotion is the lazy mans form of motivation.
There is very little power in emotion. It always fizzles out fast!

Anger Management And

Prevention
Step One Never struggle with your anger. Don't fight it, or resist it, in
any way. That only either strengthens it, or suppresses it until another
day. So face it and accept its presence.
Step Two As soon as possible, simply observe it. In the act of
observation all emotion must die. Why? Because you are standing
back from it within your consciousness in order to observe it. And as
you stand back within your consciousness you are withdrawing your
life giving energy from it.
Step Three Through the practice of meditation, return to your centre,
that means the centre of your consciousness, the centre of your self.
At the centre you will find inner peace, and that peace is your power.
At the centre of yourself you will find your love, and that love, when
you give it to yourself and others, is the healing balm of forgiveness.

Self Empowerment

To fill your self with a virtue or power, which you feel you lack inside yourself, try the following exercise. Suppose
you feel that you lack contentment. To enhance this virtue inside you, sit comfortably in a pleasant room with your
eyes open.
Withdraw energy mentally from everything around you not to reject or resist, but to turn your attention inward. You
might think of how a tortoise withdraws into its shell to detach itself from the outside world, but carrying the
experience of the world with it inside its shelter.
Create a point of consciousness. Focus on the centre of your forehead. Think of this point as a radiant star, a
sparkling jewel, a flame or a being of light. This will transmit positive energy, making you feel good about yourself.
Affirm this positive energy through positive thoughts and images about yourself such as I am a contented soul, I
shower everyone whom I meet with the virtue of contentment, I am a jewel of contentment, or I am the child of
the Supreme Being, the Ocean of Contentment.
Focus your energy on contentment, and let this become the object of your meditation. As you focus, you will give
contentment life, turning a thought into a feeling.
Experience this feeling by giving your conscious attention to it.

During the entire day, you could visualize yourself performing each action in the canopy (shelter) of the Ocean of
Contentment.
Now perform this exercise for different virtues like cheerfulness, courage, humility, tolerance, forgiveness,
determination, etc. especially for the ones you think are lacking inside you. For the virtues already existing inside
you, you could use this exercise to strengthen those personality traits and bring them more into actions and
interactions.

Leadership
The deepest and most important form of leadership
today has little to do with leading the troops into battle, or
leading the teams into the market place of competition,
or even leading the nation or organization. Leadership is
the ability to help others see and know themselves, know
their own values, and their value to others, and align
their actions with their values. It is called integrity,
transparency, being egoless, humble, honest, caring,
benevolent. In short, being a good human being.

Happiness

Most of us learn to live life reluctantly, (I HAVE to go to work, I HAVE

to do this and that); few of us realize we drain our own power by
forgetting we always have choice and free will. Instead we make
ourselves feel like prisoners of our culture, our environment or 'the
system', and as a consequence we fall asleep to our choices. Start
to consciously choose the day every day, consciously choose to do
everything you do. Even if you don't particularly enjoy what you do,
choose it. Remind yourself that joy is not something you get from a
particular place or activity, true joy is something that you generate
as you give yourself whole heartedly to whatever you do. Be whole
hearted in everything you do and watch how it transforms (changes)
life from 'have to' a 'want to'. The first word on your lips as soon as
you awaken in the morning YES!

Meditation Experiencing My Original Home

(cont.)

Along with reading over the following words slowly and silently, make a sincere effort to create corresponding
images of them in the eye of your mind:
I focus myself on the self, the soul, a golden point of light........
I reside between the eyebrows in the middle of the forehead........
I radiate golden rays of peace, purity and love in all directions........
In this awareness of I the soul, with the power of my mind I can travel beyond the limits of my physical senses........
I visualize myself gradually going out from this physical body........
I, the sparkling star like energy, fly into the night sky........
I see myself floating above a vast expanse of buildings and lights........
Slowly I rise higher and higher to enter space........
I am surrounded by millions of stars and planets........
Gradually I see myself flying beyond the world of five elements........
I, the golden star, enter another dimension, a soft golden-red light world........
A world of sweet silence and peace........
full of peaceful light stretching into infinity........
I feel pure warmth here, surrounded by light........
I the being of light sparkle in this sixth element........
I am free of all tensions, extremely light.........
This is where I belong,
This is my home........
I recognize this place........
I had forgotten it, but now I have rediscovered it........
Spend a few minutes in this positive experience and then gradually come downwards to take your seat back in the
physical body.

Erasing the Details (Visualization)

The following visualization is designed to free your awareness from everything that is not the essential
self. It is not the aim to escape or avoid ourselves but an opportunity to be free of everything to which
we surrender our awareness and our attention. The mystery within the exercise is simple, when you
discriminate and detach from everything outside yourself you do not lose the world, it will always be
there, but you regain yourself, which was also always there, but was lost in the world!
Sit comfortably...
Visualize an eraser in your hand...
Take the eraser and imagine yourself rubbing out the desk in your office...
Then rub out the building, which holds your office...
Erase your car...
Then the surrounding streets and homes...
Then be aware of everything outside your own home...rub it out...
Then inside .. your bedroom, the kitchen, the lounge...
Erase them all one by one...
Until you are sitting in your chair floating in space...
Now rub out the chair...
Then look down and rub out your entire physical body and facial features...
There is now nothing left...except you, a sparkling being of conscient energy...floating in empty space
It's not that you are no longer...
As you float there you are very aware of yourself, very focused on yourself, powerful, peaceful and quite
content...
...just to be...

Self Esteem
When we spend time watching others its too easy to become a little
envious (jealous), to want what they have, to aspire to be what they are.
Some say it's good to aspire to be like someone, achieve what someone
else has achieved and then, when you get there you will be happy. But it's
impossible. We want the lives of others, the achievements of others, the
prestige of others, and in the wanting we will find the threads of
discontentment, fear of possible failure, envy and jealousy. We cannot be
someone else. We can only 'be ourself' and can only play our own
assigned role.
Question: Who is it in your life that you envy or would most like to be like
or attain what they have attained?
Reflection: What sort of feelings/emotions come up when you are
watching them or thinking about them?
Action: What will you/can you do to free yourself from aspiring to be
someone else?

Open Spaces of Silence

One of the aims of meditation is not to stop your thoughts but to
slow them down so that you may find and enter the silence between
and behind your thinking. This is a little challenging at first but the
more you practice the easier it becomes.
Think of your thoughts as trains, just as in the saying we sometimes
use, 'train of thought'. Each thought is a carriage and in between
the thoughts/carriages is a small gap, a space. The train can arrive
at different speeds. Our aim is to slow the train down and become
aware of the space between the carriages, in other words between
your thoughts. You may even be able to increase that space so that
there is the experience of no thought. In this moment you reconnect
with the silence that exists always between and behind your
thoughts. Don't try to hold it or grasp it, or you will lose it.

Meditation - What The

Scientists Say ....
* Scientists used to believe connections among brain cells were
fixed early in life and did not change in adulthood, but studies
using brain imaging have shown that mental training through
meditation can change brain circuits. It can also improve higher
mental activity by increasing coordination between different brain
areas.
* Meditation can be an active rather than passive
process. During the practice of meditation, brain areas dealing
with input from the senses become less active, but other parts
"light up" and the heart rate increases.
* Meditation can free us from negative tendencies, letting us see
both our true inner nature and the reality of the world around us.

Anger Management And Prevention (cont.)

At least twice in a day, withdraw yourself from your daily routine and visualize the
following positive thoughts:
I am a concentrated spark of life energy, located between the eyebrows........
Gradually I fly towards my sweet silent home........
Here I feel myself being drawn towards the Supreme Soul, a star-like entity with unlimited
power.......
Like a laser beam, powerful rays of peace from the Ocean of Peace fall on me which
make me calm, centered and composed........
As I release all negative emotions of anger from my system, I feel more and more
relaxed........
I acquire an attitude of acceptance towards everyone and everything around me........
In the canopy (shelter) of the Ocean of Love, I forgive myself and others completely and
release all resentments (negative emotions towards others) now.......
I am now overflowing with peace and love and shall create harmony in all my
relationships.......
I am receiving the spiritual power from the World Almighty Authority to remain in charge of
my energies......
Nothing can disturb my peace now.......

Anger Management And

Prevention
Practice the following techniques to help yourself become free of anger:
1. Future Consciousness
Eighty percent of the content of your conversations is focused on the
past. The past is like a filing cabinet. When you go to the office do you
spend the day in the filing cabinet? Consciously shift your focus to the
future in everything you think and say, not a future filled with desires and
expectations, but one in which you simply see everything as going well.
2. Self Counseling
Stop hurting yourself, for that is what you do when you get upset or
angry about anything. How would you counsel (guide) someone who is
determined to harm themselves? Similarly, talk to yourself and talk
yourself out of the habit of emotional self-harm. What would that
conversation with the self sound like?

Anger Management And

Prevention (cont.)
3. Transformation In Focus
Find an area of life where you can focus your time and energy in positive
ways e.g. meditation. This is like taking water away from the tree of your
many anger, irritation and resentment making habits and the tree will begin to
decompose and die.
4. Self Withdrawal
In the meeting or kitchen or in the one-to-one at work, to become the master
of your responses visualize and practice remaining peaceful yet aware,
detached yet available, disengaged yet actively involved!
5. Transformation Of Company
We make it easier for ourselves to change our anger habits, by not spending
time with negative minded people, people who are always moaning and
complaining. Send them your good wishes along with your apologies for your
absence.

Anger Management And Prevention (cont.)

I am a concentrated spark of life energy, located between the eyebrows........

Gradually I fly towards my sweet silent home........
Here I feel myself being drawn towards the Supreme Soul, a star-like entity with
unlimited power.......
Like a laser beam, powerful rays of peace from the Ocean of Peace fall on me which
make me calm, centered and composed........
As I release all negative emotions of anger from my system, I feel more and more
relaxed........
I acquire an attitude of acceptance towards everyone and everything around
me........
In the canopy (shelter) of the Ocean of Love, I forgive myself and others completely
and release all resentments (negative emotions towards others) now.......
I am now overflowing with peace and love and shall create harmony in all my
relationships.......
I am receiving the spiritual power from the World Almighty Authority to remain in
charge of my energies......
Nothing can disturb my peace now.......

Self-Empowerment
To empower the self we need to realize and review our weaknesses or
those aspects of life that are holding us back in some way and/or are
causing us some sorrow or discomfort. The next step is to
use techniques of meditation to remove these weaknesses . To know
your weaknesses, perform the following exercise:
A. Remember the darker times in your life, when you experienced failure.
What was the common weakness present in your behaviour at those
times?
B. What are the negative or destructive trends in your behaviour
because of which you or others experience pain or sorrow?
C. Sometimes certain traits or behaviour of others can arouse a negative
response in us. What is that negative response?
D. What are you most frightened of?
E. Now review your answers and summarize. What are your three
main weaknesses?

Ways to Stop Worrying and

Start Living

1. Ask yourself that if what you worry about did happen what would
you do next?
Let's say all the evidence points towards your future being harmed. Take a
moment to visualize what you would do next. What would be the next step,
the step beyond what you do now? See yourself taking that step with ease
while enjoying and learning from the transition to a new chapter in your life.
2. Put all your worries on a piece of paper and then set fire to it
Write down your worries on a blank sheet and then have a 'sacrificial fire
ceremony' as you send your worries up in smoke.
3. See worry as paying interest on a debt that you have not yet
incurred
Watch how your worrying is draining you. The thoughts are sucking away
your life energy. It's like a debt collector calling to collect on a debt you do
not have. Stop paying of a non-existent debt.

Meditation And Visualization

The Supreme Being (Supreme Soul) is the seed of all human
souls. He has the same form as the soul, a subtle, infinitesimal
(extremely small), point of light. The only difference is in the
qualities that he radiates. He is an Ocean of peace, joy, love,
bliss, knowledge, purity, power, etc.
In the practice of meditation, the soul, using its thought power
and power of visualization links its mind to this Supreme Energy
and spiritually charges itself with all the divine virtues that he is a
source of. Knowing the Supreme Being's form and virtues, we
can bring that image onto the screen of our mind and begin
immediately to experience his qualities and powers by
associating them with that beautiful form.

Discovering Inherent Virtues /

Values

Meditation enables us to achieve self-awareness and self-realization (a true sense of who

we really are), and discover our inherent virtues or specialties, which lay hidden within
each of us.
1. Use a flower as a basis for meditation. You should be completely focused on the flower,
and no other thoughts should enter your mind.
3. How might the qualities of the flower reflect aspects of your self?
4. Now consider each different characteristic you have given the flower. Think about each
of it in terms of how it might correspond to your personality.
5. If the flower has any negative aspects (is one of the petals drying out?), what might this
be telling you about yourself? Concentrate on mending the negative, making your selfimage wholly positive.
6. Connect with the flower in this way, until you feel that the beauties you see are a direct
reflection of your virtues.
In the above exercise, the form of the flower's many petals may be seen to correspond to
your virtues; the fragrance may correspond to the quality of your thoughts; and the color
may refer to some of your positive moods or emotions (green for your love of the world,
red for calm assertion, blue for enveloping sympathy). What you see, in the moment of
meditation, is what you are

World Transformation
Through Self Transformation

Would you scold a young child for their mischievousness or

mistakes? Though it's important to be firm in teaching discipline, a
good parent or caregiver realizes that the child is innocent of how it
should behave. Therefore, the approach is patient and loving. But
what happens when we see adults making big-little errors? It's true
that adults have to be more responsible for their actions but that's
not always the case. It's in our best interest to accept that no matter
how much we correct people, they are likely to change at their own
time. At times, we all come under the influence of our personality
traits (sanskaras), which compel us to act against better judgment.
As we are in the same boat, keeping faith and good wishes for
others (and ourselves) is the best way to guide and bring about
good transformation.

Stress Management

It is likely that each day usually has a number of minor and perhaps
major anxious moments. We tend to accept those moments as a
part of normal life and do little to understand and resolve them. Little
moments eventually grow into big moments and suddenly we are in
crisis. By responding honestly to the questions you see here you will
gain insight into whatever the situation is and as a result begin to
see possible ways to resolve.
Questions
What was your most stressful moment today?
What do you think was the cause of your stress?
Were there any emotions present? Describe those emotions.
Why do you think you responded in this way?

Letting Go Off The Past

The most powerful anchor on our potential to soar high in
life is the past. The past consists of our experience, learned
beliefs and all our mistakes. Life cannot truly begin until we
are able to say goodbye to yesterday at will. Like a filing
cabinet, the past is a resource of information for learning,
but it is not a place to live. When you go to work do you
spend your day in the filing cabinet? How often will you/did
you live in the past today? Say goodbye and make it final.
Saying farewell to yesterday, last month and last year is the
sign of a person who wants to live for today and is truly
alive to all the possibilities of 'the moment', while fully aware
that all they think, say and do right now, creates tomorro

Self Awareness

The soul is a small point of pure, spiritual light, which is conscious,

and self-aware, whose eternal and true nature is peaceful and full of
love. Located above and behind the eyes, we receive information
about the world through the five senses of our body and the brain. If
you find this hard to understand, just ask yourself quite naturally,
"Where do I do my thinking?" The chances are that, if asked to point
to where your thinking takes place, you would point to an area
somewhere in the middle of your forehead. The brain is like your
computer and you (the soul) are the operator.
This awareness of your self as soul does not diminish (decrease)
the value of your brain and body in any way. It simply corrects your
relationship with them.

One Thought One Feeling

(Visualization)
Create a positive thought about yourself. For example - "I am a peaceful
being" or "I am a loving soul" or "I am filled with constant contentment".
Now find an object, associate the object with the thought and meditate
on both together. Allow the object to open and deepen the thought and
the feelings, which may come with it. Use different objects with different
thoughts.
For example "I am peace" ..... and .... a tea cup!
I imagine filling the cup, not with water but with liquid peace...
It fills to overflowing...
Spilling peace is not a problem for I have an unlimited amount of
peacefulness to pour...
I hand the cup to someone I know who is having difficulty with stress... I
see them drink from the cup and smile...
Already they are feeling more relaxed

Meditation
Exploration and experimentation of a few methods of meditation is
required before one decides which is the most appropriate method for
him/her. One can know through a combination of intuition and
experience. One may experience a few moments of peace while
gazing into a candle flame but it is unlikely to help one change a
pattern of negative thinking and acting. The rhythm of a mantra being
chanted verbally, or even mentally, may erase anxious and angry
thoughts (stress) for a while, but it won't change the hidden beliefs and
perceptions, which are responsible for one's stressful emotions. A
good test of any method is to ask yourself five questions: does it
increase my self awareness, does it help me understand myself better;
does it empower me to transform my deepest negative habits; does it
help bring a lighter and more positive energy to my relationships; does
it help me 'see' more clearly my values and my purpose in life.

Restoring Freedom
There is nothing more certain in life than the eventual loss of
whatever you become attached to. If you cannot yet be detached
then you can prepare for the moment the universe will come to take
away your attachments. This is also a moment of freedom, although
we do not appreciate it until after the event.
Make a list of all the things (ideas, objects, people, circumstances
etc), which you are attached to.
Take one item at a time and complete the following statement:
If the universe took away/changed/or altered (insert
attachment)...............................then my response would be as
follows. I would feel....................................... and I would (what would
you do)..................

Creative Consciousness

Every day provides us with a rich resource of material and

experiences, which we can use to empower and expand our
own creative capacity as well, learn about ourselves.
I. Write a poem (day one and four)
Based on your day today
II. Write a short story (day two and five)
Based on three people you encountered today
III. Draw a picture (day three and six)
Illustrate your experience of today.

Self Management
A fundamental principle of successful living is : Event
+ Response = Outcome. It may require some
adjustments to our beliefs and changes to our daily
behaviours. When we realize that we are not getting the
outcomes or the results we want, what do we try to change
in the above principle? Unfortunately it's the event. And the
event is always in the past, and it usually involves other
people, both of which we can never change (the past and
other people). In order to change the outcomes we need to
change our responses. By including a few minutes
of reflection or relaxation in our daily routine, we can
empower ourselves to do that.

From Peaceless to Peaceful

Moments

Think for a few moments and write down three situations when you
normally lack or lose your peace (become angry) during the course
of the day.
1.
2.
3.
Now perform this simple exercise. Use the term "Om Shanti" to
mentally invoke and experience your inner peace in each of these
situations. Experience the meaning of the words "Om Shanti" (I am
a soul and my original nature is peace). At the end of the day, note
down what difference it made to the interactions (situations).

Positive Thinking

Given below are some examples of simple positive affirmations

(thoughts) that you can make about oneself, others, real life situations
and the future, which will assist you in becoming a positive thinker.
The self: I do like myself; I accept my weaknesses; I understand
myself; I have special skills and qualities; I value myself; I believe in
myself; I am lovable.
Others: I accept others as they are; I look for the best in others; there
is something good in everyone I meet; I appreciate others.
A real life situation: I am capable of handling the situation; I have all
I need; I am fortunate; there is a bright side to everything; nothing
lasts forever.
The future: I look forward to each day; every difficult situation is an
opportunity/challenge in disguise; each day brings something new
and beautiful, something to learn.

Meditation For Experiencing

Soul Consciousness

Read over the following words slowly and silently. Using the power of visualization, aim to experience
them in your mind:
I withdraw my attention away from the physical limbs and sense organs........
I focus on myself........
I am listening through these ears........
I am looking through these eyes........
This instrument of mine, the physical body, is a precious vehicle........
a valuable instrument, a medium........
But, that which is more valuable and more precious is the being making this instrument function........
Within this assembly of bones and muscles and amazing organs is a being of light........
In the centre of the forehead is a point of light
I am this being of light........
I the being of light express myself through this body........
But the body is not I........
I am light........
I spread rays of peace in all directions........
I become aware of the power within this point of light........
Within I the being of light is everything that I am and everything that I have........
Within my own being are my virtues, my powers, my talents........
In the awareness of who I am I radiate this light within........
and in the awareness of this inner light........
I hold my head held high in dignity........

Time Management
The one who works in coordination with others is the one
who can fulfill responsibilities well. Responsibilities can be
fulfilled well when there is the recognition that each one
can contribute something to the task. It is also essential to
create a cooperative rather than a competitive
environment. Then there would be no feeling of superiority
or inferiority in anyone. When we are responsible to
complete some task, we need to involve all the people
who can help in it. When we do this we will find our task
finishing faster. Also we would find that we would get the
good wishes of all the people involved in the task.

Happiness

Most of the happiness in life today is UP happiness, and is closely followed by

DOWN sorrow. UP happiness is usually influenced by and dependent on something
outside ourselves a person, an event or a substance. It's always followed by a
DOWN sorrow. And that's why UP happiness is not real happiness. Its just
stimulation. It's not true happiness, it's artificially induced, which means it can't last,
it has no staying power. Very very few people have found true, stable, lasting
happiness, which is why most of us live lives of UPS and DOWNS! You can choose
to keep bouncing from UP to DOWN by saying that it's normal. And that's fine,
because it's your choice. But watch carefully if you do make this choice the
DOWNS gradually become more frequent, deeper and longer, and the UPS
become shorter and shallower. The other option is incredibly simple, possibly too
simple if you are so used to roller coaster happiness. The regular practice of
meditation helps you become content with whatever you are feeling at any given
moment and with the way things are outside and around you. If you keep choosing
this contentment, you will begin to experience real happiness, an inner happiness
that has an enduring strength and stability. It is not a boring happiness it is a
nourishing happiness.

Symptoms Of Stress

1. Restlessness - We could have difficulty sitting still over even short periods of
time and we may play with our hands, twiddling our thumbs or playing with the rings
on our fingers.
2. Impatience And Short-temperedness - We could find ourselves becoming
angry at any moment for simple reasons; or we may snap at people, too quick to
assume that they are accusing us.
3. Obsessive Working - Treating work as a refuge can be a stress symptom,
although stress can also manifest itself as absenteeism.
4. Loss Of Appetite - Food doesn't interest us anymore. Either we don't eat, or we
over-consume junk food, or whatever is in the store cupboard or fridge.
5. Fear Of Silence - Silence may cause us discomfort, so that we "over-talk" when
with other people or leave on the radio or television when alone. Alternatively, we
may be intolerant of noise.

Curing Depression Through

Meditation

We all at times experience symptoms like feeling tensed, nervous, restless,

frightened, having difficulty to go to sleep, forgetting important information,
palpitation, undue sweating in hands etc. The practice of Rajyoga meditation
alone can be of tremendous help in overcoming these minor psychological
problems known as neurotic illness.
In the case of patients suffering from neurotic diseases such as anxiety,
insomnia, insecurities, phobias, neurotic depression, obsessive compulsive
disorders, addictions, etc. routine systematic Rajyoga meditation practice
proves beneficial when combined with conventional medicines and
psychotherapy. First of all write down all specific symptoms, which you
experience. Also do some self-analysis and try to pinpoint the cause of your
diseases. While meditating, use the subtle rays of light and might received
from the Supreme Being to disintegrate suppressed dissatisfaction with self
and others. At the end of the meditation practice, during the last few minutes
generate positive thoughts to relieve the specific neurotic symptoms.

Curing Depression Through

Meditation (cont....)

Someone suffering from depression should experience some relief by picturing the following
meditation commentary on the screen of his/her mind for 15 minutes every morning and evening:
I am a soul, a tiny star, sitting on my throne between the eyebrows........
I picture my destination, a land of soft golden-red light, beyond the sun, moon and stars........
On the wings of thought I fly there........
Now I am in front of the Father of the soul, a star-like entity like myself but an Ocean of Bliss........
Strong currents of spiritual bliss are radiating from this Supreme Point of Light in all directions........
Like a sponge, I soak up this light of bliss within me........
I am overflowing with happiness and super sensuous joy........
Now, in a deep meditative state, repeat silently the following positive affirmations:
I can be free of depression, right now........
I am the master of my mind, my thoughts, my intellect........
My thoughts create my feelings........
I free my mind from all worries, fears and memories of the past.........
I think only positive thoughts about myself.........
I feel very confident, energetic and enthusiastic........
I am very strong and can be a winner in every sphere of life........
By understanding this meditation I have understood the true purpose and worth of life and am getting
more and more interested in it........
I shall now take interest in the activities of day-to-day life........

Spiritual Vision

A spiritual vision in the context of our relationships means we see

the highest spiritual qualities in others despite what they say or do.
This is difficult until we are able to see the same in ourselves. This
simple exercise is a beginning. Write down the names of three
people you know (family, friend, colleague) and then three positive
qualities that you see in each of them.
Now imagine they are doing the same with you - what would they
write down for you - write down a few positive qualities you think
they would see in you.
Regularly affirm your spiritual qualities, which they generate. The
more you learn to see them within yourself, the more you will see
and appreciate them in others.

Peaceful Listening
To be a peaceful listener:
1. Be peaceful within, calming the mind in order to listen deeply.
2. Listen with your heart by keeping an open posture, a receptive and calm
expression, and a kind, non-judgmental attitude.
3. Listen with your full attention.
4. Only if the person finds it difficult to speak, be curious, encouraging them
by making gentle, open-ended enquiries.
5. Be aware that interruptions (making comments, noises or facial
expressions) are not necessary; sometimes they can influence or detract the
person from expressing their feelings or telling their story in their own way.

Positive Thinking

There are some common held misconceptions about positive

thinking. We mention a few of them here:
1. There is a common notion that positive thinking makes one 'soft',
a bit weak. But quite the opposite is true. The more we understand
and experience our own inner qualities and powers and realize our
own weaknesses, the stronger, more stable and less dependent we
become on others.
2. Some of us also hold the belief that a 'positive thinker' walks with
a broad smile on his face all day long and thinks 'everything is
great'. But 'positive thinking' is an inner matter, a mental attitude. It is
a way of looking at life's circumstances. It teaches us to act instead
of only reacting; to get a firm hold on our life again, instead of being
led by others or by circumstances.

True Potential

The potential of a good team is buried in the people that make up

the team. It will emerge as a combination of talent, skills and
character. It will be seen and felt in the quality of communication as
the team rises to the challenge of fulfilling its purpose. Similarly, your
potential is buried within, but in order to allow it to emerge you will
need to stop putting blocks and barriers in its way.
While talents may be evident, and skills can be learned, both will be
fine tuned with practice from 'outside in'. The deepest potential of
any human being is spiritual in nature, and it comes from 'inside
out'. The regular practice of meditation helps us in harnessing our
true inner potential.

Meditation

When you start meditating, the important thing is to be patient with

yourself. Many people try to meditate but find it hard to sit still and
quieten the mind. Our journeys to this point are very different and,
as a result, we all have different personalities. Some take to
meditation like a duck to water, but if you find it difficult getting
started, be patient with yourself. For others, it can take weeks or
sometimes months before they feel they are really beginning to
practice and experience the benefits. The main thing is not to expect
anything specific. Some people see light, others feel more peaceful
and others feel more powerful and in control. Never compare your
experience with others.

Re-discovering Internal
Strengths
Make a short list of your truest internal strengths, which you believe
you possess but do not use in your practical life.
Ask yourself whether any of these strengths can be used to remove
unnecessary stresses, tensions or contradictions in your practical
life? Now determine that you will bring these strengths into practice
at your workplace and at home - where everyone will see the use
you are making of them.
Believe in these ideas as symbols of your essential character, rather
than thinking of them as separate from yourself. Using this hidden
wealth of your strengths in your practical life will help you realise
your complete potential and fulfill your goals in your personal as well
as professional life.

True progress brings progress in others as

much as for the self.
Projection
It is usually believed that self-progress and progress of others are
totally separate. It is believed that where there is thought for the
progress of the self, there is selfishness and there is no benefit for
those around. In fact, selfishness in an extreme form can also
have a negative influence on those around.
Solution
In whatever we do we have to check and see if there is any benefit
for others along with whatever benefit we are getting. If there isn't
we can check to see if there is a better way of doing what we are
doing which could have a positive influence on at least one
person. Then we will find ourselves benefitting doubly. We will get
the blessings from others along with the personal benefit we get.

To be a donor means to give at each step and

increase one's own stock.
Projection
Usually it seems very difficult to be a donor - to give from whatever
resources we have. The thought often arises in the mind that we cannot
give because we are ourselves not complete or full. We find ourselves
constantly trying to fill ourselves and we then have no time or thought for
giving to those around us.
Solution
We have a lot of treasures within us which we can give to those around
us, our virtues, our specialties etc. Even if we have just a little and give to
the others, we will find ourselves benefitting. For having given from
whatever we have, we find that these treasures begin to increase within
ourselves too.

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