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The Illusion Of Dependency The more a person depends on a pattern of thinking, a particular person or a particular role, the more there is fear of loss. The security created by dependence is illusion. The reality of life is that anything external to ourselves can, at any time, vanish. What will we do then? Where is our life's anchor? If it is not within, we will suffer.

Soul Power Over Role Power (Part 2) Continuing from yesterday’s message, the various components of soul power are: The power of inner silence or the silence of my mind - Silence is a power. The fewer the thoughts in my mind and the more powerful, positive, peaceful and focused they are, the more my mind will contribute to the success of the role on a subtle level. My silence is regularly tested when faced with negative situations or obstacles. The more successful I am in maintaining this stage in such situations, the more is my treasure of silence collected over a period of time and the more positive the influence of this silence will be on my physical role and the success of various tasks connected with the role. The power of inner and outer carefreeness, happiness and contentment - Happiness not only inside but also giving others an experience of the same through my face, my eyes, my words and actions full of lightness and enthusiasm, etc. while coming in contact with them. Ensuring I am content with myself and others and also others are content with me. Regular periods of discontentment or unhappiness either within me or in my relationships affect the success of my role adversely. In tomorrow’s message, we shall explain the remaining components that make up soul power.

Thoughts, Words and Actions The gap between what you say and what you do, between what you promise and what you deliver, is like a drain in the road. The drain is where water escapes, just as your power will seep away if there is a difference between your words and your actions.

Soul Power Over Role Power (Part 1) Every act that we are involved in throughout the day is made possible or real by two entities - role and soul working in conjunction with each other. Although, it is a spiritual fact that the soul is the master and makes the role function, without the soul the role cannot function; while playing any role in our day-to-day life we tend to forget this fact and our entire focus falls on the role that is to be played, forgetting that by doing that, we bring down the probability of success of that role in our personal or professional life. Focusing positively on the soul and its components while playing the role fills the role with soul power and focusing on the role and its components while playing the role fills the role with something you could call role power. We need to create a balance between the role and the soul and a balance in using both role and soul power to bring about the success of the role, the role could be of any type. Even a project that you have to work on in the office which is going to last for a month is an example of a temporary role you have to play. There are many other examples of roles - getting your child’s homework done, preparing food for the entire family, doing charity work at the club together, taking part in an extracurricular activity in school or college, etc. Any such or other role will consist of some or all of these components - various tasks, interaction with people or relationships, mediums like wealth and other objects, time, knowledge of everything connected with the role including the components that make up the role, etc. All these components are physical in nature and make up the role. The power that these components possess makes up what we call role power. Now, what happens is that as soon as we step into the role each day or on a particular day, obviously our aim is to bring about success of the role, but to achieve that, our entire focus falls on using the power of the role, neglecting the immense potential that soul power possesses. We spend our day and night in streamlining the role components for the well being of the role, not realizing that this purpose could be more easily achieved, if the focus is more on using soul power, obviously without neglecting role power (without which the purpose cannot be achieved). In tomorrow’s message, we shall explain the various components that make up soul power.

Contentment Contentment does not come to those whose means are great, but to those whose needs are few.

12 Characteristics Of A Divine Soul (Part 2) 7. A divine soul is like a mirror in which others can see God's goodness and strengths and realise their weaknesses and anything lacking in them easily. 8. It will be very clean and true to God and follow everything that God instructs without any doubts and fears of how it will bring everything into practice. 9. It is a clean and transparent medium which God uses at every moment to vibrate His wisdom, qualities and powers into the Universe. 10. A divine soul will feel its eternal purity of the soul world, which is its spiritual home where it existed without a body as a spiritual being before coming down on Earth and the original purity of the Golden Age or Satyuga, which is the first yuga where it played its role through the physical body, constantly and radiate the same to others. 11. It will emanate a strong vibration of soul consciousness through its physical features and personality and bring everyone closer to the strong spiritual vibration of God. 12. It is connected to God constantly and is full of humility and serves in the remembrance of God with a lot of lightness giving all the credit of the service it does, to God.

Constant Renewal The law of life is constant renewal. So, let everything flow - air, water, light, thoughts and feelings. Go beyond everything that is old in this world: old ideas; old concepts; old methods. Look with new eyes and do things differently based on inner values.

12 Characteristics Of A Divine Soul (Part 1) 1. A divine soul is an embodiment of God's wisdom and completely free of negative and waste thoughts. 2. It is absolutely pure and viceless, with God's pure thoughts and feelings influencing its thoughts and feelings continuously. 3. It will perform each divine action keeping in mind all the three phases of time - past, present and future and experience success in each action. 4. Whatever a divine soul will think and give its positive energies to, it will manifest and happen in practical life easily. 5. Its thoughts will be less in number, positive in nature and full of accuracy and strength, which will transmit to other souls and nature and bring about positive change in the self and the world. 6. It has telescopic vision and it is able to perceive and experience the past of 4 yugas – Satyuga, Tretayuga, Dwaparyuga and Kaliyuga clearly, in which it has played its roles through different physical bodies, and feel it deeply to be as one's own story and one it has been a part of. (To be continued …)

All Will Be Well Amidst the earthquakes of unexpected situations, the hurricanes of unreasonable behaviour, when fortune strikes against me, I will remain unmoved, knowing that finally all will be well.

Experiencing Compassion For People Who Are Different Only by acknowledging how you fundamentally view the world differently from others can you develop the awareness to have compassion for those who are different from you. Different means everyone you come in contact with. Being judgmental or critical about others behaviors comes naturally to most of us and we always feel we are right in what we feel about them. Very easily we label people right or wrong. But right or wrong according to who? According to our perspective. The same situation is perceived differently by different people and we are not able to understand them because we can only see things through our perspective. Our perspective is created based on our sanskars and past experiences. These sanskars become the lens through which we will see the situation. Different people will perceive it differently and we often find ourselves saying - we just don't understand them!!! Let us understand that there is no right or wrong, we are just different. Parents are right, children are wrong; Husband is right, wife is wrong; Boss is right, subordinate is wrong - these rights and wrongs make us withdraw our trust and respect in relationships. We are only different, each of us is carrying different sanskars and can see the situation only through the lens of our own sanskars and so each of us is always right from our perspective. When we start seeing each one with this understanding we will shift from criticism to compassion, and our love and respect for them will remain constant. However unreasonable we might find them, let us remember they are feeling and behaving through their sanskars and so they are absolutely right. #right_wrong#perspective

Remaining Focused Many of us have the tendency to postpone even the most important things to the last moment. We assume we will be able to get things done later. But sometimes the unexpected intervenes and everything collapses under the added strain. When I remain focused I am able to prioritise. I understand that small tasks can be as important as the larger ones and I make sure I get them done at the right time. I make sure I leave time for the unexpected too. This lifts the pressure and allows me to give my best in every situation.

Overcoming Absent-Mindedness Some of us at times forget where our purse or phone is. Or we reach office and cannot recall if we had locked the house door and turned off the lights in the house. Being absent-minded means that our mind is preoccupied, overwhelmed or tired. Do you often lose attention in the middle of an interaction? Do you misplace or forget activities or things, every now and then? If yes, absent-mindedness has been affecting your routine life. 1. Besides burdening the mind with several activities, your mind may be holding a clutter of unpleasant past memories, people's behaviors, guilt, expectations and even ideas of your self-image. The mind needs to be uncluttered, to create space for what is essential. 2. To stop being absent-minded, empower the self internally. Be committed to follow a daily routine that includes meditation, spiritual wisdom study, exercise, healthy and timely meals, activities, free time and sleep. These improve your concentration, memory and intuition. 3. Prepare a daily task list and follow it. When interacting with people, listen well. Do not get distracted by other thoughts, gadgets or by what is happening around you. Identify right places to keep the objects you own – keys, purse, spectacles etc. 4. Be in the present. Check your thoughts after every hour, clean them and bring your awareness to the present moment. Respond rightly to every situation to keep your mind calm and energized.