Tag: Negative‬

YOUR IDENTITY IS YOUR DESTINY

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by Brahma Kumaris There is a direct connection between your identity and destiny. It’s a simple process to see and understand, even on a daily basis. If you wake up irritated (in a bad mood), it means you are seeing yourself as an irritated being (soul). Perhaps, you even think and, sometimes, say to yourself, “I’m irritated today.” It means your self-identity is negative. So, you filter the world through your negative filter and the world actually looks like an irritable place. As a result, you think negative thoughts, generate a…

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Why do Mistakes Recur?

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By Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai In the journey towards the experience of absolute purity, seekers face many challenges from their inner world. Pujya Gurudevshri exhorts to identify the mistakes and understand the know-how to remove them. It is difficult to overcome passions. They are deeply rooted in you since time immemorial. When desire for sense pleasure, ego, anger, deceit, greed etc. create turbulence within, you get dejected. Seeing your mistakes, a kind of helplessness, depression, or frustration arises. The Enlightened Ones say that if you perceive your mistake in the right way,…

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Stress Relief: Some Practical Suggestions for Stress Relief

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Derail Your Train of Thoughts Try to slowdown and stop the everyday onslaught of thought that wears you out—especially the kind of circular thinking that gets you nowhere. It is important to avoid getting into such state of circular thinking that does not lead to any obvious solution. Perhaps there’s a simple thought or quote you can use to help you derail your train of thoughts and initiate your relaxation response. The Practice of Meditation Unlike prayer, where you do the talking, meditation is more akin to listening. Your breath…

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Happiness

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Happiness can be divided into 3 categories: 1. Physical happiness; 2. Mental happiness; 3. Spiritual happiness. These are brief summary of steps to take for achieving these in our lives: For Physical Happiness: a. Regular and proper DIET. b. Regular and proper REST. c. Regular and proper EXERCISE. For Mental Happiness: a. Minimize Expectations. b. Minimize Ego & Pride. c. Minimize Negative Thoughts. For Spiritual Happiness: a. Recognize your SOUL as a separate entity from the body. b. Do not live in the PAST. Free yourself of past memories and…

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The Biology of Belief

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How our beliefs transform our genes and lives You might remember an interesting scene from the Hindi movie, TAARE ZAMEEN PAR. The art teacher (Aamir Khan) tells the rude and cursing father of the dyslexic kid (Darsheel) about Solomon Islands. In those islands, the tribal don’t cut down a tree. They surround the tree and curse it for hours every day. Within a few weeks, the tree dries up and becomes dead. Many of us might find that example too difficult to believe. How can intangible and invisible thoughts and…

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