The Goldsmith
Remembering God as the Goldsmith and Jeweller is to invite total purification of the soul. A real jeweller doesn't like artificial materials. He'll obtain pure gold from low-quality alloy by heating the metal in a furnace. Furthermore, he doesn't want to see a single flaw - he knows how much it reduces a precious stone's value.
Meditation is like a fire of purification. I put myself into God's care, with love and humility, knowing this is the way to bring out the best in me. God the Goldsmith makes Sure that all the impurities, the false and artificial aspects of my personality, are removed.
Courage and faith are needed to undergo this transformation, because there comes a point where the metal has lost its previous form, but hasn't yet been reshaped into something new. I may find myself in a fluid, formless, in between state, neither one thing nor the other.
I have let go of the support my previous identity and position gave me, and haven't yet developed the new role I would like to play. I am also more aware than ever of the rubbish mixed in the soul as it separates out from that which is real and true in me. As soon as I say I want to change, it's a challenge to the forces of negativity, within and without, to come and test me.
At such times, complete faith in the craftsmanship of the Supreme is needed. I know I am in God's skilful hands and that the process will produce something of great value. The challenge is simply to stay still.
The intensity of my love for God increases ... it becomes like a fire, cleansing the soul ... I realize that I had accumulated so much impurity, so much that was negative and artificial ... the fire draws this out of me, and it leaves me ... I let go of physical aspects of identity, knowing these are, in any case, impermanent ... it
feels like I have nothing, but I see that I am becoming light, and free from burdens ... God's love is purifying me ... I emerge from the fire as pure gold ... staying in the hands of the Jeweller, as a child of God, I know that my original beauty is being restored.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Mother and Father
The relationship can develop at many levels. For example, particularly at the beginning and end of the day, there is special value in relating to God as my spiritual parent. Giving time to a sweet inner conversation and loving experience with my Supreme Father and Mother, I become equipped with the emotional resources needed to stay strong in the face of life's challenges.
Physical parents do their best but at the human level, the impressions left on our minds by childhood years are often mixed. So, I leave aside all those memories, good and bad, and in soul-consciousness I find I can draw on such an unlimited source of goodness as to make God the perfect parent.
As the Supreme Father, God is like the sun, radiating the energy of truth, helping me grow with the creative power of His being. In the stillness of the early morning, I feel His warmth and light awakening me, pushing away the shadows of my body-consciousness, charging the battery of truth within me. His power shines into my being, protecting, guiding and strengthening me.
When I focus on God as the spiritual Mother, I am empowered by a flow of love, mercy and acceptance that is unconditional and unending. In this relationship, God personifies the feminine principle, nurturing with tenderness and care, able to give constantly without any other agenda. This Supreme Mother also forgives, enabling me to learn from my mistakes. It's beautiful to go to God as the Mother in the evening, put the day in front of Her, feel Her acceptance and guidance, and become free from all burdens.
The relationship can develop at many levels. For example, particularly at the beginning and end of the day, there is special value in relating to God as my spiritual parent. Giving time to a sweet inner conversation and loving experience with my Supreme Father and Mother, I become equipped with the emotional resources needed to stay strong in the face of life's challenges.
Physical parents do their best but at the human level, the impressions left on our minds by childhood years are often mixed. So, I leave aside all those memories, good and bad, and in soul-consciousness I find I can draw on such an unlimited source of goodness as to make God the perfect parent.
As the Supreme Father, God is like the sun, radiating the energy of truth, helping me grow with the creative power of His being. In the stillness of the early morning, I feel His warmth and light awakening me, pushing away the shadows of my body-consciousness, charging the battery of truth within me. His power shines into my being, protecting, guiding and strengthening me.
When I focus on God as the spiritual Mother, I am empowered by a flow of love, mercy and acceptance that is unconditional and unending. In this relationship, God personifies the feminine principle, nurturing with tenderness and care, able to give constantly without any other agenda. This Supreme Mother also forgives, enabling me to learn from my mistakes. It's beautiful to go to God as the Mother in the evening, put the day in front of Her, feel Her acceptance and guidance, and become free from all burdens.
Monday, September 28, 2009
BRAHMA KUMARIS GLOBAL FESTIVAL FOR RECEIVING DIVINE BLESSINGS AND POWERS
Shantivan, Abu Road: The international spiritual organization Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya will be organizing a Global Festival aiming at a world-wide awareness of realization of divine powers and natural inheritance of divine boons and blessings from the Almighty Authority. The two-day festival will commence from 3-4th October 2009 and will continue through a 50-day celebrations and programmes on ‘RECEIVING DIVINE POWERS THROUGH DIVINE BLESSINGS’ with a Grand Finale on 22nd November 2009 .
Disclosing this, Secretary General of the Brahma Kumaris B.K. Nirwair said that for the first time in the history of Brahma Kumaris such a unique spiritual programme is being organized at a global level.
Icon of divinity and Chief Administrative head of Brahma Kumaris Rajyogini Dadi Dadi Janaki Ji, Special messenger of God and Additional Chief Administrative Head Rajyogini Dadi Hridaymohini Ji, Joint Chief Administrative Head Dadi Ratan Mohini Ji, supported by a large number of Senior Rajyogi and Rajyogini brothers and sisters of around the world who have acquired an experience of deep sense of divinity through intense spiritual efforts would be the Chief Speakers empowering all God’s children in the realization and experience of divine powers and blessings.
The preparations are on for the launch of this maiden programme which will be held simultaneously at all the major cities like Delhi, Kolkota, Mumbai, Chennai,Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Raipur, Jaipur, Bhuwaneshwar, Patna, Guwahati and Ranchi etc on 3rd and 4th October 2009 on the same theme and at the same time. This programme is aimed at transmitting positive vibrations to create a pure spiritual environment all over through a series of powerful meditation experiences.
An added attraction of these celebrations is the direct Live telecast by Aastha, Sanskar and various other regional and spiritual channels at national and regional levels for the benefit of the masses.
Global Festival
For
Receiving God’s Powers & Blessings
Saturday, 3rd October 2009, 3:30 pm
Gayatri Vihar, Palace Grounds, Bangalore
Festival Highlights:
- Vision of Divinity
- Inauguration by Hon'ble. Chief Minister of Karnataka Sri B.S. Yediyurappa
- Blessings by Maha Tapaswani Dadi Ratan Mohiniji & Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Balagangadharanath Swamiji
- Music by Dr. C Aswath & Party, & dance performance by Usha Datar group
- Meditation for world peace
You are warmly invited to be part of a special gathering to participate in re-creating a perfect world. We can receive God’s powers by remembering Him with love and earn His blessings by adopting a righteous way of life. When we take powers from God and use it in the right way, we receive His blessings.
This year Brahma Kumaris is launching a “Global Festival for receiving God’s Powers & Blessings” on 3rd Oct across 16 Capital Cities in India. This festival will then be celebrated across the Globe till 22nd Nov 2009; thus making it truly a global festival. For more details, visit www.globalfestival.
The Organisers
The Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya was founded in 1937. It is an international socio-spiritual organization, which holds consultative status with Economic and Social Council and UNICEF of the United Nations. The organization has over 8500 branches in 130 countries. Its headquarters is in Mount Abu, Rajasthan. The Brahma Kumaris is providing education for self empowerment through human values and spirituality. It conducts a variety of values based programmes and courses for different professions. It teaches Godly Knowledge and Rajayoga Meditation which are the foundation for lasting peace and happiness in individual lives and to create a better society. World Renewal Spiritual Trust (Regd.), a sister organisation of the Brahma Kumaris is a co-organiser.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Making the Connection
In meditation, I move my consciousness away from the body, into the awareness of the soul, so that my mind can go beyond the distractions of the physical world and into that realm of infinite light, which is the spiritual dimension. There, I focus my mind on God as a point of light, and allow myself to connect with the qualities of the Supreme.I encounter a mind that is an ocean of peace, and of love. There is also an intelligence, holding all wisdom, with an infinite capacity for understanding; and a complete benevo-lence, never demanding, only bestowing.
Let's experiment with this. It's useful, first, to designate a specific place in your home as your meditation corner or room, so that it develops the right associations. As far as possible, it should be quiet and comfortable, and without distractions.
Sitting up straight, gazing ahead, but with your attention turned inwards, try the following thoughts. You may read them at first, but then just gently lead your mind in a similar direction:
I take a few long, deep breaths ... as I observe myself doing so, I can feel my thoughts slowing down ... within my mind, I create the image of my eternal Identity the spark of light, the lift in this physical costume I detach my consciousness from its identification with matter and come to the awareness of the eternal being ... with the power of my mind, I, the soul move into a realm of light, beyond all physical pulls ... in this place of light I come to the Supreme ... I see the Supreme as a point of light, an infinitesimal spark ... from the Supreme, I begin to feel waves of peace and love reaching me ... after such a long time, it’s so refreshing ... I'm connecting again with the Supreme ... and as waves of peace surround me, I absorb peace within my being . . . radiate peace into the world.
Keeping the connection with the ocean of peace, I carry peace with me as I return to the awareness of my physical surroundings. I can practise, in turn, connecting with God as the ocean of peace, of love, of wisdom, of purity, and of bliss. God's attributes are said to be as vast as the ocean, but these five qualities contain the essence. And when the soul fills with these qualities in meditation, it is able to experience its own highest nature.
In the physical world, opposites attract; in the spiritual domain, like connects with like. This is why the first step in meditation is to practise soul-consciousness, through which I'm able to discipline my mind and create a degree of peace within myself. Then I'll be able to connect with God quickly, when I wish, and receive the experience of those unlimited qualities.
So, soul-consciousness not only allows me to begin to understand God, it tunes my mind to the right frequency for experiencing God and the qualities of the divine.
If, through the day, my mind has been caught in the flux of people and events and has become restless, peaceless, and probably unfeeling as well, I'll have driven myself far from God and the connection will be harder to make. When I live as part of the rat race, becoming mechanical and sub-human in the quality of my thoughts and actions, small wonder that the Source of the highest qualities seems distant. However, bringing myself back to the consciousness of the soul, I'm always able to move in the direction where I can start knowing God.
The connection I make with God is my personal, subjective experience. I can listen to lectures about God, I can read about God, I can hear many beautiful things about God, but only through my own practice of soul-consciousness, and by experimenting with this idea of focusing my mind on the Supreme, can I come to an experience of God and receive the benefit accordingly.
The experience is subjective, but that does not mean God is not a reality. Even in a human relationship, it's my own thoughts and perceptions that connect me with someone. The words I share with them and the actions I engage in with them come later, but first it's a connection of minds. The closer the connection of minds, the deeper and more rewarding will be the exchange within the relationship.
The same is true of my relationship with God. In my mind, I envisage the Supreme as a point of light, a seed of vast potential like myself, although in God's case the ultimate Seed, with the highest attributes. Through this mental connection, I attune to the qualities inherent in the Supreme.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Conference for Nursing Professionals.
Holistic Health Conference for Nursing Professionals.
at Brahma Kumaris, Shantivan.
Caring, Sharing & Inspiring Core Values for Better Nursing Care
18th to 22nd September, 2009.
About 4000 nurses from all over India, Holland-Nepal came to attend this special Holistic Health Conference. Brahma Kumaris organised such conferences for nurses for the past 20 years. However in this period of human history, it is essential to have and implement a broad
vision on human suffering. This conference is focused on nursing professionals, especially those who have leadership roles – Directors/Principals of Nursing Colleges and Schools, Nursing Tutors, Matrons, Ward
In charges, Staff Nurses. There are opportunities to reflect, explore and discuss how to introduce
new dimensions of Core Values for Better nursing care in their personal life and work. The conference also has workshops to make values practical. Values are Peace, Positivity, Compassion, Co-operation and Honesty. When higher values and spirituality enriches our lives, we are happy and contented. Compassion flows easily and naturally. When there is a lack of contentment, we usually lose sight of values and spirituality and work becomes a burden. As spiritual powers accumulate, nothing can obstruct the experience of pure elevated feelings towards self and others. Values can emerge naturally in our actions and interactions.There are 2 main keys for creating a broad view of human suffering and healing. The first key is to make people aware of their spiritual identity and integrate it in practical life. The second key is to understand the deep connection between illnesses, emotional pain and the loss of spiritual energy. Today the nurses have come to learn once again what it means to have complete health which
the WHO has declared in 1990.That means: “Physical Health, Mental health, Social health and Spiritual health”. These nurses are going to learn the meaning of spiritual health in this conference.
B.K.Rupa
Asst.Chief of Nursing
Global Hospital and Research Centre
Mount Abu-307 501, Rajasthan
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