Creativity comes when there is happiness.

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Message for the day 31-03-2011
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Creativity comes when there is happiness.

Projection: When challenging situations come our way, there is a tendency to think in a cyclic way to overcome that problem. That is, the mind thinks of the same things again and again to overcome the problem. The more the mind creates such thoughts, the more it is difficult to find a solution. There is no happiness and peace of mind at such times.

Solution: Happiness touches the heart and enables the creativity to come from within. When I am happy I am able to enjoy and make the best use of each and every moment of my life. The one who is happy doesn't wait for the right opportunity to be creative, but uses each moment as a chance for using creativity - for bringing newness. I do something new, unique and different. So I also have the satisfaction of having done my best.

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Soul Sustenance 31-03-2011
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Creativity comes when there is happiness.

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Message for the day 30-03-2011
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Determination with patience brings success.

Projection: When we take up something new, we are quite determined and we would like to give our best to the end. We do that too. Yet we find that many times, we give up the task before we achieve success. We then tend to wonder at the cause for this lack of success, to the extent that we could label ourselves as failure.

Solution: When I begin to do something, along with determination, I also need patience. Patience helps me to wait and watch calmly for the fruit of my effort to be seen. I am not in a hurry, yet I don't give up putting in effort. Patience gives me the ability to go on planting new seeds of effort knowing the fruit is sure to come. And so there is never failure, but only a journey towards success.

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Soul Sustenance 30-03-2011
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A single positive thought can make the mind powerful.

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Message for the day 29-03-2011
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A single positive thought can make the mind powerful.

Projection: When a negative thought comes in my mind regarding the self, another person or a situation, the mind is usually filled with a lot more negative thoughts. Lots of thoughts from the past too come up in the mind, which further take the mind towards negativity.

Solution: I need to take up the challenge of creating a positive thought even in the most negative situation. Doing this will help me break the cycle of negativity. The positive thought that I take need not be connected to the present situation, but it could be any thought that will take me towards positivity.

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Soul Sustenance 29-03-2011
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Lightness comes when words are accurate.

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Message for the day 25-03-2011
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Lightness comes when words are accurate.

Projection: Normally when we want to convey something to others, we tend to use a lot of words for it. Yet we find many times that our feelings are not conveyed. Then there is a tendency to use more words, creating a negative impact on others, sometimes even hurting others' feelings. Also they don't bring about accurate result.

Solution: Accurate words means there is nothing extra spoken. Such words being short are sweet to hear too and are those that never hurt others. When my words are to the point, there is a lot of lightness experienced within me and my physical energy is saved too. Others too experience benefit through my words and so I naturally get blessings from them, which helps me move forward with lightness.

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Soul Sustenance 25-03-2011
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To be free from looking at others' negativity is to be a flawless diamond.

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Message for the day 22-03-2011
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To be free from looking at others' negativity is to be a flawless diamond.

Projection: I have some weaknesses which I constantly make effort to remove. But at the same time I also keep looking at and describing others' weaknesses. When I continue to do this, the negativity naturally comes within me too.

Solution: It is positivity that appeals to me and not negativity. So I need to make a conscious effort to pick out virtues specially from those people whom I see negativity in. This practice enables me to be free from the influence of others' negativity.

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Soul Sustenance 22-03-2011
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To have true love means to provide an environment for others' growth.

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Message for the day 21-03-2011
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To have true love means to provide an environment for others' growth.

Projection: Usually in relationships we begin to expect from people whom we get close to. We feel that because we have love for them we have a right over them. Because of our expectations we are not able to give the other person freedom to move forward or progress.

Solution: When I have true love I am able to provide the right environment for people so that they can bring about progress in their life. I will not hold on to them and expect them to do everything according to my needs, but give them real support.

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Soul Sustenance 21-03-2011
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The one who has the power of truth is the one who can tolerate.

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Message for the day 20-03-2011
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The one who has the power of truth is the one who can tolerate.

Projection: When someone disbelieves me I usually tend to argue back and try to prove my point to the others but find that I am not able to convince them. Yet I find that the more I talk the less I am listened to. And I only end up getting frustrated.

Solution: When someone challenges the truth of my words, I need to check within myself if there is something that I can correct or learn. When I learn to do this, instead of being stubborn with what I have to say or blaming others, I find it easy to tolerate.

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Soul Sustenance 20-03-2011
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What Should We Value More - The Soul Or The Body?

When the soul leaves the body, it's not just the body that dies but it's as if all the connections with the world of that individual are simply switched off. Not only the relationships but all specific plans, projects and desires suddenly have no further means (medium) through which they can be expressed or put into practice. The powers of thinking, deciding and the personality traits ('sanskaras') connected with the life that is being left behind, stop and get hidden momentarily to emerge again in a new body, a new life. All the material things that belonged to that particular individual are passed on to others.

It's interesting to note that even when the body is sick it can only be treated when the soul is still present. If we take out the soul no one remains to look after the body.

On the other hand, the body is a truly marvelous vehicle for the soul to express itself through. No manufactured machine could hope to compete. For example, it is calculated that in just one day, the brain is able to complete a hundred times more connections than the entire telecommunications system of the planet. Or compare the human eye with any manufactured camera or the heart with any manufactured pump. The body's importance cannot be played down or not taken into account.


In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

To pay attention to every act is to be a hero.

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Message for the day 18-03-2011
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To pay attention to every act is to be a hero.

Projection: Normally it is understood that to get the best role is to be a hero actor. So we are more inclined towards a role where we can get people's praise. If people praise us we feel good about it and if they don't we are disappointed. We are usually dependent on people's appreciation. yet it doesn't come by so consistently.

Solution: I am a hero actor when I have attention on every act of mine. I make sure that none of my words or actions are ordinary or waste. I ensure perfection in everything that I do. Since I pay constant attention to everything I do, I find that I am able to give my best. I am then satisfied with whatever is happening since I know what I do is not as important as how well I do it.

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Soul Sustenance 18-03-2011
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The one desire for perfection ends all other desires.

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Message for the day 17-03-2011
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The one desire for perfection ends all other desires.

Projection: Normally our life is filled with desires. One desire is fulfilled and ten others take its place. When these desires are not fulfilled, we tend to get disturbed or upset. Yet we justify our desires and feel that they are necessary for us. Life for us is filled with constant expectations and disappointments coming from unfulfilled desires.

Solution: The desire for perfection brings the capacity to keep on learning from all situations. There is something new to learn so I experience constant progress. Since the mind is busy with bringing about perfection, there is no time for waste and negative. I have the ability to transform negative to positive. I have no thought about what I have to get, but continue to attain from each moment and each situation. I am then naturally free from all other desires, yet experience progress.

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Soul Sustenance 17-03-2011
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Where there is faith there is victory

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Message for the day 16-03-2011
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Where there is faith there is victory

Projection: When we lack faith, first in ourselves we are assailed with doubts and questions about the self, others or situations. This doubt makes us lose the most important resource of our life – our thoughts. We are not able to think well and make the right decisions. So victory eludes us and we further develop negative feelings.

Solution: When I have faith, I experience myself to be lucky and thus receive cooperation from many others. I am able to see and understand simple things in life with newness, thus showing me the direction and courage to go on. I am successful at every step. There is then no worry for me and am untroubled by aspects that keep changing around me. My thoughts then would always be positive and I experience victory.

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Soul Sustenance 16-03-2011
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To listen to others fully is to be able to be free from repeating mistakes.

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Message for the day 15-03-2011
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To listen to others fully is to be able to be free from repeating mistakes.

Projection: When there is criticism that comes one's way, there is a tendency to ignore or to defend oneself. Naturally we then lose the power to listen. We then find that we are not able to correct our mistakes and so they repeat. We thus find that we are not able to experience progress.

Solution: I need to carefully analyse to see if there is any truth in any criticism that comes my way. If there is, correction can be made accordingly. When I listen to others with honesty, I am able to discover even the most negligible aspect in my behaviour which I can change. So I find myself constantly improving and progressing and moving on towards success. So having brought about a change, even the criticism that comes my way stops.

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Soul Sustenance 15-03-2011
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To find reasons to be happy is to increase happiness.

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Message for the day 14-03-2011
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To find reasons to be happy is to increase happiness.

Projection: Sometimes we find ourselves caught up with feelings of negativity from which we are not able to free ourselves. At such a time even situations with no great significance are seen with a vision of negativity as the mind searches for reasons to be sad and sorrowful. So there is constantly an expression of words and actions that reflect the need for sympathy and reassurance.

Solution: When I am happy, I start perceiving everything with that vision. It is like wearing coloured glasses. Whatever colour my glasses are, the whole world is coloured with it. Then, I am no longer able to perceive and recognize negativity and I am able to remain happy with everything. So I am able to really make everything beautiful again.

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Soul Sustenance 14-03-2011
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Silence enables one to listen to the solution for handling situations.

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Message for the day 13-03-2011
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Silence enables one to listen to the solution for handling situations.

Projection: In challenging situations, we normally tend to think a lot in order to find the right solution. But we find that the more we think, the more we are far from finding the solution. The mind continues to think negative and waste, making us go round in circles. So we are not really able to bring any concrete answers to our problem or challenge.

Solution: Inner silence means an inner state of calm, which allows the best to come from within. When I am able to experience inner silence, or an inner state of calm in all situations, I am able to be free from problems, because I will not have the feeling of having a problem. Instead there will only be a feeling of having a solution and the confidence in doing the right thing. I will be able to use the best of my talent, creativity and inner power to do what has to be done.

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Soul Sustenance 13-03-2011
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To be content is to neither to get upset nor to upset others.

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Message for the day 12-03-2011
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To be content is to neither to get upset nor to upset others.

Projection: Many times I find that my words, actions or behaviour tend to upset others inspite of my not wanting to hurt them. I seem to be very happy with the situation, but others don't seem to be. At that time I am not really able to understand the reason for this and I consider the others to be unreasonable.

Solution: I need to check myself when others are getting upset with me. I need to make effort to check and change myself constantly so that I am able to move along with the demands of time. This is what will bring about true contentment - such contentment that neither will I be upset nor will I upset others.

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Soul Sustenance 12-03-2011
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To be careless means to misuse specialities.

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Message for the day 11-03-2011
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To be careless means to misuse specialities.

Projection: Most of the times, we are careless which means there is no awareness of one's specialities and so there is the inability to use them for the benefit of the self and for the good of others. Sometimes there is also a tendency to become overconfident because of these specialities and not to work on self-transformation. When we become careless in this way, we are not able to recognize the need for self-change and so we are not able to bring about transformation.

Solution: When I am able to be free from carelessness, I am able to understand the importance of the specialities that I have, and am able to use every speciality that I have. The more I am able to bring out and use the latent specialities that are within me, I am able to experience quick transformation and constant progress.

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Soul Sustenance 11-03-2011
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The habit of thinking positive finishes negative.

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Message for the day 10-03-2011
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The habit of thinking positive finishes negative.

Projection: Usually it becomes very difficult or sometimes impossible for me to think positive in difficult situations. At that time, although I want to, the response that emerges from within is based on the habit that is formed previously. This further then is reinforced and becomes a stronger habit of thinking negative. And we find ourselves caught up in this viscious cycle of negativity.

Solution: Just as it has become a habit of thinking negative, a positive habit when created will naturally bring about a change. A little practice and attention to form a habit of thinking positive will reveal its result of creating an influence of positivity. The situations will not change on their own, but the habit that has been formed will bring about a change in the response and will change the situation too. I then become free from the struggle of having to change my mind to positive in difficult situations.

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Soul Sustenance 10-03-2011
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To be free from weakness means to have the power to mould.

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Message for the day 09-03-2011
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To be free from weakness means to have the power to mould.

Projection: We do have certain weaknesses within us which makes it difficult for us to mould according to the needs of the situation. The weakness within us creates hardness and rigidity not allowing the situations to create internal beauty. So when we are working with our own weakness, we find it difficult to stop the negativity from being expressed immediately. The weakness is revealed inspite of making effort not to and there is unpleasantness created.

Solution: To have the ability to mould means to become real gold. I become as flexible and beautiful as pure gold, which is ready to take beautiful shapes when it comes under the influence of the heat of the situation. So I have no hard feelings for having to adjust, but I am able to enjoy the beauty I create and the joy I spread.

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Soul Sustenance 09-03-2011
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To be free from worry means to have the power to change negative into positive.

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Message for the day 06-03-2011
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To be free from worry means to have the power to change negative into positive.

Projection: It is easy to worry about something when it doesn't work out according to our expectations. We are then not able to think properly. Our discrimination and decision making capability is also affected. Then it becomes impossible to think of the solution and the mind is only filled with worry.

Solution: When I am free from worry, I constantly remain satisfied for having seen the positive and finding the solutions immediately instead of looking at the problem and worrying over it. This internal silence gives the feeling of power, which naturally enables transformation in a second and only the goodness is absorbed.

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Soul Sustenance 06-03-2011
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Bringing newness in dealing with life's situations brings happiness.

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Message for the day 05-03-2011
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Bringing newness in dealing with life's situations brings happiness.

Projection: Unhappiness is experienced when there is no newness in dealing with the variety of life's situations. We continue to think the same way and act in the same way, so we are caught up in the same viscious cycle. We are not able to see anything new in the new situations that come our way. These turn to burdensome thoughts that drain out positive energy.

Solution: I experience a lot of happiness when there is newness brought in responding to situations. The potential and the energy of the mind is channelised in a positive way so there is an experience of fulfillment and satisfaction. The mind is not caught up with negative or waste but is busy trying for the best solutions in all situations, and life itself becomes more beautiful.

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Soul Sustenance 05-03-2011
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To have the spirit of sharing is to be constantly happy.

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Message for the day 04-03-2011
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To have the spirit of sharing is to be constantly happy.

Projection: We normally expect from others, rather than to be givers. We are also not so aware of the resources that we have. Expectations from others make us dissatisfied and we tend to feel low or negative when they are not fulfilled.

Solution: There is constant satisfaction in my life when there is the spirit of giving. There are no expectations from others, but only an awareness of what I have. Life becomes more and more satisfactory and I feel richer for having given unconditionally. When I give I also receive constant good wishes from others.

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Soul Sustenance 04-03-2011
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To bring equality in whatever I understand, desire and do is to be truly successful

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Message for the day 03-03-2011
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To bring equality in whatever I understand, desire and do is to be truly successful.

Projection: Although our understanding of right and wrong is really good, we are not usually able to be or feel successful. This is because there is a mismatch between what we know and what we want. So there is an inability to bring that knowledge into action.

Solution: A conscious effort needs to be put in from my side to compare and see which is better for me – what I know is right or what I feel I want. When I compare in this way, I will be able to change my desires in keeping with the right thing. When these two match, I will be able to bring it into action too. So I experience constant success.

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Soul Sustenance 03-03-2011
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To understand the importance of the treasure of thoughts is to make them powerful.

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Message for the day 02-03-2011
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To understand the importance of the treasure of thoughts is to make them powerful.

Projection: We do pay special attention to keep our actions good and worthy. We also have a good amount of attention on our words. But we hardly ever think of our thoughts. When certain thoughts become repetitive they tend to have a hold over us.

Solution: It is important for me to keep a practice of having positive thoughts. When I have this practice of positivity, there is power in my thoughts. Each and every thought becomes a treasure from which I can draw a lot. My words and actions, then automatically become powerful too.

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Soul Sustenance 02-03-2011
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