Man today is reeling under times of extreme stress and tension. There is an atmosphere of total lack of peace, disharmony and desperation everywhere. It is during such times that all of mankind, across all nationalities, religions and languages, crave for that which seems to be unavailable everywhere- PEACE!
In our discussion points in the series called as ‘Awakening with Brahma Kumaris’ let us contemplate on these problems faced by mankind today and also look at what can be the accurate method for solving these problems.
Before we proceed, let us first understand what we mean by the term ‘Awakening’. Awakening here means- rousing our conscience from the deep slumber of ignorance about our true identity.
The questions that may arise in our minds are- Why do we need to awaken our consciousness? What do I gain from this? And how do I do this?
The answer is that, only when our conscience is awakened, can we empower ourselves to overcome the problems like stress, tension, unhappiness, depression, anger, disharmony, hatred and several other related issues faced by mankind. Our conscience can be awakened only when we get true knowledge about our self.
As a first step towards getting this knowledge, ‘Awakening with Brahma Kumaris’ series is an eye opener. This ‘Awakening with Brahma Kumaris’ spiritual guidance will lead us to empower ourselves. Now, let us look at the common belief that is prevalent today about the basic information about the self.
Existing Belief System about myself - Man today is under the illusion that ‘I am this body and this body is me’ and as a result, the focus is on nurturing the body over soul. This has over a period of time resulted in a deterioration of the inner power of the soul resulting in the manifestation of the 5 main vices- lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego. Several other forms of vices also exist which are combinations of these 5 vices.
True Belief System about myself - We need to understand that I am not this body. My true identity is that I am a soul. The soul is not a physical entity- it is a point of energy which is not visible to the human eye. The seat of the soul in a body is center of the forehead, in the middle of the eyebrows.
In fact, the soul is like a driver for the body which is like a car. There is still no scientific equipment that has been created to see a soul. We can see the soul using the mind’s eye, just as we can visualize a friend of ours in another city simply by thinking about him. Similarly, we can visualize ourselves as souls just by visualizing a tiny point of light in the center of the forehead.
Soul is the energy that runs the body. Just like we need a driver to run a car, so does our body need a soul to run itself. When the soul leaves the body, it is called as a dead body (and not human being address by name) and even though it has all the organs still intact, it is not able to do anything by itself. In fact, we call a dead body as the ‘Body of person X’. All along, somewhere, we had mistakenly formed the assumption that I am the body.
Let us try to experiment with this new found learning today onwards-
Homework for Practice- Visualize that you are a soul, a tiny point of light, different than the body, residing in the center of my forehead. You are not the body, but the Master of this body. Practice this thought at least 7 times during the day, as part of your daily routine.
In our discussion points in the series called as ‘Awakening with Brahma Kumaris’ let us contemplate on these problems faced by mankind today and also look at what can be the accurate method for solving these problems.
Before we proceed, let us first understand what we mean by the term ‘Awakening’. Awakening here means- rousing our conscience from the deep slumber of ignorance about our true identity.
The questions that may arise in our minds are- Why do we need to awaken our consciousness? What do I gain from this? And how do I do this?
The answer is that, only when our conscience is awakened, can we empower ourselves to overcome the problems like stress, tension, unhappiness, depression, anger, disharmony, hatred and several other related issues faced by mankind. Our conscience can be awakened only when we get true knowledge about our self.
As a first step towards getting this knowledge, ‘Awakening with Brahma Kumaris’ series is an eye opener. This ‘Awakening with Brahma Kumaris’ spiritual guidance will lead us to empower ourselves. Now, let us look at the common belief that is prevalent today about the basic information about the self.
Existing Belief System about myself - Man today is under the illusion that ‘I am this body and this body is me’ and as a result, the focus is on nurturing the body over soul. This has over a period of time resulted in a deterioration of the inner power of the soul resulting in the manifestation of the 5 main vices- lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego. Several other forms of vices also exist which are combinations of these 5 vices.
True Belief System about myself - We need to understand that I am not this body. My true identity is that I am a soul. The soul is not a physical entity- it is a point of energy which is not visible to the human eye. The seat of the soul in a body is center of the forehead, in the middle of the eyebrows.
In fact, the soul is like a driver for the body which is like a car. There is still no scientific equipment that has been created to see a soul. We can see the soul using the mind’s eye, just as we can visualize a friend of ours in another city simply by thinking about him. Similarly, we can visualize ourselves as souls just by visualizing a tiny point of light in the center of the forehead.
Soul is the energy that runs the body. Just like we need a driver to run a car, so does our body need a soul to run itself. When the soul leaves the body, it is called as a dead body (and not human being address by name) and even though it has all the organs still intact, it is not able to do anything by itself. In fact, we call a dead body as the ‘Body of person X’. All along, somewhere, we had mistakenly formed the assumption that I am the body.
Let us try to experiment with this new found learning today onwards-
Homework for Practice- Visualize that you are a soul, a tiny point of light, different than the body, residing in the center of my forehead. You are not the body, but the Master of this body. Practice this thought at least 7 times during the day, as part of your daily routine.