Sympathize

 If we recorded our daily output of words and played them back to ourselves, how many words would be those of criticism and gossip of others?

The state of our minds can be really understood by this exercise.

I am sure most of us realize what we are saying and the intention behind what we are saying. It is just the compulsion to say it that is often suspect, even disturbing.

Speech is a gift we need to use very carefully. Even when we sympathize with people without this gift, we don’t mend our ways.

If we cannot say a good word, it is better not to say anything. For the sake our own minds which will get polluted and we then have the extra work to clean them up.

Why not then just be quiet and peaceful and watch the world go by? Instead of taking on unnecessary piles of rubbish that was never yours to carry in the first place.

Surekha Kothari

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Circumstances

 I learnt a long time ago that if you point one finger outwards, three will point back at you. Ever since then, if I see undesirable behavior of someone towards me, I go inwards to see what it is about me that inspired that behavior.

This exercise has helped me tremendously. To understand whether there is something in me that attracted it, and that I should clean up within me or, the issue is within those who mete out such behavior to feel good about themselves or they are just not strong enough to face their issues or circumstances. 

In either case, it becomes a win- win situation for me. Either I clean up or I let go of what is not my concern. It is truly a moment of freedom. It simplifies my life.

Surekha Kothari

www.BodyMindSoulCentre.com

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Quote of the day

 

Quote of the day

State of Mind

In the Indian discipline, fasting has many benefits. Many religions also advocate it as a cleanser of toxins. The benefits, however, are many if fasting extends in thought, word and deed.

Therefore, "mouna” or silence is very important. Silencing your thoughts, your speech and abstaining from toxic foods purifies the system. It purifies thoughts, exercises some measure of control over speech automatically and puts you in a placid and calm state of mind.

Children in schools should be initiated most definitely. A daily exercise of silence or chanting for a few minutes to start the day with can make a sizeable difference to those who are hyperactive. The younger generations of parents are incorporating this technique on a daily basis with positive results.

It really would be ideal to introduce parts of the earlier "Gurukul" system of holistic education to make the future generations ethically, morally, mentally, emotionally and physically strong and balanced.

Surekha Kothari

www.BodyMindSoulCentre.com

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Quote of the day

Observation and Learning

When do you believe in everything you read and what others say? And you are constantly tossing the information in the cauldron wondering which is true and what is not, what should one live by and what to discard.

People say going to academic institutions makes a huge difference and those who say this would be right, too. Except for one thing. There is a deeper native intelligence , the When do you believe in everything you read and what others say? And you are constantly tossing the information in the cauldron wondering which is true and what is not, what should one live by and what to discard.

presence of which makes the extraordinary difference to an educated person. That discerning quality is more in some and less in others. Of course, it can be cultivated to an extent with basic common sense and lots of observation and learning.

The ability to separate wheat from the chaff catapults the level of the educated mind to another level. And to impart that quality in those who teach makes them extraordinary and learning an absorbing exercise. Otherwise, mugging is just an exercise for the memory and not the brain. It doesn't teach you how to live life.

Surekha Kothari

www.BodyMindSoulCentre.com

surekhakothari.wordpress.com

SpeakingtreeBlog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari