Meditation

Making my thoughts peaceful and stable with meditation

Wisdom

Knowing more about ourselves and our world

Hope

Encouraging people to re-energise their values

Discovery

Getting inspired and creative with spiritual ideas

Overview

The debate about God has lingered for centuries. Some people debunk all notion of a God. Some remain devout till death and, every so often, someone may remark, "Who cares?" Insurance companies still refer to ‘acts of God' in the context of catastrophes, war, abuse and discrimination. But is a ‘God' really to be held responsible for human doings? And human mistakes?

By now, your mind may have a firm view about the supernatural, the Divine and the coincidental events in our lives. In reality, whatever others say and do, each of us has the freedom to consider ‘God' in a personal and unique way, or refute the existence of a supreme being all together.

This section focuses on a divine entity and places the Divine absolutely separate from and above the human game, allowing seekers to take a fresh look at the ‘God' factor.

Open-mindedness and bravery will allow your mind, gently and clearly, to sift through alternative ideas. Each meditation described below is an experiment. Read the text two or three times and let the message sit in your mind. You may like to make notes after each experiment.

 

Experiments

 

 

Implications for life

Manmanabhav is the Sanskrit mantra that disciplines the mind. Manmanabhav means to focus your mind on only One Supreme. It is the essence of knowledge and remembrance and is the life-giving nectar. Manmanabhav is the method to recognise the Supreme, to belong to that soul and to love that soul.

In silence, there need only be you and the Supreme. In silence, the soul connects to the Supreme and draws spiritual power. This current of light and power is transmitted directly from the Supreme to the soul and the ‘battery' of the soul is recharged.

The power of purity accumulated over a period of time gives strength and support to the world. You accumulate purity through the power of silence.

From The Story of Immortality by Mohini Panjabi, BKIS Publications, 2008
 

 

 

                                             

Special Greetings of the New Year,

There is a longing in the world for reassurance and hope as we move into the year ahead. Many of us are reeling from loss, fatigued by the restrictions of the quarantine and worried about the future. We are hoping for a spiritual lift.

Though we often make New Year’s resolutions, we sometimes limit our success by continuing to act from our old natures. We resolve to lead a simpler life, for example, but we fail to remove our inner habit of wanting and buying. So, in the new year, for the benefit of humanity and of the natural world, let’s come together to invoke a new era, by clearing our hearts of what has restrained us in the past and calling in the light and strength from our higher, wiser selves and from God.

Can we set aside the harm others may have caused us and invoke good wishes and pure feelings for everyone? Can we shorten the list of things we want and locate a deep contentment with what we have? And, acknowledging the sadness we have felt in the face of irretrievable loss, can we apply the empathy that came from our loss and resolve to live with compassion for everyone?

May the opening of our hearts bring waves of inner peace, good wishes and blessings for the world and invoke an age of truth and peace.

With pure good wishes for the new year,
The Brahma Kumaris

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