LI Islamic Forum - View Single Post

Heera Singh · 01:49 AM

POWER OF THOUGHTS CHAPTER 9

We erroneously(mistakenly) identify our self with our body and environment. This identification and attachment is the root cause of our bondage, misery and sufferings. Actually our body and the visible world around us, are mere projections and materialisation of our mind process, i.e. our thoughts, emotions, perceptions, convictions and faith. It is the mental state of consciousness that we imagine, think and behold any thing as a person or material; and something as good or bad.

In as much as the sense-world is a mere image in the mind, the mind acts as an instrument for the projection of its higher-self, i.e. The Soul. This higher-self or the God-consciousness is the basic, original, only real and eternal creative principle, and substance of all life. However, the dense clouds of our egoistic thoughts and beliefs over-shadow the effulgent soul within, and we fail to recognise and realise our Divine Inheritance.

God-consciousness operates through the faculty of the mind. On the intellectual plane, we might be tempted to think of mind as creative possessing power. But, in reality, it is the omnipotent Divine Soul, which manifests through the mind in all physical form. It is merely the condition of mind which determines as to what we see and experience in the material world.

We often say, a particular person is very material minded while someone is Spiritual-minded. But mind, by itself, is unconditioned. It simply projects what is entertained in it through the thoughts. We are either letting it be permeated with higher, sublime thoughts or lower, depraved thoughts. A mind receptive to the Divine Inflow, and conditioned to the thoughts of purity, cooperation, charity, forgiveness, kindness, and love must exude goodness, peace and harmony. On the other hand, when the mind misuses its inherited freedom and entertains perverted thoughts, it becomes out-of-tune with the Divine Will, thereby creating disharmony in the material world. A mind filled with negative and depraved thoughts of fear, disease, limitation, lack, selfishness, lust, malice, hate, revenge, etc... reflects them in all aspects of our life.

Since the good or bad that comes to our experience is determined by what is allowed to pass through the mind, the importance of thought-power in making a harmonious living or a hell for ourselves, and for all the world around, cannot be overemphasised. We simply create what we think.

However, as long as we are attached to any kind of thoughts, good or bad, we are still in the realm of mind. Once we come to realise our true identity through the faculty of mind, we simply surrender 'our self' to the 'God self'. This conscious awareness takes us beyond the realm of mind, into God's Grace. In such a surrender we are stripped-off of our personal sense of power - both physical and mental - and realise that only God's Power creates and directs the universe, and sustains all its activity.

In the Spiritual Sense, the mind only functions as:

- a means for the realisation of God-consciousness,
-a channel of the projection and manifestation of the Divine Power.

A mind imbued with Spirituality becomes an instrument through which the Divine Grace flows and externalises in the form of abundance, harmony, peace, joy, bliss, and love; resulting in a wonderous, beautiful life.

************

	(#9 (permalink))
Heera Singh Seeker of Truth Status: Offline Posts: 158 Reputation: 184 Rep Power: 16 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Jamaica/Canada Gender: Way of Life: Sikh	Re: Power Of Thoughts - 02-28-2008 POWER OF THOUGHTS CHAPTER 9 We erroneously(mistakenly) identify our self with our body and environment. This identification and attachment is the root cause of our bondage, misery and sufferings. Actually our body and the visible world around us, are mere projections and materialisation of our mind process, i.e. our thoughts, emotions, perceptions, convictions and faith. It is the mental state of consciousness that we imagine, think and behold any thing as a person or material; and something as good or bad. In as much as the sense-world is a mere image in the mind, the mind acts as an instrument for the projection of its higher-self, i.e. The Soul. This higher-self or the God-consciousness is the basic, original, only real and eternal creative principle, and substance of all life. However, the dense clouds of our egoistic thoughts and beliefs over-shadow the effulgent soul within, and we fail to recognise and realise our Divine Inheritance. God-consciousness operates through the faculty of the mind. On the intellectual plane, we might be tempted to think of mind as creative possessing power. But, in reality, it is the omnipotent Divine Soul, which manifests through the mind in all physical form. It is merely the condition of mind which determines as to what we see and experience in the material world. We often say, a particular person is very material minded while someone is Spiritual-minded. But mind, by itself, is unconditioned. It simply projects what is entertained in it through the thoughts. We are either letting it be permeated with higher, sublime thoughts or lower, depraved thoughts. A mind receptive to the Divine Inflow, and conditioned to the thoughts of purity, cooperation, charity, forgiveness, kindness, and love must exude goodness, peace and harmony. On the other hand, when the mind misuses its inherited freedom and entertains perverted thoughts, it becomes out-of-tune with the Divine Will, thereby creating disharmony in the material world. A mind filled with negative and depraved thoughts of fear, disease, limitation, lack, selfishness, lust, malice, hate, revenge, etc... reflects them in all aspects of our life. Since the good or bad that comes to our experience is determined by what is allowed to pass through the mind, the importance of thought-power in making a harmonious living or a hell for ourselves, and for all the world around, cannot be overemphasised. We simply create what we think. However, as long as we are attached to any kind of thoughts, good or bad, we are still in the realm of mind. Once we come to realise our true identity through the faculty of mind, we simply surrender 'our self' to the 'God self'. This conscious awareness takes us beyond the realm of mind, into God's Grace. In such a surrender we are stripped-off of our personal sense of power - both physical and mental - and realise that only God's Power creates and directs the universe, and sustains all its activity. In the Spiritual Sense, the mind only functions as: - a means for the realisation of God-consciousness, -a channel of the projection and manifestation of the Divine Power. A mind imbued with Spirituality becomes an instrument through which the Divine Grace flows and externalises in the form of abundance, harmony, peace, joy, bliss, and love; resulting in a wonderous, beautiful life. ************ __________________ DMn gurU nwnk <> DMn gurU nwnk <> DMn gurU nwnk <> DMn gurU nwnk vwihgurU <> vwihgurU <> vwihgurU <> vwihgurU <> vwihgurU Last edited by Heera Singh; 02-28-2008 at 01:49 AM.