Brahma Kumaris Message of Hope on Beautiful You!!
Society encourages us to play many roles. As we watch TV, read a book, look at a film, we find ourselves being pulled into it. Even an ordinary TV program becomes so real we forget it is fiction for our entertainment. We start talking to the characters on the screen, we shout abuse, we react with horror as people are murdered and we lose control of ourselves. We know that the world around us is not the easiest place to live and so given the slightest opportunity we want to ‘lose control’, to escape into a world of make believe, of fantasies. We scroll with the computer to escape into the lives of other people and events of the world Some take up drugs and alcohol to escape.
The problem about all these forms of escape is after the film is over, when the intoxication of alcohol, etc. is finished I ‘come down”. Where am I ? How is the world? Everything is exactly the same. This habit I am forming can cause damage to my physical body, to my mental state and even those close to me. When we react to a scene, a person or a situation, our energy is used in a worthless way. Our energy is wasted and leaves us feeling empty. However, now is the time to create and conserve energy.
Thoughts are very powerful, as we all know. Thought power creates an atmosphere in the room and an imprint within the mind; it can be either good or bad according to what I have heard or seen. Therefore, if I can control my mind and develop its positive power I can influence rather than be influenced by what I see and hear. My dependence on being distracted by others, media and physical things will decrease. When the mind is quiet and in silence, the soul can be free from any type of reaction.
So what I need is controlling power, a method that will take me beyond the influence of matter and the drama of life. Controlling power is the reward of personal effort made to bring about self transformation. By turning within we can create our own beautiful movie on the screen of the mind rather than switching on an external stimuli. We can respond to life’s situations regardless of our own emotional feelings or frustrations of the moment. With an awakened self awareness of my real identity of being an eternal soul separate from the body, seeing myself as a soul wearing the costume of my body and not just a body with a brain, we can experience harmonious relationships with others and with God, and our own personal weaknesses are destroyed.
Have you ever stopped to think how important you are? Did you awaken this morning with firm resolutions to play your part in life to the best of your ability? Just check.. See if I admit that the entire world is like an unlimited Drama and each of us has his own individual and unique role to play. In an ordinary play they have substitutes and understudies but in this play of life out of the billions of actors on the stage, not one of them can play your role better than you. You are a very special person with a unique and special role all of your own.
Controlling power is maintained by staying connected to the Supreme Controller, God. With this pure energy, it is easy to have a detached yet loving attitude to the varying moods of life’s dramas. Every morning upon awakening have a sweet conversation with God, our Supreme Father. Bring to mind I am a special spiritual being, an actor, originally peaceful and pure. Promise yourself to do the best you can, but, if you find that even your best is not good enough, then why not leave it in the hands of God. Have faith in the self, faith in God and God’s plan.