Message #14655

[Jitendra Hydonus]

● When we overcome a problem we think that we will be happy but there will always be more. Outer conditions will never be perfect.

● Even if we have the  praise of thousands. Even if we gained all the material things we could and had all the power we could not be happy.  Outer conditions will never be perfect.

● A strong determination to be happy will help you. to be happy is to be in tune with God and to be in tune with God is to meditate.

● Meditation gives an experience of our soul nature.

● Most people do not have the concentration. It is helpful to start with interospection. Introspection is a very helpful and valuable tool. Many people are reluctant to use introspection. most people are afraid of what they will discover.

● Most people spend their time in useless idle activities.

● There is something practical about introspection.

● We need to stop crying about our situations and become heroes.

● The gurus can show us where we are on the spiritual path. That is: they can say you are here.

● Everything comes to us as a gift of God for our own good. God and Guru know our potential and how to carry it out.

● Some people  habitually complain about things. They become a grouch. they spread good cheer wherever they do not go.

● We need to stop crying about our situations and become heroes. We need to face our problems and work through them and grow from them. It does no good to bemoan our conditions. The reasons and the conditions are all different for each one of us. It is because they are custom made for us. We should not be an obstacle by being a grouch.

● We may have a new job or a new location to live in. Our problems chase after us. Wherever we go we bring our problems. They are the next steps to our growth.

● There was a fair going on and there were contests and tea served and all kinds of things going on. There was also a contest for dogs who were jumping up high and over a level which was raised higher. as they jumped it was a brown dog and a black dog. the black dog always seemed to be able to just jump up gracefully over the levels but the brown dog had to struggle and claw his way up the wall. He clawed his way up and eventually  he pulled himself up and over  to get over the level. This kept going on and the black dog always gracefully jumped up one more level however finally the black dog couldn't make one of the levels but instead the brown dog clawed and finally pulled himself over while the black dog sat there and refused to move.

● God truly helps those who help themselves.