Total Thoughts (April 5, 2009) - Judging Oneself

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Judging Oneself

• Judging others is acting like we are completely blind - we have no idea what kind of upbringing, conditions, needs, etc. one may have so who are we to judge them (i.e. a poor man could be much happier than a rich man)
• Guilt and forgiveness (within oneself) are fundamental emotions which can prevent us from growing if either is too great - we should reflect over these and seek a balance which aids our growth
• The only difference between a thought and action is the physical expression - knowing this we should nurture thoughts which help move us forward on the journey of Self realization and soon enough our goal will become Real
• We can learn through another's experience or one's own - the more aware we become the more we can learn from others and this significantly benefits our spiritual growth 
• We are quite aware of physical dangers (i.e. ice, animals, etc.) - yet we are almost completely unaware of mental dangers (i.e. negative company, harmful thoughts, etc.)
• The greatest wealth we have is peace of mind - so we should practice dissecting which thoughts pose a danger to us and give such thoughts no attention making them impotent
• The way to exhaust our vasanas (innate tendencies) is to do what we need to do (i.e. study if a student) and not what we want to do (i.e. sleep all day if a student) - by understanding the role we are supposed to play (exhausting vasanas) we will not make the mistake of trying to fit into someone else's role (create more vasanas)
• All that happens, is for a reason - we are to learn from every situation life presents to us and if we do not learn from such a situation the same message will be offered to us in another situation and on and on and on  
• Faith is needed to understand that there is a lesson to be learned in every situation - with this faith living becomes an adventure and we engage ourselves more fully in each and every situation

Remember we will not meet this Sunday for our Discussion as this is a Holiday Weekend.  We will meet the following Sunday (April 19th) not at Pritesh's place, rather at Charmaine's place (27 Birch Avenue, Toronto) and we will meet here until we break for the Summer.  This is a basement apartment and parking is available across the street.  A followup email has come from CHYK Toronto and / or check out http://www.chyktoronto.org/ .

 

' Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced. ' --- Swami Vivekananda

 

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