YOUR STRESS ANTIDOTE

Most of the things we feared in the past never happened. Meanwhile, we had brought ourselves under intense stress for nothing.

The fearless person always has the advantage because such a person moves forward freely in life without constraints.  They overcome obstacles with ease.

The feeling called stress is a form of fear and we are better off by releasing such fear from our lives and living as care free as children.

It is certainly not fashionable to wear stress as a garment. Is it?

So instead of affirming that we are stressed,  let us say joyfully to ourselves that we are capable of attending to every matter that comes before us, that we trust that we will be guided by our intuition to make the right decisions and that we  release ourselves from fear and that we are safe and confident about the ever present  help from above!

WHAT SHOULD BE OUR ATTITUDE TO WEALTH?

We owe it to ourselves to live our lives such that our innermost desires, thoughts, words and deeds will not come back to burden us like heavy weights. This same principle should apply to whatever we have, what is in our custody or under our control. These includes our physical body, our clothing, our money and even our relationships. All of these may not be treated in ways that will cost us our inner peace. So, what should be our attitude when it concerns material possessions and wealth generally?

We can obtain clarity about this when we recall the answer which Jesus gave to the rich young man who asked him about what he should do to attain eternal life. Christ told this particular man to give away all his earthly possessions. This is because this young man was surrounded by wealth and was too weak to exert himself to rise inwardly. His riches and the attendant comfort formed a hindrance, like an inner weight, to his spiritual ascent! The best advice which Christ could therefore give him was to remove every obstacle, which in his case was the wealth which was inducing him to live a life of comfort. So when the man asked, Jesus bent towards him, saying in a low voice so that only those who are standing nearest could hear his words: “Give all your wealth to the poor, and work for your livelihood with your own strength; then your life will have meaning for you and make you happy. Thereby you will smooth your paths to the Kingdom of Heaven.” Please note that this advice of Jesus applies to this man and to all those who are like him. It is not the case that Jesus is against wealth, but we must not allow the comfort provided by wealth to become a burden that will pull us down into the regions of the damned.

Let us therefore use whatever we have, who we are and our relationships in such a way that it leads to our ascent, our joy and our peace.

CAN WE DEFY THE LAWS OF NATURE?

No one can get round the Laws of Nature! We cannot defy them because the Almighty is the Power that activates the Natural Laws.  This unseen Power affects us every fraction of a second and is in everything we can observe.

One of the Natural Laws is the Law of Gravity. This law, just like the other Natural Laws cannot be circumvented and that was why when the Tempter suggested that Christ should jump down from the pinnacle of the Temple to prove that He was the Son of God, Jesus refused. Jesus knew that this Law of Gravity cannot be annulled for Him or for anyone else for that matter!

Throwing Himself down from the temple top unaided would be a flagrant defiance of the Natural Law of Gravity which is capable of causing bodily injury to Jesus thus producing an embarrassing occurrence that could have harmed His Mission. That was obviously the aim of that temptation. 

We as creatures should take a serious lesson from this occurrence and never allow our vanity and praise singers push us into the abyss of destruction. When sinners entice us, we should not agree to their suggestions or advise. Let us always seek for clarity in all matters and pray that it be given to us to act in the way pleasing to our Maker. This is the way to lead our lives in a way that brings us nothing but peace and happiness.

HOW CAN WE WORK IN OUR DAILY LIVES WITH THE LAW OF GRAVITY?

There is a creation law known as the Spiritual Law of Gravity. This Law tells us that every innermost wish, every thought, word, and action carry appropriate spiritual weight and density. For example, haven’t you noticed that when you are angry and tempers are high, you feel as if a weight is placed on your shoulders? It is this weight that makes you feel depressed after the show of anger. Even when something annoys us, we still reserve the rights to act in ways that will not burden us later. 

When you receive a bank alert for credit, when a letter of promotion arrives or when you receive that examination results that shows excellent grades, you feel so light as though you are flying in the skies! All of these inner feelings occur through the working of the law of gravity.

We can easily describe the working of this spiritual Law as follows: Thoughts, words and actions which are good and pure uplift the spirit and thoughts, words and actions which are evil and impure must pull the spirit down!

Here are two examples of how we can work with this law in practical terms:

1. We can align with the law of gravity in the way we pray. Instead of using words and repetitive phrases, let us pray more in spirit as this makes the prayer lighter. Let us pray in quietness and purity, so that the power of the intuition will be increased through quietness and receive through purity, that luminous lightness which will enable the prayer to be carried upward to the heights of all that is light and pure. Then we will receive that fulfilment which will be most beneficial for us and really advance us in our whole being!

2. If we wish to climb a mountain, we need to shed all heavy loads so we can climb freely and easily to the summit. In the same vein if we desire peace and happiness and if we are earnest about our striving towards Paradise then we urgently need to shed off all baggage of hatred, rudeness, selfishness, immorality, and so on. We become lighter also when we embrace love, forgiveness, consideration for others and we learn to receive by giving!

The law of gravity is our friend which lifts us upwards when through our thoughts, words and deeds, we engage only in what is good, pure and light. Let us adjust our lives to this law such that our actions lead us away from the lower regions of evil reactions  into regions of peace and bliss even whilst we are still here on earth!