Today
we find a lot of peacelessness and tension in our social atmosphere. The main
reason for this is disharmony in our relations. This disharmony is reflected in
various forms like jealousy, hatred, revenge, greed, violence etc. So much
selfishness has crept in our behaviour that all the time we are thinking and
bothering about our own comforts, luxuries and gains, even at the cost of
harming others.
ORIGIN OF
DISHARMONY
Let
us analyse as to what is the origin of disharmony. As we all know, we are all
made of two constituents - body and soul. The body is our physical portion
which is perishable. The soul is our non-physical portion which never ends. It
is immortal. The value of the body is only because of the soul. If the soul
leaves the body, the body is like any other inanimate worldly object. It is the
soul which thinks, feels and decides. The source of all our emotions of likes,
dislikes, love, hatred, attachment etc. is our soul only.
If
we ponder and analyse deeply, we will come to the conclusion that the
disharmony which exists in our society or even in the whole world, is only due
to the impure and negative thoughts and feelings arising in our souls. This
root cause gives rise to various adversities on the physical level.
Thoughts
in our minds affect us and our environment in various ways as enumerated below.
EFFECT OF
THOUGHTS
1.
Whatever good or bad we think, the vibrations of these thoughts spread around
in the atmosphere just like light and sound vibrations. Whosoever comes in
contact with these vibrations becomes charged temporarily with these positive
or negative thoughts. If our thoughts are negative, the vibrations released by
them will cause uneasiness and peacelessness to the person whom they hit.
This
is the reason why we feel so pleasant just by sitting beside those persons who
have good thoughts and feel constant restlessness by sitting beside persons
having negative thoughts.
2.
Whatever we think, impressions of these thoughts constantly sink down in our
subconscious mind in the form of sanskaras. If our thoughts are negative then
our subconscious mind is constantly bombarded with negative impressions which
make our souls impure, due to which, negativity in our own souls further
increases. So a vicious circle is formed which constantly increases disharmony
in the atmosphere around us. This vicious circle needs to be cut to restore us
to our pure state.
3.
The most important effect of the thoughts is that they have the power to get
materialised into physical conditions and circumstances are attracted to us
accordingly.
To
quote an example, if you repeatedly have this negative thought and fear in your
mind that you may develop a particular disease, you will find that the disease
has actually started manifesting in you. So this is the power of the mind or
thought over matter.
POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE
Thus,
if our thoughts are positive and harmonious, the physical conditions around us,
the environment and nature will automatically become harmonious, and if our
thoughts are negative, i.e. full of hatred, jealousy, revenge, greed etc. our
outer conditions will also become disharmonious.
The
various karmas which we perform are also categorised good or bad according to
the thoughts and feelings associated with it.
The
question is how to develop good thoughts? The answer to this is: through Gyan
and yoga. What is Gyan or knowledge? It is to know the truth of life, i.e. who
we are, where from have we come, what is the purpose of our existence on earth,
what are our relations with other living beings, what is our relation with the
universe and with God, what will happen to us after death, whether various
events occuring to us in our lifetime are all accidental or are they based on
some precise divine laws?
When
this knowledge will gradually dawn on us, we will find that our thoughts have
started becoming positive, because the reason for negative thoughts was
ignorance about the true nature of us and the
world. Due to ignorance we were running like mad after those things
which were unreal and perishable. After obtaining knowledge, our outlook
towards the world starts becoming detached. Our consciousness shifts away from
the world and is directed towards the soul and God. By this shift of
consciousness, the root of negative thoughts is fully destroyed.
TACKLING
NEGATIVE INFLUENCES
What
about the negative thoughts, feelings and actions of others which constantly
disturb us? The answer to this is that through practice of Rajyoga, we can
increase our soul power (atma shakti) to the extent that these negative
influences then cease to have any effect on us. You might be knowing that we
have surrounding the body an envelope of subtle radiations from our body called
aura. The more soul power we have, the stronger and brighter will be the aura.
For any negative thought to enter us, it has to cross through this aura. If our
aura is strong enough the negative influences will not be able to pierce
through it and therefore we will remain totally immune to the negative
influences around us and our balance will not be disturbed.
So
through Rajyoga we can increase our atma shakti and counter the effect of any
negativity proceeding towards us. Now what is Yoga? Yoga means connection with
God. As soon as this connection is established, a fountain of peace, knowledge,
bliss and power starts flowing towards us because God is the ocean of all these
attributes. This happens in the same way as when a battery is charged by
connecting it to a high power source. By connection with God not only our soul
power increases but all the impurities of our minds are also washed away,
making our souls totally pure. In this condition only good thoughts emerge from
us.
EASY CONNECTION
But
this connection with God should be maintained not only during meditation but in
our practical life also, through twenty-four hours. The simple technique for
this is that we should always feel the presence of God with us in whatever we
do. For example, we should feel that we are eating with Him, we are walking
with Him, we are working with Him etc. i.e. we should involve Him in all our
activities.
In
other words, whatever we do, we should be always holding His hand. Just like a
child feels totally secure and light when he keeps his hand in his father’s
hand, so do we keep ourselves always with God, because in such conditions God
takes total responsibility for us in His hand.
You are whole heartedly welcome to
Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya
