Positive Thinking Quotes

To maintain your self - respect and give respect, means to receive respect. You won't receive it to give by taking it, but to give it means to receive it.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu ,

Donate powers through the mind.
Donate knowledge through words.
Donate virtues through your actions.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu ,

According to the atmosphere a few situations will come but maintain courage and consider those things to be side scenes and continue to move forward.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Great souls take advantage of every moment and every opportunity to give happiness to others through kindness in their thoughts; such souls are willing to overlook weaknesses and mistakes and have the desire to help everyone reach their potential.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

An intellect that has faith will never experience loneliness during a task. There will not be the thought that everyone is on one side and I am alone on the other side. If there is a seed then the tree is also within it. A soul who has a victorious intellect, and who has faith, will always consider him to be supported. The Bestower who gives support is with me. There will be this natural experience.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Sometimes due to arrogance, one's own mistake is blamed on others. As time passes, in order to protect oneself, the soul continues to blame others. Result, the most bitter bondage of the mind is “the intellect is locked".

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

One who constantly has the fortune of happiness and the sparkle of having the fortune of happiness would be on your face. And that will only happen when you yourself have the experience. If you are experienced, then others would automatically receive and experience from you. So, now increase this experience.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Whilst performing actions, there should be the experience of yoga. When you become busy in performing actions, the actions become elevated, and the yoga is then left to one side. This is the carelessness that comes as you move along. To experience yoga whilst performing actions is known as being a karma yogi.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu..

The main thing is to become an embodiment of experience; to become absorbed in the experience to each virtue; to become an embodiment of all powers. All powers should be visible in your form.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu..

The first special transformation is the transformation of your form. I am not a body, but a soul. Stabilize yourself in soul consciousness.

The transformation of your nature is the second. You even understand that your nature is not right, and that it deceives you from time to time. You understand this, but even then, you come under the influence of your nature.

The third is the transformation of thoughts. Transform the wasteful into powerful within one second. Think and do it practically, apply a full stop to the past. In order to apply a full stop, what power do you need: the power of transformation. Those who have the power of transformation are constantly pure and gentle and humble!

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu..

When there is the consciousness of "mine", it means that alloy is mixed with it. You need to consider the time and the atmosphere. You have to recognize the time and the atmosphere and then transform yourself. You need to understand the time and the atmosphere in every situation, in every relationship and in every connection and then bring about transformation in yourself

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu..

Having a gentle and pure nature, an attitude of good wishes and soul-conscious vision. At every moment, this is experienced from the sparkle on your face and from your activity.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu..

Constantly keep your attainments in front of you. Then, by being the embodiment of the awareness of the attainments, your weaknesses will easily be finished.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu..

For souls who have such faith in the intellect, their victory is also guaranteed to that extent. Defeat is impossible and victory is guaranteed.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu..

God the Father constantly wishes to see constantly blooming spiritual rose; not a wilted flower, but one in constant bloom. No one should say that situation was like that and that is why I became upset. Even if the matter that comes in from you, is the one that upsets you, you should not allow yourself to be upset. Consider it to be a game. Instead of becoming upset, you consider it to be a form of entertainment. Do not become afraid.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Give just as much regard and respect to the advice and ideas of others as you do to your own ideas. Think and consider the ideas of others, just as your own. This is what it means to give regard to the ideas of others.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

You say that you thought of this or that you came up with this idea, that you did this, and so you think that importance should be given to your ideas, that others should give regard to them.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Limited name and limited regard are like shadows. They are visible under the sun of Maya, but in fact, they are nothing. You have received name, you have received regard, but how much honor/ prestige is given to you? If you are seated on the heart-throne of the Supreme soul, That is the greatest honor of all.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

To constantly maintain your zeal and enthusiasm means to constantly stay in your elevated pride and self-respect. The greatest pride is that you are constantly happy and are the children of the Bestower of happiness who distributes happiness to others. You are also a constant Bestower. You receive from the Father without your having to ask for it and distribute to others. So you are the great donors who constantly distribute the treasures of happiness to others.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

The most invaluable thing there is, is time, because the present time has been praised - "if not now, then never." Do not waste your time. Whilst moving around, you want to listen to a few words or you want to stop for a few words with someone, and this also takes up your time. And the more time you waste, the more the sanskaras of waste are becoming firm

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Foundation of purity in life gives the experience of lightness and happiness. Balance in being loveful and lawful makes you merciful and world benefactor.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

When a wrong action is performed, think it has happened and so it is finished, but pay attention in the future. But, sometimes instead of paying attention you create tension.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

If it were not like this, then it would be like this, if it were not like this, it would be like that". By thinking such thoughts, you are accumulating in the account of wastage. Your income gets depleted; your account of accumulation finishes. Think, but do not think waste thoughts, and definitely save something as saving will give you a lot to happiness.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

The good health of the soul and body is essential in this life. When the soul remains peaceful and content, the illnesses of the body are transformed from an experience of crucifixion to that of a thorn. As a result of this state of the soul, you will always experience good health.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Constantly speaking about one's illness becomes a cause for it to increase. Peaceful souls who are always in the remembrance of God neither experience the pain of sickness, nor do they spread the wave of pain by relating it to others. They will transform the pain into contentment and there by bring about a wave of contentment in others. At the appropriate time they make use of the power of tolerance received as a blessings from God.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

There are times when we are impatient to prove the TRUTH, but it only ends up showing our stubbornness. One may explain things gently when it is required, but one should not forget manners and become forceful in trying to prove one's point.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Godly love makes one cross the three steps very easily. First the detachment from body consciousness, secondly the detachment from all bodily relationships, thirdly the detachment from attractions of this physical world and physical objects.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Where there is inner contentment there is fulfillment i.e. there is no trace of anything lacking. On the basis of contentment there is then the experience of having plenty of worldly wealth. Even two rupees feels like possessing two million rupees. If someone is a millionaire but has no contentment, then even millions cannot give satisfaction - they are beggars of their own desires.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

To attain constant success remember the slogan,' Give regard and take regard.' To give others regard is to get regard from others. In giving, the taking is included. Regard can never be received by asking for it. It is not possible that you have but do not receive.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

If your mood is always holy, then no other mood can overpower you. A holy mood means one who is constantly light, carefree, full of all treasures. You had many different varieties of mood: sometimes happiness, sometimes of thinking too much, sometimes light and sometimes heavy. So all these changing moods finish and become one of constant happiness.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Allowing yourself to be controlled, either by others or by your own anger, represses your original qualities of tolerance and love, and thus creates a very deep kind of sorrow in the soul. To overpower this weakness, we need to be always aware that we are not only children of GOD but also heirs to His Divine qualities.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

If there is love for God, then automatically the soul becomes co-operative with all because God is the seed. By giving water to the seed, every leaf automatically receives water and then there is no need to water each leaf individually. To be linked in love with the spiritual Father means to have love for all.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Humility makes you simple and truthful. The more humility you have the greater will be your understanding of the truth. And vice versa.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt.

To reduce expansion to its essence is called tolerance. To expand obstacles or difficulties in one's own mind or in front of others means to create a mountain. However when you apply a full stop with the consciousness that this is nothing new - this too shall pass and with the help and remembrance of God we move forward.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

The immense power of humility is useful in your protection as well as protection of others. It allows you to learn from and see the benefit in everything, even in the insults of others. You don't feel the need to get upset. Your self-respect works to keep you steady. Even if the problem is theirs, not yours and there is nothing to change in yourself, humility removes the need for you to say so.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

The first step towards conquering stress is to accept that it is not created by external events so much as by how we deal with them.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

The more honest we are in our dealings with others, the more we are trusted. Honesty is very deep. It is common for people to say one thing and feel another, which, of course in not honesty. Honesty is only possible when we check our conscience and remain true to our highest values. Making our heart honest in this way brings the blessing of being deeply trusted by others.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Many times people report the feeling of divine help and strength when they come close to breaking point. Actually divine help is always there, but we are usually so busy doing things in our own little way that we only look for it when we face absolute defeat, the tranquil nature of enlightened souls comes from their ability to take God's help constantly.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Even if we don't mean to be critical, we often unconsciously home in on others' weaknesses and mistakes. The more we develop the habit of noticing goodness and only holding onto the good in others and in situations, the more our own sense of well being will rise. When we continually think "He/She is wrong", we create a barrier that prevents us from reaching our own goodness.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

We can only bring true lasting benefit to others when we have a loving attitude towards them, no matter what they are like. To help bring out the best in everyone, regardless of their mood or disposition, we need to ask " How can I make a positive contribution here?" Instead of wondering what can we get out of situations and people for ourselves, this attitude of giving is one of the great secrets of inner contentment.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

We express our care and concern by responding to situations with a cool head and to people with a warm heart. If we remain aware that we are all a part of one family, and that even the smallest of gestures can make a difference in people's lives, we will always be blessed with a caring heart. It takes so little to show that we care yet it can mean so much.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

To be impartial is to be independent and uninfluenced, to remain the master, true to our higher self and our original qualities of serenity, love and joy. We are unaffected by changing circumstances and other people's negativity. Chaos always subsides, bad moods pass. With a loving and positive attitude, we align ourselves with that which is true and eternal and then all problems can be resolved.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

If at any time we begin to lose hope in ourselves, let us simply look inside out hearts and see all the good actions we have performed, from the smallest to the grandest. When we see how much happiness we have given, we easily remember the purpose of our life.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

An innocent heart is of great benefit to the self. Rediscovering our innocence allows us to re-experience the wonder of a child, to let go of cynicism and appreciate the simple things in life.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Faith means that there isn't the slightest form of doubt in any situation or at times of obstacles. Situations have to change and they will continue to change. The supports that your faith has now will be removed, and even after that your foundation has to be strong. If your foundation is not strong, then supports are necessary. Therefore you need to maintain your peaceful, lovable state and your love and faith for God has to remain unshakeable.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Knowing the self and knowing God brings light into the darkness, and brings love back into our lives whereby we can reach out to others. The world will change when we are able to share this Godly light and this endless love. When I know myself I can really meet others. My vision will not be disturbed by our differences but I will recognise the same essence in others.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Why do you like sunsets so much? Because they take you beyond your physical dimension. You experience peace and silence. You sense that time stops, and you understand what eternity means. It awakens your dormant spirituality. Whenever you have the chance, sit in front of a sunset and relax. Do not analyze. Only watch and observe and let profound feelings of peace emerge.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

When I awaken to the power of the mind I can begin to step back from whatever illness is happening in the body. The more I become the observer, watching what is happening instead of being caught up in it, the more free the mind can become. Even when my body is ill, I can create thoughts and feelings of happiness and peace. These positive feelings then help the body, so that I have the strength to face the illness and quite often pain and sickness decrease or may even go away.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

The theatre of life has its own script. Each instant is unique. Live each moment as if it were the most important of all. You will enjoy and feel peace. Discover your spirit and the treasure within. Your spirit is full of peace. Your spirit is peace.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Learn to create silence in your mind and peace will flourish in your soul. You will discover God's language. To be internally silent do not think too much. Trust yourself. Trust others. Trust life. You will find it is easier than it seems.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

You spend most of your life running after things, doing things. You forget that being comes before doing. Those who remember this secret make an effort to "be" and discover that when they stop and observe, life helps and brings whatever is needed. Learning to be is learning to be at peace. It is our most fundamental nature.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

A mother teaches her child with love and patience until the child learns. Be a mother and teach your mind to have positive thoughts and to let go off worries. Then when your mind most needs peace, it will obey you.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Many believe that happiness is achieved through material wealth. It is true that it gives a temporary sense of well being. A rich person is not someone who has more but someone who desires less. Happiness is the result of total appreciation of all that life gives you at every moment.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

When there is the thought to do something unselfish for someone every day, there is the ability to give happiness unconditionally. Whatever the relationship or whatever the personality of the other person, the one who develops the habit of doing this, is able to remain a source of support for those around. The best gift we can give is to give happiness to finish sorrow. When we are constantly thinking of this, not for any reward but just for the sake of it, we are able to discover and enjoy the fruit of that action. We become free from expectations and are able to enjoy the action itself.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Peace is simplicity. Simplicity is beauty. A simple exercise to experience this is - Choose a day as your day of simplicity. Speak little, and listen with attention. Do something incognito and nice for a person you are close to. Eat simple and natural food. Create time
periods for not doing anything - just walk, look around, live the moment. Have your mind open to a more profound and silent sensitivity. Appreciate each scene and each person as they are. In the evening write down your discoveries. Observe the state of your mind.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

The sign of a great man is his accuracy. The means of achieving accuracy is setting up a time-table. Time-tables are for busy people, helping them do the work of five people. When you find there is so much activity, so much to be done, set your own time table. This helps to achieve success. At times some may feel that although they have been successful in many activities and achieved a lot, there is no sense of achievement, no satisfaction - and the soul searching questions start originating. Each individual will find his answer, his place in the tree of life if they can establish a relationship with God the Father. When setting your time-table, perhaps you can put in a few moments to be spent with just you and God, your Father and enjoy a sweet relationship with Him.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Thoughts are the seeds that create our destiny. If there is the same thought as before, there is no newness and there cannot be anything new attained. If things have to change, effort needs to be put in at the level of the thought first. Such thoughts will naturally inspire and motivate to make the best use of the available resources. When I begin to create new elevated thoughts in challenging times, I am able to be happy and peaceful . I don't have questions related to the situations but I am able to find the solutions in my mind. This inner peace naturally creates a peaceful environment around me.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Mindfulness means developing the habit of stepping back and observing your thoughts, consciously directing your mind inward. Just pay attention and take note. Isolate any destructive words and phrases. It's especially beneficial when your mind and body are relaxed, then you can simply watch the thoughts floating in and out of your head and quietly replace any that are not contributing to your welfare.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Within us are a lot of treasures - the treasures of thoughts, time and virtues that we have not been using fully. The power within enables us to recognize and use these treasures in a worth while way. The more we are able to work with them we find them increasing. We need to remind ourselves of the treasures within us and try and discover which treasure we have that we can work on. Even if we think of a simple specialty of ours which we could make use of, we would find it increasing and we would find others benefiting too.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

How fast can life become? How much can we do in the corporeal amount of time we have? There is only 24 hours in the day, but we're trying to fit 26 hours into it. If we could watch a movie of our average day we'd probably be amazed at all the things we try to do. And then there is the exact opposite. Some of us spend our lives watching others doing and achieving, and from these images we build such high expectations of our own life, and then sit around feeling utterly powerless in our attempts to meet these expectations. That powerlessness becomes hopelessness and hopelessness becomes depression. If we can just see this process and release these expectations. If we can at least be detached from any expectations, we will get back some of our inner power and self-motivation. It helps to stop watching others and their lifestyles, especially in the media, and then comparing yourself to them. It helps to eliminate all but one 'I wish' from your mind. There is only one valid and useful 'I wish' and it is simply "I wish to be me". For that is all you can ever be. It is all you can ever have. It is all that you are. And when you know it, you will be free of all expectation and desire, and able to enter the most relaxed state of being, at will.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Never believe anyone who says we cannot change. Vision is one of the secrets of personal transformation. We are all artists, our mind is the arena of creation and vision is what we are constantly creating. What is your vision of yourself today - patient, relaxed, positive or tense, tight and negative? What do you prefer? So be creative – what does patience look like, feel like, what are you doing that is different when you are patient and you are expressing your power to ...wait? Always start with vision not action. See it and you will be it. Be it and you will do it. We don't 'get a life' as some would cynically tell us - we create our life.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Lightness is like hitting a spring of water inside. A sudden break out from the dryness of your normal reactions as you begin to express from within, rather than just responding to what you see outside. It usually happens when you come upon a quality that hasn't been destroyed or jaded by time, something very old and inherent in you that has survived. Most qualities and talents are developed through use, but are also in some way diluted and changed. Lightness is touching what makes you unique, because it has never changed.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

As we mature spiritually there is less need to have our self-respect bolstered by praise and special attention. As our thought processes become more compassionate and less self-obsessed, we feel increasingly satisfied with our lives and ourselves. We relate to people more easily and feel no need to draw attention to our successes or complain about our problems.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

When you are aware and accept that everything around you is constantly changing, and that you have no control over 99.99% of it, you are able to embrace change like a close friend! Change is a like a river, constantly flowing and moving things around. The river of life is constantly bringing you ideas, people, situations - each one is an opportunity to be enriched or to enrich others, and to learn. Change is the play of the universe as it entertains us in the biggest light and sound show of all time. Why not sit back and enjoy the show!

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Generosity means more than just giving. It also means to cooperate with others. The greatest act of generosity is to see beyond the weaknesses and mistakes of others, helping them to recognize their innate value.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

If we allow bitterness and resentment to fester inside, it will make my relationships guarded and unsatisfying. The more we close down to others, the more we become a stranger to ourselves. By letting go of sorrow and negativity, we can keep our nature open and loving. Remaining open to life, with its constant adventures and opportunities to grow, is the only way to reach our full potential.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Protecting our sense of optimism is the best way to remain cheerful. We can do this by starting the day with meditation to pour light and love into the scenes we are likely to find ahead of us that day. And then if we keep touching base with God's mind and His benevolent way of seeing things, the inner happiness we experience will help us pass through any situation without feeling weary.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

No one wants to feel pitied by another; it is a demeaning experience. However a gentle form of encouragement can enable us to believe in ourselves again and regain our optimism and courage. A person with the quality of mercy works on such subtle level that the support given never demeans or implies weakness in the other person.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

While moving towards the destination, we generally tend to get distracted with even the little things that happen. Even a small negative or positive incident is enough to distract our thoughts from the destination. We become so busy with such things that our vision moves away and there is no movement forward. We need to first clarify our goal. Once we have done this, we need to take care that our vision is focused on it. Even when situations come by, trying to distract us, we need to remind ourselves that these are only side-scenes, which are not important for us. It is more important to keep our energies focused towards the goal.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

When someone relates something to me about another person's negativity, I tend to listen to it with great interest. I then find that the other person is greatly encouraged to speak about it. But such waste talk is not really useful for anyone and I find that there is no solution for the problem at hand. When someone is talking about the negativity in another person I need to question myself if listening to this is of any use to me, or if I can do anything about the situation. If I cannot do anything I need to remind myself that there is no use listening to such waste talk. Instead I need to make an attempt to look at the positive aspect in the other person so that the other person can see that too.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Normally we celebrate for sometime and at that time forget our worries. But once the celebration is over we come back to our routine thoughts. Celebration is seen as something temporary and is in the company of those dear to us. But not always do we get such a chance to celebrate. Hence we usually keep looking forward to some new celebration. Real celebration is to enjoy the beauty and joy of each and every moment. This moment is special and it is this moment that is the real celebration. Such celebration keeps us in constant enthusiasm. So we will stop looking for special occasions to be happy but will be able to make the best use of this moment and give others that experience too, instead of being dependent on others for celebration.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

We do have a lot of thoughts to bring about a change in our lives. But most of the times we find that we are not able to bring this thought into practice. As time passes by the thought too loses its importance and we find ourselves caught up with waste or negative thoughts. We need to keep a chart of our waste and negative thoughts as well as our powerful and positive thoughts. Only when we are consciously aware of how much we are spending through our negative and waste thoughts and how much we are accumulating through our positive and powerful thoughts can we be determined. We also are able to increase our accumulation and thereby increase inner power.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

It is much easier to note what one doesn't have than appreciate what one has. So whenever challenging situations come our way, we tend to see what we are lacking. When there is such an attitude we are not able to make any effort to change the situation. We then tend to blame others or give excuses. During challenging situations and even otherwise, we need to make special effort to appreciate and use what we have. When we continue to make effort in this way, every challenge will allow us to discover and use hidden resources, thus making us richer. So we would be able to experience constant progress.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Humility brings excellence. Humility means there is no expectation of being perfect always. So whatever is done comes naturally. There is no feeling of threat about others' opinion, but the one who is humble is able to express inner talent without any fear and expectations. So humility takes one forward towards excellence: When I am humble, I am able to stabilise myself in my state of self-respect always. This naturally is felt even when I am not able to bring perfection in my actions or even when others are not satisfied with me. Internally there is a feeling of satisfaction, knowing that I am constantly learning and moving forward.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

A majority of people build their identity around physical achievements, position in life, relationships, and other's opinions, which is like grasping a mirage in the desert - there is no substance or permanence. Rajyoga teaches us how to understand our original personality as 'souls' and re-emerge our divinity through the remembrance of One Supreme. No matter how much others or even God may try to convince me that I am a worthy individual, until I visualize my own goodness and nurture my self-respect, I cannot do anything with my life. God loves me no matter what I may be like and makes me realise my 'self' by loving me unconditionally.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Determination is an essential quality to nurture if we are to continue on our spiritual journey. No matter how much enthusiasm we have or how clear our aim is, without determination we will give up sooner or later. In times of challenge, we take care that determination does not lead to stubbornness; then we can let go off resistance and not oppose anyone or anything with our mind. Instead, we take time for meditation, reflect on the most compassionate way to deal with situation, and quietly wait for an approach to present itself.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Worries are an illusion. They make you live in the future, giving you the belief that you are very busy and takes you away from the present. Worries are an excuse for not doing what you really have to be doing. A reactive person appears very busy and worried. With worry, no problems can be resolved. A proactive person focuses attention on the present, acts with initiative, and the understanding that being calm and free from worry is far more effective.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

When someone disbelieves me I usually tend to argue back and try to prove my point to the others but find that I am not able to convince them. Yet I find that the more I talk the less I am listened to. And I only end up getting frustrated. When someone challenges the truth of my words, I need to check within myself if there is something that I can correct or learn. When I learn to do this, instead of being stubborn with what I have to say or blaming others, I find it easy to tolerate.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Although we do have a lot in our lives, we have expectations from situations and people around us. We constantly think of what we have to get from them. Such expectations make us dependent on others for self-progress. Then we find ourselves experiencing progress only when things are going right or when people are cooperative. Instead of thinking about what we want to get, we need to pay more attention to what we have, so that we can do our best using these resources to acquire what we want. Thus we will experience constant progress in our life, whether the situations are positive in my life or not.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

When we are faced with challenges, we usually experience that there are not sufficient resources or we are not able to make use of our resources for best results. So instead of experiencing progress, we experience a lot of negative feelings. When we learn the art of being stable in the most negative situations, we know how to use the treasures that are hidden within us. Our mind is no longer disturbed with waste or negative thoughts and we find it easy to face and learn from each and every situation.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

A great number of us wish we weren't forgetful or careless. But interestingly enough, the mind generally forgets normal, routine things but can't get away from contemplating on the past or future (could be my own or others). It's not surprising that my mind finds it hard to remember what I need for today, when it's trying to manage the traffic jam of thoughts pertaining to yesterday and tomorrow. We could argue that the past has many good things to adopt or that we need to plan for the future, but along with that I end up encouraging the past or future to weigh me down. Let me guard my thoughts carefully and not allow any leakage of the mind power.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

When I plan perfectly for the day ahead, I sometimes find that I am not able to implement all that I had planned for. Things seem to be coming up unexpectedly spoiling everything for me. I am then not able to be happy with what is happening and so find it difficult to do my best or what is required for me to do. It is as important to be flexible in my thoughts as it is to be particular about my daily schedule. Flexibility allows me to accommodate the unforeseen situations that come up my way and enables me to make the best use of everything. And so I enjoy everything that comes my way.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.