and how we relate to others. As a result our behaviors become shaped and dictated by our fears. This results in diminution of our latent divine character. Our lives become limited contrary Divine Spirit’s nature for us. Thus it behooves us to eradicate all self-imposed limitations in our life, eliminating inner bonds to this outer world of materiality. It is by giving up life of attachment from within that we awaken to an abundant spiritual life that encompasses all aspects of our lives and brings about true fulfillment beyond measure.
Anger
Anger is a destructive force and it is one of the passions of the mind or our human emotion. Whereas it is normal to be upset when something unpleasant happens to us, being angry is an extreme form of being upset. Without proper control of it and not understanding its destructive nature, we often allow it to spiral out of control. Additional to that, we justify it when all is said and done. Sometimes we regret it and other times we feel good about it if it affords us a false sense of pride stemming from having intimidated, beaten up, or forcibly encroached upon someone else’s space, and we call it justifiable anger so as to justify our actions. In our own self-righteous way, it is always the other person’s fault, we conveniently believe. We feel we have the right to be angry because we have been provoked without realizing the deleterious consequences of such emotional indulgence. We make no attempt to control it or if we try we often fail at it especially if anger is a dominant and intractable force in our life. In the fit of anger, we are liable to say things that are destructive and irrational that we would not say if we had kept our emotions in check.
It is important to recognize that words, deeds, thoughts fueled and executed with anger are always destructive. The problem is that as these actions born out of anger begin to come back as negative effect, we don’t recognize their origin thus we are often unable to link them to our past actions. Unfortunately, we begin to point fingers at others, blaming everybody but ourselves. Blinded by our emotions and unable to see the causal link, we repeat the same cycle, making the same mistakes over and over and continue to suffer the effects emanating from such negative thoughts and deeds. Sooner or later it begins to have ruinous impact on our life. It is in our best interest to learn to control anger by gaining control of our mind. That is the starting point. First step is to learn to recognize its injurious effect on yourself and to whom it is directed and find techniques to minimize or bring it under control. To help bring anger under control, one can try a simple natural technique by either mentally or vocally singing an ancient natural charged sound called HU (sang as HUE) when you get angry or catch yourself getting angry.
Essentially what we are learning is how to put Soul in charge of the mind other than the other way round. As the expression aptly goes: The mind makes a bad master but a good servant.
FACTORS THAT LEAD TO A MORE FULFILLING LIFE
A fulfilling life as we know it in human state is one in which there’s love, good health, material self-sufficiency, and spiritual well-being. A combination of these in a balanced manner makes for a fulfilling life. Factors that lead to such a life are many and varied. To name some of them: self-discipline, hard work, patience, clear goal setting, motivation to aspire to excellence, pursuit of a career in which you have a special ability, interest, talent, or love.
With self-discipline comes actions directed toward fulfillment of work set out to be accomplished without being distracted by other extraneous and competing forces. Staying on course, staying committed to a task at hand, and applying the law of economy is one way to go.
Hard work implies putting in as much time as is necessary to a point of sacrificing if necessary in order to accomplish a set goal. Recognizing the value of the project, and seeing it through to its completion and doing it well.
Patience—with it you can endure setbacks, discouragements, temporary failures, rejections, disappointments, and when you fall you get back up, feeling stronger, wiser, better, more resilient to meet life’s challenges.
Clear goal setting—without a clear goal, you will end up somewhere not intended.
A goal becomes a target of our perceived destination. On this trip to meet a goal, clarity of a goal makes us less wasteful of our time and energy in figuring out which way to go and what resources we may need to help us succeed. Clarity of the goal is a sure way to allow Divine Spirit to assist us toward the attainment of the goal. In essence, a goal is a mold we create. The clearer it is, the stronger the impression on divine spirit, the greater the divine forces are marshaled to help toward the achievement of the established goal.
The other vital element is motivation—without it, our efforts will lack the energy needed to move us forward, thus sooner or later we may fall flat on our face. And it becomes an arduous task to aspire to be the best that we can ever be. Without motivation from within, you will not go far.
We have to have enough love, liking, interest, ability, talent for what you choose to do, or it will be a stressful road ahead. A road to perdition with no joy, no satisfaction, no reward save for an empty monetary benefit if not all that is achieved. The price of pursuing something you have no interest or love for can lead to undue stress, which can impinge upon one’s health and rob one of one’s happiness.
The reverse is different. With right motivation, sincerity, self-discipline, hard work, right and clear goal setting, we are more likely to be more productive and lead a more fulfilling life. As such, the dividends go beyond monetary benefits. It becomes a life of fulfillment in more ways than one.
The Purpose of Our Existence
The purpose of our existence is to make God a reality in our daily life, to enjoy life, and not just to endure it. God not as male or female, but God as the highest, all-encompassing, loving, neutral force from whence all life emanates, therefore, fittingly referred to as It, not he or she. The injustices that appear are merely a balancing of what we already put in motion; we caused them. And that is what is called Karma, for which there is good and bad. No matter how bad one’s karma might be, it is not punitive, it is designed to teach us about love, freedom, and wisdom.
We can live a karmaless life by doing everything in the name of God. Instead of doing something for merely selfish reasons, we do it for God. The purpose of our existence is to manifest the God qualities lying latent in us. To grow in our awareness of who we are as conscious children of God. To recognize our divinity irrespective of our bank account, social standing, ethnicity, or age, or physical condition. To serve life selflessly. To cultivate our talents, interests, hobbies, and use them for the good of all and make life a joy to live for ourselves and others. To do the best we can under all conditions. To awaken to the fact that though our outer physical home may be sweet, it is indeed temporary and pales in comparison to our real permanent heavenly home.
Our true home is in the heavens, far beyond the lower heavens right into the pure God worlds, to the very hallowed home of God. So our purpose is indeed a noble one despite our humble outer conditions. And that is to realize and live an uplifting life, with a conscious knowingness that we are God’s children and for that, we are eternally blessed and grateful.
LOOKING GOOD FROM WITHIN
It sounds superficial when someone compliments another on how well, youthful or good the other person looks. But is it in reference to one’s physical state, the outer physical temple? Or is it in reference to how positive one appears in a spiritual sense? If in reference to the spiritual side, implicit in that is that one may be magnetic,
