Fulfilling Desires
By Changing Your Belief System
One most
important characteristic that differentiates the Supreme Soul from human souls
is that the Supreme Soul is the only entity that exists in this World Drama that
is completely desire-less and remains that way eternally. If we were to make a
list of desires that human beings have, we would name a lot many and various
different types of desires. Whatever karma or action any soul performs at
different points in the World Drama, whether positive or even negative, pure or
even impure, they are all performed to fulfill these different types of
desires. But when seen from a spiritual perspective, whatever the
external form of the desire may be, the internal desire is always very simple -
to go back to its eternal (or inert) state of peace or original state of peace,
love, joy and power. The eternal or inert state of each soul is the state in
which it exists before it begins its journey of birth and rebirth, when it
resides in the soul world and the original state of each soul is the state in
which it exists when it has just begun its journey of birth and rebirth i.e. at
the beginning of the birth-rebirth cycle. Even negative karmas based on the
personality traits of anger, greed, ego, lust, etc. may externally seem to be
filled with violence or impurity, but internally, each time any soul performs
such karmas, all it desires is a return to its eternal and original state (we
shall explain this in tomorrow's message). But it does not realize how these
karmas take the soul away and not close to these states.
This is where
the role of the Supreme Soul comes in. The Supreme Soul is completely
desire-less and possesses the capability, knowledge and power to fulfill these
desires of the soul. Being the Supreme Teacher, He guides and teaches us what
are the right karmas or actions that can help us fulfill our desires and take us
closer to our eternal and original state and which actions, take us away from
it. Also He is the only one who can teach us how to connect with Him so that
these desires are fulfilled, because he is the Ocean of all the qualities
that exist inside us in our eternal and original state and connecting with Him
fills us with these qualities. The connection and the right actions, both, are
vital for our progress.
We have been holding a lot of incorrect beliefs as to what can
lead us to back to our eternal and original state (these states were discussed
in yesterday's message) and many of our actions are based on these beliefs. We
have mentioned a few examples of incorrect beliefs below. There are many more,
which you could reflect on.
Lust and attachment increases love in a
relationship.
Anger is necessary for success in
relationships and is important for getting work done and gaining respect. It
provides a mental upsurge of energy.
Greed attracts physical prosperity and
brings happiness.
Ego is power; a person with no ego is
generally timid or submissive.
Worry prepares us for the worst, worrying
for someone close is expressing our love for
them.
Being emotional and crying for our loved
ones in bad times, is expressing love for them. Being emotional and crying in
good times is expressing and experiencing joy.
Gossiping increases social bonding and
gives one an experience of joy.
Jealousy inspires us to do better and
achieve more.
The Supreme Teacher changes our belief
system and not only makes us aware of these incorrect beliefs but reconditions
us by incorporating correct beliefs inside us so that we start performing karmas
or actions based on them and start progressing towards our eternal and original
state.
Warm Regards,
Umesh Shanmugam
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