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Emotional Intelligence
Most of us create the following forms of disturbances inside our minds:
anxiety, tension, fear, irritation, frustration, anger, sadness, depression,
worry, powerlessness, hopelessness are but a few of the many painful
emotional experiences! One minute the high of excitement and the
next moment the depths of sadness. We have been taught to believe
this is good, normal and healthy, but it is not it leads only to addiction
to the emotional disturbance in our minds and the chemicals they
stimulate in our bodies. When people hear this they immediately think
that without emotion life would be without feeling and meaning, a cold
and boring existence. In fact the opposite is true. Free of emotional
disturbance we are able to feel better, care deeper and better. We also
learn how to truly motivate ourselves instead of being dependent on
emotions to motivate us. Emotion is the lazy mans form of motivation.
There is very little power in emotion. It always fizzles out fast!
Self Empowerment
To fill your self with a virtue or power, which you feel you lack inside yourself, try the following exercise. Suppose
you feel that you lack contentment. To enhance this virtue inside you, sit comfortably in a pleasant room with your
eyes open.
Withdraw energy mentally from everything around you not to reject or resist, but to turn your attention inward. You
might think of how a tortoise withdraws into its shell to detach itself from the outside world, but carrying the
experience of the world with it inside its shelter.
Create a point of consciousness. Focus on the centre of your forehead. Think of this point as a radiant star, a
sparkling jewel, a flame or a being of light. This will transmit positive energy, making you feel good about yourself.
Affirm this positive energy through positive thoughts and images about yourself such as I am a contented soul, I
shower everyone whom I meet with the virtue of contentment, I am a jewel of contentment, or I am the child of
the Supreme Being, the Ocean of Contentment.
Focus your energy on contentment, and let this become the object of your meditation. As you focus, you will give
contentment life, turning a thought into a feeling.
Experience this feeling by giving your conscious attention to it.
During the entire day, you could visualize yourself performing each action in the canopy (shelter) of the Ocean of
Contentment.
Now perform this exercise for different virtues like cheerfulness, courage, humility, tolerance, forgiveness,
determination, etc. especially for the ones you think are lacking inside you. For the virtues already existing inside
you, you could use this exercise to strengthen those personality traits and bring them more into actions and
interactions.
Leadership
The deepest and most important form of leadership
today has little to do with leading the troops into battle, or
leading the teams into the market place of competition,
or even leading the nation or organization. Leadership is
the ability to help others see and know themselves, know
their own values, and their value to others, and align
their actions with their values. It is called integrity,
transparency, being egoless, humble, honest, caring,
benevolent. In short, being a good human being.
Happiness
Along with reading over the following words slowly and silently, make a sincere effort to create corresponding
images of them in the eye of your mind:
I focus myself on the self, the soul, a golden point of light........
I reside between the eyebrows in the middle of the forehead........
I radiate golden rays of peace, purity and love in all directions........
In this awareness of I the soul, with the power of my mind I can travel beyond the limits of my physical senses........
I visualize myself gradually going out from this physical body........
I, the sparkling star like energy, fly into the night sky........
I see myself floating above a vast expanse of buildings and lights........
Slowly I rise higher and higher to enter space........
I am surrounded by millions of stars and planets........
Gradually I see myself flying beyond the world of five elements........
I, the golden star, enter another dimension, a soft golden-red light world........
A world of sweet silence and peace........
full of peaceful light stretching into infinity........
I feel pure warmth here, surrounded by light........
I the being of light sparkle in this sixth element........
I am free of all tensions, extremely light.........
This is where I belong,
This is my home........
I recognize this place........
I had forgotten it, but now I have rediscovered it........
Spend a few minutes in this positive experience and then gradually come downwards to take your seat back in the
physical body.
The following visualization is designed to free your awareness from everything that is not the essential
self. It is not the aim to escape or avoid ourselves but an opportunity to be free of everything to which
we surrender our awareness and our attention. The mystery within the exercise is simple, when you
discriminate and detach from everything outside yourself you do not lose the world, it will always be
there, but you regain yourself, which was also always there, but was lost in the world!
Sit comfortably...
Visualize an eraser in your hand...
Take the eraser and imagine yourself rubbing out the desk in your office...
Then rub out the building, which holds your office...
Erase your car...
Then the surrounding streets and homes...
Then be aware of everything outside your own home...rub it out...
Then inside .. your bedroom, the kitchen, the lounge...
Erase them all one by one...
Until you are sitting in your chair floating in space...
Now rub out the chair...
Then look down and rub out your entire physical body and facial features...
There is now nothing left...except you, a sparkling being of conscient energy...floating in empty space
It's not that you are no longer...
As you float there you are very aware of yourself, very focused on yourself, powerful, peaceful and quite
content...
...just to be...
Self Esteem
When we spend time watching others its too easy to become a little
envious (jealous), to want what they have, to aspire to be what they are.
Some say it's good to aspire to be like someone, achieve what someone
else has achieved and then, when you get there you will be happy. But it's
impossible. We want the lives of others, the achievements of others, the
prestige of others, and in the wanting we will find the threads of
discontentment, fear of possible failure, envy and jealousy. We cannot be
someone else. We can only 'be ourself' and can only play our own
assigned role.
Question: Who is it in your life that you envy or would most like to be like
or attain what they have attained?
Reflection: What sort of feelings/emotions come up when you are
watching them or thinking about them?
Action: What will you/can you do to free yourself from aspiring to be
someone else?
At least twice in a day, withdraw yourself from your daily routine and visualize the
following positive thoughts:
I am a concentrated spark of life energy, located between the eyebrows........
Gradually I fly towards my sweet silent home........
Here I feel myself being drawn towards the Supreme Soul, a star-like entity with unlimited
power.......
Like a laser beam, powerful rays of peace from the Ocean of Peace fall on me which
make me calm, centered and composed........
As I release all negative emotions of anger from my system, I feel more and more
relaxed........
I acquire an attitude of acceptance towards everyone and everything around me........
In the canopy (shelter) of the Ocean of Love, I forgive myself and others completely and
release all resentments (negative emotions towards others) now.......
I am now overflowing with peace and love and shall create harmony in all my
relationships.......
I am receiving the spiritual power from the World Almighty Authority to remain in charge of
my energies......
Nothing can disturb my peace now.......
Self-Empowerment
To empower the self we need to realize and review our weaknesses or
those aspects of life that are holding us back in some way and/or are
causing us some sorrow or discomfort. The next step is to
use techniques of meditation to remove these weaknesses . To know
your weaknesses, perform the following exercise:
A. Remember the darker times in your life, when you experienced failure.
What was the common weakness present in your behaviour at those
times?
B. What are the negative or destructive trends in your behaviour
because of which you or others experience pain or sorrow?
C. Sometimes certain traits or behaviour of others can arouse a negative
response in us. What is that negative response?
D. What are you most frightened of?
E. Now review your answers and summarize. What are your three
main weaknesses?
1. Ask yourself that if what you worry about did happen what would
you do next?
Let's say all the evidence points towards your future being harmed. Take a
moment to visualize what you would do next. What would be the next step,
the step beyond what you do now? See yourself taking that step with ease
while enjoying and learning from the transition to a new chapter in your life.
2. Put all your worries on a piece of paper and then set fire to it
Write down your worries on a blank sheet and then have a 'sacrificial fire
ceremony' as you send your worries up in smoke.
3. See worry as paying interest on a debt that you have not yet
incurred
Watch how your worrying is draining you. The thoughts are sucking away
your life energy. It's like a debt collector calling to collect on a debt you do
not have. Stop paying of a non-existent debt.
World Transformation
Through Self Transformation
Stress Management
It is likely that each day usually has a number of minor and perhaps
major anxious moments. We tend to accept those moments as a
part of normal life and do little to understand and resolve them. Little
moments eventually grow into big moments and suddenly we are in
crisis. By responding honestly to the questions you see here you will
gain insight into whatever the situation is and as a result begin to
see possible ways to resolve.
Questions
What was your most stressful moment today?
What do you think was the cause of your stress?
Were there any emotions present? Describe those emotions.
Why do you think you responded in this way?
Self Awareness
Meditation
Exploration and experimentation of a few methods of meditation is
required before one decides which is the most appropriate method for
him/her. One can know through a combination of intuition and
experience. One may experience a few moments of peace while
gazing into a candle flame but it is unlikely to help one change a
pattern of negative thinking and acting. The rhythm of a mantra being
chanted verbally, or even mentally, may erase anxious and angry
thoughts (stress) for a while, but it won't change the hidden beliefs and
perceptions, which are responsible for one's stressful emotions. A
good test of any method is to ask yourself five questions: does it
increase my self awareness, does it help me understand myself better;
does it empower me to transform my deepest negative habits; does it
help bring a lighter and more positive energy to my relationships; does
it help me 'see' more clearly my values and my purpose in life.
Restoring Freedom
There is nothing more certain in life than the eventual loss of
whatever you become attached to. If you cannot yet be detached
then you can prepare for the moment the universe will come to take
away your attachments. This is also a moment of freedom, although
we do not appreciate it until after the event.
Make a list of all the things (ideas, objects, people, circumstances
etc), which you are attached to.
Take one item at a time and complete the following statement:
If the universe took away/changed/or altered (insert
attachment)...............................then my response would be as
follows. I would feel....................................... and I would (what would
you do)..................
Creative Consciousness
Self Management
A fundamental principle of successful living is : Event
+ Response = Outcome. It may require some
adjustments to our beliefs and changes to our daily
behaviours. When we realize that we are not getting the
outcomes or the results we want, what do we try to change
in the above principle? Unfortunately it's the event. And the
event is always in the past, and it usually involves other
people, both of which we can never change (the past and
other people). In order to change the outcomes we need to
change our responses. By including a few minutes
of reflection or relaxation in our daily routine, we can
empower ourselves to do that.
Think for a few moments and write down three situations when you
normally lack or lose your peace (become angry) during the course
of the day.
1.
2.
3.
Now perform this simple exercise. Use the term "Om Shanti" to
mentally invoke and experience your inner peace in each of these
situations. Experience the meaning of the words "Om Shanti" (I am
a soul and my original nature is peace). At the end of the day, note
down what difference it made to the interactions (situations).
Positive Thinking
Read over the following words slowly and silently. Using the power of visualization, aim to experience
them in your mind:
I withdraw my attention away from the physical limbs and sense organs........
I focus on myself........
I am listening through these ears........
I am looking through these eyes........
This instrument of mine, the physical body, is a precious vehicle........
a valuable instrument, a medium........
But, that which is more valuable and more precious is the being making this instrument function........
Within this assembly of bones and muscles and amazing organs is a being of light........
In the centre of the forehead is a point of light
I am this being of light........
I the being of light express myself through this body........
But the body is not I........
I am light........
I spread rays of peace in all directions........
I become aware of the power within this point of light........
Within I the being of light is everything that I am and everything that I have........
Within my own being are my virtues, my powers, my talents........
In the awareness of who I am I radiate this light within........
and in the awareness of this inner light........
I hold my head held high in dignity........
Time Management
The one who works in coordination with others is the one
who can fulfill responsibilities well. Responsibilities can be
fulfilled well when there is the recognition that each one
can contribute something to the task. It is also essential to
create a cooperative rather than a competitive
environment. Then there would be no feeling of superiority
or inferiority in anyone. When we are responsible to
complete some task, we need to involve all the people
who can help in it. When we do this we will find our task
finishing faster. Also we would find that we would get the
good wishes of all the people involved in the task.
Happiness
Symptoms Of Stress
1. Restlessness - We could have difficulty sitting still over even short periods of
time and we may play with our hands, twiddling our thumbs or playing with the rings
on our fingers.
2. Impatience And Short-temperedness - We could find ourselves becoming
angry at any moment for simple reasons; or we may snap at people, too quick to
assume that they are accusing us.
3. Obsessive Working - Treating work as a refuge can be a stress symptom,
although stress can also manifest itself as absenteeism.
4. Loss Of Appetite - Food doesn't interest us anymore. Either we don't eat, or we
over-consume junk food, or whatever is in the store cupboard or fridge.
5. Fear Of Silence - Silence may cause us discomfort, so that we "over-talk" when
with other people or leave on the radio or television when alone. Alternatively, we
may be intolerant of noise.
Someone suffering from depression should experience some relief by picturing the following
meditation commentary on the screen of his/her mind for 15 minutes every morning and evening:
I am a soul, a tiny star, sitting on my throne between the eyebrows........
I picture my destination, a land of soft golden-red light, beyond the sun, moon and stars........
On the wings of thought I fly there........
Now I am in front of the Father of the soul, a star-like entity like myself but an Ocean of Bliss........
Strong currents of spiritual bliss are radiating from this Supreme Point of Light in all directions........
Like a sponge, I soak up this light of bliss within me........
I am overflowing with happiness and super sensuous joy........
Now, in a deep meditative state, repeat silently the following positive affirmations:
I can be free of depression, right now........
I am the master of my mind, my thoughts, my intellect........
My thoughts create my feelings........
I free my mind from all worries, fears and memories of the past.........
I think only positive thoughts about myself.........
I feel very confident, energetic and enthusiastic........
I am very strong and can be a winner in every sphere of life........
By understanding this meditation I have understood the true purpose and worth of life and am getting
more and more interested in it........
I shall now take interest in the activities of day-to-day life........
Spiritual Vision
Peaceful Listening
To be a peaceful listener:
1. Be peaceful within, calming the mind in order to listen deeply.
2. Listen with your heart by keeping an open posture, a receptive and calm
expression, and a kind, non-judgmental attitude.
3. Listen with your full attention.
4. Only if the person finds it difficult to speak, be curious, encouraging them
by making gentle, open-ended enquiries.
5. Be aware that interruptions (making comments, noises or facial
expressions) are not necessary; sometimes they can influence or detract the
person from expressing their feelings or telling their story in their own way.
Positive Thinking
True Potential
Meditation
Re-discovering Internal
Strengths
Make a short list of your truest internal strengths, which you believe
you possess but do not use in your practical life.
Ask yourself whether any of these strengths can be used to remove
unnecessary stresses, tensions or contradictions in your practical
life? Now determine that you will bring these strengths into practice
at your workplace and at home - where everyone will see the use
you are making of them.
Believe in these ideas as symbols of your essential character, rather
than thinking of them as separate from yourself. Using this hidden
wealth of your strengths in your practical life will help you realise
your complete potential and fulfill your goals in your personal as well
as professional life.
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