Two Great Spiritual Qualities
The primary spiritual quality which we all should
have, is the feeling of complete and total surrender to a higher spiritual
Master. We have discussed complete surrender in an earlier post. So apart from
this we will look at two other essential qualities – forgetting other people’s
mistakes and developing and bringing forth the goodness within.
We are always affected by others’ mistakes only
when they affect us or have an impact on our life – obviously it won’t bother
us if it doesn’t affect us, isn’t it! Such mistakes could happen between
friends, relatives and colleagues and when they do happen, they have an
emotional impact on us, resulting in anger, disgust, frustration and similar
such negative emotions. Any emotional impact on us has a direct bearing on our
spiritual growth and progress. Our heart chakra and brow chakra are immediately
impacted resulting in adverse effect on our physical and mental health.
The best way to counter such negative emotions
resulting from others’ mistakes is to forget them and to forgive the perpetrator
of the mistake. Forgiveness has to be done at the soul-level and not at the
intellectual level, because when we forgive just orally the hurt remains and
every time we remember the mistake we relive the emotions. Every time we relive
the emotions, we dig up the hurt and impact our wellbeing. Once we learn to
forgive at the soul-level we are well on the way to spiritual progress. This is
easily possible through meditation and mindfulness practise. As you learn to
become a witness and watch life as it happens, it becomes easier to not get
affected by others’ mistakes.
Once you learn to remain centred in your own being
and stop being affected by others’ mistakes you begin to develop the other
great spiritual quality – that is bringing forth the goodness within. There is
goodness within each and everyone of us, for some it remains hidden under
layers of pain and hurt, for others it sprouts pretty quickly. The more you
start bringing forth your goodness from within, people will start getting
attracted to you, they will feel happy and peaceful in your presence. All this
happens because your own energy field is changing for the better, your aura is
being developed and those who come within its ambit start feeling good.
So, to conclude I would like to say that forgiving
other people for their mistakes and letting go, while at the same time bringing
forth the goodness from within are two other great spiritual qualities we can
nurture, develop and live till they become second nature for us.
1 comment:
Sir, it's really well stated. For some events and incidents takes lesser time to forget and forgive. At times, some aspects are within and really takes a while. How should they handle the same?
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