We never know what is around the corner or what the next step in our life is going to be. So our priority must be our own inner stability and our relationship with Supreme. If these are strong and firm, we would be able to deal with the circumstances and situations life brings up time and again.
Spiritual knowledge helps us understand ourselves and keep our emotions are feelings positive and powerful and that brings us closer to Supreme. The daily practice of understanding and reflecting on these truths will enable us to use whatever situation comes to serve others and more forward in a way that’s helpful and meaningful for everyone in general.
Many people have recognised how a situation of loss has been an opportunity to renew the self. Illness, for example, can be an opportunity to have silence and solitude that isn’t possible in the busy lives most lead today. Losing a role or responsibility in life can free oneself to reconsider ones values and priorities and perhaps take on a new and different one.
Bereavement is more difficult to deal with. Yet, even then, we can maintain our stability, when we understand that our vibrations reach those we love and that, by staying peaceful, we will bring help and strength to the souls that have gone. If we come into upheaval, that upheaval reaches them too and hampers them on their journey forward. We haven’t suffered the loss alone — others around us also feel the loss keenly and our distress would add to theirs. Hence, our stability will help them cope with their loss. So by helping others we too will find strength.
Editor’s note: Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj ji is a writer at www.brahmakumaris.com and can be reached at nikunjji@brahmakumaris.in.
