In America and some other places, I hear children carry guns to school! I think these children have never experienced true love and compassion. Nowadays parents fight in front of children. What will children learn? I request parents to shower love and affection on their children. Infants need comfort and care even while in the cradle. Hold them close, breastfeed them with love and tenderness. Teach them by example all that is good during their formative years. Parents should not express anger and hatred or fight in front of children. If they do, how is the child to learn patience and love?
If you walk through a field of soft, green grass, it will automatically make a path. Whereas, it would take countless trips up and down a stony hillside, in order to wear away a trail. In the same way, a child's character and personality can be moulded easily in their formative years. Children need loving care, but at the same time, we should not forget to discipline them. Instil in them love for all creation. This is possible through good value education. Our minds tend to become like stagnant ponds, full of dirt and sediments. In order to clean the pond, you need infusion of fresh water as that from a river, the river of loving kindness, a dose of pure consciousness or what we call God, for only that kind of Grace can help clear the impurities and restore the mind to its purity. Then we can love selflessly and live in service. To show compassion to the suffering is our obligation. Any spiritual quest should begin with selfless service. If you sit in meditation and expect the third eye to open without opening your two eyes, can that happen? Be a witness and give of yourself without expectation. We cannot close our eyes to the world, call it spirituality and expect to become Self-realised. To behold Unity with open eyes as you look at the world, that is Self-realisation. When a flower has not yet blossomed, when it is still a bud, its beauty and fragrance is not yet manifest. No one is able to appreciate or enjoy them. But when the flower blossoms, when it unfolds in bewitching colour and form, when its fragrance wafts through the air, it invokes joy and happiness all around. In the same way, the flowers of our hearts have not yet blossomed. They are still tiny buds. However, if nurtured by faith in Pure Consciousness or God, by love and compassion and by adherence to good principles, the buds of our hearts are bound to unfold. Revealing their beauty and spreading their fragrance, they become truly blessings to the world. Religion is not limited to the words of scriptures. Religion is a way of life. Its beauty and charm are expressed in the love and compassion of those who live in accordance with its guidelines. But simply reading the label on a medicine bottle will not affect a cure. You have to consume the medicine. You cannot taste the sweetness of honey by licking a piece of paper on which the world 'honey' is written. Likewise, the principles handed down by sages and masters, religious texts and stories must be contemplated on, meditated upon, and finally realised. Realisation is something to be experienced; it cannot be expressed in words. Courtesy: Mata Amritanandamayi Mission Trust. Today is Amma's 60th birthday. By <http://www.speakingtree.in/marguerite.theophil> Marguerite Theophil on Sep 26, 2013 | http://www.speakingtree.in/spiritual-articles/lifestyle/teach-children-by-ex ample?utm_source=newsletter <http://www.speakingtree.in/spiritual-articles/lifestyle/teach-children-by-e xample?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_digest&uid= 25583&date=20130927&suid=MjU1ODM=#43258> &utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_digest&uid=25583&date=20130927&suid=MjU 1ODM=#43258 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BETTER PERSONALITY GROUP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to better_personality+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to better_personality@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/better_personality. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
