The Blessed Life

As I am wishing or intending to achieve for something, I am actually making a prayer.  I am establishing a relationship with the Divine Creator, God.  I am reaching for the Divinity's Hand.  I am making a conversation so that I can be heard, so that my burden is lifted. My conversation with the Divine is the prayer.  I shall converse to make requests, to seek guidance and to ask for wisdom. Prayer helps me to open my heart to experience what life is all about.  It grounds me to accept that everything happens for good reasons.  As I sit to meditate and to silent my mind, I am connecting my soul to God.   In that connection, I pray and I surrender.  With that connection, I open my heart to trust and believe that the Divine power helps and heals. There is beauty in prayer.  It nourishes the soul.  It beautifies the energy body.  It calms the mind.  Prayer is not a technique of escape from conflict.  It is a stimulus towa...

Life is such that when I judge another, I do not define them but I define myself.  It is like looking at myself in the mirror and what I see in others is what is in me too.  Obviously, I get backfired.  Can I accept it? By making a subjective judgement about another person, I am not revealing a truth about him or her but a truth about myself.  In most cases, judging another is an act to make me feel better about myself.  What I do not realize, when I judge others, I voluntarily dim my own divine light. Passing a judgement is easy.  Many times, it happens in small subconscious way without realizing it.  Worst is when I think worldly of myself where I assume that I am better than most.   It makes me to think that my perspective towards life and people are more spot on.  Such thinking puts me to keep making assumptions. Why am I so quick to judge and label others, when it is said that nobody is perfect?  I need to train myself to be br...

Dear Self, it does not matter what everyone else thinks.  Should someone want to judge me, that is his/her choice.  What matters is I can look in the mirror and love who I see.  While that is self love, I have to see far beyond that.  I have to see, and feel, the divine spark from that image.   A true soul is not about the physical beauty but one that exudes in the name of Love, of one with God and of being human.  The real beauty is the union of a beautiful heart and a positive spirit.  Beauty is not about how I look but how genuine I am at heart. I have to love my life, because I am a product of Love.  It is important that I remind myself to do that, no matter how hard life can be.  No matter who tries to teach me lessons about life, I will not be able to understand it until I go through it on my own.   Life is best measured by experience, not so much by knowledge.  The great thing that shall come out of that, from the experi...

Why is it hard to accept criticism?  Why do I see it as an act of insult?  Why do I feel hurt when my actions are being commented?  Am I so perfect that no one has the right to correct me and voice their harsh opinions?  Nonetheless, there is a thin line between giving constructive criticism and throwing under the bus.   Should I want to change, I should take criticism with an open mind.  I have to accept it constructively, positively.  This is one way that I can make things right for me.  It is how I will be able to see and realize on my weaknesses.  On my errors and mistakes. When my actions are being commented, I should acknowledge it as helpful feedback.  I should not get too personal on the remarks when the (higher) intention is about a change.  I can learn from criticism.  Being humble goes a long way.  There is no need to be angry nor be resentful. The more I get defensive, how else would I identify my weaknesses?...