Soul Reflections …. Anger … Part 3

Posted on May 12, 2011 by kamal

Having repeated the mantra ‘Anger is a destructive force in me, I do not need it and I do not want it.’ for a week we will have incorporated it in our consciousness and will be ready to make changes in our personality for the better. Follow the sequence of steps listed below whenever you are faced with a situation in which you might potentially ‘lose it’

1.    Observing self —-  Observe your moods and thoughts. Watch yourself, become aware when you start to get angry.

Notice: I am now getting angry.

I am going to lose control now.

Accept that you are going through these emotions, don’t deny them,  and don’t justify them

Affirm to yourself: I AM A CONSCIOUS BEING OF FREE WILL. I CHOOSE NOT TO BE CONTROLLED BY DESTRUCTIVE EMOTIONS LIKE ANGER. I WILL CHOOSE MY REACTION EACH TIME, IN EVERY SITUATION.

2.    Introspection: I am aware of the anger rising in me. I know that this will be hurtful to others and affect my health adversely. It can be very harmful. I must drop this anger emotion and choose a positive, helpful emotion.

3.      External analysis: This person has hurt/insulted/disobeyed me. Did he do that because he is frustrated? Is he worried about a sick person he has left at home or is he himself not well? Is he stressed about his job? Or is he deliberately being nasty to me? Whatever the reason, he is coming from a place of insecurity. He needs my understanding, my compassion. I will ignore what he did or say, or even better, I will smile at him, maybe pat his hand to show him I understand. I WILL CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE NOT TO GET ANGRY. I WILL CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE UNDERSTANDING, LOVE, COMPASSION.

The Result: Reacting with Love and Compassion automatically defuses a charged situation. It is impossible for a person to continue insulting or hurting another when all he gets from the other is Understanding. Soon the ‘angry moment’ will have passed, and you can pat yourself on the back because you succeeded in choosing the correct response in the situation

Practise these steps in every trying situation that crops up in your life and you will soon achieve success. You will become calmer and healthier. You will even reach a state in your life when you will be able to assist others on the road to mastery over their emotions.

Conquering anger in you will help you conquer other undesirable emotions in you. Above all, you will be rewarded with continued Peace of Mind, which is the perfect ground for bringing out the best in you in all situations.

Kamal Tolia

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Soul Reflections Anger ….. Part 2

Posted on May 12, 2011 by kamal

Every spiritual path emphasizes the importance of building virtues like having a peaceful mind. Anger is one emotion that works in the opposite direction. It agitates our mind. An agitated mind is a highly uncomfortable one. To return to its comfortable state, it has to let out the anger. Where, when, how and on whom, it does not think.
The Hindu scriptures tell us of five weaknesses / sins which are a hindrance to our spiritual progress. They are: Kam (desire), Krodh (anger), Lobh (greed), Moh (attachment), and Ahankar (ego pride). Out of these five, Krodh (anger) is classed as the deadliest. Why? Because when a person gets angry, he loses his Buddhi, his sense of discrimination between right and wrong. In his angered state, he can say and do things which he would never think of saying or doing in his normal, peaceful state.
Last week we saw that anger produces stress hormones and toxins in side us. This elevates our Blood Pressure. The greater the anger and the longer it lasts, the higher the blood pressure. In very extreme cases, a person can even die in a fit of anger!!! And being in an angry state often enough will give us chronic blood pressure problems. Furthermore, each time you get angry, your life span is shortened!
No one in their right mind would want to poison himself or shorten his life span. How do you stop sabotaging your health and your life span? You have to cultivate emotions which are the opposite of the destructive ones.
This requires retraining yourself in steps. To begin with,
• You must accept that anger is a destructive force in you
• You must accept that you do not need anger.
• You must not want anger in your life.

Repeat the following statement every day, twice a day, in the morning when you wake up and before going to sleep:

‘Anger is a destructive force in me, I do not need it and I do not want it.’

After about a week of this practice, this thought will become a part of your consciousness and you will be ready to follow the actual practical steps to rid you of this unhealthy habit.

Next week: four practical steps for healing yourself of anger.

Kamal Tolia

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Healing Seva for Underprivileged Girls

Posted on May 8, 2011 by kamal

The Hawkers Market Girls Centre on Limuru Road has girls from informal settlements (slums) in Mathare, Huruma and Korongocho. These girls come from needy families and often from abusive and traumatized backgrounds. They are in need of healing not only at the physical, but also emotional and mental levels.

As part of its regular Reiki healing Seva, The Lotus Healing Seva Group (Kenya) and the Lotus Healing Seva Youth Group (Kenya) did Reiki Healing Seva to these girls. From mid April 2011, once a week, for three weeks, they went to the centre and gave them hands on Reiki healing.

The Group also donated various food articles like flour, beans, cakes, biscuits, milk, bread, fruit, and personal items like face creams, vaseline, sanitary towels, soap and toothbrushes and blankets.

The girls healed so well that in the words of some of them …. “my joint pains have gone, I can now kneel and do work without pain, ….. I am sleeping well, without fear, …. I am healed of my back pain and headaches …. I was afraid to speak up before, now I can speak with confidence …. I had a terrible fear before about being with others, now it does not bother me so much ….”

In fact they loved the Reiki healing so much, that they asked to be taught how to heal with Reiki. So on 5th May, LHSG had a workshop for them to teach them Reiki. With the wonderful Reiki energy in their hands, they are now able to give healing to themselves and others.

Besides helping them heal physically, mentally and emotionally, teaching them Reiki was a wonderful way of empowering them with healing power, so they can  look after their own overall health and that of their family and friends. This will help them to be holistically healed and therefore make a meaning contribution to society.

All those that took part in this special seva, felt blessed themselves! We felt a special soul connection with these girls. We give thanks to the Universe for giving us this chance to do this beautiful seva

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Reiki Seva for underprivileged girls of HMGC

Posted on May 8, 2011 by kamal

Reiki Seva for underprivileged girls of HMGC on 12th April 2011

Bhavik Kumbharana LHS(Y)G ….. 12 years

When I reached the Hawkers Girls centre I saw that they had stitching skills and Art and Craft skills. It felt like they were not hawkers but students who had already finished their education. Later the healing part came where I gave Reiki to six girls. Most of them had headaches, could not sleep well and had period pains. After the healing they said they felt much better.

I was very happy that I could help them with healing.

Kunali Gohil LHS(Y)G ……. 17 years

The Hawkers Market Girls Centre is a centre where young girls come from less fortunate families to get voluntary training on basic hose cleaning, sewing, basic computer skills and jewelry making.

When I stepped into their tiny shop where they sell handmade jewellery and bags I was stunned at the sight of their work. It was simply amazing.

Then my Reiki Master Kamalaunty instructed us on how we were to give the girls healing in an organized manner. One by one the girls came to us with glittering eyes, to receive the beautiful energies. The first girl I gave healing said she gets headaches very often, so I gave her more healing on the head. The second girl didn’t have any major problems. The third girl had sleeping problems and cramps. The fourth had back pain and stomach cramps. We also gave a visitor to the centre, a man, who asked for healing so we gave him Reiki too.

While healing, I first cleared everyone’s chakras before giving them Reiki on the parts that needed more healing. The girls were very pleased and thankful for receiving Reiki. They felt very relaxed and after healing they all took short naps and all felt very at peace.

I felt very happy, like I was on top of the world. The feeling I got by helping these girls improve their lives was just so great! It was a feeling one can only get when doing Seva, one that I will never forget!

Reiki Seva for underprivileged girls of HMGC on 19th April 2011

Anoushka Kassam LHS(Y)G ……. 11 years

For this Lotus Healing Seva Youth Group project, we went to the Hawkers Market Girls Centre on Tuesday 19th April 2011 in the afternoon at 2pm.  We visited this centre mainly to give the girls who stay there – Reiki. The girls are there for various reasons and they are there to be taken good care of. I think that this was a very wonderful experience for both me and the few girls that I healed.

When we entered the Hawkers Market Girls Centre, there were already healers healing there and the atmosphere was very peaceful compared to outside in the actual market. As I entered Kamal Aunty showed us the accessories and the other items that the girls there made. When I saw the things that they had made, I thought that they were very talented and they had been taught well and knew what they were doing.  Anyway, as I walked towards where the girls were seated, I saw that some of them were doing work in their school books, others were sewing and some were making bead necklaces. They all looked very busy but happy. To me, the girls there were in the age group of between 15 years and 20 years.  And they were all dressed smartly.

As I walked towards where the others were standing, the owner requested a girl to come out for healing. One did and she sat on the chair in front of me.  I asked her if she could tell me her name and if she could also tell me some of the problems that she had. When she did, I wrote them down on a piece of paper so that I can could continue to give her distant healing after the session at this location.   I still give them healing each and every night before I go to sleep. I gave Reiki to 3 girls that day and they all had common problems like, period cramps, headaches, joints hurting and one also had a bad toothache.

Not only did I help to cure their problems, I cleaned their ora, and did their chakras (both front and back) and other places like their faces, hands and legs. All in all, for each girl, I gave Reiki to their entire body. After I had given Reiki to the girls, they said that they were feeling a little tired/sleepy. So, Kamal Aunty told them to drink some water and go to sleep. It was very amazing to see that even in the afternoon; the girls were so relaxed that they could sleep.

After all the girls were done, Kamal Aunty brought out some cupcakes. We gave out 2 to each girl and as we left, they all looked really happy.  The reason that we gave them cupcakes was because the last time that the Reiki group was here, they asked the girls what they would like them to bring the next time we visited. One of the girls asked if we could bring cakes and so that’s what we did.

As I sat in the car on my way home, I realised how peaceful I was and how clean and happy I felt after giving the girls Reiki. I think that this feeling was really awesome and it warmed up my heart. I would really like to do this again because for 1, it is seva, I am giving what I have to others. Secondly because it just makes me feel at peace within myself.

I would like to thank Kamal Aunty for arranging this trip and the owner of the hawkers market girls centre for letting us be there and letting us experience that wonderful feeling. Thank you!

Karishma Kassam LHS(Y)G ……. 15 years

My inspirational visit to the Hawkers market

As the Lotus Healing Seva youth group, along with teh Lotus Healing Seva Group, we visited girls that lived in the hawkers market. I had been looking forward to being there and experiencing this, and was glad that I had the opportunity to go. The experience was amazing. The vibrations, ora, and positive feelings that I felt during this trip, were extra odinary. We all sat in a circle and gave healing to the girls who needed this healng. One by one, we gave them hands on healing on all their main chakras and additional healing on the areas that needed help. I gave healing to 4 different people with problems such as headaches, period cramps, back ache, ankle pain, and head aches. After giving them healing, the satisfaction and positiviness that I felt was wonderful and it was good to hear that they felt it too. The few of us who were left at the end, gave the girls some cupcakes, which they were very happy about, and giving them these cakes, also made me feel very warm at heart. I would love to go back and give out my healing to more of these girls who need the healing.

After a few days of giving these girls healing, I feel as though they are healing and that they are feeling better and I would love to speak to these girls and find out their feelings through the week. Giving healing and sending out all that positive energy that day, kept me peaceful at heart and I enjoyed that very much. And because of the experience I had, I want strive to take part in more events like this and spread more of this posotive energy around to help more people who need it.

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