Living Wisely Living Well | With Asha Nayaswami

Eat either alone or in uplifting company. When one is eating, he places himself in a frame of mind to absorb energy. He is then more open than usual to the vibrations around him. In public eating places, the vibrations are heterogeneous. There, be centered more than usually in the spine. Otherwise, visit such places with true friends. And always eat in harmony.

In any magnetic interchange, what you give out to others will affect what you receive from them. To ensure the greatest protection from all harmful influences, try to act as a channel of divine blessings to all.

Seek upliftment in the company you keep. Others’ magnetism will affect you, whether for good or evil. Make it a point to mix more with people who radiate goodness. Live, if possible, with spiritually minded people. Especially, seek out and live in a community whose members are dedicated to living by high principles.

Speak kindly to animals. As human beings are helped upward in their evolution by keeping saintly company, so animal evolution is hastened by association with human beings. You yourself will be helped also, if you extend a helping hand to creatures lower than yourself on the evolutionary scale.

Be restful in your heart. A quiet spirit will help you instantly to resolve problems that might otherwise require days, weeks, or even months of fretful pondering—and even then you wouldn’t be certain of the rightness of your decision.

See every problem as an opportunity. Whenever you demolish the obstacles before you, your power for ultimate victory will increase.

Don’t confuse intelligence with cleverness. True intelligence isn’t only cerebral. Its roots lie in clear feeling. Cleverness usually indicates only narrow feelings.

Be happy in yourself. If, in a plea for happiness, you hold out a begging bowl to life, the bowl will remain always empty.

Be “solution-oriented,” not “problem-oriented.” Problem-consciousness only draws to itself more problems, as flypaper draws flies. But solution-consciousness, like a magnet, attracts answers and shines a bright light onto every difficulty.

Be more concerned with understanding others than with being understood by them. They too, then, will usually give you their support.

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