Brahma Kumaris Bentonville

09/26/2025

Today's gift 🎁 for the soul 💥

09/25/2025

The detour towards destination

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." Douglas Adams

I make choices consistent with my aim in life. Without an aim, I wander all over the place in search of a destination. But even when my aim is clear I may find myself on a circuitous route. Life does not always move me in straight lines. When I cannot see the value of an indirect route, I get frustrated with detours. I am lighter and happier when I understand that each detour offers me something valuable in support of my aim. Then I play the game of finding the secret gift that life is offering me in this detour. Today let me enjoy the circuitous route and keep my aim clearly in mind.

photo Alexey Taktarov

09/24/2025

Today's gift 🎁 for the soul

09/23/2025

🇲🇰Today's gift 🎁 for the soul 💥

09/20/2025

Function or Form

Form follows function is a modern design principle which means that the shape of an object should be based on its purpose or intended use. If a building is to be used to play tennis, then we do not construct a kitchen. As a human soul I am here for the purpose of expressing and experiencing. The human body is the perfect form for this function. I live through my sense organs to express and experience life to the fullest. But slowly, over time, I begin to confuse the difference between form and function. I begin to think that I AM the form, the body. In reality, I am the one who makes the body function for my purpose. Confusing the two makes it difficult for me to experience inner freedom as I become trapped in dependency on sense organ experience. When I meditate, I quietly detach from the body and become aware that it is my most precious 'building' and I take care of it well...but it is not me. Today let me be aware of myself as a soul, expressing my function through my form.

photo Tim Mossholder

09/20/2025

See you all tomorrow

09/19/2025

I broadcast my Victory

During WWII, the first few bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony were used in radio broadcasts as a musical Morse code (...__) for the letter "V" to symbolize Victory. It served as a powerful unifying force for those listening. As I move through my day and face many situations, do I have a subtle, powerful Morse code in my head, reminding me of victory? Whether I will succeed or fail depends largely on whether I think I will. I am at my best when I focus my will on solutions, on success and on personal victory over the obstacles that come. Today let me broadcast messages of victory to myself.

photo Matt Botsford