The last time I was in a bookshop, I picked up a book from the shelf. It was Dr Brian Weiss’s ‘Many Lives Many Masters’. I got an immediate look of dissaproval from my husband; almost the same kind of look which I got a couple years back when I bought the book, ‘How to become a Buddha in five weeks’. He had viewed my progress with that book suspiciously and had kept a close watch on me those days lest I get enlightened and walk out straight to the mountains. Well, this one was even more serious, the hormonal imbalances of middle age combined with the reading of a book dealing with past life regression can turn risky. I gave him a reassuring smile and said that I wanted to read it like fiction and had no intention of turning psychic. Mutual trust being a key element in marital life, he nodded in accord.
I could find nothing new in the book. Reincarnation and past life regression are interesting as long as it concerns another person.
One philosophy I liked in it is that we reincarnate repeatedly in physical form because we need to learn many things. We learn something in every birth; patience, love, care, trust, forgiveness and the like. This led me to ponder upon what I need to learn in my life.
There is no end to what I need to learn in my life time. So I started thinking about what I need to learn that particular moment or that particular day. It is surprising that what we dismiss as ordinary occurrence in everyday life can also be invigorating. I felt injured at heart yesterday at a trivial incident. A feeling of hurt triggers anger. Anger is our immediate reaction to hurt but anger never mitigates the feeling of hurt. It can only stretch the hurt feeling to another person. Hurt easens out with time. We should give ourselves a little time before we decide to express our displeasure to the person whom we hold responsible for our feeling of hurt. So, I gave myself time. After sometime I still felt a little hurt but I was not angry. Anger dissipates at the same pace as it takes to erupt if we stop feeding it. That was a big lesson for one day.
I will try and take one day at a time to learn from now on.
I could find nothing new in the book. Reincarnation and past life regression are interesting as long as it concerns another person.
One philosophy I liked in it is that we reincarnate repeatedly in physical form because we need to learn many things. We learn something in every birth; patience, love, care, trust, forgiveness and the like. This led me to ponder upon what I need to learn in my life.
There is no end to what I need to learn in my life time. So I started thinking about what I need to learn that particular moment or that particular day. It is surprising that what we dismiss as ordinary occurrence in everyday life can also be invigorating. I felt injured at heart yesterday at a trivial incident. A feeling of hurt triggers anger. Anger is our immediate reaction to hurt but anger never mitigates the feeling of hurt. It can only stretch the hurt feeling to another person. Hurt easens out with time. We should give ourselves a little time before we decide to express our displeasure to the person whom we hold responsible for our feeling of hurt. So, I gave myself time. After sometime I still felt a little hurt but I was not angry. Anger dissipates at the same pace as it takes to erupt if we stop feeding it. That was a big lesson for one day.
I will try and take one day at a time to learn from now on.
