meditation

You can be the creator of your own manifest destiny. Through daily meditation practice and focus on changing your life for the better. In fact
you have the ability to redefine yourself in any direction you desire. The power that you can cultivate is limited only by your own imagination.

As I have mentioned earlier
this will change the lives of people who you come into frequent contact with. Therefore
you must always be kind
trustworthy
and considerate to others. You should make a change in that direction at this very moment.

Why the sudden need for character improvement? It goes hand-in-hand with using power and influence wisely. Remember Lord Acton’s saying: “Power tends to corrupt
and absolute power corrupts absolutely." The power of your mind has the ability to alter reality. Therefore
this is a power that must be controlled.

How is this possible? Here is an example: If you had two identical twin boys
who haven’t eaten for two days
and you put an apple in front of them; what would they do?

Most likely
they would fight over it
and the winner would eat
most or
all of it. You and I know they should divide it equally
but each of them has really felt starvation
and that is a reality you and I do not feel at the moment. So we are not talking about imagination
but three legitimate points of view
that each becomes our own reality.

Meditation will allow your mind to see multiple points of view
without judgment. If you can see only one point of view
you haven’t meditated long enough. The best leaders
negotiators
and diplomats
know that you have to understand the opposing viewpoint
to move forward
on any issue. There is always justification
on both sides
in any conflict
but true compromise is meeting the opposition in a different reality
than you both started from.

If you had the ability to travel in the space shuttle
your view of earth
from within your space vehicle
would be much different from the person living in poverty
within a refugee camp. You could not see
or feel
that person’s pain
and each of you would have a vivid picture of life on earth.

You can meditate from a mountain top
but once you have seen the full picture
you have an obligation to help mankind
with acts of kindness. Once you have discovered how easy it is to help others
you are no longer struggling with; “who is right and who is wrong.”

Your new reality becomes
“how can I help?”