OUR LIFE IS DEPENDENT ON IMAGES EITHER INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL

YOUR LIFE IS DEPENDENT ON IMAGES EITHER INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL

YOU HAVE HEARD THAT MANY RELIGIONS WORSHIP IMAGES AND STATUES BUT WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IMAGES

FIRST OF ALL YOUR THINKING AND ACTIONS DEPEND ON IMAGES IF YOU THINK ABOUT EATING CAKE IN THE EVENING IMMEDIATELY AN IMAGE OF CAKE WILL POP UP IN YOUR MIND OR IF YOU THINK ABOUT DRINKING IN THE EVENING A RELEVANT DRINK WILL APPEAR IN YOUR MIND WHEN YOU MAKE NO IMAGE IN YOUR MIND IT MEANS YOU ARE ENTERING A STATE OF BOREDOM OR IF YOU ARE MAKING MULTIPLE IMAGES IN YOUR MIND THAT CREATES A MIND PUZZLE OR TENSION IF YOU ARE MAKING MANY IMAGES BUT FOCUSING ON ONLY ONE NEGATIVE IMAGE THAT IS TENSION AND TENSION MEANS YOU ARE STRETCHING YOUR MIND LIKE A WIRE AND THAT STRETCHING IS GOING TO CONVERT INTO DEPRESSION SO THIS IS THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNAL IMAGES

NOW SUPPOSE YOU ARE ALONE AT HOME AND GETTING BORED SUDDENLY YOUR FRIEND COMES AND SAYS YOU ARE NOT WATCHING THE SOCCER MATCH THEN YOU TURN ON THE TV AND WATCH THE MATCH NOW BOTH OF YOU ARE NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER BUT YOU ARE NOT GETTING BORED BECAUSE YOUR MIND IS CONCENTRATING ON AN EXTERNAL IMAGE THAT IS THE TV OR THE RUNNING IMAGES SO WHY DO YOU FEEL LONELY WHEN YOU ARE ALONE BECAUSE YOU DEPEND ON EXTERNAL IMAGES YOU DEPEND ON SEEING SOMEONES FACE THAT IS AN EXTERNAL IMAGE YOU CAN MAKE THE SAME IMAGE IN YOUR INTERNAL MIND AND CAN FEEL HIM OR HER TALKING TO YOU OR REPLYING TO YOUR QUESTION WHATEVER YOU LOVE MOST YOU WILL LIKE THE IMAGE OF THE SAME OR YOU WILL WANT TO CREATE THE IMAGE OF THE SAME

NOW COME TO SPIRITUALITY YOU ARE TELLING THAT GOD IS FORMLESS BUT I WILL ASK FORMLESS MEANS NOTHING BUT YOUR MIND WILL MAKE AN IMAGE FOR NOTHING LIKE DARKNESS OR AN EMPTY PLACE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OURSELVES NOT FOR GOD IF ANYBODY SAYS GOD IS LIGHT IMMEDIATELY YOUR MIND WILL MAKE AN IMAGE OF LIGHT SO YOUR ENTIRE LIFE DEPENDS ON IMAGES EITHER INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL THAT IS WHY PEOPLE SAY MAKE YOUR IMAGE

UNDERSTAND THIS YOUR MIND IS CONSTANTLY CREATING A WORLD OF IMAGES THIS IS YOUR INTERNAL CINEMA PLAYING WITHOUT STOP THIS IS WHY WHEN YOU DREAM YOU SEE IMAGES AND WHEN YOU IMAGINE YOU SEE IMAGES AND WHEN YOU REMEMBER YOU SEE IMAGES THESE IMAGES CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS YOUR DECISIONS AND YOUR ACTIONS WHEN YOU SEE A HAPPY IMAGE YOU FEEL JOY WHEN YOU SEE A SAD IMAGE YOU FEEL SORROW WHEN YOU SEE A FEARFUL IMAGE YOU FEEL ANXIETY SO THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE IS DETERMINED BY THE QUALITY OF THE IMAGES IN YOUR MIND

NOW THINK ABOUT THIS IF YOU CAN CONTROL THE IMAGES IN YOUR MIND YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR LIFE BUT MOST PEOPLE LET THEIR MINDS CREATE IMAGES RANDOMLY THEY LET PAST MEMORIES AND FUTURE WORRIES CREATE IMAGES THAT CAUSE PAIN THIS IS WHY MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS ARE SO POWERFUL BECAUSE THEY TRAIN YOU TO FOCUS ON A SINGLE IMAGE OR NO IMAGE AND THEREBY CALM THE MIND

THE EXTERNAL WORLD IS FLOODED WITH IMAGES FROM ADVERTISEMENTS TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO MOVIES TO THE FACES OF PEOPLE THESE EXTERNAL IMAGES SHAPE YOUR DESIRES YOUR BELIEFS AND YOUR IDENTITY YOU SEE AN IMAGE OF A LUXURIOUS CAR AND YOU WANT IT YOU SEE AN IMAGE OF A BEAUTIFUL PERSON AND YOU FEEL ATTRACTED YOU SEE AN IMAGE OF A SUCCESSFUL PERSON AND YOU FEEL INSPIRED OR ENVIOUS THESE EXTERNAL IMAGES BECOME INTERNAL GOALS AND DRIVES

IN SPIRITUALITY THE USE OF IMAGES IS A TOOL TO FOCUS THE MIND A STATUE OF A DEITY IS NOT THE DEITY ITSELF BUT IT IS A POINT OF CONCENTRATION IT HELPS THE MIND TO MOVE FROM MANY IMAGES TO ONE IMAGE AND FROM ONE IMAGE TO NO IMAGE WHICH IS THE STATE OF PURE AWARENESS OR ENLIGHTENMENT THE IMAGE IS A BRIDGE FROM THE WORLD OF FORM TO THE FORMLESS

SO THE KEY IS TO BECOME THE MASTER OF YOUR IMAGES DO NOT LET YOUR IMAGES CONTROL YOU YOU MUST CHOOSE WHAT IMAGES TO ALLOW IN YOUR MIND AND WHAT IMAGES TO FOCUS ON AND WHAT IMAGES TO LET GO THIS IS THE PATH TO PEACE AND FREEDOM

REMEMBER YOU ARE THE CREATOR OF YOUR INTERNAL WORLD YOU CAN FILL IT WITH IMAGES OF FEAR AND ANGER OR YOU CAN FILL IT WITH IMAGES OF LOVE AND PEACE THE CHOICE IS YOURS BUT YOU MUST MAKE THAT CHOICE CONSCIOUSLY

WHEN YOU ARE BORED DO NOT IMMEDIATELY SEEK EXTERNAL IMAGES INSTEAD LOOK INSIDE AND CREATE A BEAUTIFUL IMAGE WHEN YOU ARE ANXIOUS DO NOT FOCUS ON THE IMAGE OF FEAR INSTEAD FOCUS ON THE IMAGE OF SAFETY AND CALM WHEN YOU ARE LONELY DO NOT JUST LONG FOR EXTERNAL FACES INSTEAD CREATE THE IMAGE OF CONNECTION INSIDE

THIS IS THE GREATEST POWER YOU HAVE THE POWER TO IMAGE THE POWER TO VISUALIZE THE POWER TO DREAM AND THE POWER TO MANIFEST YOUR DREAMS BY HOLDING THE IMAGE STEADY IN YOUR MIND

SO FROM TODAY TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR INTERNAL CINEMA BECOME THE DIRECTOR OF YOUR MIND CHOOSE IMAGES THAT EMPOWER YOU THAT INSPIRE YOU THAT BRING YOU JOY AND PEACE AND GRADUALLY YOU WILL SEE THAT YOUR EXTERNAL LIFE BEGINS TO REFLECT YOUR INTERNAL IMAGES

THIS IS THE SECRET YOUR LIFE IS DEPENDENT ON IMAGES AND NOW YOU KNOW HOW TO USE THEM

OUR LIFE IS DEPENDENT ON IMAGES EITHER INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL-by KAMAL KISHORE