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The Inner Wavehe Inner WaveNews, insights and experiences from
the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (UK)
Issue 7: Sept /Oct 2009
Welcome to this 1st birthday issue of the Inner Wave. A warm
thank you from all of us for your support, comments and ideas about
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newsletter please keep them coming to [email protected].
In this issue we explore what is meant by inner power and
protection. Editorial Team
WhatsInside...
A Reflectionat Dusk
Ultimately, I only have what I truly am.
That is strength.
If I have borrowed strength from a name,A role, a position a
group or a person
There comes a point when it all dissolves
and I will feel empty,
Floundering for a sense of identity and
Desperate for self esteem.
I go inside and find myself.
All support, all wisdom, all solutions are
already there.
Simply, I need to remember.
From Reflections at Dawn, Day and Dusk
available from www.bkpublications.com
To be able to generate and sustain inner
power you need a change of attitude, vision,
and perception. This has been my own
experience and it has made a huge difference
to me. But it is no small matter; you are
talking about radically changing your outlook
on life. Its a conceptual shift to understand
that there can be space between you, the
observer of life, and the part you are playing
in it.
When you see yourself as a physical being,
then, because the material world is in a state
of constant flux, keeping up with change
becomes progressively draining. You suffer,
because your sense of who you are is defined
by those things that can be at risk - like your
job, your partner, your health. You lose power
in the sense that you lose equanimity, happi-
ness and clarity of judgement. You also loseyour compassion,
your ability to be sensitive
to others, because of being needy yourself.
My understanding now is that weve all come
from the Seed, a Source of goodness, peace
and compassion - which is our original nature
too. When we let go of the thinking patterns
that create selfishness, we start to experi-
ence that original nature and this puts us on
the same wavelength as the Source.
Divine protection isnt about helping us pass
our exams or earn more money, let alone win
a war; it is at a level where what is protected
is the flow of goodness, unselfishness and
joy that human beings experience when they
feel able to live true to their innermost
nature. Right now, the world seems to be
re-awakening to the need for this kind of
power.
When we learn to align with Divine purpose,
it is as though we ride a wave that carries us
over what might otherwise have seemed like
insuperable obstacles. This is a powerful
way of thinking to help us in our everyday
efforts to live by our highest values.
Neville Hodgkinson is a writer andjournalist, specialising in
health and scienceissues. He has been practising Raja
Yogameditation for 30 years.
MeetingLifesChallenges
Neville Hodgkinson
Spiritualitygives youstrength.
I do experienceprotection but I
have to tuneinto it.
Neville Hodgkinson
Experiencing InnerPower & Protection The Voice
ofStillnessSpecial Feature Elizabeth Edmunds
Spe
Meditation is likefinding somethingyou never knew
youd lost and thenrealizing: Oh, yes!
In My LifeBipin Anand
You are what you
think
Love, purity,
peace, wisdom.
The more you
think of these
things,
The more you will
become them.
Dadi Janki, From Companion of God,
available from www.bkpublications.com
E is for Elevated Thinking
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Broadstairs
UK society increasingly fearful was a story run by BBC News
earlier this year,about recent research by the Mental Health
Foundation. The report, In theFace of Fear, found more than a third
of people say they get frightened or moreanxious more often than
they used to, while 77% thought the world hadbecome a scarier
place. (BBC News website 14.4.09 )
Yet people everywhere are facing huge challenges and making the
rightchoices in life by relying their own inner strength and
courage often experi-encing a protection and strength beyond human
capacity. How do we harnessour inner strength? Is Divine protection
possible? How do we access this?And what effect do such experiences
have on our own lives and the lives ofthose around us?
In September 2009 this project was launched in over 70 countries
worldwideto explore these questions, share some simple yet profound
techniques of RajaYoga meditation and encourage people to share
their own experiences of innerstrength and the support of a higher
power in their lives. 56 events took placethroughout the UKand
people around the world have visited and contributedtheir stories
on our blog: www.powerandprotection.org
From Simple Vegetarian Recipesavailable from
www.bkpublications.com
Experiencing Inner Power & Protection
Sir Gulam Noon, Founder and Chairman of Noon Products and the
NoonFoundation. Sir Gulamwas trapped in the Taj Hotel during the
terrorist attack inMumbai, November 2008.
Spirituality gives you strength. A spiritual person does not
have to fear. When mybrother asked, What is going to happen? I
said, Something will happen and then wellbe saved. When you are a
spiritual person, there is an intuition also, because
spiritualityand intuition are connected Call it spirituality or
what you like, but you must have thecourage of conviction in your
own mind and that will carry you through your life.
Supapong Krishnakan, Chairman of Rayong Purifier PCL, Thailand
(Excerptfrom the blog: A Life Changing Moment, 27th September
2009).Unemployed for three years with a family to support, he
challenges God: Forall the good things Ive done, why am I in this
situation?
At that moment, as I succumbed to the stillness and quiet, the
answer came! It wasa soft whisper, like a breeze softly blowing in
my face. I heard, not through my ears butwith my heart, Of all the
things youve done, nothing was wrong. The only thing wrongwas that
you thought you did it all yourself. This answer made me realize my
problem.I had a big idea about myself. I thought I had been
successful; everything was alwayscentred on me and how good I was
Suddenly I realized that there were a lot ofpeople, a lot of
things, involved with my success and that there was a lot more
purposein life than to be successful in a worldly way. My spiritual
eye opened up, I saw the worldanew and suddenly everything became
very still. I got up, put on my good clothes and
faced the world with different feelings
www.powerandprotection.org
Sister Jayanti, Director, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual
University (UK)
There are many different types of energy physical, spiritual,
emotional and also Godlyenergy. Godly energy is when I can link
myself with the Supreme, I can experience Godspower around me and
the energy of love, truth and light and that protects me
fromwhatever negativity is around me. It also helps me to protect
myself from the negativitywithin me such as ego, anger and greed. A
spiritual practice, such as meditation,silence or prayer, allows me
to generate that energy that can protect me personally butalso
extend out and protect others too.
Emily Buchanan, World Affairs Correspondent, BBC Radio 4 and BBC
World
Service, who escaped unscathed from a light aircraft that had
crash landed in
Zimbabwe in 1992.
I didnt think I was going to die; it just seemed so unreal. But,
when it was over, I didthink it extraordinary that I hadnt. Lots of
people had lots of theories afterwards. Wasit angels, ancestors,
God Ive no idea but it was something. I dont think I had astrong
sense of who I was at the time, I wasnt particularly aware of my
inner power, yetstill there was some sense of being protected. My
question is: are you safer, if you areaware? Perhaps its a case of:
these things can happen to you and it is how you tacklethem. You
are more able to deal with situations, because you dont panic and
so theresless of that pointless energy of worry and anxiety. In
this way I suppose you can protectyourself from all sorts of
things.
5 Stepsthat can help us to experience innerpower and
protection
1. Let every day begin with a good morning to the self, to God
and to life. The first thought of the day gives
me power and peace.
2. Everything, everyone is my teacher. No matter how difficult,
how unexpected, how unwanted, since it has
come in my life, I ask myself, What do I learn now?
3. Every two hours I put a brake on my mind and tongue and
become quiet; just a minute to be peaceful. I stop,
relax, recharge and then re-enter the flow of daily
activities.
4. I put a fullstop as soon as I see myself complaining and
blaming. These two habits destroy my inner power
completely, because they show I am still expecting solutions and
changes from others.
5. During the day I say thank you to God, to life, that today I
exist, today I can express, today I can share love.
The Voice of StillnessElizabeth Edmunds
I do experience protection but I have to tune into it. I am very
aware that I
am not on my own. Yet it is my own voice not a great voice
coming down
from heaven. Its very internal; it is steady and sure and doesnt
say as
much as the moving mind.
I meditate twice a day - to somehow access a space beyond the
mind,
where there is an absence of words, but not of presence. It is
as if the joy of
God is in that space and at that point you join it. Anybody
could access this. It isnt anybodys.
Going around my daily duties, I wouldnt expect to hear voices.
Its more when Im intent on doing something for
somebody else or for the Absolute. In relation to Just This Day,
for instance, it will help me, when I think, Perhaps I
shouldnt do this, it will take me through barriers, or, when
idleness comes, it willsay, Come on, do the next thing.
Elizabeth Edmundsis a member of the School of Economic Science
and Founder of
Just This Day, a worldwide initiative taking place on Wednesday
25th November,
uniting people in creating peace and stillness, which the Brahma
Kumaris are
pleased to supportwww.justthisday.org.
RECIPE: Black Velvet Cake
2 2/3 cups flour
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tbsp honey or 6oz sugar
2/3 cup oil
Mix all together, beat well and bake at Gas 4 for approximately
25 minutes. Ice with carob or cocoa icing.
2 cups water
6 tbsp carob or cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp vinegar
Elizabeth Edmunds
Events
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Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (UK)The Brahma Kumaris
World Spiritual University (UK) teaches Raja Yoga as a way
ofexperiencing peace of mind and a positive approach to life.
For more information about our activities around the UK, please
see www.bkwsu.org/uk
Registered Charity in England & Wales (269971) and Scotland
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fr ur tner ns aroun
I was introduced to meditation while at
college. I used to be very shy but, afterlearning about
spirituality, I began to open up,
make friends and feel more confident.
Later, at uni, I gave up drinking and smoking
- not because I felt I had to; it just came
naturally. My friends found this weird but
cool, as its something people find hard to do.
It was at uni that I started making films. The
first one I made was about how all religions
are talking about the same things. Ive since
done a lot of video projects for the BKs and
now work professionally as a filmmaker. I
want to use film to help create a better world.
Raja Yoga has helped me be naturally
positive. Its built me up inside and enabled
me to express my true personality more
deeply. Im a fun-loving, enthusiastic person
but I can also be serious. It has also helped
me organise things in my head. For instance,
when I was burgled at uni and my computer
with all my work on it was taken, I actually
remember smiling at the time. OK, there was
an Oh man! moment, when I realised what
had gone, but then I just made a list of whatneeded to be
replaced and then said to
Haiti: Volunteers for The Childrens Voice Foundation taking
part in Living Values Educationtraining in Port au Prince on
27th July 2009. LVE is a partnership project of the Brahma
Kumaris. www.livingvalues.net
USA: An exhibit at the Peace, Power & Protection
Village Fair at Peace Village in Upstate New York, 29th
August 6th September 2009, which celebrated the
Learning & Retreat Centers 10th birthday.
myself: time to move on. That ability to
organise my thoughts means that events
dont overtake me.
Meditation is like finding something younever knew youd lost and
then realising: Oh,
yes! Its so subtle and very powerful. Medi-
tating for a few minutes isnt going to change
everything. Its the months and years of
practice that are transforming me, making
me feel calm and peaceful. I feel Ive grown
and gained strength. Its fun, down to earth,
deep and practical - I use it every day.
Bipin Anand is a film-maker and an activemember of the Brahma
Kumaris involved in
media and youth work teaching practical,values-based living.
Learn to meditateFor information about free Raja Yoga
meditation courses around the UK:
www.bkwsu.org/uk/uk/whatwedo/
courses
Visit our online TV channelWatch videos of interviews, lectures
andother Brahma Kumaris events (mostly inEnglish) around the
UKwww.BrahmaKumarisUK.blip.tv
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In My LifeBipin Anand
Bipin Anand at a retreat for emerging leadersfrom many
professions aged 18-30 entitled
Choose, Change & Become at Global RetreatCentre,
Oxfordshire, September 2009.
Next issue: Time
Russia: Dadi Gulzar, Co-Administrative Head of the Brahma
Kumaris, inaugurates the 'Golden Dawn' Festivalin St
Petersburg
on September 17th 2009, along with representatives of the
Russian capitals TV, arts and academic circles.
