Observer and... actor

Finding and keeping our balance
We have the inner ability to observe or to become involved with others whenever we want. We balance between our roles as observers and as participants. We play our role either in the audience or as actors on the field of action.
Very often we are so drawn by the roles of others that we are sucked into their emotional dramas. We get so caught up in the 'play' that we loose the valuable distance. 

It is at this point that the creation of our life slips out of our hands... this habit exhausts us by wasting valuable spiritual energy... how do we know this? Let me be introspective... I have a loss of concentration and control of my thoughts. I am disconnected from my inner peace, I forget my true nature and I make mistakes. Then we search again to reach this inner state of truth, because nothing true is ever lost...

Stability amidst turmoil

We often use the words 'difficult' or 'turmoil' for situations that happen 'out there'. How objective is this judgment? Two persons may be facing the same situation and the one feels that 'nothing's new' while the other feels that it is very negative... So is the situation negative or are we negative...?

Situation
When we face negative situations our mind is the first to get influenced. The screen of our mind is getting filled with question marks and chaotic thoughts and soon we feel unstable... We cannot control our inner energy and thus it becomes destructive: thoughts and feelings, our invaluable inner resources are being wasted without our realizing...
Happiness seems so far away...
...because of this inner turmoil we forget that the reins still remain in our hands and that we can still transform our inner state. So we miss the chance and negativity overpowers us...  

The self, unplugged...

Situation
We tend to focus on what is negative in order to improve a situation; we get so concerned about someone's negative characteristics or the obstacles of a situation. Our thoughts are coloured by our concerns. Thus all of our spiritual and finally our physical resources go wasted...

While it is easy to investigate and talk about what other people should do to change themselves and their behaviour, it is also important to see what one can do to bring about a change in oneself.

What to look for in oneself?
We need to have the pure desire to keep changing ourselves. With this awareness, effort is put in continuously to change old unwanted patterns of behaviour by consciously replacing them with true values. 

Values are related to each other as if they were members of a great family. For the one who is committed to one value is the one who is able to emerge the other connected values. Such a person is able to add quality to everything he does and speaks.

When I am introverted I am able to recognise my own special value and use it with commitment in my daily life, I am able to experience success in all I do. This is because I have the commitment of giving my best and of having added quality to everything I do; and... here comes contentment!