Meditate to Unlock Your Hidden Potential - Part 2
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?"