saturday suffolk thinking space

Sitting in the very nice cottage kitchen where so many friends and family have spent time I get a chance after breakfast, when they have all gone out to read a particularly special message from a wonderful 100 year old lady, Dadi Janki who leads the Brahma Kumaris world community.  What is remarkable about this organisation and about this lady is that it is based on cooperation and in fact their main centre in the UK in London is called Global Cooperation House!  I have often written about them because I find them so special and they have been unfailingly kind to me!  They are always cheerful and perhaps when you read the message sent just this week you will see why.  You will get the message too!

thinking space in cottage kitche   A MESSAGE FROM DADI JANKI Learn to Smile B.K Dadi Janki,  Om shanti. Dadi often asks people: Are you happy? Are you contented? We need to learn not to get upset. If you allow yourself to get upset, then you cannot at the same time be happy. How then can you be contented? Sit in silence, and check yourself. Learn not to keep disagreeing and arguing. To do this is your own mistake. Don’t let your old habits influence you. Rather let the power of yoga influence you. We have to learn not to keep looking at situations and thinking about them. Learn to smile. Is there effort involved in smiling, or would you prefer to remain dry? Without smiling, how can we speak with love? Is there anything difficult in this? No, there is love. We are all one and we all belong to One. www.smitf.org On November 23rd at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, Neville Hodgkinson who has learned much from this lady will be one of the speakers on transcendence.  He may show us how by smiling in the face of adversity, we can transcend the misery which can threaten ours and others wellbeing. It has to be worth it doesn't it, to exchange misery for happiness.  As they say, what's not to like about that!