Five Techniques for a Libra Mind
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Trust...
You are blessed to experience the power of trust. Out of this arises deep relaxation. Out of surrender arises a fresh intelligence that knows on a different plane. On this plane, there is no worry about result; there is only action driven by pure energy. And energy is intelligence. Trust does not mean inaction. It means continuing to be in action with intelligence instead of intellect. Unless trust happens, intimacy cannot happen. With trust there is openness; you can say and do everything that you feel genuinely, there is authenticity in your words and actions. You radiate energy that spurs the others around you to be innocent and open. You are ready to experience the real beauty of Existence.
Just be!
Your ideal is to bring wealth, beauty and bliss to your surroundings. It is the space to experience fulfillment! Stop running and really feel the deep satisfaction for being blessed with your gifts. Your mind will ever find ways to contradict this feeling. By its very nature, it cannot be satisfied. Don't let it rob you of your satisfaction. It is good to feel fulfilled. It is good to feel good about oneself. It is good to exist!
Be aware of your speech
Your courage to speak your point of view out is a good thing, but don't let it degenerate into fanaticism. The energy you put into convincing others about the value of your ideas may turn them off, without your being aware of it! Don't sacrifice the people to your ideology, especially if you only speak about it without really working towards it. Time proves that radiating what you preach always give a better result that trying to force ideas down people's throats. Remember it always.
Feel the longing
You can feel a longing: for your beloved Master, for a person, a place... To know the longing, without any object, is to know life itself. Waiting with patience and a pure and simple longing is meditation. Sit down comfortably by yourself and close your eyes. Focus on your heart region. Exclude everything else. Visualize your heart as an endless reservoir from where blessings can flow. Feel every heart-beat deeply. Between the heart-beats, feel the energy of love happening. Then open your eyes and smile.
Are you fair?
As you meet people, you may be attracted to activities or relationships which look bright and promising, requiring lots of your concentration and effort, but may turn out to be a waste of time. It could be that everyone is talking about you or that everyone is turning to you for solutions. Is it really necessary to invest all your energy in the attention you are getting? Keep an eye on what you do. Are you doing the right thing? Are you fair to everybody? Are you straight in your dealings with others? Beware of the cunningness that often creates division. This cunningness knows how to express only through calculation. Calculation is alright for arithmetic, but not for the being.
Śukra (Venus god) as represented in Tiruvannamalai Ashram (India). Around Venus stand the other 8 Navagraha deities (deities associated with the nine planets), along with their Navagraha trees (trees associated with the nine planets), to bless all with abundance. The circle of deities is placed around the main deities of the temple, Sri Anandeshwara and Anandeshwari; located near a powerful energy field of 1008 Śiva lingas radiating Śiva's cosmic energy in an extremely auspicious atmosphere.