Theme for July (From Ananda Online)

This month of July the theme at Ananda is Self Control. Below is an excerpt from this theme (taken from Affirmations of Self Healing, by Swami Kriyananda.)

Self-Control
If a lake is made to feed into too many streams, it will soon become drained.
Similarly, if a person’s heart energies are fed into countless streamlets of
desires, he becomes drained, eventually, of even the power to feel. Sated
with pleasure, he grows dry, blasé, and indifferent to even the greatest
wonders.

The sensualist imagines that by giving up his pleasures he would renounce
happiness. But in fact, the more one restrains his senses and learns to live in
the peace of the inner Self, the more he finds himself glowing with
happiness, good health, and a radiant sense of freedom and well-being.

Affirmation
I am strong in myself. I am complete in my Self. The joy and perfection of
the universe await discovery within my inner being!

Prayer
I crave nothing that the world can give me, Lord. O Infinite Perfection, make
me one with Thee!

From Swami Kriyananda’s Affirmations for Self-Healing
Crystal Clarity Publishers

In looking at the affirmation, I'm reminded of what Eckhart Tolle often speaks about - feeling the inner energy within the body.