Nature will never confront you with a problem you can’t solve. You already have the answer, that is why the question appears before you.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARBeing unconditionally happy is a practice: “Come what may, today I’m going to smile. Anyway, everything is going to die! Everything is going to vanish and disappear-so what! Who cares! Let me at least be happy, smile this moment, enjoy my very breath.”
More Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes
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Don’t focus on what others want. See what it is that you want. When you stop looking inside and look at others, that is when you miss the boat.
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A plant has to be watered but when it grows into a tree, it is no longer necessary. Similarly, if the inner consciousness becomes stronger, all these vikaar (distortions) get erased. Vishranti vikar mita (Deep rest removes negativity). There is no rest deeper than meditation.
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Life teaches you the art of letting go in every event. When you have learnt to let go, you will be joyful and as you start being joyful, more will be given to you.
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Celebration happens when the mind unites with the spirit.
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Feeling and experiencing infinity within this finite body, living timelessness within the time span of life – this is what you are here for.
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When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one’s life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity.
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Nature loves you ten times more than a mother loves her newborn.
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What path you choose is not important. How intensely you pursue that path is much more important.
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Love combined with wisdom is bliss, and that is devotion. Devotion is a strong bond, a sense of belongingness. Everybody is born with it. It’s just like becoming a child again.
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When you judge others, look at yourself – You too have flaws and the divine nature has accepted you with all your flaws. It doesn’t judge you. Who are you to judge?
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We are always looking for solutions from someone else. We forget that if we turn our mind inward, we can get some ideas, some solutions.
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A child does not try to know the mother, it simply has faith in her. In the same way, having faith in the Divine is the source of the greatest strength.
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Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.
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When you are unhappy, you are just coming in touch with your own boundaries. Turn the whole situation into a prayer & you will walk through it.
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Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought; your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free.
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