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.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAREither a princess or a pauper can feel generous. Generosity is the quality of the spirit. When you feel generous your life becomes, abundant full of compassion and love.
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When all doors are shut and you have nowhere to go, that is when you go within. Every crisis is an opportunity and you are the beginning.
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Even if you win in ego it is a loss. Even if you lose in love it is a victory.
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When you move with this thought that ‘I want’, then the mind wanders. When you move with this thought that ‘I have received’, then you are content.
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Even stupid people have a role to play in your life. They make you wiser and more patient.
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When you are infinitely indebted for your body, for Knowledge, for things you have received, and for your own life, then you bask in the abundance of the Creator
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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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Make the Universal personal and you become richer, wiser and stronger. Make the personal Universal and you will find freedom, compassion and love.
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With charity, money is purified. By service, our actions are purified. With music, our emotions are purified and with knowledge our intellect is purified.
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Spiritual knowledge improves intuitive ability, innovative ability and communication.
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Foolishness is giving up without any effort or not giving up after putting in all your effort. Secret of freedom is putting all your effort and giving up!
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Every emotion is connected with the breath. If you change the breath, change the rhythm, you can change the emotion.
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If there are ripples on the surface of a lake, we cannot see the depth. Similarly unless the mind is restful, we cannot experience the harmony and union within us.
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Misery is not given by anyone or anything in life. It is your own mind which makes you miserable or happy and uplifted.
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All these seven colors are part of one rainbow, yet they are all different. They have their own quality, their own identity, their own flavor to it. So it is a rainbow. The Divine loves diversity, that is why he made us all different.
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Every moment you spend on this planet, remember that you are here for a unique purpose & cause, far greater than to just eat, sleep & talk.
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