Love is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARYour life is perfect, it is a perfect plan; it is a spontaneous miracle. It is both every moment.
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The criteria for success: you are free, you live in the present moment, you are useful to the people around you, and you feel love for all humanity.
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For external beauty, you put on things; for real beauty, you have to drop all things. For external beauty you have to have make-up; for real beauty you only have to realize that you are already made up.
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Want, or desire, arises when you are not happy. Have you seen this? When you are very happy then there is contentment. Contentment means no want.
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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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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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Mind without agitation is meditation. Mind in the present moment is meditation. Mind that has no hesitation, no anticipation is meditation. Mind that has come back home, to the source, is meditation. Mind that becomes no mind is meditation.
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Faith is giving the divine a chance to act.
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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 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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Faith is realizing that you always get what you need.
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Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.
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Life is a combination of destiny and free will. Rain is destiny; whether you get wet or not is free will!
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Whatever you put attention on will start manifesting in your life. Intention, attention, manifestation; that is how the universe works.
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Why can’t we control our anger? because we love perfection. make a little room for imperfection in our lives.
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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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Love is preserved by wisdom. Destroyed by demand, tested by doubt, nourished by longing. It blossoms with faith and grows with gratitude.
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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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Let the mind calm down and the heart start to open. Then everything will be very obvious.
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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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Today is a gift from God – that is why it is called the present.
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Your life is perfect, it is a perfect plan; it is a spontaneous miracle. It is both every moment.
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Celebrate Life. Care for others and share whatever you have with those less fortunate than you. Broaden your vision, for the whole world belongs to you.
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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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Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don’t hold on to the ball.
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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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