Feeling peaceful, happy and content is not about avoiding challenges in our life, but about how we navigate through these challenges to reach the type of life we want to live.
GAUR GOPAL DASHaving a friend to listen to your problems and discuss them with you is the beginning of finding a solution.
More Gaur Gopal Das Quotes
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Meditation is like a plane: It first takes you high, then far away and then further away imperceptibly.
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People who meditate develop a habit of practicing sincere gratitude which helps them in all their relationships. It is a relationship-strengthening emotion because it requires us to see how we’ve been supported and affirmed by other people.
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We need to understand the hierarchy of connections. Ultimately, we must connect to something above ourselves such as God. This can give us the power to spread happiness and joy around the world.
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To find your purpose in life, you must go on a journey of self-discovery.
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Physical violence is inflicted with weapons, but emotional violence is inflicted with words; words can leave invisible scars that can take years, or even lifetimes, to heal.
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Things do change over time.
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Forgiveness is a complex concept. We must understand it thoroughly to be able to internalize it.
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Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.
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To accept someone when everything is going right is easy. But when things are falling apart around you and you stick together, that’s the test of a relationship. Love is when we have every reason to break up but we do not.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
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The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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Our association is powerful: it can uplift us or bring us down.
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Watch your thoughts, they turn into words. Watch your words, they turn into actions. Watch your actions, they turn into habits. Watch your habits, they turn into character. Watch your character, it turns into your destiny. It all begins with a thought.
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Hot heads do not give good feedback – choose a better time.
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When things are beyond your control and there is nothing you can do,why worry?
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We can increase our scope of selflessness beyond our family by serving our community, city or even nation.
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Stop and reflect on your life regularly. Pressing the pause button to practise gratitude is the way to make it a constant in your life.
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One’s ability to appreciate beauty is related to one’s ability to make moral judgments.
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Spirituality helps develop good character. It is character that shines bright when words fail to do so.
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At work we tend to compare and compete with others, instead of comparing and competing with ourselves.
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We must find positivity in the bleakest situations and live by the principle of gratitude
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Live your life in such a way that those who know you but don’t know God will come to know God because they know you.
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When things are beyond your control and there is nothing you can do,why worry
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It is strange that sword and words have the same letters.
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The paradox of our times is that those who have the most can often be the least satisfied.
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This happens with all relationships, not just in marriages. If we are not proactive in our relationships, they start to seem dry and become cumbersome. We have to have respect for the other person, which is reflected in how sensitively we treat them.
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