If you are a taker of happiness you get misery, if you are a giver of happiness you get joy and love.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARWant, 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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The entire universe is one whole, when you drop holding on to your limited boundaries, then what you gain is the entire universe.
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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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When mind controls man, it’s … Bhoga (bondage). But when man controls mind, it’s…Yoga
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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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Celebration happens when the mind unites with the spirit.
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Don’t keep your head turned backwards. Look ahead and move on. You are trying to walk forward with your head turned backward. This is why you feel miserable. Just let go!
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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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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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Being 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.”
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Devi energy (shakti) is there within all of us. Devi is not somewhere else, not in some other world. It is within us – Devi Shakti
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Make the whole life a game. There is no purpose there is no aim, nothing. Just take it lightly, easily. Play the game. that is worship, which is celebration.
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Spiritual knowledge improves intuitive ability, innovative ability and communication.
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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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We need to do a cleansing process within ourselves. In sleep we get rid of fatigue, but the deeper stresses remain in our body. Sudarshan Kriya cleanses the system from the inside. The breath has a great secret to offer.
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When someone is drowning in the ocean of attachments, Surrender is the life jacket they can put on and wait for the rescue team
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