Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIDon’t be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.
More Mata Amritanandamayi Quotes
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We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love.
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Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study – ourselves.
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Understand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite bliss that comes from within your own Self.
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Human beings are born to experience pure love, and they never get it. They are searching to experience it from birth until death.
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First, the human mind should be harmonized, then the harmony of Nature will spontaneously take place.
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While eating, our attention should not be focused just on the taste. Imagine our chosen deity or guru is present within us and that we are feeding Him. This will turn eating into a spiritual practice.
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Problems arise when you identify with your thoughts and emotions. Try to be a witness to the thoughts instead of being totally identified with them.
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Each and every living being in nature is part of God’s body.
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What the world needs are servants, not leaders. Everyone’s wish is to become a leader, Let us become a real servant instead.
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When people live in accordance with Nature, the song of life becomes sweet.
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Couples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days.
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Married life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a woman.
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Every night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?
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We must remember that man is not an island, totally isolated and disconnected from others. We are all part of a universal chain, or the universal consciousness. What happens to one happens to all.
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Intellectual prowess has its limitations. Thus, do not limit the scope of your learning to the realm of the intellect.
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Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.
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If we have been able to give happiness to a soul-even for a minute-it makes our life blessed.
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Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body.
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A person’s destiny can be changed through the power of a saint.
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If we let go of our likes and dislikes, we will become fit vessels to receive the God’s ever flowing grace.
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Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.
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You can only feel love by expressing it.
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Real life is developed from within. Real living means that the soul expresses itself through all one’s thoughts, words and actions. A person becomes fearless once he understands the nature of the imperishable soul.
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Love and spiritual values received from parents are the strongest assets for a child to face the various trials of adulthood.
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In this universe it is Love that binds everything together. Love is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life.
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Make a firm decision: ‘Whatever happens, I will be happy. I will be strong. God is always with me.’
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