The indicator of true knowledge is the ability to differentiate what uplifts us from what pulls us down.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYICouples 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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Keep a constant awareness and a conscious effort to say good words, perform good actions, and to practice patience and compassion.
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When people live in accordance with Nature, the song of life becomes sweet.
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“Is God a Man or a Woman ?” The answer to this question is neither God is That. But if you must give God a gender, God is more female than male, for he is contained in She.
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Have the conviction that God is your only real relative and friend.
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Our circumstances will continually change. It is out of our control. It is more important to change our attitude, which we have control of.
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Real love is the complete absence of any negative feelings towards anyone.
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Unfortunately, the only meaning that society attributes to life today is an opportunity to make money.
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We live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.
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Each and every living being in nature is part of God’s body.
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If we approach Nature with , it will serve us as our best friend, a friend that won’t let us down.
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Any action done with the right attitude, understanding and discrimination will take you closer to liberation. If however, the same action is done without the right attitude, it will bind you.
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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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Look at Nature. Nature is a book from which we must learn. Each object in it is a page of that book.
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Only when human beings are able to perceive and acknowledge the Self in each other can there be real peace.
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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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Children, meditation is not just sitting with our eyes closed. We should take every action as worship. We should be able to experience His presence everywhere.
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Being aware of the bondage is enough to free you from its clutches.
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Our attitude should be: Whatever happens I will remain strong, courageous and happy.
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The language of love is the language of humility or humbleness.
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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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Spirituality, as expounded by the great saints and sages of the past, is a very broad path. It accommodates all types of belief systems. You need to satisfy everyone.
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Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.
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Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world.
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Just as the right hand comes to dress the wound on the left hand, we should see another person’s sorrows as our own and come to his or her aid.
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When someone is full of Love and Compassion, he cannot draw a line between two countries, two faiths or two religions.
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Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.
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