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Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.

Mata Amritanandamayi

Children, we should simplify our life’s needs and use the resulting savings for charity.
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Charity Children Save Simplify
The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized and allowed to rust while we are living.
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Allow Death Greatness Life Live Place Tragedy
Go out and serve the suffering. Learn to place others in front of yourself.
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Learning Place Service Suffering
We live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.
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Dominant Ego Live World
There are millions and millions of people who are thrown in the midst of poverty and starvation. Animals don’t die of starvation, only human beings.
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Human People Poverty Starve
First, the human mind should be harmonized, then the harmony of Nature will spontaneously take place.
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Harmony Human Mindset Place
Have the conviction that God is your only real relative and friend.
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Friendship God Reality Relative Religious Yourself
Children should observe a regular schedule for sleeping and waking up.
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Children Observation Sleep Wake Up
God realization and self-realization are one and the same. God-realization is nothing but the ability and expansiveness of heart to love everything equally.
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Ability Equality God Heart Love Realize
If we keep holding on to God, there is nothing to fear.
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Fear God Hold
Try to make others happy, and don’t despair over all the evil in the world. Instead of cursing the dark, let us each light one small lamp.
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Curse Despair Happiness Light Oneself Small Try
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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Attention Eat Focus God Ourselves Practice Spiritual Taste
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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Attitude Change Circumstance Control Important Ourselves
If we are not able to fix the Lord firmly in our hearts, even a lifetime of temple-going does not do us any good.
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God Goodness Heart Life Time
Look upon others as being part of yourself.
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See Sight Yourself
The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. The reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.
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Different Ourselves People Reflection Shine Sun
Learn to be thankful to everyone, to the entire creation, even to your enemy and also to those who insult, because they all help you to grow.
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Creation Enemy Growth Learning Thankful Yourself
Every night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?
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Better Goodness Night Tomorrow
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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Greatness Happiness Infinite Ourselves Reflection Truth Understand
When humanity serves Nature, Nature serves humanity. When we serve animals and plants, they too serve us in return.
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Animal Humanity Nature Plant Return Service
Intellectual prowess has its limitations. Thus, do not limit the scope of your learning to the realm of the intellect.
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Intellectual Learning Limitation Scope Yourself
Controlling the mind is the way to attain internal harmony.
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Control Harmony Mindset
Love is our true essence. Love has no limitations of caste, religion, race, or nationality. We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love. To awaken this unity-and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature-is the true goal of human life.
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Essence Goal Human Life Limitation Love Nature Togetherness True
Don’t be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.
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Capacity Darkness Inspirational Kindness Worth Yourself
Parents need to nourish spiritual values in their children from a very young age.
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Age Need Nourish Parents Spiritual Value Young
While carrying responsibilities, never forget to smile.
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Carry Forget Responsibility Smile
We should serve others without any expectations whatsoever. When others throw thorns at us, we should be able to throw flowers back at them.
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Expectation Flower Service Throw

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