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Amidst sorrows, the only thing that enlivens us is optimistic faith. Never lose that faith.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi When humanity serves Nature, Nature serves humanity. When we serve animals and plants, they too serve us in return.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi Pray: O Lord, make my eyes see only the good in everyone.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi 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.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi If you see deficiencies in others, your duty is to forgive instead of pointing at it.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi In God’s vision, no inside or outside exists. Still, in the beginning, Mother is asking all to meditate on Him in the heart, in order to achieve concentration.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi Look at Nature. Nature is a book from which we must learn. Each object in it is a page of that book.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi 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.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi In most cases, worldly love ends in hatred and deep sorrow.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi Most human beings know only the language of exploitation. Due to their selfishness, they are unable to consider others.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi The intellect always cuts and divides like a pair of scissors. The heart sews things together and unites like a needle. The tailor uses both.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi Peace is not a product of an intellectual exercise. It is an inner blossoming that occurs with meditation.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi Happiness is within everyone, but we are not able to experience it because of our ego’s likes and dislikes.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi The indicator of true knowledge is the ability to differentiate what uplifts us from what pulls us down.
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