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When humanity serves Nature, Nature serves humanity. When we serve animals and plants, they too serve us in return.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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

Attachment Expression Freedom Past Worry
Remember to set apart at least one hour every day to do some service for others. While the food we eat nurtures our bodies, it is what we give in charity that nurtures our souls. If time is not available daily, reserve at least a few hours every week for some worthwhile act of charity.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Charity Food Nurture Ourselves Remember Service Soul
To awaken spiritual unity, and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature, is the true goal of human life.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Awake Human Life Love Nature Spiritual Unity
Talking high philosophy often confuses people, but a look from an egoless person can lift the clouds of pain and despair.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Confusion Despair Ego Pain Person Philosophy
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Action Attitude Discrimination Right Understand Yourself
Transcending the cycle of death and rebirth is the real purpose of this life in human form.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Cycle Death Form Human Purpose Reality Transcendence
As you perform good actions selflessly, true love will blossom, which will purify our emotional mind.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Emotional Goodness Mindset Performance Purify
We should serve others without any expectations whatsoever. When others throw thorns at us, we should be able to throw flowers back at them.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Expectation Flower Service Throw
If you see deficiencies in others, your duty is to forgive instead of pointing at it.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Forgiveness Point See Yourself
Make a firm decision: ‘Whatever happens, I will be happy. I will be strong. God is always with me.’
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Belief Decision God Happiness Myself Strong
Don’t be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Capacity Darkness Inspirational Kindness Worth Yourself
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 AMRITANANDAMAYI

Ability Equality God Heart Love Realize
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Attention Eat Focus God Ourselves Practice Spiritual Taste
In most cases, worldly love ends in hatred and deep sorrow.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

End Hate Love Sorrow World
Children, we should simplify our life’s needs and use the resulting savings for charity.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Charity Children Save Simplify
“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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Gender God Man Question Woman

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