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Just as food and sleep are necessary for the body, spiritual understanding is needed for a healthy mind.

Mata Amritanandamayi

When one has truly imbibed spiritual qualities, they will spontaneously be reflected in one’s thoughts and actions.
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Action Quality Reflection Spiritual Thinking True
Only when human beings are able to perceive and acknowledge the Self in each other can there be real peace.
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Each Other Human Peace Reality
Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study – ourselves.
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Education Ourselves Study Wonder
Happiness is within everyone, but we are not able to experience it because of our ego’s likes and dislikes.
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Ego Experience Happiness Ourselves
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
Don’t go empty handed when going to a temple or to see a spiritual master. Offer something as a symbol of surrender, even if it be a mere flower.
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Empty Flower Hand Offering Surrender Symbol Temple
Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?
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Choice Cry Laughter Time
People think that God wants our offerings. God does not need anything from us. He is the giver. He is like the sun – the giver of light.
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God Light Offering People Sun Thinking
Today, society is sacrificing love, values and dharma in its pursuit of materialistic gains.
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Material Pursuit Sacrifice Society Value
One should see any opportunity to serve as a rare and precious gift, and never waste such an opportunity.
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Opportunity Rare Service Wasted
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
If we have some pet animals, we should feed them also before taking our food. Perceive God in every living being and feed them with that attitude.
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Animal Attitude Food God
There are thousands ready to die for their religion, but only are few willing to live by its principles. Because of their narrow vision and envy, they have missed the true essence and message of religion which is love and compassion.
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Death Essence Jealous Live Message Religion True Vision Willing
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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Flow God Grace Let Go
Thinking that God wants something from us is like showing a candle to the sun.
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God Religious Sun Thinking
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
To awaken spiritual unity, and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature, is the true goal of human life.
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Awake Human Life Love Nature Spiritual Unity
Feel your prayers, feel your mantra and you will feel God.
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Feeling God Prayer Yourself
In most cases, worldly love ends in hatred and deep sorrow.
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End Hate Love Sorrow World
Children, we should simplify our life’s needs and use the resulting savings for charity.
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Charity Children Save Simplify
Do no talk while eating.
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Eat One Liner Talk
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.
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Achievement Existence God Mom Meditation Order Vision
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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Hands Herself Right Wound
We should try our best to relieve the suffering of others in whatever way we can.
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Best Ourselves Suffering Try
The beauty and charm of selfless love and service should not die away from the face of this earth. The world should know that a life of dedication is possible, that a life inspired by love and service to humanity is possible.
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Beautiful Charm Death Dedication Humanity Possible Service
Each and every living being in nature is part of God’s body.
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Animal Body God Live Nature
True happiness is when the love that is within us finds expression in external activities.
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Activity Expression Happiness Love True

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