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 AMRITANANDAMAYICrying to God for five minutes is equal to one hour of meditation.
More Mata Amritanandamayi Quotes
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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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Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.
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Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions.
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Most people are concerned only with what they can get from the world, but it is what we are able to give to others that determines the quality of our life.
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By living in harmony with Nature one gains a healthy mind and body.
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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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Each and every living being in nature is part of God’s body.
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Everything is God, there is nothing else but God.
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Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.
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A seed has to get buried in the soil for its real form as a plant to emerge. Only through modesty and humility can we grow. Pride and conceit will only destroy us. Live with the firm attitude, ‘I am everyone’s servant.’ Then the whole universe will bow down to us.
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Intellectual prowess has its limitations. Thus, do not limit the scope of your learning to the realm of the intellect.
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What makes Amma happy, is to see her children helping others to feel happy.
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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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Peace is not a product of an intellectual exercise. It is an inner blossoming that occurs with meditation.
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Thinking that God wants something from us is like showing a candle to the sun.
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