Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYINowadays everybody wants to become a leader. No one wants to become a servant. In reality, the world is badly in need of servants, not leaders. A real servant is a real leader.
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Make a firm decision: ‘Whatever happens, I will be happy. I will be strong. God is always with me.’
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Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.
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“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.
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Everything is God, there is nothing else but God.
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The language of love is the language of humility or humbleness.
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Don’t get angry. Try not to speak roughly or use harsh words.
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Pray: O Lord, make my eyes see only the good in everyone.
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Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.
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Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.
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Parents need to nourish spiritual values in their children from a very young age.
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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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Animals too experience sorrow, love, anger and other emotions.
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Couples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days.
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Whatever you see, hear or experience in the world is ephemeral. Get in touch with the eternal substratum of everything.
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A musk deer searches for the source of the fragrance of musk, but it won’t find it because the fragrance comes from within itself. Bliss is not to be found outside of us; it exists within us.
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