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Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.
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Attachment Expression Freedom Past Worry
Grace is openness. By remaining open, you let go of your ego and narrow-minded views, and allow divine grace to express itself through you.
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Divine Ego Expression Grace Let Go Open Remain Yourself
We should serve others without any expectations whatsoever. When others throw thorns at us, we should be able to throw flowers back at them.
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Expectation Flower Service Throw
It is man who, through his thoughts and actions, creates turmoil and disintegration in the natural, harmonious unity of the world.
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Action Harmony Man Thinking World
In most cases, worldly love ends in hatred and deep sorrow.
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End Hate Love Sorrow World
Keep the child within alive. A child never tires of hearing the birds sing, never gets bored looking at flowers.
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Alive Boredom Children Flower
Just as food and sleep are necessary for the body, spiritual understanding is needed for a healthy mind.
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Body Food Health Mindset Necessary Sleep Spiritual
We give physical exercise to the body, but neglect the heart. The exercise for the heart is uplifting the destitute and the suffering.
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Body Exercise Heart Suffering
Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions.
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Accomplishment Action Death Greatness Performance Right
Make a firm decision: ‘Whatever happens, I will be happy. I will be strong. God is always with me.’
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Belief Decision God Happiness Myself Strong
Love is our true essence. Love has no limitations of caste, religion, race, or nationality. We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love. To awaken this unity-and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature-is the true goal of human life.
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Essence Goal Human Life Limitation Love Nature Togetherness True
The change will only happen outside once we change within ourselves.
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Change Ourselves
Today, society is sacrificing love, values and dharma in its pursuit of materialistic gains.
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Material Pursuit Sacrifice Society Value
Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world.
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Healing Love Medicine World Wound
Pure love makes you feel as light as a flower. You won’t feel any heaviness or burden. Ego creates the burden.
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Burden Creation Feeling Flower heavy Light Love Yourself
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
Pray for a peaceful and contented mind in all circumstances.
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Circumstance Content Mindset Peace Prayer
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
Children, meditation is not just sitting with our eyes closed. We should take every action as worship. We should be able to experience His presence everywhere.
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Children Himself Meditation Presence Worship
Children, everyone should try to wake up before five in the morning. The ideal time for spiritual practices like meditation and chanting is Brahma Muhurta. During this period, sattvic qualities are predominant in nature. Moreover, the mind will be clear and body energetic.
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Children Meditation Morning Quality Wake Up Willing
Spirituality, as expounded by the great saints and sages of the past, is a very broad path. It accommodates all types of belief systems. You need to satisfy everyone.
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Greatness Past Sage Satisfaction Spirituality Yourself
Whatever you see, hear or experience in the world is ephemeral. Get in touch with the eternal substratum of everything.
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Experience See Touch World
Talking high philosophy often confuses people, but a look from an egoless person can lift the clouds of pain and despair.
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Confusion Despair Ego Pain Person Philosophy
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
Pure love transcends the body. It is between hearts. It has nothing to do with bodies.
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Body Heart Love Purity Transcendence
While carrying responsibilities, never forget to smile.
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Carry Forget Responsibility Smile
Amidst sorrows, the only thing that enlivens us is optimistic faith. Never lose that faith.
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Faith Lose Optimistic Sorrow

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