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 AMRITANANDAMAYIIf you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans.
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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.
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Look carefully at what is of value in others and respect that.
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Just as food and sleep are necessary for the body, spiritual understanding is needed for a healthy mind.
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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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Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind.
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When people live in accordance with Nature, the song of life becomes sweet.
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Amidst sorrows, the only thing that enlivens us is optimistic faith. Never lose that faith.
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Human beings are born to experience pure love, and they never get it. They are searching to experience it from birth until death.
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Go out and serve the suffering. Learn to place others in front of yourself.
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Love sustains everything.
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Love and spiritual values received from parents are the strongest assets for a child to face the various trials of adulthood.
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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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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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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.
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May your thoughts, words and actions arise from love.
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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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Feel your prayers, feel your mantra and you will feel God.
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If we are not able to fix the Lord firmly in our hearts, even a lifetime of temple-going does not do us any good.
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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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Real love is the complete absence of any negative feelings towards anyone.
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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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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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Today, our air, food, water-all are polluted. If we do not stop exploiting nature for our temporary selfish gains, we will destroy the world.
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Lessen the quantity of unnecessary thoughts and allow more space for the energy of love to flow within you.
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Every night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?
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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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