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Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study – ourselves.

Mata Amritanandamayi

The more intellectual you are, the more egoistic you are, and surrendering becomes more difficult.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Difficult Ego Intellectual Surrender Yourself
Understand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite bliss that comes from within your own Self.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Greatness Happiness Infinite Ourselves Reflection Truth Understand
Love sustains everything.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Love One Liner
Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Ego Human Nature Optimism Stop Suffering
Just as armor protects the soldier, spiritual knowledge protects us from the difficulties of life.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Difficult Knowledge Life Protection Spiritual
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Greatness Past Sage Satisfaction Spirituality Yourself
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Life Ourselves People World
When one has truly imbibed spiritual qualities, they will spontaneously be reflected in one’s thoughts and actions.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Action Quality Reflection Spiritual Thinking True
Today, society is sacrificing love, values and dharma in its pursuit of materialistic gains.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Material Pursuit Sacrifice Society Value
The first step in spiritual life is to have compassion. A person who is kind and loving never needs to go searching for God. God rushes toward any heart that beats with compassion-it is God’s favorite place.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Compassion Heart Life Place Spiritual
Crying to God for five minutes is equal to one hour of meditation.
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Cry Equality God Oneself
We human beings are born in ego, live in ego, are brought up in ego and will die in ego. We need a certain degree of vision when we live in this world for achieving and attaining our goals in life.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Achievement Born Ego Goal Human Life Live Vision World
The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Body Change Forget Important
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 AMRITANANDAMAYI

Attention Eat Focus God Ourselves Practice Spiritual Taste
Married life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a woman.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Feminine Live Man Marriage Understand Woman
Our circumstances will continually change. It is out of our control. It is more important to change our attitude, which we have control of.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Attitude Change Circumstance Control Important Ourselves

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