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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.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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
If we have some pet animals, we should feed them also before taking our food. Perceive God in every living being and feed them with that attitude.
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Animal Attitude Food God
Each and every object in Nature teaches us something. Renunciation and selflessness are the greatest lessons to learn from Nature.
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Learning Nature Object Ourselves Teaching
Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world.
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Healing Love Medicine World Wound
Those that have an attitude of service towards others are the beauty of society.
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Attitude Beauty Service Society
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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Born Experience Human Love Purity Search
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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Life Ourselves People World
God is standing at the door of every heart. Call Him. He is waiting to come in.
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God Heart Himself Stand
If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are mostly psychosomatic. Japa will bestow good health to both mind and body.
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Body Goodness Maintain Mindset Talk Work
When people live in accordance with Nature, the song of life becomes sweet.
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Life Live Nature People Sweet
If you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans.
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Meditation Prayer Recite Yourself
Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.
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Education Equality Heart Importance Intellectual Need System
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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Destroy Food Nature Selfish Temporary Water
The indicator of true knowledge is the ability to differentiate what uplifts us from what pulls us down.
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Ability Difference Knowledge True
Nowadays 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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Leadership Oneself Reality Servant
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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God Goodness Heart Life Time
When we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.
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Ourselves People True
Our hearts are the shrine; that is where God should be installed. Our good thoughts are the flowers to worship Him. Good deeds form the worship, good words form the hymns and love forms the offering.
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Form God Heart Install Love Suffering Worship
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
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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Ability Equality God Heart Love Realize
Real life is developed from within. Real living means that the soul expresses itself through all one’s thoughts, words and actions. A person becomes fearless once he understands the nature of the imperishable soul.
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Development Expression Fear Life Person Reality Soul Understand
Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?
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Choice Cry Laughter Time
Pray: O Lord, make my eyes see only the good in everyone.
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Eyes God Goodness Myself See Sight
The guru is not someone who is confined to the body. When there is selfless love for the guru, we will be able to see him not only in his body but in every living and nonliving thing in this world. Learn to see everything as the guru’s body and to serve them accordingly.
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Body Himself Learning Love See Teacher
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
Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.
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Goodness Kindness Seek
Love is our true nature. When we do not express love in our words and actions it is like honey hidden in a rock.
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Action Expression Hide Love Nature Rock True

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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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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