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Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body.

Mata Amritanandamayi

The intellect always cuts and divides like a pair of scissors. The heart sews things together and unites like a needle. The tailor uses both.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Division Intellectual Scissor Unity
Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Goodness Kindness Seek
If you see deficiencies in others, your duty is to forgive instead of pointing at it.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Forgiveness Point See Yourself
Animals too experience sorrow, love, anger and other emotions.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Anger Animal Emotion Experience Love Sorrow
Try to make others happy, and don’t despair over all the evil in the world. Instead of cursing the dark, let us each light one small lamp.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Curse Despair Happiness Light Oneself Small Try
Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Act Compassion Selfish Truth
Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Attachment Expression Freedom Past Worry
Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Effort Hate Ourselves Removal
Being aware of the bondage is enough to free you from its clutches.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Aware Bondage Enough Freedom
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
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Different Ourselves People Reflection Shine Sun
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Children Meditation Morning Quality Wake Up Willing
Controlling the mind is the way to attain internal harmony.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Control Harmony Mindset
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Action Attitude Discrimination Right Understand Yourself
A person’s destiny can be changed through the power of a saint.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Change Destiny Person Power
Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study – ourselves.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Education Ourselves Study Wonder

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