If we keep holding on to God, there is nothing to fear.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYILook upon others as being part of yourself.
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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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Couples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days.
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If you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans.
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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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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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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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Being aware of the bondage is enough to free you from its clutches.
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Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body.
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We should try our best to relieve the suffering of others in whatever way we can.
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Crying to God for five minutes is equal to one hour of meditation.
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Look upon others as being part of yourself.
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You can only feel love by expressing it.
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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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“Is God a Man or a Woman ?” The answer to this question is neither God is That. But if you must give God a gender, God is more female than male, for he is contained in She.
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The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change.
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