Don’t be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIThere are millions and millions of people who are thrown in the midst of poverty and starvation. Animals don’t die of starvation, only human beings.
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Meditation increases our vitality and strengthens our intelligence. Our beauty is enhanced and our mental accuracy and health are improved. We gain the mental fortitude and patience to face life’s problems. Meditate! Only through meditation can we find the treasure we’re looking for.
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If you see deficiencies in others, your duty is to forgive instead of pointing at it.
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First, the human mind should be harmonized, then the harmony of Nature will spontaneously take place.
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Love sustains everything.
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If we have been able to give happiness to a soul-even for a minute-it makes our life blessed.
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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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In most cases, worldly love ends in hatred and deep sorrow.
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Intellectual prowess has its limitations. Thus, do not limit the scope of your learning to the realm of the intellect.
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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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A seed has to get buried in the soil for its real form as a plant to emerge. Only through modesty and humility can we grow. Pride and conceit will only destroy us. Live with the firm attitude, ‘I am everyone’s servant.’ Then the whole universe will bow down to us.
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The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized and allowed to rust while we are living.
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Grace is openness. By remaining open, you let go of your ego and narrow-minded views, and allow divine grace to express itself through you.
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Our highest, most important duty in this world is to help our fellow beings.
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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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Only when human beings are able to perceive and acknowledge the Self in each other can there be real peace.
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