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Too much reasoning has spoiled the contemporary mind. People have lost their hearts and faith.

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Thinking that God wants something from us is like showing a candle to the sun.
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God Religious Sun Thinking
In today’s world, human beings are dying and human machines are taking birth.
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Death Human Machine World
When we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.
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Ourselves People True
Look carefully at what is of value in others and respect that.
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Care Respect Value
The factor stringing together individuals, society and nature is missing from today’s educational system. That factor is spiritual values.
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Education Factor Society System Togetherness 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.
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Compassion Heart Life Place Spiritual
Purify the mind through selfless service.
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Mindset Purity Service
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.
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Attention Eat Focus God Ourselves Practice Spiritual Taste
Have the conviction that God is your only real relative and friend.
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Friendship God Reality Relative Religious Yourself
Love is our true essence. Love has no limitations of caste, religion, race, or nationality. We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love. To awaken this unity-and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature-is the true goal of human life.
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Essence Goal Human Life Limitation Love Nature Togetherness True
Loving words and deeds are the best alms.
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Love Offering Word
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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Body Change Forget Important
People think that God wants our offerings. God does not need anything from us. He is the giver. He is like the sun – the giver of light.
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God Light Offering People Sun Thinking
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
What we need is peace of mind. We can gain that only through the control of our mind.
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Control Mindset Ourselves Peace
Go out and serve the suffering. Learn to place others in front of yourself.
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Learning Place Service Suffering

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