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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIMarried life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a woman.
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What makes Amma happy, is to see her children helping others to feel happy.
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Education for livelihood alone will never make our life full and complete.
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Those that have an attitude of service towards others are the beauty of society.
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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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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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When we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.
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Unfortunately, the only meaning that society attributes to life today is an opportunity to make money.
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Whatever you see, hear or experience in the world is ephemeral. Get in touch with the eternal substratum of everything.
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Each and every living being in nature is part of God’s body.
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If you have patience, then you’ll also have love. Patience leads to love.
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Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.
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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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You cannot predict when grace takes place; you can only wait. Relax.
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Too much reasoning has spoiled the contemporary mind. People have lost their hearts and faith.
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Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.
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Real love is the complete absence of any negative feelings towards anyone.
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Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.
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The more intellectual you are, the more egoistic you are, and surrendering becomes more difficult.
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Every night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?
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When someone is full of Love and Compassion, he cannot draw a line between two countries, two faiths or two religions.
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Go out and serve the suffering. Learn to place others in front of yourself.
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Don’t go empty handed when going to a temple or to see a spiritual master. Offer something as a symbol of surrender, even if it be a mere flower.
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In today’s world, human beings are dying and human machines are taking birth.
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Love is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life. If we dive deep enough into ourselves, we will find that the one thread of universal love ties all beings together. As this awareness dawns within us, peace alone will reign.
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Happiness comes from the dissolution of the mind, not from external objects. Through meditation we can achieve everything including bliss, health, strength, intelligence and vitality. But it should be practiced properly in solitude and with care.
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Understand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite bliss that comes from within your own Self.
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