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Happiness is within everyone, but we are not able to experience it because of our ego’s likes and dislikes.

Mata Amritanandamayi

If we approach Nature with , it will serve us as our best friend, a friend that won’t let us down.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Best Friendship Nature Ourselves Service
We give physical exercise to the body, but neglect the heart. The exercise for the heart is uplifting the destitute and the suffering.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Body Exercise Heart Suffering
Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Attachment Expression Freedom Past Worry
The guru is not someone who is confined to the body. When there is selfless love for the guru, we will be able to see him not only in his body but in every living and nonliving thing in this world. Learn to see everything as the guru’s body and to serve them accordingly.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Body Himself Learning Love See Teacher
Crying to God for five minutes is equal to one hour of meditation.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Cry Equality God Oneself
Thinking that God wants something from us is like showing a candle to the sun.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

God Religious Sun Thinking
God is standing at the door of every heart. Call Him. He is waiting to come in.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

God Heart Himself Stand
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
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Compassion Heart Life Place Spiritual
Don’t get angry. Try not to speak roughly or use harsh words.
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Angry Rough Word
Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Goodness Kindness Seek
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Ability Equality God Heart Love Realize
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 AMRITANANDAMAYI

Animal Attitude Food God
Pure love makes you feel as light as a flower. You won’t feel any heaviness or burden. Ego creates the burden.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Burden Creation Feeling Flower heavy Light Love Yourself
Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Body Control Happiness Mental Weakness
Love and spiritual values received from parents are the strongest assets for a child to face the various trials of adulthood.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Children Face Love Spiritual Strong

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