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 AMRITANANDAMAYIThe 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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Most people are concerned only with what they can get from the world, but it is what we are able to give to others that determines the quality of our life.
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Don’t be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.
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Have the conviction that God is your only real relative and friend.
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Real life is developed from within. Real living means that the soul expresses itself through all one’s thoughts, words and actions. A person becomes fearless once he understands the nature of the imperishable soul.
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If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are mostly psychosomatic. Japa will bestow good health to both mind and body.
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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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We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love.
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Children, we should simplify our life’s needs and use the resulting savings for charity.
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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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In today’s world, human beings are dying and human machines are taking birth.
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Animals too experience sorrow, love, anger and other emotions.
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Feel your prayers, feel your mantra and you will feel God.
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The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. The reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.
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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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