Every night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIGod realization and self-realization are one and the same. God-realization is nothing but the ability and expansiveness of heart to love everything equally.
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May your thoughts, words and actions arise from love.
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Any action done with the right attitude, understanding and discrimination will take you closer to liberation. If however, the same action is done without the right attitude, it will bind you.
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Love sustains everything.
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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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Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.
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Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?
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Love is our true nature. When we do not express love in our words and actions it is like honey hidden in a rock.
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Feel your prayers, feel your mantra and you will feel God.
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Purify the mind through selfless service.
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If we approach Nature with , it will serve us as our best friend, a friend that won’t let us down.
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If we are not able to fix the Lord firmly in our hearts, even a lifetime of temple-going does not do us any good.
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“Is God a Man or a Woman ?” The answer to this question is neither God is That. But if you must give God a gender, God is more female than male, for he is contained in She.
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Spirituality, as expounded by the great saints and sages of the past, is a very broad path. It accommodates all types of belief systems. You need to satisfy everyone.
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There 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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By living in harmony with Nature one gains a healthy mind and body.
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We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love.
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The indicator of true knowledge is the ability to differentiate what uplifts us from what pulls us down.
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No one becomes pure and selfless overnight; it involves time and concentrated effort, coupled with tremendous patience and love.
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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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Do no talk while eating.
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Parents need to nourish spiritual values in their children from a very young age.
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If we let go of our likes and dislikes, we will become fit vessels to receive the God’s ever flowing grace.
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Each and every living being in nature is part of God’s body.
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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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Just as food and sleep are necessary for the body, spiritual understanding is needed for a healthy mind.
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The beauty and charm of selfless love and service should not die away from the face of this earth. The world should know that a life of dedication is possible, that a life inspired by love and service to humanity is possible.
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