Compassion can shoulder the suffering of the entire world without feeling the slightest bit of pain.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIPray May all reach the shore of peace, spreading the sweet holy fragrance of Love and vibrations of unity and harmony.
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Problems arise when you identify with your thoughts and emotions. Try to be a witness to the thoughts instead of being totally identified with them.
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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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Everything is God, there is nothing else but God.
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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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You cannot predict when grace takes place; you can only wait. Relax.
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Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions.
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Just as the right hand comes to dress the wound on the left hand, we should see another person’s sorrows as our own and come to his or her aid.
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Traveling by bus, we see many things on the way and just let them pass by. Watch the thoughts of your minds in the same way.
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Pure love transcends the body. It is between hearts. It has nothing to do with bodies.
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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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Do no talk while eating.
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Make a firm decision: ‘Whatever happens, I will be happy. I will be strong. God is always with me.’
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We give physical exercise to the body, but neglect the heart. The exercise for the heart is uplifting the destitute and the suffering.
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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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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.
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Every night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?
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Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.
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Transcending the cycle of death and rebirth is the real purpose of this life in human form.
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Our hearts are the shrine; that is where God should be installed. Our good thoughts are the flowers to worship Him. Good deeds form the worship, good words form the hymns and love forms the offering.
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Lessen the quantity of unnecessary thoughts and allow more space for the energy of love to flow within you.
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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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Today, society is sacrificing love, values and dharma in its pursuit of materialistic gains.
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A person’s destiny can be changed through the power of a saint.
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Surrender and living in the present are one and the same.
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If you see deficiencies in others, your duty is to forgive instead of pointing at it.
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True happiness is when the love that is within us finds expression in external activities.
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