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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.

Mata Amritanandamayi

The more intellectual you are, the more egoistic you are, and surrendering becomes more difficult.
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Difficult Ego Intellectual Surrender Yourself
“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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Gender God Man Question Woman
We human beings are born in ego, live in ego, are brought up in ego and will die in ego. We need a certain degree of vision when we live in this world for achieving and attaining our goals in life.
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Achievement Born Ego Goal Human Life Live Vision World
Animals too experience sorrow, love, anger and other emotions.
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Anger Animal Emotion Experience Love Sorrow
Purify the mind through selfless service.
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Mindset Purity Service
Don’t get angry. Try not to speak roughly or use harsh words.
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Angry Rough Word
Keep the child within alive. A child never tires of hearing the birds sing, never gets bored looking at flowers.
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Alive Boredom Children Flower
Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions.
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Accomplishment Action Death Greatness Performance Right
When we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.
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Ourselves People True
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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Human People Poverty Starve
Thinking that God wants something from us is like showing a candle to the sun.
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God Religious Sun Thinking
What the world needs are servants, not leaders. Everyone’s wish is to become a leader, Let us become a real servant instead.
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Leadership Need Service World
Spiritual love is without limits or boundaries. Worldly love is superficial and fluctuating.
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Boundary Limitation Love Spiritual World
Transcending the cycle of death and rebirth is the real purpose of this life in human form.
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Cycle Death Form Human Purpose Reality Transcendence
Children, everyone should try to wake up before five in the morning. The ideal time for spiritual practices like meditation and chanting is Brahma Muhurta. During this period, sattvic qualities are predominant in nature. Moreover, the mind will be clear and body energetic.
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Children Meditation Morning Quality Wake Up Willing
Our circumstances will continually change. It is out of our control. It is more important to change our attitude, which we have control of.
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Attitude Change Circumstance Control Important Ourselves

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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