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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.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Attention Eat Focus God Ourselves Practice Spiritual Taste
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Hands Herself Right Wound
When humanity serves Nature, Nature serves humanity. When we serve animals and plants, they too serve us in return.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Animal Humanity Nature Plant Return Service
Our attitude should be: Whatever happens I will remain strong, courageous and happy.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Attitude Courage Happiness Strong
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
When people live in accordance with Nature, the song of life becomes sweet.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Life Live Nature People Sweet
May your thoughts, words and actions arise from love.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Action Love Thinking Word Yourself
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Destroy Food Nature Selfish Temporary Water
Spiritual love is without limits or boundaries. Worldly love is superficial and fluctuating.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Boundary Limitation Love Spiritual World
Remember to set apart at least one hour every day to do some service for others. While the food we eat nurtures our bodies, it is what we give in charity that nurtures our souls. If time is not available daily, reserve at least a few hours every week for some worthwhile act of charity.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Charity Food Nurture Ourselves Remember Service Soul
Do no talk while eating.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Eat One Liner Talk
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
Children, meditation is not just sitting with our eyes closed. We should take every action as worship. We should be able to experience His presence everywhere.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Children Himself Meditation Presence Worship
In today’s world, human beings are dying and human machines are taking birth.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Death Human Machine World
Once you learn the art of relaxation, everything happens spontaneously and effortlessly.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Art Effort Learning Relax Yourself
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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Different Ourselves People Reflection Shine Sun
When one has truly imbibed spiritual qualities, they will spontaneously be reflected in one’s thoughts and actions.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Action Quality Reflection Spiritual Thinking True
Grace is openness. By remaining open, you let go of your ego and narrow-minded views, and allow divine grace to express itself through you.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Divine Ego Expression Grace Let Go Open Remain Yourself
The factor stringing together individuals, society and nature is missing from today’s educational system. That factor is spiritual values.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Education Factor Society System Togetherness Value
Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Goodness Kindness Seek
We live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Dominant Ego Live World
Happiness is within everyone, but we are not able to experience it because of our ego’s likes and dislikes.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Ego Experience Happiness Ourselves
Don’t be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Capacity Darkness Inspirational Kindness Worth Yourself
We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Love Togetherness
Love is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life. If we dive deep enough into ourselves, we will find that the one thread of universal love ties all beings together. As this awareness dawns within us, peace alone will reign.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Alone Aware Beautiful Enough Foundation Fulfill Love Peace Togetherness
You can only feel love by expressing it.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Expression Feeling Love Yourself
Be content and happy with whatever comes to you.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Acceptance Happiness Life Yourself

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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