Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIToday, 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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One who goes after the taste of the tongue does not get to know the taste of the heart.
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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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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.
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Everything is God, there is nothing else but God.
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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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In God’s vision, no inside or outside exists. Still, in the beginning, Mother is asking all to meditate on Him in the heart, in order to achieve concentration.
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A musk deer searches for the source of the fragrance of musk, but it won’t find it because the fragrance comes from within itself. Bliss is not to be found outside of us; it exists within us.
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Nowadays everybody wants to become a leader. No one wants to become a servant. In reality, the world is badly in need of servants, not leaders. A real servant is a real leader.
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Pure love makes you feel as light as a flower. You won’t feel any heaviness or burden. Ego creates the burden.
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True happiness is when the love that is within us finds expression in external activities.
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Being aware of the bondage is enough to free you from its clutches.
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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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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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There are thousands ready to die for their religion, but only are few willing to live by its principles. Because of their narrow vision and envy, they have missed the true essence and message of religion which is love and compassion.
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Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.
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You can only feel love by expressing it.
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Controlling the mind is the way to attain internal harmony.
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Whatever you see, hear or experience in the world is ephemeral. Get in touch with the eternal substratum of everything.
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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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Learn to be thankful to everyone, to the entire creation, even to your enemy and also to those who insult, because they all help you to grow.
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Real love is the complete absence of any negative feelings towards anyone.
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May your thoughts, words and actions arise from love.
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Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.
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Spiritual love is without limits or boundaries. Worldly love is superficial and fluctuating.
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Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study – ourselves.
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