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Our highest, most important duty in this world is to help our fellow beings.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Essence Goal Human Life Limitation Love Nature Togetherness True
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
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Creation Enemy Growth Learning Thankful Yourself
Crying to God for five minutes is equal to one hour of meditation.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Cry Equality God Oneself
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
Try to make others happy, and don’t despair over all the evil in the world. Instead of cursing the dark, let us each light one small lamp.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Curse Despair Happiness Light Oneself Small Try
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Division Intellectual Scissor Unity
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Achievement Born Ego Goal Human Life Live Vision World
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Greatness Happiness Infinite Ourselves Reflection Truth Understand
Compassion can shoulder the suffering of the entire world without feeling the slightest bit of pain.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Compassion Feeling Pain Suffering
What we need is peace of mind. We can gain that only through the control of our mind.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Control Mindset Ourselves Peace
A person’s destiny can be changed through the power of a saint.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Change Destiny Person Power
Unfortunately, the only meaning that society attributes to life today is an opportunity to make money.
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Meaning Money Opportunity Society
Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study – ourselves.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Education Ourselves Study Wonder
Look at Nature. Nature is a book from which we must learn. Each object in it is a page of that book.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Book Learning Nature Object Page
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

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