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Crying to God for five minutes is equal to one hour of meditation.

Mata Amritanandamayi

Real love is the complete absence of any negative feelings towards anyone.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Absence Feeling Love Negative Reality
Spiritual love is without limits or boundaries. Worldly love is superficial and fluctuating.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Boundary Limitation Love Spiritual World
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
Don’t go empty handed when going to a temple or to see a spiritual master. Offer something as a symbol of surrender, even if it be a mere flower.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Empty Flower Hand Offering Surrender Symbol Temple
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
Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Goodness Kindness Seek
In most cases, worldly love ends in hatred and deep sorrow.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

End Hate Love Sorrow World
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

Form God Heart Install Love Suffering Worship
Love is our true nature. When we do not express love in our words and actions it is like honey hidden in a rock.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Action Expression Hide Love Nature Rock True
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
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Life Ourselves People World
If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are mostly psychosomatic. Japa will bestow good health to both mind and body.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Body Goodness Maintain Mindset Talk Work
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
Once you learn the art of relaxation, everything happens spontaneously and effortlessly.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Art Effort Learning Relax Yourself
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
Married life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a woman.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Feminine Live Man Marriage Understand Woman

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