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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.

Mata Amritanandamayi

Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Body Control Happiness Mental Weakness
The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Body Change Forget Important
The first step in spiritual life is to have compassion. A person who is kind and loving never needs to go searching for God. God rushes toward any heart that beats with compassion-it is God’s favorite place.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Compassion Heart Life Place Spiritual
If we are not able to fix the Lord firmly in our hearts, even a lifetime of temple-going does not do us any good.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

God Goodness Heart Life Time
People think that God wants our offerings. God does not need anything from us. He is the giver. He is like the sun – the giver of light.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

God Light Offering People Sun Thinking
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
Have the conviction that God is your only real relative and friend.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Friendship God Reality Relative Religious Yourself
Our highest, most important duty in this world is to help our fellow beings.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Help Important Ourselves Responsibility
We live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Dominant Ego Live World
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.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Different Ourselves People Reflection Shine Sun
If you have patience, then you’ll also have love. Patience leads to love.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Love Patience Yourself
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
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
The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized and allowed to rust while we are living.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Allow Death Greatness Life Live Place Tragedy
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
Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Healing Love Medicine World Wound

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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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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