Each and every living being in nature is part of God’s body.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIWhatever you see, hear or experience in the world is ephemeral. Get in touch with the eternal substratum of everything.
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Have the conviction that God is your only real relative and friend.
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Every night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?
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Peace is not a product of an intellectual exercise. It is an inner blossoming that occurs with meditation.
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Real love is the complete absence of any negative feelings towards anyone.
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Do no talk while eating.
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Don’t get angry. Try not to speak roughly or use harsh words.
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Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.
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We must remember that man is not an island, totally isolated and disconnected from others. We are all part of a universal chain, or the universal consciousness. What happens to one happens to all.
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There are millions and millions of people who are thrown in the midst of poverty and starvation. Animals don’t die of starvation, only human beings.
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What we need is peace of mind. We can gain that only through the control of our mind.
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Those that have an attitude of service towards others are the beauty of society.
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Feel your prayers, feel your mantra and you will feel God.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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