The mental ability to concentrate is inherent to all; it is not extraordinary or mysterious. Meditation is not something that a Yogi has to teach you; you already have the ability to shut out thoughts.
SIVANANDAAlways do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.
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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
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An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise above good and evil.
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Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path.
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There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.
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The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
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The goal of life is god realisation.
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If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and not the achievement of power, name, fame and wealth.
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There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.
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Eating, drinking. sleeping, pro-creating. A little laughter, a lot of tears. Is this all there is to life? Don’t die like a worm on the surface of the planet. WAKE UP and be all that you can be, you are so much more than that.
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Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
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Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
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Learn to give, give in plenty, give with love, give without any expectation, one does not lose anything by giving, on the other hand you get back a thousand fold.
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Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
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When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart, you will see Him everywhere.
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The mind is a product of experience. It is the result of past thinking and is modified by present thinking.
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