A spiritually established life is not an easy task. But a materially satisfied life is an impossible task.
SRI CHINMOYDo you want to make progress? If so, then take each problem not as a challenging rival, but as an encouraging friend of yours, who is helping you to arrive at your ultimate destination.
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Keep an open heart To allow the world Lovingly and faithfully To come in.
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Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding.
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Be sincere in your thoughts, Be pure in your feelings. You will not have to run after happiness. Happiness will run after you.
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The determination in your heroic effort Will permeate your mind and heart Even after your success or failure Is long forgotten.
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Next to meditation is music, soulful music, the music that stirs and elevates our aspiring consciousness.
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If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world.
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There comes a time in the seeker’s life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved. The aspiring soul which he embodies is the lover in him. And the transcendental Self which he reveals from within is his Beloved.
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Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.
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I begin by imagining the impossible and end by accomplishing the impossible.
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Peace is our inner wealth. This inner wealth we can bring to the fore only when we expect nothing from the outer world and everything from the Supreme Pilot within us, at God’s Choice Hour.
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If you have inner peace, nobody can force you to be a slave to the outer reality.
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If you do the right thing, eventually you will inspire others to do the right thing.
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If we live in our oneness-heart, we will feel the essence of all religions which is the love of God. Forgiveness, compassion, tolerance, brotherhood and the feeling of oneness are the signs of a true religion.
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The difficulty is that we try to perfect others before we perfect ourselves.
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A moment’s truth can and shall make the world beautiful. A moment’s peace can and shall save the world. A moment’s love can and shall make the world perfect.
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True humility means giving joy to others.
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Gratitude is pure happiness. Happiness is sure perfection.
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Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker’s life- in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.
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Meditation does not mean just sitting quietly for five or ten minutes. It requires conscious effort. The mind has to be made calm and quiet; at the same time, it has to be vigilant so as not to allow any distracting thoughts or desires to enter.
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To inspire others Is to be immediately rich In the inner world.
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Allow failure to teach you A supreme lesson: Each sunset is the beginning Of a very, very bright And powerful sunrise.
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When we transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We do not compete with the rest of the world, but at every moment we compete with ourselves.
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I did not come into the world to prove anything. I came into the world to love everyone and everything.
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It is only through inner peace that we can have true outer freedom.
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Real meditation is not done by us. It is done by our Inner Pilot, the Supreme, who is constantly meditating in and through us. We are just the vessel, and we are allowing Him to fill us with His whole Consciousness.
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If we call ourselves children of God, then others are also children of God.
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