When you move with this thought that ‘I want’, then the mind wanders. When you move with this thought that ‘I have received’, then you are content.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARBeing unconditionally happy is a practice: “Come what may, today I’m going to smile. Anyway, everything is going to die! Everything is going to vanish and disappear-so what! Who cares! Let me at least be happy, smile this moment, enjoy my very breath.”
More Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes
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The criteria for success: you are free, you live in the present moment, you are useful to the people around you, and you feel love for all humanity.
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Want, or desire, arises when you are not happy. Have you seen this? When you are very happy then there is contentment. Contentment means no want.
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Devi energy (shakti) is there within all of us. Devi is not somewhere else, not in some other world. It is within us – Devi Shakti
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For success in life you need yukti (skill) and shakti (strength), Bhakti (Devotion ) and Mukti (Freedom).
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To grow in unconditional love and in beauty is spirituality.
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People search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy.
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A plant has to be watered but when it grows into a tree, it is no longer necessary. Similarly, if the inner consciousness becomes stronger, all these vikaar (distortions) get erased. Vishranti vikar mita (Deep rest removes negativity). There is no rest deeper than meditation.
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Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought; your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free.
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Even if you win in ego it is a loss. Even if you lose in love it is a victory.
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If there are ripples on the surface of a lake, we cannot see the depth. Similarly unless the mind is restful, we cannot experience the harmony and union within us.
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Don’t keep your head turned backwards. Look ahead and move on. You are trying to walk forward with your head turned backward. This is why you feel miserable. Just let go!
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When heart speaks and heart listens, harmony is produced. When head talks and head listens, argument is produced.
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Even stupid people have a role to play in your life. They make you wiser and more patient.
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Faith is realizing that you always get what you need.
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Love is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us.
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