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.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARIf you are a taker of happiness you get misery, if you are a giver of happiness you get joy and love.
More Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes
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Accept people and situations as they are in life and then take action. The moment you do this, you’ll see you are out of the confusion about anything in life.
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Mind without agitation is meditation. Mind in the present moment is meditation. Mind that has no hesitation, no anticipation is meditation. Mind that has come back home, to the source, is meditation. Mind that becomes no mind is meditation.
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There is freedom when you realize that you are just a witness to all that is happening.
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What path you choose is not important. How intensely you pursue that path is much more important.
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Misery is not given by anyone or anything in life. It is your own mind which makes you miserable or happy and uplifted.
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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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Love is giving everything and taking nothing.
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The quality of our lives depends on the quality of our minds.
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Every moment you spend on this planet, remember that you are here for a unique purpose & cause, far greater than to just eat, sleep & talk.
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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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Spiritual knowledge improves intuitive ability, innovative ability and communication.
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What puts you on the road is your desire to enjoy. What brings you home is being in love.
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When you are infinitely indebted for your body, for Knowledge, for things you have received, and for your own life, then you bask in the abundance of the Creator
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Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.
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Make the whole life a game. There is no purpose there is no aim, nothing. Just take it lightly, easily. Play the game. that is worship, which is celebration.
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