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 SHANKARWhen all doors are shut and you have nowhere to go, that is when you go within. Every crisis is an opportunity and you are the beginning.
More Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes
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Spiritual blossoming simply means blossoming in life in all dimensions – being happy, at ease with yourself and with everybody around you.
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Love is preserved by wisdom. Destroyed by demand, tested by doubt, nourished by longing. It blossoms with faith and grows with gratitude.
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Every emotion is connected with the breath. If you change the breath, change the rhythm, you can change the emotion.
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When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one’s life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity.
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Don’t Fall in love, Rise in Love!
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Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.
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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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Being 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.”
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When you judge others, look at yourself – You too have flaws and the divine nature has accepted you with all your flaws. It doesn’t judge you. Who are you to judge?
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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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We are always looking for solutions from someone else. We forget that if we turn our mind inward, we can get some ideas, some solutions.
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Ego is just a feeling of having a wall between you and others. There is no wall. You belong to me and I belong to you. You are accepted the way you are.
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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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People search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy.
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Make your smile cheaper and anger expensive!
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