tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37323990017280673422024-03-13T23:51:52.805-07:00Sri Sri..Teachings of Sri Sri Ravi ShankarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-22720107149592575622010-08-29T23:31:00.001-07:002010-08-29T23:31:37.332-07:00Thou are that<b>Sri Sri: </b>When you experience joy, your mind is expanding; when you experience pain, your mind is getting concentrated, focused. It comes to one point. We experience pain through out life, but never encounter it, never stayed with it, went deep into it. In love you experience pain, in that pain it brings a depth to yourself. Joy is expansion and height. Pain is contraction & depth.In pain you consolidate your whole energy, Consciousness gets deeper, intense.<br />
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And when you feel that pain, intensity, you are very delicate, very subtle inside. Have you noticed? Very vulnerable. <br />
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Love makes you very vulnerable. Love is very delicate, it makes you very vulnerable deep inside. Love makes you weak. However strong you may be, in love you become so weak. Yet it is the greatest strength on this planet. When you are in love, you are so vulnerable. Your whole being is so delicate, so etheric, ethereal. Your whole being becomes ethereal. You are not like a rock, solid rock. When you are sad, upset, you are like a rock. But in pain of love, longing, you are still ethereal, isn’t it? <br />
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Lord of the meek, means this is it. The divine loves the meek. Experience of divine is so delicate, so subtle, so ethereal. That’s why it’s akin to love. It’s a simulator. <br />
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Love is God, God is love, because both are of the same ethereal phenomenon. When you come and sit near the master, you cannot but catch this etherealness and when it happens, a master said what do you think you are? You think you are a solid body, you think a set of thoughts? You are set of concepts, ideas, a set of different emotions? No No No, Don’t mistake it. This love that you are feeling, that is what you are.<br />
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Say – “Thou are that.”<br />
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Close your eyes and look inside. What is there? You are all love. Every particle of your being is vibrant with this ethereal, something. Cannot be named, cannot be expressed, that for which you are longing. That which is longing. The very longing is divine. That very longing, that heart beating for, is divine, is God. <br />
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Say – Thou are that.<br />
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You are nothing but a burning longing. You are nothing but an alive glow of Love. So, Thou are that. You are that. “Tatvam Asi”. You are that. <br />
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This is called the great sentence. This is the first great sentence that the master departs to the students. First great sentence. You are that longing that you have for me, that love you have for me. You are that. Be with that.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-66356940533641175912010-08-28T23:37:00.000-07:002010-08-29T23:38:28.154-07:00Love and Authority<b>Sri Sri: </b> Love and authority are totally opposite values yet they co-exist.<br />
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The grosser the consciousness, authority has to be more pronounced. The more refined and subtle the consciousness, lesser is the need to exercise authority.<br />
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When you are gross, you demand authority and when you demand authority, love recedes. <br />
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Asserting authority indicates lack of confidence and love. The more evident one’s authority, the less sensitive and effective it will be.<br />
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A sensible person would not demand authority at all... but will assume it. (laughter) The most effective CEOs will not make you feel their authority, for authority can never bring inspiration.<br />
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Your sincere servant has more authority over you than your boss, isn't that so? A baby has full authority over the mother. Similarly, a devotee has all the authority over the Divine, though he never exercises it.<br />
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So, the subtler you become, the more authority you gain.<br />
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The greater the love, subtler will be the authority.<br />
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The lesser the love, the more pronounced will be the authority.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-44243184197447184382010-08-27T21:35:00.000-07:002010-08-29T23:44:51.139-07:00Enthusiasm and Dispassion<b>Sri Sri: </b>What is enthusiasm? Enthusiasm means to be connected to God within. When you are with your source, you can only be enthusiastic. Apathy is when you are away from the source of life. You cannot be but enthusiastic when your mind is totally in the present moment. <br />
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You should know that dispassion is not apathy. It is simply a broader perspective of reality. Dispassion is moving towards the source. Dispassion simply means the way back home. It is the journey towards the source, which is a reservoir of enthusiasm. <br />
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When dispassion and enthusiasm co-exist, that is the secret of perennial enthusiasm and profound dispassion. <br />
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Though they appear to be opposite, they are actually complementary.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-38315363707484005592010-08-26T23:38:00.000-07:002010-08-29T23:39:30.544-07:00Service and Silence<b>Sri Sri:</b> Silence heals and rejuvenates. Silence gives you depth and stability and brings creativity. Service brings the dynamic experience of heart. It creates a sense of belongingness. <br />
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Lack of service can land a person in depression. Service alone can bring contentment in life, but service without silence tires you. Service without spirituality will be shallow and cannot be sustained for a long period of time. The deeper the silence, the more dynamic the outer activity. Both are essential in life.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-22802563994636560552010-08-25T23:39:00.000-07:002010-08-29T23:40:12.556-07:00Have confidence<b>Sri Sri:</b> Have confidence in yourself. One who does not have confidence cannot achieve anything Confidence clears doubt. Doubt is the opposite of confidence. Once you eliminate the negative, you will see that the positive has already happened. When doubt clears, confidence appears. So to gain confidence in yourself, you must understand what doubt is. <br />
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If you observe the nature of doubt, it is always about something that is positive. You doubt the goodness of other people, never their bad qualities. You doubt your own capabilities, never your incapability. On the spiritual path, you learn to handle things with intuition and inner freedom. I don’t say don’t doubt. I say doubt as much as you can. That will help you get through it before progressing further.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-6367404723281798592010-08-24T23:40:00.000-07:002010-08-29T23:41:02.081-07:00The spiritual path is not an escape from life<b>Sri Sri:</b> Actually, the spiritual path makes life more difficult! In India people think the spiritual life is easy — go to an ashram where you don’t have to work hard. No! The spiritual path is not an escape from hard work or sincere action, just as social service is not an escape to a comfortable life. In both situations you have to put your heart and soul into your actions and be ready to give of yourself hundred percent. The spiritual life will bring you enormous joy, more contentment, more peace and more energy than you can find — but it’s not an escape. Remember that. <br />
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The spiritual path means taking responsibility. If you think it is difficult to manage your children and your husband or your wife, you will be given more people to care for. If you are ready to take responsibility for twenty people, two thousand people, twenty million people — then you are on the path. The spiritual path is not an escape from responsibility, but taking responsibility.<br />
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Intelligent, effective work is part of the spiritual life. When you are working hard you may think you deserve compassion. I say that if you are working hard and doing it with intelligence, then you need appreciation — not compassion. If someone is taking 5 hours to complete something that can be done in half an hour, it doesn’t need compassion.<br />
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Another aspect of spiritual life is peace — knowing that peace is your nature. At any moment, in any place, you can just sit and let go, knowing inside you there is a pure clear space that’s vast and deep. That inner space is what you are. Feeling this is knowing your spiritual dimension. ‘‘I have come from peace, I am in peace, I will go back to peace. Peace is my origin and my goal’’ - this inner affirmation or experience makes you a seeker.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-45744685733898699612010-08-22T16:27:00.000-07:002010-08-29T23:45:43.338-07:00Strength of commitment<b>Q:</b> Why is it easier for some of us to commit to our own welfare rather than that of others?<br />
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<b>Sri Sri:</b> Because you do not know that whatever you are committed to brings you strength. <br />
If you are committed to your family then your family supports you, if you are committed to your society, you enjoy the support of society. If you are committed to God, God gives you strength. If you are committed to Truth, Truth brings you strength. <br />
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Often one is not aware of this idea and that is why one is hesitant to commit to a greater cause. Also there is a fear that commitment would weaken one or take away one's freedom. Your commitment to a cause is bound to bring you comfort in the long run.<br />
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Commitment in life grows toward a higher cause. The higher the commitment, greater is the good for all.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-89675545669263235212010-08-20T23:41:00.000-07:002010-08-29T23:41:49.542-07:00Master<b>Sri Sri:</b> You can be loving, compassionate, and live all the values of the spirit without a teacher or a master. Then what is the need for a master? You do not make your own cloth. Someone else makes the cloth and you wear it. It is the same with spiritual knowledge. Many ancient people have found valuable knowledge about breathing, pranayama (breathing exercises) and yoga asanas. The intelligent thing is to use these tools which have already been established. And it is better to take a guide for your practice and progress on the spiritual journeyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-82676503357693936922010-08-15T23:42:00.000-07:002010-08-29T23:42:58.137-07:00Sanskaar<b>Q :</b> Is it ok to smile instead of washing the idol and offering it incense and flowers?<br />
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<b>Sri Sri:</b> Absolutely, there is no need to wash the idol and decorate it, and in the night you needn’t put it to sleep. <br />
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Just do sadhana and feel the Divinity within yourself.<br />
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However this doesn't mean that you stop doing pooja on special occasions. Doing meditation is important, but on special days, make sure you do pooja. <br />
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If you don't do this, then children won't get the sanskaar (culture) of prayer. Children should feel the sense of belongingness with God. If you don’t do that, then the first thing they will do in the morning is to turn on the television. This is because there is no memory of God. You should have God’s pictures in the house. After seeing God's pictures, children light incense, and offer flowers.<br />
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Life is a celebration, sit, pray, light lamps and incense and do kirtan (singing in a group). This is important.<br />
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Read some mantras, say, “Om Namo Bhagvate”, “Om Namo Narayanaya”, “Om Namah Shivaya”, then the prana shakti (life energy) in the environment will get awaken.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-83214015904541391512010-07-24T11:36:00.000-07:002010-07-20T11:37:07.171-07:00Know your strength<b>Sri Sri:</b> <br />
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So watch out! If you feel uncomfortable working under someone, it clearly shows you need to strengthen yourself. Desiring freedom from circumstances, situations or people, is no freedom at all. Knowing that nobody can take away your freedom, that is strength! And when you realize your strength is unshakeable, you would not mind working under anybodyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-82866667818007814542010-07-23T11:34:00.000-07:002010-07-23T11:34:00.113-07:00Revival<b>Sri Sri:</b> <br />
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Tradition, technology, trade and truth need to be revived time and again. Unless they are revived, the whole meaning for which they were initiated will be lost; ancient and modern methods should be synergized. E.g., despite chemical reforms, the ancient Vedic technology of using cow urine and dung leaves continue to be one of the best ways to cultivate crops; several experiments have shown that natural farming (without fertilizers and pesticides) lead to enhanced yield. <br />
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Just because some product is new and the companies selling it are saying this is the latest technology, don’t assume it’s economically the most viable or that it’s the most efficient technology. We need to look into the merits; just because something is new, it need not be good and just because something is old, it need not be discarded. <br />
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We need to balance our views with a free mind, devoid of any inhibitions and prejudices. We need to work out ways and means of protecting our beautiful planet earth. For this to happen, human consciousness must rise above greed and exploitation. Exploitation has two phases: first, when you exploit others; second, when you exploit the earth. This exploitation needs to be checked and for that, man must develop a broad vision, a broad understanding of life and of himself in context with the cosmos. <br />
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Our life span is barely 80-90 years. Observe how much we exploit the earth during this time and how much we do to preserve it. We need to ask ourselves whether we only want to exploit and drain the planet or whether we want to contribute towards its preservation. Spirituality elevates ones consciousness and checks that greed which leads to environmental degradation. It promotes a sense of caring and commitment for the whole planet.<br />
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Processes and objects that are anti-nature and anti-environment are also anti-health. We simply don’t know this; nobody would want to do something knowing that it will invite suffering. We need to explore means of healthy lifestyles. Spirituality eliminates all the negative emotions; if you are devoid of spirituality or ignore it, you cannot become environment conscious, it’s almost impossible. Because somewhere deep within you, your cravings, your aversions and your anger will all, directly or indirectly, start affecting your environment. <br />
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Spirituality is what cleanses greed, feverishness and small-mindedness in a person; it leads him to honor nature, to honor his life and to introduce greater joy and celebration in his life and surroundings.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-23448911514916190382010-07-22T11:34:00.000-07:002010-07-22T11:34:00.131-07:00Blossoming<b>Sri Sri:</b> The objective is to have that fun in life and make sure that the knowledge that we gain in life permeates inside us. With this, Upanishad happens and the learning process begins. As we learn more about life, the mystery of the whole creation unfolds. Then the question in the mind is, what is the meaning of life and what’s its purpose. What is this world, what is love, what is knowledge and so on. <br />
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Once these questions arise in you, know that you are very fortunate. These questions need to be understood; you cannot find the answers in books. You have to live through them and witness the transformation. That is perfect health; you are transformed from within. And the bud becomes a totally blossomed flowerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-78444540458960532812010-07-21T11:32:00.000-07:002010-07-21T11:32:00.219-07:00Honoring the nature<b>Sri Sri:</b> People should be encouraged to treat the planet as sacred, to treat trees and rivers as sacred, to treat people as sacred, and to see God in nature and in people. This will foster sensitivity; and a sensitive person can’t but care for nature. It is basically insensitivity that makes a person act callously towards environment. If a person is sensitive, he will nurture environment, thereby eradicating pollution. <br />
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In ancient times, if a person cut one tree, he planted five in return. The ancient people did not wash clothes in holy rivers; any pooja offered to a holy river was performed with water from the same river; only ashes of cremated bodies were to be submerged in the river so that everything gets digested back to nature. It is unfortunate that we don’t understand the depth of scriptures but just follow empty and meaningless practices blindly. <br />
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Today, we tie threads around the trees; pooja does not mean just lighting a lamp and revolving around the tree; worshipping cows does not mean garlanding them and lighting camphor (which anyway just annoys or scares the cow!). Real pooja is honoring the tree, honoring the animal, feeling a sense of responsibility and belongingness towards nature and creation. This, rather than performance of obsolete rituals, is truly honoring their sacredness; these things should be reviewed.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-21249073175920132592010-07-20T11:32:00.000-07:002010-07-20T11:32:38.662-07:00A Story<b>Sri Sri:</b> A man earned a lot of money and then gave all his property to his son. When his son got everything, he built a small out-house behind the main house for his parents and he told them, “Now you have to stay there.” So the old couple stayed there, while their son and his family started living in the big bungalow. One day, while playing, the grandchild came into his grandfather’s home, where everything was old and in a very poor, pathetic condition – old utensils, old chairs, all unwanted goods. Things that could break at any time were kept in that house. So the grandchild came and told his grandpa, “Grandpa, be careful with your plate and your chair. Don’t break them!” When he asked why, the child said, “Because tomorrow, my father needs all this.” The child’s father heard this and was shocked. That little boy saying, “Grandpa don’t break it because tomorrow, when I grow older, I’m also going to send my father here. So better save this!” <br />
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One does not realize this fact. You are also going to be old one day, and are going to be like them. If you find that the elderly people in your home are complaining, and you don’t like it, you better not do it today, and if you see them as being so generous, so calm, so serene, so loving, you better start being that way right now. And I tell you, if you’re on the path, in the knowledge, and if you keep doing your meditation and the breathing exercises, your ageing reverses! That enthusiasm to learn will exist and your alertness, focus, attention – everything – increases in life. You will not become cynical and senile as you advance in age.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-41492853858276950372010-07-09T22:15:00.000-07:002010-07-20T11:30:23.415-07:00Creator and Creation<b>Sri Sri: <br />
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See the Divine in the Valentine & the Valentine in the Divine. The ancient thought has been that Creation & Creator are not separate. Like waves &ocean are not separate. You cannot have waves without the ocean.<br />
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What is God? God is that principle that is omniscient, omnipotent &omnipresent. Omniscient means it knows everything. Omnipotent means it can do everything. Omnipresent means it is present everywhere. If something is outside God, then He is not omnipresent. If something is not within his control, then He is not omnipotent. Then, Who is God? <br />
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The whole Universe is Space. Inside every atom, there is Space. If you dissect matter, matter is all Space. <br />
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The distance between the subatomic particles is like galaxies. God is the primary cause of the whole Creation. <br />
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Like a pot is made out of clay. Clay is God & the pot is the universe. Like dance & dancer. You cannot have a dance without a dancer. Dance is Creation & the Dancer is Divine. There can be dancer without a dance. Divine can be without Creation but Creation can't exist without the Divine. Scientists very much agree with this principle.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-27968371543468091952010-07-08T22:34:00.000-07:002010-07-08T22:34:00.897-07:00Craving and aversion<b>Sri Sri:</b> Your craving, anger or aversion comes from hearing. When you are in a group, you have to watch out for two things - one is craving and the other is aversion. In the group when you see someone good, or nice, then your mind goes there, clings on to it. The cravings start developing in you and they eventually lead to anger, demand, frustration, etc. When you give anything to somebody - any help, kindness or love - with that craving, then that love will start to demand - ‘‘Look, I have been so good to you, you better be good to me.’’ Then all the negative qualities in you pop up and beauty is lost.<br />
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Watch out for cravings. A craving happens first for appreciation of talents and then you start getting attracted to it. Then attraction turns back into craving and all these things go on. The world that begins for you then is not a Divine world but a demonic world. So watch out for this craving in you, it will cling on to anybody. And then you will send a, ‘‘I miss you so much’’ card and tell, ‘‘Oh, you put me into so much longing, you are so good, I never met anybody like you!’’ and such expressions. All this happens not out of surrender or gratitude, but out of craving.<br />
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The other thing which you have to watch out for is aversion. When you are averse to somebody, then also your mind is stuck. And body goes through a lot of physical twisting. It happens that you see the person and your stomach churns and you feel like walking away, running away, getting away. Not only that; you go on speaking about your aversion, about a thing or a person or a situation. <br />
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Often your aversions reflect your own nature. Whatever you are averse to and avoid doing, you will find that same thing in some form or the other. The same aversion reflects through your own consciousness. Only the flavor may be different, the quality may be different but basically, you will also be stiff. Kick the complaints off your head! Kick out all the complaints from your head for if you keep them, then that head is not going to be very useful. It is such a good point! Because only then your consciousness which is like a flower is all blossomed, brilliant, blissful, peaceful, and full of love.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-38253047926922433032010-07-07T22:33:00.000-07:002010-07-07T22:33:00.242-07:00Theory of relativity<b>Sri Sri: </b>The subjective objective relationship creates an illusion or a Feeling of what it is, though it is not really so. And the whole world is all like that, you see the sun setting and sun raising, but neither the sun sets nor sun raises. That’s the truth. That’s so every phenomenon is relative, and anything that is relative can be measured. Anything that can be measured is Maya. And the Measure itself is not absolute, it is relative. So the World is MAYA.<br />
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You are not maya. Because you are Truth, you are Love and You are Beauty.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-16293298127081678622010-07-06T22:33:00.000-07:002010-07-06T22:33:09.016-07:00So what<b>Sri Sri: </b>In knowing everything, you should be like you don't know.<br />
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When you play with the kid, be like the kid, play with them like a kid! Inquiry is for those who have not yet started on the path and are too much caught in the comforts of life, but once you are on the path ,smile more than you enquire! Be in wonderment, amazement, where everything is wonderful! Wow! The pinnacle of intellect is WOW!<br />
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What you will do knowing everything? If you learn everything – so what?! Next? Knowledge always leaves you with "so what! Next?" but love never does that; never says "what next?" Love says, "can this be like this forever?" <br />
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It doesn't say "what next." Love always yearns for the old. The head always wants what's new. Love takes pride in the old and mind in the new. Both are needed in life. :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-57852603044658788642010-07-03T00:11:00.000-07:002010-07-03T00:11:00.331-07:00Stop Seeking<b>Sri Sri: </b>What are you searching with? Your little mind? Do you think this little mind will realize the Divine, God, whatever? If it does, it is hallucination. This little mind cannot contain the infinity. So the searching can go on forever. I tell you, instead of running all around, give it up right away. That is called surrender. <br />
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Surrender is giving up the search for truth. You have always heard the other way around. Search, seek the truth! <br />
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But I am telling you stop seeking. You have to look for water in the spring, in the river, if you still look for water, you will only move away from the spring. Wherever you are, right now, right there stop seeking. Relax into the fulfillment that is your very nature. <br />
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These are two different paths — one is seeking, the other is devotion. Seeking and searching should ultimately bring you a place of helplessness; when you become so helpless you give up, then devotion begins. And when devotion begins, when you surrender, you have it right there.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-72375309572407011442010-07-02T01:56:00.000-07:002010-07-02T01:56:00.392-07:00Space<b>Sri Sri:</b> There are three types of space: <br />
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3 Chida Akaash: The sky of consciousness that is all permeating, everywhere; the consciousness, the basis of all creation, that is Divine — that which knows all. <br />
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You cannot make God an object of your sight. If you make it that, then it is no more God. You can live God, can be God, but you cannot consider God as an object which gives you the path.<br />
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The whole existence has a mind of its own. It is just like you. You have a mind and it has such intelligence, that’s why it keeps everything orderly. Similarly, this moment is seen by this big mind. This moment knows exactly what to do. <br />
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There are so many activities happening in the whole creation. Right now, some people are sleeping, some are waking, some activity or the other is happening in the whole world. Right now enormous activity is happening in the mind, in the present. In the Now! This mind is what you can call Atma or God and that is what you are.<br />
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The one beyond the Self is God. First one needs to reach the Self at least. The difference between Self and God is just like the Wave and the Ocean. Can there be a wave without the ocean?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-66682852802238550072010-07-01T23:53:00.000-07:002010-06-27T23:54:11.586-07:00Love and doubt<b>Sri Sri: </b>Whomsoever you want to love, first of all, know they love you very much. If you doubt in somebody’s love, your doubt grows no matter however, or whatever, you receive from him or her. If you want to be close to someone, first begin to feel they are already close to you. When you ask people whether they trust you, you already doubt their trust. You grow in doubt. There is no limit to it; there is no end to convincing people of one’s love, one’s trust, one’s goodness. That is why it is said that those who have not, whatever little they have will also be taken away from them. And those who have will be given more, and more, and more. This is the very law of nature. <br />
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Not having is just an attitude in you. It is the direction you are moving in. Whatever is, that grows. The seeds are already there. You sow the seeds and the seeds will grow. They become plenty. If the seed itself lacks something, how can anything grow? Open your eyes and see what you have been given! When you recognize what you have been given, then you become grateful. In that gratefulness, life grows.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-53007122283282961712010-06-30T23:51:00.000-07:002010-06-30T23:51:00.189-07:00Meditation<b>Sri Sri:</b> Meditation is like a seed. The better a seed is cultivated, the more it flourishes. Similarly, the more we practice meditation, the better it cultures the entire nervous system and the body. Our physiology undergoes a change and every cell in the body is filled with ‘‘prana’’. And as the level of ‘‘prana’’ in the body rises, we bubble with joy.<br />
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The culturing of meditation into our system is normal. Some people call it the higher state of consciousness, I call it the normal state of consciousness since we are endowed with the ability to live in that state. Meditation helps in two ways — it prevents stress from getting into the system and simultaneously helps release already accumulated stress.<br />
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Regular meditation also leads to happiness and fulfillment; to sensitization of the sensory organs (thereby intensifying the experiences of seeing, tasting, feeling, etc.); and to greater intuitiveness.<br />
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With the assimilation of meditation into daily life, the fifth state of consciousness, called cosmic consciousness, dawns. Cosmic consciousness is perceiving the whole cosmos as part of oneself. When we perceive the world as a part of us, love flows strongly between the world and us. (Love again is not an emotion but a state of being. It is not a melodrama expressed by endearments but our very existence.) This love empowers us to bear with the opposing forces and the disturbances in our lives. Anger and disappointments become fleeting emotions that occur momentarily and then vanish.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-44137752252716810522010-06-29T23:50:00.000-07:002010-06-29T23:50:00.289-07:00True seeker<b>Sri Sri:</b> Truth always has value but you know what you need is a skill to express truth. We often say we are very honest, very truthful. But why do all these problems come to you? Because you are not skillful.<br />
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To bring the best in you, you have to become Arjun. Among so many, only Arjun got the knowledge. Why? What does Arjun mean? One who is thirsty for the truth. The true seeker. You don’t become a seeker just to show off, or to get your way around in the world. You can become a teacher and go on teaching and have nothing inside you. Just build up your own ego. Then it won’t help. The true seeker is Arjun — who wants to know truth.<br />
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There are so many gurus, but once you come to Bhagwan, your miseries end. And it’s not through the guru’s teaching that you get something; that is just superficial. Dronacharya and Kripacharya can teach you archery, but they cannot make you meet yourself. To a sadguru, you just come and just sit. In a silent way everything works. And then, for all the other gymnastics that you want to learn, you have to be with Dronacharya and Kripacharya.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-28023670692669492982010-06-28T23:48:00.000-07:002010-06-28T23:48:00.459-07:00Do the means justify the end<b>Sri Sri: </b> In our History there was one King, Satyawadi Harishchandra, he always said truth,<br />
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so he got an ego that he always tells truth. So he had to undergo a lot of problems. No one says: ‘Why should I tell the truth and suffer?” this feeling can come, but people who lie, are they joyful in the end? Lies should be like salt in the food that is all.<br />
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In life four things are needed:<br />
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Mukti – Freedom<br />
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Bhakti – Devotion<br />
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Yukti - Tactic<br />
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Shakti – Strength<br />
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First, Freedom, without freedom there will be no love. In freedom mind has no conflicts, it is free from inhibitions. Then love comes, then Yukti happens and then Shakti. <br />
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There are different types of Shaktis –<br />
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Intellect, Mind, Body and Material.<br />
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If there is only Shakti and Yukti then life is not whole, feel that you have them all.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Sutras-Patanjali-Commentary-Satchidananda/dp/0932040381?ie=UTF8&tag=srsr-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Commentary on the Raja Yoga Sutras by Sri Swami Satchidananda</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=srsr-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0932040381" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732399001728067342.post-20136116801096912062010-06-27T23:47:00.001-07:002010-06-27T23:47:44.904-07:00Promote peace<b>Sri Sri:</b> When you meet people, promote peace to them and to as many people as you can. And, every day keep thinking of new ideas to bring about peace. You know many people worry that when will children become adults, wonder when everybody will become like children. See your life with the three C’s:<br />
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1. Cosmology<br />
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2. Commitment<br />
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3. Compassion<br />
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Ask yourself are you committed to a beautiful planet, a life full of joy. These three C’s can eliminate corruption, cunningness and cruelty. All of you should sit some time and ask yourself:<br />
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“Who am I?”<br />
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“What do I want?”<br />
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“What is life?”<br />
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“What is Universe?”<br />
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You know there are two schools of thoughts for faith, first one says, you have faith and you will get it and the second one says, first experience and then you will get it. Spirituality focuses on the second school of thought. What is science of life? What is spirit made up of? Knowing this is meditation. An enquiry to the source of thought is meditation. Then you see how your mind will become sharp like a laser beam. Awareness, intuition, success and everything else will happen automatically.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0