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When anything comes to you, first ask yourself, “Will I be maintaining my peace by getting this, or will my peace be disturbed?” Ask that for everything. People you would like to be with, possessions you would like to acquire. It doesn’t matter what yo… |
Determination and self-reliance are very necessary for success in self-realisation. In the Mundaka Upanishad you will find: “This atman cannot be obtained by one who is destitute of strength, or without earnestness, or by penance without mark. But if a… |
People talk a lot about God-realization and spirituality, but they don’t realize how much they have to pay for it by their own effort. You can become an Olympic champion and win all the gold medals. You can win Nobel Prizes. You can even become a state… |
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Develop equal-vision. Live in the true spirit of the Bhagavad Gita: “Sages look equally on a brahmana (holy one) adorned with learning and humility, a cow, an elephant, a dog and even an outcast.” Where is superiority and inferiority when you behold th… |
Don’t think that you can do everything just by your own capacity alone. Know that there is a higher power, a grace, to help you; but you have to sincerely ask for it. Unless you ask, you won’t receive it. Just by asking, you are opening yourself to tha… |
Carelessness and forgetfulness are two evil qualities that stand in the way of success for a man. A careless man cannot do any action in a proper manner. These qualities are born of tamas (inertia). Application and tenacity are unknown to a man of care… |
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Nothing will bother you if your relationship with it is correct. Pain becomes evil because you don’t like it. Nothing will bother you, no one will bother you, nothing will harass you if your attitude is right. What is the right attitude? You should und… |
Shyness is a great hindrance in life. It is a form of timidity or low fear. Almost all boys have got this weakness – and yet this is a feminine quality. Shyness manifests when one is in the wrong path. Every woman knows that the goal of life is God-rea… |
The more you think of yourself, the more karma comes to you—“What can I get?” “How much can I gain?” “What should I wear?” “What should I eat?” “What should I do?” “I! I! I!” We cannot avoid karma already accrued, but we can avoid the new ones by not d… |
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Many people develop worries by falsely imagining that they are inferior to others. The idea of inferiority or superiority brings trouble and worries. Ideas of superiority and inferiority are mental creations only—they are illusory. Differences are unre… |
Everybody has a clean Self, the image of God. Each also is an expression of the same God. You can perceive that divine element pervading everywhere, functioning through every mind and body. When you do that, you’ll always recognize the Self that is com… |
Man creates trouble and misery for himself. Give up all sorts of fears. Stand up like a lion. Draw courage from within. There are many people who are so timid that they will not move around at night. Even when they see a cat at night, they tremble. Wha… |