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Question: Are there some souls who will never merge with the Cosmic Consciousness in the end? Answer: All of the souls, ultimately, have to gain the same Cosmic Consciousness. The door is never closed until the last lame sheep comes in. We are all ulti… |
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point. You are born to concentrate the mind on God after collecting the mental rays that are dissipated on various objects. That is… |
Give until it hurts, but don’t lose your peace. It’s all right not to help others if it will help you in preserving your own peace. If you’re going to lose your peace, then how are you going to help others? When you’re easeful and peaceful, then you ca… |
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Samadhana is mental balance. There is perfect concentration now. This is the fruit of the practices of sama (control of mind), dama (control of the senses), uparati (turning away), titikshsha (endurance) and sraddha (faith). It is fixing the mind on at… |
It’s of no use to blame or dislike others. If you don’t like someone, you don’t have to go near that person. But don’t create problems for the person or condemn him or her either. It’s even better to try to find out why you don’t like someone. Analyze… |
Faith is first and reason is second. Faith is life and doubt is death. Reason is powerless to know God. Faith alone takes one to God. He who has faith has everything. He who has no faith has nothing. Have intense, unswerving faith – in the measure in w… |
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Whenever you get into any problem, remember: “I’m not the body, not the mind, immortal Self I am. I am Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute!” Simply blow the depression away. It comes like a cloud and you can blow it away. Shout at the top of your voice,… |
Faith is sraddha. Faith is the greatest thing in the world. Even the greatest philosopher has faith as his stronghold. No intellectualism can prove good if it is unsupported by faith. The whole world stands on faith, is guided by faith. Religion has fa… |
There are three things that are very rare: a healthy human body, a desire to get liberated, and a guide to help you. When you have all three, and waste them, God will not kindle you up or say, “Come on, wake up!” No. God has given you everything possib… |
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Vedanta does not want you to renounce the world. It wants you to change your mental attitude and give up this false, illusory ‘I-ness’ and ‘mine-ness’. The snake charmer removes only the two poisonous fangs of the cobra. The snake remains the same. In… |
When you repeat your mantra, you should feel, “I’m not doing it for my sake. I am doing it to train my mind. If I train my mind, I can serve better.” So even your mantra repetition becomes an offering. “I’m doing everything as an offering to God, Guru… |
Renunciation of family life is the beginning of self-surrender. He who is endowed with burning vairagya (dispassion) and discrimination, one who is really earnest for his spiritual rejuvenation, can also do complete self-surrender even though he is liv… |
