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🌹Forgiveness🌹
It's said that forgiveness is the jewel of a warrior... I would say a PEACEFUL WARRIOR...one who wants peace in life forgives instantaneously. And it's true that forgiving requires immense courage .. moral boldness...that's why it requires heart of warrior.
Forgiveness for me means letting go of things, persons, incidents, opinions, mistakes that are bothering me, keeping me attached, giving me pain,hurt,etc.
It is an act of releasing one from these throny bondages and stepping in the present with a heart of pleasantness. Forgiving can be of two types. First is forgiving our own self for the mistakes that we did,for the behavior that we shouldn't have behaved, etc.
Another is forgiving other people for their acts which have caused harm,hurt,danger to us.
Forgiveness doesn't mean that all these things are not present,it simply means they no longer bind one. This helps one in healing the past, bringing one into the present.
It teaches one total acceptance of our own self & the other person ...it teaches us unconditional acceptance of whatever exist in our surrounding people,nature,etc.
It makes one open to receive universal energy..it opens one's heart to see the presence of same self in another person and everything...helps realizing non duality basically.
It leads to development of unconditional universal love in one's heart...it makes one peaceful and Blissful...it prepares one for the spiritual practice by opening heart.
Finally , it's a great virtue which we need today to restore the harmony in the society,to balance our relationships ,ensure happiness in our families,etc. So ,let's forgive ourselves as well as others for our own benefit as well as to lead others by setting example of forgiveness.😁👏
It's said that forgiveness is the jewel of a warrior... I would say a PEACEFUL WARRIOR...one who wants peace in life forgives instantaneously. And it's true that forgiving requires immense courage .. moral boldness...that's why it requires heart of warrior.
Forgiveness for me means letting go of things, persons, incidents, opinions, mistakes that are bothering me, keeping me attached, giving me pain,hurt,etc.
It is an act of releasing one from these throny bondages and stepping in the present with a heart of pleasantness. Forgiving can be of two types. First is forgiving our own self for the mistakes that we did,for the behavior that we shouldn't have behaved, etc.
Another is forgiving other people for their acts which have caused harm,hurt,danger to us.
Forgiveness doesn't mean that all these things are not present,it simply means they no longer bind one. This helps one in healing the past, bringing one into the present.
It teaches one total acceptance of our own self & the other person ...it teaches us unconditional acceptance of whatever exist in our surrounding people,nature,etc.
It makes one open to receive universal energy..it opens one's heart to see the presence of same self in another person and everything...helps realizing non duality basically.
It leads to development of unconditional universal love in one's heart...it makes one peaceful and Blissful...it prepares one for the spiritual practice by opening heart.
Finally , it's a great virtue which we need today to restore the harmony in the society,to balance our relationships ,ensure happiness in our families,etc. So ,let's forgive ourselves as well as others for our own benefit as well as to lead others by setting example of forgiveness.😁👏
Forwarded from OLOTHEA (Я k ֆ)
It is mental slavery to cling to things that have stopped serving it’s purpose in your life.
~Chinonye J. Chidolue
~Chinonye J. Chidolue
In the presence of Satguru
Knowledge flourishes
Sorrow diminishes
Without any reason, joy wells up
Lack diminishes; abundance dawns
All talents manifest
To the degree you feel connected to the Guru, these qualities manifest in your life. Sit with your eyes closed, feel the connection with the Guru, and start making your own knowledge sheet. Next week's knowledge sheet will be written and spoken by those whose name starts with the letter "A" and this will continue in alphabetical order. So,
Make a knowledge sheet
Take a commitment for a seva project.
The more you give, the more strength will be given to you.
Exercise: Sit with your eyes closed for one minute and surrender your name. How do you feel . . . ?
Dissolving the name is awareness. Dissolving the form is meditation. World is name and form. Bliss transcends name and form.
By sri sri ji
Jaigurudev
Knowledge flourishes
Sorrow diminishes
Without any reason, joy wells up
Lack diminishes; abundance dawns
All talents manifest
To the degree you feel connected to the Guru, these qualities manifest in your life. Sit with your eyes closed, feel the connection with the Guru, and start making your own knowledge sheet. Next week's knowledge sheet will be written and spoken by those whose name starts with the letter "A" and this will continue in alphabetical order. So,
Make a knowledge sheet
Take a commitment for a seva project.
The more you give, the more strength will be given to you.
Exercise: Sit with your eyes closed for one minute and surrender your name. How do you feel . . . ?
Dissolving the name is awareness. Dissolving the form is meditation. World is name and form. Bliss transcends name and form.
By sri sri ji
Jaigurudev
You can be at ease with the uncertainty of the world when you realise the certainty of the consciousness. Often people do just the opposite. They are certain about the things in the world and uncertain about God. They rely on something that is not reliable and get upset. Uncertainty causes craving for stability and the most stable thing in the universe is our Self.
The world is of change, the Self is of non-change. You have to rely on the non-change and accept the change. If you are certain that everything is uncertain, then you are liberated. When you are uncertain in ignorance then you become worried and tense. Uncertainty with awareness brings higher states of consciousness and a smile.
Bharat says: A certain smile!!!
Often people think that certainty is freedom. If you feel that freedom when you are not certain then that is 'real' freedom. Often your certainty or uncertainty is based on the relative world. To be certain about the uncertainty of the relative, makes you certain about the existence of the absolute and brings a 'certain' faith in the absolute. Nitin says: Yes, to understand this you certainly need to have awareness!!!
Question : Can we still be enthusiastic when we are uncertain? Sri Sri : Yes, in knowledge you can be enthusiastic in uncertainty. Often people who are uncertain dont act, they simply sit and wait. Acting in uncertainty makes life a game, a challenge. Being in uncertainty is letting go. Certainty about the relative world creates dullness. Uncertainty about the Self creates fear. Uncertainty about matter brings certainty about consciousness.
By sri sri ji
Jgd
The world is of change, the Self is of non-change. You have to rely on the non-change and accept the change. If you are certain that everything is uncertain, then you are liberated. When you are uncertain in ignorance then you become worried and tense. Uncertainty with awareness brings higher states of consciousness and a smile.
Bharat says: A certain smile!!!
Often people think that certainty is freedom. If you feel that freedom when you are not certain then that is 'real' freedom. Often your certainty or uncertainty is based on the relative world. To be certain about the uncertainty of the relative, makes you certain about the existence of the absolute and brings a 'certain' faith in the absolute. Nitin says: Yes, to understand this you certainly need to have awareness!!!
Question : Can we still be enthusiastic when we are uncertain? Sri Sri : Yes, in knowledge you can be enthusiastic in uncertainty. Often people who are uncertain dont act, they simply sit and wait. Acting in uncertainty makes life a game, a challenge. Being in uncertainty is letting go. Certainty about the relative world creates dullness. Uncertainty about the Self creates fear. Uncertainty about matter brings certainty about consciousness.
By sri sri ji
Jgd
Forwarded from Spiritual Quotes
As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer what you saw.
— Shunryu Suzuki
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— Shunryu Suzuki
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God is thorough businessman
The Divine has given you all the small pleasures in the world, but has kept the bliss to Himself. To get the highest bliss you have to go to Him and Him alone.
Don't be too smart with the Divine and try to fool Him. Most of your prayers and rituals are just attempts to trick the Divine. You try to give the least and get the maximum out of the Divine and He knows. He's an astute businessman; He will trick you even more. If you go underneath the carpet, He will go underneath the floor.
Be sincere in your attempts. Do not try to outsmart the Divine. Once you get the bliss, then everything else is joyful. Without the bliss, joy in anything in the world will not stay.
By sri sri ji
The Divine has given you all the small pleasures in the world, but has kept the bliss to Himself. To get the highest bliss you have to go to Him and Him alone.
Don't be too smart with the Divine and try to fool Him. Most of your prayers and rituals are just attempts to trick the Divine. You try to give the least and get the maximum out of the Divine and He knows. He's an astute businessman; He will trick you even more. If you go underneath the carpet, He will go underneath the floor.
Be sincere in your attempts. Do not try to outsmart the Divine. Once you get the bliss, then everything else is joyful. Without the bliss, joy in anything in the world will not stay.
By sri sri ji
Inside out
Often people say, "Be the same inside as out". I ask you, how is this possible?
Inside you are a vast ocean, infinite sky; what you can show outside is only a tiny bit of it. Outside you are finite, just a small limited form, a normal stupid person!
All that you are, the love, the beauty, the compassion, the Divinity, doesn't show up fully. What shows up is the crust of behaviors. Ask yourself, "Are you really your behaviors? Are you just your behavioral patterns"? No.. Don't mistake this crust for your inside.
Neither take the limited body/mind complex as your inside nor show your Infinite Lordship outside, for Divinity is not easily understood. Let there be some mystery.
DON'T BE THE SAME INSIDE AND OUT!!
By sri Sri ji
Often people say, "Be the same inside as out". I ask you, how is this possible?
Inside you are a vast ocean, infinite sky; what you can show outside is only a tiny bit of it. Outside you are finite, just a small limited form, a normal stupid person!
All that you are, the love, the beauty, the compassion, the Divinity, doesn't show up fully. What shows up is the crust of behaviors. Ask yourself, "Are you really your behaviors? Are you just your behavioral patterns"? No.. Don't mistake this crust for your inside.
Neither take the limited body/mind complex as your inside nor show your Infinite Lordship outside, for Divinity is not easily understood. Let there be some mystery.
DON'T BE THE SAME INSIDE AND OUT!!
By sri Sri ji
Forwarded from ब्रह्माण्ड ॐ (Enchantress⛧)
Don’t imagine anything. Imagination is not good for experience. If you think imagination is a substitute for your experience, it is a stupid way to live.
Imagination will feel pleasant for some time. But if it goes out of control, you will go nuts. With imagination, you can go to heaven in two minutes and come back and you are in the same place –a little depressed because you are back. Experience is different. Experience transforms life. I am talking about real life experience. Physically manifest experience. It is very much possible.
If you are absolutely in devotion, nothing of you will be left. If nothing of you is left, She will be as strong and real as the morning sunlight.
So…devotion. It is not because you are singing for Devi or loving her that She will appear. She is always there. She doesn’t care whether you are devoted or not. Your devotion has nothing to do with her. Your devotion has something to do with you. If you are absolutely in devotion, nothing of you will be left. If nothing of you is left, She will be as strong and real as the morning sunlight. The only thing is, for you to feel it, you must be empty. How empty you are, that strongly you will feel it.
—अghoरा
Imagination will feel pleasant for some time. But if it goes out of control, you will go nuts. With imagination, you can go to heaven in two minutes and come back and you are in the same place –a little depressed because you are back. Experience is different. Experience transforms life. I am talking about real life experience. Physically manifest experience. It is very much possible.
If you are absolutely in devotion, nothing of you will be left. If nothing of you is left, She will be as strong and real as the morning sunlight.
So…devotion. It is not because you are singing for Devi or loving her that She will appear. She is always there. She doesn’t care whether you are devoted or not. Your devotion has nothing to do with her. Your devotion has something to do with you. If you are absolutely in devotion, nothing of you will be left. If nothing of you is left, She will be as strong and real as the morning sunlight. The only thing is, for you to feel it, you must be empty. How empty you are, that strongly you will feel it.
—अghoरा
Forwarded from Shri Shiv Daily Spiritual Broadcast
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Faith and alertness
Faith and alertness appear to be completely opposite in nature. When you are alert, usually there is no faith and you feel restless and insecure. When there is faith, the mind is secure and rested and you are not alert.
There are three types of faith:
Tamasic faith which is because of dullness. Like when you do not want to take responsibility or action and you say, "Oh it doesn’t matter, anyway God will take care of all these things!" (laughter)
Rajasic faith which is brought on by intense compulsion of desires and ambition. The ambition keeps the faith alive.
Satvic faith is innocent and is born out of fullness of consciousness.
Faith and alertness, though apparently opposite in nature, are actually complementary to each other. In the absence of faith, there can be no growth, and there can be no correct understanding without alertness. Faith can make you complacent. Alertness makes you tense.
If there is no faith, there is fear. And when there is no alertness, one cannot perceive or express properly. A combination of both is essential.
In Gyana (state of wisdom) there is alertness without tension and faith without complacency. The purpose of education should be to remove the element of dullness from faith and the element of fear from alertness. This is a unique and rare combination. If you have faith and alertness at the same time, then you will become a true Gyani (the Wise One)!
By sri sri ji
Faith and alertness appear to be completely opposite in nature. When you are alert, usually there is no faith and you feel restless and insecure. When there is faith, the mind is secure and rested and you are not alert.
There are three types of faith:
Tamasic faith which is because of dullness. Like when you do not want to take responsibility or action and you say, "Oh it doesn’t matter, anyway God will take care of all these things!" (laughter)
Rajasic faith which is brought on by intense compulsion of desires and ambition. The ambition keeps the faith alive.
Satvic faith is innocent and is born out of fullness of consciousness.
Faith and alertness, though apparently opposite in nature, are actually complementary to each other. In the absence of faith, there can be no growth, and there can be no correct understanding without alertness. Faith can make you complacent. Alertness makes you tense.
If there is no faith, there is fear. And when there is no alertness, one cannot perceive or express properly. A combination of both is essential.
In Gyana (state of wisdom) there is alertness without tension and faith without complacency. The purpose of education should be to remove the element of dullness from faith and the element of fear from alertness. This is a unique and rare combination. If you have faith and alertness at the same time, then you will become a true Gyani (the Wise One)!
By sri sri ji