​​Once a devotee asked Bhagavan the significance of fasting (upavasa).

With a benevolent look, he said -

“If all activities of indriyas are given up, the mind becomes single pointed. When such a mind gets concentrated upon God, it is real upavasam. ‘Upa’ means near and ‘vasam’ means living. Where is he going to live? He will live in his Self. Desires are the food of mind. Giving them up is the upavasam. One who can ‘fast’ the mind, need not fast the body. For those who cannot fast the mind, fasting the body has been suggested so as to purify the mind.”

Celebrating the silence

One who has given everything has also given freedom: Honor the freedom first and make good use of all things given to you.
Your sankalpas (intentions) and desires separate you from God.
Offer all the desires and your sankalpas to the Divine... then you are divine... you are God... you are free... lacking nothing.
Effort is the key in the relative, Effortlessness is the key to the Absolute.
Your mind does not belong to you. Don't blame it.
Let the BIG SELF embrace it.


By sri sri ji

Today is a gift from God -- that is why it is called "present!" DON'T BE GRATEFUL!


Warning! Watch out! This Knowledge Sheet contains explosives! It can explode your head or your heart. If it explodes your heart -- nothing is left! If it explodes your head -- everything is attained!
Guruji: How many of you are grateful here? (Everybody raises their hand.) If you are grateful, you don't belong to Me! (Everyone is shocked.) You are not part of the Master. When someone gives you something, you are grateful. That means you feel separate. You are not grateful to yourself.
Gratefulness is inevitable. When you go beyond gratefulness, then union happens. No "I," no "you" remains. You are part of the Master. You are just One Being with a thousand heads and a thousand arms, but with one heart. You have got to be grateful on the path, but you have to transcend gratefulness. Better stop being grateful. (Laughter.)
When you are grateful then you are the center, you are more important. When you are grateful to God for having received something beautiful, for example, eyesight, who is important? You or God? You! So your gratitude indicates ego.
Richard: But you are not grateful?
Guruji: I am simply great and I am full! (Laughter) Don't be grateful; just be great -- and be full! (Laughter)
This Knowledge is very dangerous! When you are part of the Master, you have every right to be happy. You have every right to Knowledge, happiness, and the whole universe!
Angelika: Small children don? feel grateful as long as they feel one. They take everything for granted.
Meike: You are not grateful to your own hand which feeds you.
Ananda: On one of the courses you said in the thanking process, "Now, thank yourself for being here!" So you can thank yourself.
Guruji: if you wish, you can! This is true celebration: thanking yourself!
Balder: Could you say something about the relationship to friends and the relationship to the Master?
Guruji: Your friends tie you to the world, to the matter. The Master ties you to the Divine, to the spirit.

By sri sri ji

Dont make mistake by pointing out mistake

Do not tell a person a mistake he knows. What's the use of pointing out a mistake that he knows he has committed? By doing this, you will only make them feel more guilty, defensive or resentful and this will only create more distance. You should only point out the mistake of a person who does not know, but who wants to know. Do not point out the mistake of a person who knows but doesn't want you to know. Often people know the mistakes that they have committed, but they do not want you to tell them. Think of the usefulness of your comments. Before pointing out the mistake of a person, see whether your comments in any way will help to improve the situation, foster love or bring harmony. A magnanimous person would not pick on the mistakes of others and make them feel guilty. However, they would correct them with compassion and care, not through words but through attitudes.

By sri sri ji

Another aspect of a spiritual man is to be
found in the philosophical mind. He may
show no trace at all of orthodoxy or piety;
he may seem to be quite a man of the
world in business, or in the affairs of the
worldly life. He takes all things smoothly,
he tolerates all things, endures all things.
He takes life easily with his understanding.
He understands all things inwardly;
outwardly he acts according to life's
demand. No one may ever think that he is
living the inner life. He may be settling a
business affair, and yet he may have the
realization of God and truth at the same
time. He may not appear at all meditative
or contemplative, and yet every moment
of his life may be devoted to
contemplation. He may take his
occupation in everyday life as a means of
spiritual realization. No one outwardly
may consider for one moment that he is
spiritually so highly evolved, except that
those who come in contact with him may
in time be convinced that he is an honest
person; that he is fair and just in his
principles and life; that he is sincere. That
is all the religion he needs. In this way his
outward life becomes his religion, and his
inner realization his spirituality.

Hazrat Inayat Khan
The Way of Illumination

"Love has many faces. It manifests at different times in different ways. In your relationship with your child, love manifests as affection. Allow yourself to be affected by your child’s fears, complex insecurities, and frustrations. Reach out with understanding. In a spousal relationship, love is passion, respect, being a friend, and staying together through rough times. For the family, love is providing and giving. It becomes sensitivity and awareness of another’s needs. At work, love manifests as commitment and a passion for excellence. For a friend, love means right counsel in rough times and playfulness during easy times. For the nation, love means creating wealth through integrity. In life, love comes through as courage and acceptance. Tear down the walls of fear and allow every experience to flow over you, just as the waters wash over the sands. Life is complete when you nurture love in all its forms. All those who complain against you are heaven’s reminders asking you to scale greater heights of love."

~ Sri Amma❤️

Every day special when we live in moment ,we make special with our thoughts.See your own life more clearly today—right here, right now in this moment—by refusing to ignore that which stirs passion and excitement within you. You came here with music to play, so when you begin to harmonize with what only you hear playing in your mind, listen carefully and stop yourself right in your tracks and be willing to take the first step in the direction of those synchronistic callings.

Loyalty



Loyalty is the way in which a mature and integrated mind behaves. Loyalty indicates undivided wholeness of consciousness and shows richness of the mind. When the mind is not integrated it is feverish, disloyal and opportunistic. Disloyalty comes out of opportunism. Opportunism is short-sightedness of one's destiny. Integrity or wholeness is essential to be healthy. A divided mind will gradually lead to schizophrenia and other physical and mental disorders. Loyalty is a real strength and will have the support of nature in the long run.
Fear and ambitions are impediments to loyalty. Loyalty is needed both in the material and spiritual plane. Either to destroy, create or maintain any institution, group or society, loyalty is essential.
Loyalty means believing in the continuity of commitment. Honouring commitment is loyalty. It takes you beyond the duality of craving and aversion. Responsibility, dedication, commitment are the limbs of loyalty.
A loyal mind is a 'yes'-mind. The purpose of asking questions is to get an answer. The purpose of all answers is to create a ...'yes'.... 'Yes' is an acknowledgement of knowledge. The 'yes'-mind is a quiet, holistic and joyful mind. The 'no'-mind is a agitated, doubting and miserable mind. Loyalty begins with a 'yes'-mind and starts to perish with a 'no'-mind.

By sri sri ji