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“Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.”
~Eckhart Tolle~
~Eckhart Tolle~
There are three kinds of Love.
1. The Love that comes out of Charm
2. That which comes out of comfort, and
3. Divine Love
Do you see what I am saying?
The love that comes out of charm does not last long. It comes out of unfamiliarity or out of attraction. In this, you lose the attraction fast, and boredom sets in, like most love marriages. This love may diminish and bring along with it fear, uncertainty, insecurity, and sadness.
The Love that comes out of comfort and familiarity grows. But this Love has no thrill, no enthusiasm, joy, or fire to it.
For example, you are more comfortable with an old friend who is a familiar person, rather than with a new person.
Divine Love supersedes both the above. Divine Love has ever newness. The closer you go, there is more charm and depth.
Divine Love has comfort, enthusiasm, and familiarity. There is never boredom, and it keeps everyone on their toes.
Worldly love can be like an ocean, yet an ocean has a bottom. But Divine Love is like the sky which is limitless, infinite. From the bottom of the Ocean, soar into the vast sky.
By sri sri ji
Gratitude to guru and guru mandala 🙏🙏🙏🙏
1. The Love that comes out of Charm
2. That which comes out of comfort, and
3. Divine Love
Do you see what I am saying?
The love that comes out of charm does not last long. It comes out of unfamiliarity or out of attraction. In this, you lose the attraction fast, and boredom sets in, like most love marriages. This love may diminish and bring along with it fear, uncertainty, insecurity, and sadness.
The Love that comes out of comfort and familiarity grows. But this Love has no thrill, no enthusiasm, joy, or fire to it.
For example, you are more comfortable with an old friend who is a familiar person, rather than with a new person.
Divine Love supersedes both the above. Divine Love has ever newness. The closer you go, there is more charm and depth.
Divine Love has comfort, enthusiasm, and familiarity. There is never boredom, and it keeps everyone on their toes.
Worldly love can be like an ocean, yet an ocean has a bottom. But Divine Love is like the sky which is limitless, infinite. From the bottom of the Ocean, soar into the vast sky.
By sri sri ji
Gratitude to guru and guru mandala 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Three kind of understanding
There are three kinds of understanding: intellectual understanding, experiential understanding and existential realization.
Intellectual understanding says yes, agrees. Experiential understanding feels, is obvious. Existential realization is irrefutable. It becomes your very nature.
All you hear will simply remain a jumble of words if there is no experiential understanding, which is more on the feeling level. You can know intellectually you are hollow and empty but sitting and feeling you are hollow and empty is totally different.
When one gets an experience, one wants to understand more about it and becomes a seeker. If you have only intellectual understanding, you will think you know it all. Most theologians are in this category.
Existential realization contains within it both experiential and intellectual understanding. But it is beyond both of these.
Question: How do we get there?
Sri Sri: There is no way. When the fruit becomes ripe, it falls.
Question: What is doubt?
Sri Sri: It is one part of the mind challenging the other part of the mind.
By sri sri ji
There are three kinds of understanding: intellectual understanding, experiential understanding and existential realization.
Intellectual understanding says yes, agrees. Experiential understanding feels, is obvious. Existential realization is irrefutable. It becomes your very nature.
All you hear will simply remain a jumble of words if there is no experiential understanding, which is more on the feeling level. You can know intellectually you are hollow and empty but sitting and feeling you are hollow and empty is totally different.
When one gets an experience, one wants to understand more about it and becomes a seeker. If you have only intellectual understanding, you will think you know it all. Most theologians are in this category.
Existential realization contains within it both experiential and intellectual understanding. But it is beyond both of these.
Question: How do we get there?
Sri Sri: There is no way. When the fruit becomes ripe, it falls.
Question: What is doubt?
Sri Sri: It is one part of the mind challenging the other part of the mind.
By sri sri ji
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If you want to know someone truly, complete & unshakable trust and total surrender is indispensable.
Lord Mahadev.
Lord Mahadev.
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Man can never be a woman’s equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her” – Mahatma Gandhi.
The five secrets
There are five secrets which are sacred and are guarded by the subtle beings and angels in this creation. They are:
Jananarahasya (the secret of birth): Birth is a secret. How a soul takes a body, the criteria for selecting the place of birth, time of birth, type of body, parents, etc are all a secret.
Maranarahasya (the secret of death): Death is a highly guarded secret. Death remains a mystery. The process of separation of spirit from matter and its journey from then on is a secret.
Rajarahasya (the royal secret, the secret of ruling): The principles of governing; the principles of maintaining the orderliness in creation are a secret.
Prakritirahasya (the secret of nature): Nature is a mystery. The more you know about nature, the mystery deepens. The more a scientist knows, the more he feels there is much more to know. Science, though appearing to resolve the mystery in creation, has deepened it. The knowledge of particles, wave functions, black holes, the vacuum state, etc have only deepened the mystery.
Mantrarahasya (secret of mantras): The mantras and their effect, influence, method and mode of working are all a mystery. Mantras are the impulses or rhythms of consciousness, which itself is a mystery.
Usually in the West, a secret is shameful and dishonest. But in the East, it is honored and regarded as sacred.
By sri sri ji
Gratitude to guru and guru mandala
There are five secrets which are sacred and are guarded by the subtle beings and angels in this creation. They are:
Jananarahasya (the secret of birth): Birth is a secret. How a soul takes a body, the criteria for selecting the place of birth, time of birth, type of body, parents, etc are all a secret.
Maranarahasya (the secret of death): Death is a highly guarded secret. Death remains a mystery. The process of separation of spirit from matter and its journey from then on is a secret.
Rajarahasya (the royal secret, the secret of ruling): The principles of governing; the principles of maintaining the orderliness in creation are a secret.
Prakritirahasya (the secret of nature): Nature is a mystery. The more you know about nature, the mystery deepens. The more a scientist knows, the more he feels there is much more to know. Science, though appearing to resolve the mystery in creation, has deepened it. The knowledge of particles, wave functions, black holes, the vacuum state, etc have only deepened the mystery.
Mantrarahasya (secret of mantras): The mantras and their effect, influence, method and mode of working are all a mystery. Mantras are the impulses or rhythms of consciousness, which itself is a mystery.
Usually in the West, a secret is shameful and dishonest. But in the East, it is honored and regarded as sacred.
By sri sri ji
Gratitude to guru and guru mandala
The fall that raises
You only see the fall of the water. You don’t see how the Ocean becomes the Cloud. The ocean becoming the cloud is a secret, but the cloud becoming the ocean is obvious.
In the world only a few can notice your inner growth and height, but your outer expressions are apparent.
Never brood that people don’t understand you. They can only see your expression!
By sri sri ji
Gratitude to guru and guru mandala
You only see the fall of the water. You don’t see how the Ocean becomes the Cloud. The ocean becoming the cloud is a secret, but the cloud becoming the ocean is obvious.
In the world only a few can notice your inner growth and height, but your outer expressions are apparent.
Never brood that people don’t understand you. They can only see your expression!
By sri sri ji
Gratitude to guru and guru mandala
How to deal with humiliation
Know that humiliation does not weaken you -- it strengthens you.
When you have a sense of belongingness, you don't feel humiliated. The more egotistic you are, the more humiliation you feel. When you are childlike and have a greater sense of kinship then you don't feel humiliated.
When you are committed to truth and not to your ego then you also don't feel humiliated.
If you are afraid of humiliation, you can neither make progress in your material life nor in your spiritual life. When you stand above humiliation, you get closer to the Self - to God. When you are steeped in love, with the Existence, with the Divine, nothing whatsoever can humiliate you.
So, the way out of humiliation is:
Get humiliated!
Be childlike
Be crazy
Get steeped in love with the Divine
Total commitment to Truth-Knowledge
By sri sri ji
Gratitude to guru and guru mandala
Know that humiliation does not weaken you -- it strengthens you.
When you have a sense of belongingness, you don't feel humiliated. The more egotistic you are, the more humiliation you feel. When you are childlike and have a greater sense of kinship then you don't feel humiliated.
When you are committed to truth and not to your ego then you also don't feel humiliated.
If you are afraid of humiliation, you can neither make progress in your material life nor in your spiritual life. When you stand above humiliation, you get closer to the Self - to God. When you are steeped in love, with the Existence, with the Divine, nothing whatsoever can humiliate you.
So, the way out of humiliation is:
Get humiliated!
Be childlike
Be crazy
Get steeped in love with the Divine
Total commitment to Truth-Knowledge
By sri sri ji
Gratitude to guru and guru mandala
You may have heard the statement “Sitting is the New Smoking!”
When I first heard this saying, I thought it was crazy.
Sitting is NOT like smoking.
But recently, I looked more into it, and it completely changed my outlook on one aspect of health that most people neglect.
*Here's the problem: we sit an average of 9 to 10 hours a day. So we sit more than we sleep. We sit more than we stand or do any activity.
We sit in our cars. We sit to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We sit to work. We sit to watch TV. We sit at the movie theater. We sit at the dentist’s office. We sit everywhere.
What’s the problem with so much sitting?
You’ll be surprised to hear that it’s not really “back pain” or any such thing (although, that can happen too!).
The problem with so much sitting is that our bodies were not meant for it.
For millions of year, we were in constant movement for 10-12 hours a day.
Switch that to sitting for 10 hours, and there’s no amount of exercise you can do that can undo the damage.
Even if, after your day at the office, you went to the gym for two hours, it wouldn’t negate the damage done by sitting.
That’s what led Dr. James Levine to coin the phrase “Sitting is the New Smoking!”
When you stand, your body works very differently than when you sit.
Sitting for hours a day causes the following damage ...
Because blood flow slows down, you increase your risk of *heart disease*.
Your *insulin* is negatively affected by just one day of sitting 10 hours a day.
Sitting increases your *risk of cancer*, for reasons we’re still speculating about.
Perhaps it’s the antioxidant processes that are engaged when we are in movement.
Sitting compresses your body, *slowing down digestion,* leading to cramps, heartburn, constipation and bloating.
Brain function slows down when we sit.
Your *brain* gets less blood and oxygen.
Because of the above, mood worsens.
Posture gets worse, leading to strained neck and shoulders.
Your entire body degenerates when you sit 10 hours a day.
Standing requires tensing of the abdominal muscles.
Sitting leads to weak abs, leading to mobility issues.
*Varicose* veins develop.
Your *bones* get weaker.
One study found that you can *increase your lifespan* by two years by sitting down three hours or less a day.
Another study found that each hour spent watching *TV after 25 reduces your life expectancy by 22 minutes*.
*Hence… sitting is the new disease
When I first heard this saying, I thought it was crazy.
Sitting is NOT like smoking.
But recently, I looked more into it, and it completely changed my outlook on one aspect of health that most people neglect.
*Here's the problem: we sit an average of 9 to 10 hours a day. So we sit more than we sleep. We sit more than we stand or do any activity.
We sit in our cars. We sit to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We sit to work. We sit to watch TV. We sit at the movie theater. We sit at the dentist’s office. We sit everywhere.
What’s the problem with so much sitting?
You’ll be surprised to hear that it’s not really “back pain” or any such thing (although, that can happen too!).
The problem with so much sitting is that our bodies were not meant for it.
For millions of year, we were in constant movement for 10-12 hours a day.
Switch that to sitting for 10 hours, and there’s no amount of exercise you can do that can undo the damage.
Even if, after your day at the office, you went to the gym for two hours, it wouldn’t negate the damage done by sitting.
That’s what led Dr. James Levine to coin the phrase “Sitting is the New Smoking!”
When you stand, your body works very differently than when you sit.
Sitting for hours a day causes the following damage ...
Because blood flow slows down, you increase your risk of *heart disease*.
Your *insulin* is negatively affected by just one day of sitting 10 hours a day.
Sitting increases your *risk of cancer*, for reasons we’re still speculating about.
Perhaps it’s the antioxidant processes that are engaged when we are in movement.
Sitting compresses your body, *slowing down digestion,* leading to cramps, heartburn, constipation and bloating.
Brain function slows down when we sit.
Your *brain* gets less blood and oxygen.
Because of the above, mood worsens.
Posture gets worse, leading to strained neck and shoulders.
Your entire body degenerates when you sit 10 hours a day.
Standing requires tensing of the abdominal muscles.
Sitting leads to weak abs, leading to mobility issues.
*Varicose* veins develop.
Your *bones* get weaker.
One study found that you can *increase your lifespan* by two years by sitting down three hours or less a day.
Another study found that each hour spent watching *TV after 25 reduces your life expectancy by 22 minutes*.
*Hence… sitting is the new disease
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Dharma (धर्म) is a way of life which integrates an individual/society & brings harmonious living. It has 4 'pillars' or principles which uphold it.
1. Austerity (तप)- acts of discipline and endurance, in order to achieve a higher goal. E.g : simplicity, satisfaction, self-control. Worship of the lord, and superiors like one's father, mother & spiritual master
2. Truthfulness (सत्य) - Not only speaking the Truth, but also being HONEST TO ONESELF and living up to what one knows is right.
3. Compassion (दया) - Human beings have certain capabilities and powers, more than lower species. But that does not mean that we be inconsiderate to others. We must have mercy & compassion for all living beings.
4. Cleanliness (शौच)- both physical cleanliness & mental purity. This includes fidelity and respect towards one's marriage, when one is in that stage of life.
Wherever these 4 are maintained, there is fast spiritual progress & lasting happiness.
~Srimad Bhagavatam
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Dharma (धर्म) is a way of life which integrates an individual/society & brings harmonious living. It has 4 'pillars' or principles which uphold it.
1. Austerity (तप)- acts of discipline and endurance, in order to achieve a higher goal. E.g : simplicity, satisfaction, self-control. Worship of the lord, and superiors like one's father, mother & spiritual master
2. Truthfulness (सत्य) - Not only speaking the Truth, but also being HONEST TO ONESELF and living up to what one knows is right.
3. Compassion (दया) - Human beings have certain capabilities and powers, more than lower species. But that does not mean that we be inconsiderate to others. We must have mercy & compassion for all living beings.
4. Cleanliness (शौच)- both physical cleanliness & mental purity. This includes fidelity and respect towards one's marriage, when one is in that stage of life.
Wherever these 4 are maintained, there is fast spiritual progress & lasting happiness.
~Srimad Bhagavatam
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When you follow fun, misery follows you . . .
When you follow Knowledge, fun follows you.
By sri sri ji
When you follow Knowledge, fun follows you.
By sri sri ji
Self confidence and ambition
Ambition indicates lack of self-confidence! When you know you can achieve something easily, you are not ambitious about it. You are simply confident about it. Your ambition indicates challenge and uncertainty, which is contrary to self-confidence. So one you has total self-confidence cannot be ambitious!!
At the same time a person who lacks total self-confidence cannot be ambitious either!! For ambition to be, one must have a little bit of confidence and total ignorance of the Self. It is next to impossible to have total confidence without Self-knowledge. With the knowledge of the Self, there is nothing left to achieve, for the entire nature of existence is mere play and display of one's own consciousness. People take pride in being ambitious. The wise man will only smile at them. Ambition can never be for
something you know you can achieve effortlessly. You can only be ambitious about something for which you have to put effort, which poses a challenge and of which you are not even certain you will be able to achieve or not. Moreover it takes away the joy of the moment. With the Self-knowledge nothing is challenging to you, nor you need to put any effort. Nature is ready to fulfill your intention even before they arise, giving you no chance to crave or desire. Nature does not allow the wise to have a desire (ambition), and the unwise to fulfill or get rid of the desire (ambition).
Do you still want to be ambitious ?? Or is your only ambition is to get rid of ambition !! (Laughter )
By sri sri ji
gratitude to guru and guru mandala
Ambition indicates lack of self-confidence! When you know you can achieve something easily, you are not ambitious about it. You are simply confident about it. Your ambition indicates challenge and uncertainty, which is contrary to self-confidence. So one you has total self-confidence cannot be ambitious!!
At the same time a person who lacks total self-confidence cannot be ambitious either!! For ambition to be, one must have a little bit of confidence and total ignorance of the Self. It is next to impossible to have total confidence without Self-knowledge. With the knowledge of the Self, there is nothing left to achieve, for the entire nature of existence is mere play and display of one's own consciousness. People take pride in being ambitious. The wise man will only smile at them. Ambition can never be for
something you know you can achieve effortlessly. You can only be ambitious about something for which you have to put effort, which poses a challenge and of which you are not even certain you will be able to achieve or not. Moreover it takes away the joy of the moment. With the Self-knowledge nothing is challenging to you, nor you need to put any effort. Nature is ready to fulfill your intention even before they arise, giving you no chance to crave or desire. Nature does not allow the wise to have a desire (ambition), and the unwise to fulfill or get rid of the desire (ambition).
Do you still want to be ambitious ?? Or is your only ambition is to get rid of ambition !! (Laughter )
By sri sri ji
gratitude to guru and guru mandala