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Quotes on Attachment by Gurudev

Some useful tips on Attachment shared by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Do not try to get out of attachment. Instead, I would say, learn to be centred. Expand your understanding of life and of this creation. Then you will see that you do not need to make an effor ...

Desire Quotes by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

It’s natural that the mind harbours desires. Desires don’t ask your permission, they just drop in and stay. If desires don’t come at all, there is nothing for you to get rid of. They have to come, so they come. You say goodbye to them. ” Just become tot ...

8 quotes about friendship by Gurudev

Do you know what is the sign of a good friend? There is a criteria to judge if someone is a real friend or not. Do you know it? When you go to a friend with a problem and if you walk away from them feeling lighter, then they are a good friend. If you go b ...

How to get rid of self-doubt?

Doubt cannot come where there is a sense of closeness. Doubt needs distance to appear. You never doubt something that is dear to you, close to you. The moment you doubt, it is no longer dear to you; a distance has come. You may doubt yourself, but you do ...

Moving from Head to Heart

The head worries and the heart feels. The two cannot function at the same time. When your feelings dominate, worry dissolves. If you worry a lot, your feelings are dead and you are stuck in your head. Worrying makes your mind and heart inert and dull. It ...

What is faith?

Faith and alertness appear to be completely opposite in nature. When you are alert there usually is no faith, and you feel restless and insecure. When you have faith your mind is secure and in a restful state, and you are not alert. There are three types ...

What is 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 o ...

Why is respect important?

When someone respects you, it is not because you possess some virtues; it is because of their greatness. If you say God is great, it means YOU are great. God is already great–your saying so doesn’t affect God. When you respect someone, it shows your own m ...

How to escape from time?

When you are happy, the mind expands; then time appears too short. When you are unhappy, the mind contracts; then time appears too long. When the mind has equanimity, you transcend time. To escape from time, many resort to alcohol, sleep, etc., but when t ...

The Joy of Sharing!

When you share your misery, it doesn’t reduce. When you don’t share your joy, it reduces. Share your problems only with the Divine, not with Tom, Dick, or Harry – that just increases the problem. Share your joy with everybody. Darren: How do you help peop ...