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In today’s advanced technological world, with the help of latest gadgets, our life has become more efficient but at the same time more stressful. These gadgets may be useful but they also increase our stress levels, as we are always glued to check emails, catch up with news, etc. What is your advice in dealing with these stress levels. Should we simply throw away the mobiles, or there is a more practical way to handle this situation?
On the mobile there is a switch-off button, we should be kind enough to press it sometimes, that is all. Technology is no impediments at all. It is we who make it an impediment. The purpose of technology is to give us comfort, at the same time, our slee ... -
Inter-faith And Inter-Cultural Harmony
(Gurudev addresses delegates on 'Inter-faith and Inter-Cultural Harmony' at the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris on April 24. Below is the transcripts of his address.) I think three things are important in life: Education, Education, and Education. Education is ... -
The Thorn Of Desire
Our body is an illusion, it doesn’t stay the same, it keeps changing. Our emotions also keep changing. So, in that sense, it is all an illusion.Have you read my tweet about happiness? When you look at somebody`s face, if they don’t look happy, it is becau ... -
Lately, I feel a lot of distance towards my family and my friends. Is it the right thing to contact them directly again and speak to them?
Just be spontaneous. Don`t put a concept in your mind saying 'I need to be this way or that way.' Just be spontaneous. You can`t force yourself to love someone, nor can you force yourself to stop loving someone. Just be natural. When you grow up ... -
Is it possible not to have any expectations or desires?
Life runs on desires. I'm not telling you that you shouldn`t have any desire. It is desire that has brought you here; you wanted to come to satsang and that is what has brought you here. It is desire which makes you eat food, it`s desire which makes you tr ... -
How to remove this thorn?
Self effort. First we should notice the cause of sadness. Why are you upset? You are upset because things are not perfect, or people are not perfect, or you are not perfect. Only these three things can make you upset. You should keep some space for impe ... -
Do you think people in this room would make better decisions if they had a yoga class every morning?
That is the first right decision. ... -
Which are the qualities that yoga can help you develop in order to become a more responsible person towards yourself and others?
I just explained it. Yoga can definitely make you more responsible, because it creates more energy and enthusiasm in you.When do you not like to take responsibility? When you are tired and stressed. If you have taken care of these two issues and y ... -
When a child is between 3-months and 3-years, he is not conditioned by any societal systems because he is natural. How do we get rid of conditioning?
When you go to the root cause of conflicts, you will find that it is stress, mistrust, and fear of the other. Yoga helps you get over all the three. Fear of the other vanishes, because you have broadened awareness, broadened consciousness. You feel ever ... -
My yoga teacher told me that, things that happen to you always reflect your inner state. My question is, can you transmit the same philosophy to the level of a group? Things that are happening to certain countries would reflect what’s inside of them?
Yes, we reflect the society and society reflects what we are. In a broader sense, yes. But when the tension is building up, the group fear begins there. Mob psychology is very much comparable to an individual reflection of what people are feeling. I am ...