Search Results: Knowledge Sheets on 'self'

Prayer

Give me not thirst if you cannot give me water. Give me not hunger if you cannot give me food. Give me not joy if I cannot share. Give me not the skills if I cannot put them to good use. Give me not intelligence if I cannot perceive beyond it.......Read More

Abiding in the self

Abiding in the self you become the valentine for the whole world. Spirit is the valentine of matter and matter is the valentine of the spirit. They are made for each other. They uphold each other. If you hold onto matter and do not respect the spirit,......Read More

Evolution: Not part of the self

Are you evolving? If you are evolving, you are not in the Self. And you are not out of the Self, because nothing can exist out of the Self. (Laughter) Broadly they can be put in these 5 catagories. There are six distortions that do not exist in the Self. ......Read More

Attaining self-knowledge

Desire, awareness of the Self and action all are manifestation of the same energy that is you. Among these three, one of them dominates at a time. When you have lots of desires, you are not aware of the Self. When desire dominates, Self-awareness will......Read More

Shaucha and Ashaucha

When you are miserable, what has happened is that you have gone away from the Self. This is called Ashaucha. It means you have become unclean. In India when someone dies, the close relatives are said to be Ashaucha for 10 days because they are very......Read More

The True Yagya

Rage has no ears, nor does it have vision. It only leads to reaction. And reaction leads to regret. Regret causes frustration. Frustration clouds the reason. Unreasonable acts provoke rage, and start a vicious cycle. Self Knowledge and Devotion alone......Read More

Stimulating the soul

When a part of the body is stimulated, pleasure arises. When your soul is stimulated, love arises. Love has no end but pleasure ends. Often people think pleasure is love. Distinction between pleasure and love has to be understood, only the luckiest one......Read More

Sakha -- Your Reliable Sense

There are three things: the Self, the senses, and the object, or the world. And there are three words: sukha, pleasure; dukha, sorrow; and sakha, companion. These have one thing in common: "kha," which means "senses." The Self through......Read More

Passion and Self - Reliance

Passion makes you weak. Dispassion is strength. For your passion to be fulfilled, you have to depend upon so many things. Passion and self-reliance do not appear to go together. If you are passionate, you have to forget about being self-reliant. If you......Read More

Life Without Wisdom Is Incomplete

Wisdom that doesn't give rise to feeling is incomplete. Feeling that doesn’t translate into action is incomplete. Action that doesn't give rise to fulfillment is incomplete. For Fulfillment, is returning to the Self....Read More