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Even though we have received so much wisdom from you, I am not able to live it fully?

At least if you are able to live it partially, I am happy. Even that will do. You will keep moving up, inch by inch. ...

How Shiva Did Not Recognize His Own Son

The stories in the Puranas contain many incredible and hard-to-believe occurences. But they should not be interpreted as a nursery rhyme. Their language is Shakespearean and laden with great depth and meaning. We need to interpret these stories with a ver ...

It is said that getting a human birth is fortune. However, some people live very comfortable lives while others live miserably. Why this discrimination?

Those who are happy must share with those who are unhappy. Those who are unhappy must have an attitude of sacrifice and work on developing inner strength. Knowledge gives you inner strength. Inner strength brings forbearance in life and gives one the ...

Dear Gurudev, when we are on this path, to what extent can we hear knowledge from other Gurus?

I would say, respect everybody. There is only one knowledge and that is available to you. But if you go on shopping here and there, you will get in to more confusion. We say, ‘Do So Hum.’ Someone else will say, ‘No! So Hum is not correct ...

Dear Gurudev, when we meditate we experience such bliss, how can that state continue with or without meditation?

With knowledge and with dispassion. When you see the whole world is a dream, the meditative state remains in activity also. But do not make a mood out of it; you should not do mood making. Live life naturally, as everyone else lives; simple, natural. Do no ...

Dear Guruji, when I feel intense love or devotion I lose my awareness. When I am aware I lose the intensity of devotion. How do I retain both, intensity and awareness?

I think you have too much free time to think and see what is happening. Just get busy, do Karma Yoga (the path of action). When you are engaged in seva, you don’t sit and think ‘Oh, how am I feeling? How am I not feeling?’ Feelings are all part of ...

Gurudev, I read and hear a lot of knowledge, but almost immediately forget what I heard. What do I do?

Don’t worry; I will keep talking to you. So even if you forget a hundred times, never mind, I have enough patience. I keep telling the same things. Those who are talking to you are also in the same boat. Many people here, they say, but they too live f ...

Gurudev, please give us Gyaan (knowledge)?

For that you have to ask questions. Knowledge means you have to pull it out. ...

Dear Guruji, sometime ago, we were sitting in a small group around you and you were saying that you have shared only kindergarten knowledge so far and that you are waiting for us to become ready for the more upgraded knowledge. Are we ready now to receive this upgraded knowledge? And to be honest, I am really curious and thirsty to know what this highest knowledge is all about. Please share with us.

Yes, dose by dose. Sure! Blessing course is there. How many of you have become blessers? Is it working, yes! How many of you have not taken the blessing course? You have to take the blessing course. You will find every day so many miracles happen ...

Gurudev, I have some difficulties applying the AOL principles and values at work. I understand them and can see how to apply them to my private life, but as soon as I go to work, I find it difficult to reconcile business values and The Art of Living philosophy. Can you give me some examples of how I can apply these principles?

Principles get applied spontaneously and naturally, you do not have to make an effort to apply any principles. What principles? Accept people as they are – when it is already in the back of the mind you will start doing it automatically. ...