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  1. What is the place of the discipline in life?

    Discipline is essential. Without discipline, nothing can work. At the same time, creativity needs some space. Creativity needs freedom while productivity needs discipline. If you don't have freedom you can't be creative, and if you don't have disci ...
  2. I have absolutely no will power or discipline. Even though I'm trying very hard, I can't develop it. What can I do about it?

    You say you don't have will power, who is saying that? If you don't have will power, you wouldn't even have come here.Every thought that you act upon indicates you have some will power. A thought comes to your mind, "I want to get ...
  3. Dear Gurudev, how to maintain a balance between discipline and freedom?

    You should know that they appear to be opposite but they are complimentary. Discipline brings freedom to us. As a child you were disciplined to brush your teeth every morning and every night. That discipline brought you freedom from tooth ache and too ...
  4. Gurudev, why did God give us the five sense objects when all the wise people ask us to control them?

    So that you can express something even better than that. You know, cotton candies are given to babies, but when they grow a little older, nobody goes for those toffees or candies. They go in for some higher joy, some higher experiences. See, our ...
  5. Gurudev, what all should be done to maintain discipline in one’s life?

    First thing is there should be a desire in the mind to be disciplined, once that is there then consider it already done. Discipline is there because of three reasons: First is love. Although in love there is no need for discipline, but through lo ...
  6. Freedom And Discipline

    Freedom and discipline are opposites and complementary. The purpose of defense is to protect freedom. But is there freedom in defense? Do soldiers have freedom? No, they are totally bound, not even allowed to put the right foot down when told the left foo ...
  7. Diksha

    Initiation is called "Diksha". In Sanskrit "Di" means intellect. "Ksha" means the horizon r the end. "Diksha" means transcending the intellect. Education is called "Shiksha", the horizon of discipline- tot ...
  8. Balance and discipline

    People who are free, regret that they don't have discipline. They keep promising that they will become disciplined. People who are disciplined look for the end. (Discipline is not an end in itself, it is a means.) Look at the people who have no disci ...
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