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Talk given on September 9, 1999
Bangalore, India
"When you feel time is too short, you are either restless or in expanded awareness. When you feel time is too long,...
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"Faith is the subject of the head, while devotion is the subject of the heart.
Meditation is the subject of the head and heart, and connects them both.
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The way to overcome personal misery is to share universal misery and the way to expand personal joy is to share universal joy. Instead of thinking, “What about me?”,...
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Do not make an effort to impress others or to express yourself. Your effort to impress someone will be futile. Your effort to express yourself becomes an impediment....
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A strong tendency to keep doing something whether important or unimportant becomes an impediment to meditation. 'Doing' starts first with an intention and then translates...
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Q – What is meditation?
Meditation is doing nothing, wanting nothing and being nothing. If you think you are somebody, you cannot meditate. When you meditate, the mind...
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Q – If one has faith and believes that God exists, how important is it to pray, meditate, etc.?
Prayer is asking God what you want for yourself or thanking him for what...
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Q – When is a good time to meditate and when you are meditating, what should you think about?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - Meditate in the morning, afternoon, and evening,...
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Q – Why is there still some awareness when one is deep in meditation?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar – There are five different experiences of the senses – sight, sense, sound,...
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How do I know I am living a healthy lifestyle? How high is my healthy lifestyle quotient? How can I improve it? Isn’t this something that we all wonder about at some...
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