20 May 2015 - QA 4

Gurudev, how do we motivate ourselves to study?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

When you say you want to be motivated, it means you are already motivated. You don’t need someone extra, someone outside to motivate you.
If you feel that you don’t have motivation, it means that you want to be motivated further. You have already diagnosed the disease appropriately, and the best diagnosis is half the cure. When you see that your motivation level is down, it could be because of low prana. Increase your prana level.

Study with a buddy. There is a disadvantage also when you study with a buddy; in between you may start talking about cricket, movies or something else. The mind gets distracted, deviates to other things. Yet, in spite of these drawback, it is better to study with buddies.