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No Matter What Keep Your Calm
It is easy to be a dreamer, it is easy to be a critical realist, how to drop all illusions and expectations and still have a flame in life? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: It is easy to be in extremes in anything in life, but it takes wisdom to take the middle path ... -
The Many Ways To Be Of Service
God is the Summun Bonum of creation, don’t make him as an object of knowing. God is love, can you see love? You can see love only through the manifested expressions. You can see love in a child's eyes, in a friend’s eyes, or in the eyes of an elderly pers ... -
Real Faith Leads To Everlasting Happiness
Dear Gurudev, what is the main mantra or key to happiness in life? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: The key to happiness in life is to not stay stuck in 'I…Me…Mine' (meaning one’s own personal desires or material gains). Dedicate your life to some larger goal, or to ... -
The Divine Will Never Let You Down
See, as a child you have lived in the present. A child cries and the tears are still on its cheeks and it starts smiling again. But if you're upset, for you to smile again may take many months, and sometimes years. This is why I say, "Live in the present ... -
Express A Little And Hide A Little
(Below is the continuation of the post The Truth Of The Matter) Gurudev, when one gets initiated into Sanyasa (renunciation), then one is asked to burn off the Janeuu (sacred thread worn across the shoulders), and it is considered that one cremated onesel ... -
The Truth Of The Matter
It is not that the truth is different; the difference only lies in the way different people express the truth. Through different ways of expression, we elevate the consciousness that is lying dormant. We try to rekindle the love that is stuck in negativit ... -
Perfect Way To Deal With An Imperfect World
(Below is a continuation of the post The Art Of Being) Why is life so complicated? Why can’t I accept situations more easily? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Why should life be simple? Life is complicated and that is what makes it fun. There is beauty, there is thr ... -
The Art Of 'Being'
You would have often seen people wrestling. There is happiness and excitement on the faces of those who are watching the wrestling match. But the wrestlers are sweating it out in the ring; they are angry and their clothes get torn in the tussle.In the sam ... -
Why We Must Not Misuse Knowledge
This is a continuation of the post (The Mysteries Of The Creation) The terrorist organizations kill people with full awareness. So can we still say that the present moment is joyful? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Look, they are doing something with a wrong unders ... -
The Mysteries Of The Creation
Gurudev, in one of your talks you have said that the present moment is so vast and deep, that it is unfathomable. The whole of the past and the future are in the present moment. If the past and future are in the present moment, then how is it possible to ...
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