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  1. I don't need to catch you because you all belong to me

    The very meaning of Kailash is where there is only celebration, only joy, nothing else besides it. In the same way, Vaikunth is where Narayana resides, means a place where there is no lack of anything. Everything is in abundance, and there is all prosperit ...
  2. Intuition means that which simply comes up beyond reason

    Dear Guruji, I find it difficult to be natural with everyone. You have said we are closer to the Divine when we are natural. How can I be natural? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: What makes you unnatural is the fear that somebody may criticize you. Someone may think ...
  3. One day death is going to rob you of everything

    Dear Guruji, a lot of times I have hurt myself because of lack of knowledge. I have not improved much but at least I see what I have done. How do I stop torturing myself? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: When you know what you did in the past was not correct, then yo ...
  4. Let go and take refuge in the quiet corner of your heart

    How to overcome insecurity? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Insecurity is because you feel there is nobody for you. Wake up and see there is so much humanness, there is so much love in the world, and you don’t need to feel insecure. You are walking in the street and ...
  5. Collect back the scattered mind into its own identity

    Dear Guruji, can you please explain this sentence, ‘Only when you see that nothing has a purpose, the real purpose begins.’ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You say a sentence and you want me to comment on that? Why don’t you yourself comment? I would say we shouldn’ ...
  6. Every time you are confused you grow one step higher

    Are our emotions linked with age? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes. They are linked with hormones in the body and they are also linked with time, age and so many other factors. Gurudev, when are you going to come to my city? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Oh, don’t ask me ...
  7. Meditation is a journey from sound to silence

    It is so nice to be back in Berlin.So today we are talking about meditation, right!What is meditation? Why do we want meditation? In order to go deep within ourselves, to understand ourselves or to learn anything about ourselves we need to be in a cordial ...
  8. The coming year is the year of bliss

    According to the Vedic calendar this year is called ‘Nanda’ which means bliss. This is the year of bliss. Last year was the year of Certainty. The year before was of Chaos and Confusion. But now the coming year is the year of bliss and the year of happines ...
  9. Yoga and meditation are ways to avoid suffering

    Gurudev, each time I am about to ask you a question, automatically the answer comes, is it true or is it just my imagination? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: If the answer is correct then it is true and it saves me a lot of work. Dear Guruji, how can I control the d ...
  10. Meditation purifies the soul

    Do you want to see God? How many of you want to see God? It doesn’t take much time. Stop seeing the world. If you see the world, you can’t see God. Either you can see God or you can see the world. You can’t see both. You have to choose one. If you want to ...
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