Question & Answers with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Q:
My heart wants to move ahead but my mind won’t let me, what to do Guruji? Thank you.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
They keep getting into a conflict again and again. Like an old couple they get into conflict every day. (laughter)Q:
Guruji, I still have doubts when I don’t want to doubt who and what you are. What should I do?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Never mind, doubt as much as you can. I don’t mind you doubting, go on. Know that what we doubt is always positive. We doubt the love of someone, not the anger of someone. We doubt our capabilities, we never doubt our weaknesses. We doubt our happiness. So understand the nature of our doubt.Q:
Guruji, if we are following one path can we read books written by other spiritual masters?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Yes it is okay as long as it does not confuse you. Reading too much only gets you more confused. ‘Pothi pad -pad jug mua Pandit bhaya na koi, Dhai akshar prem ke pade so Pandit hoye’. This does not mean you don’t read, read a little, but not too much.Q:
Guruji, can Demi-gods or Pitra Devtas or you get angry with us?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Well, I cannot comment about Devis and Devatas but I do not get angry with you. Am I so stupid that if you do something wrong I will get angry for that and get upset? No, not at all. But yes, I do feel compassion when you keep on making mistakes again and again and waste such a beautiful life that you have. This does hurt me but I don’t get angry. But if you feel that I should not do this wrong thing because Guruji will become angry then definitely think that I will get angry if you do wrong.Q:
Dear Guruji, I do Sudarshan Kriya everyday but even then I have not seen the changes that I expect as of yet. Still there is a lot of negativity in me. What should I do?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
What changes are you expecting? Sit with your teacher for a little time and do DSN or listen to Ashtavakra Gita, negativity will not stay, definitely will not stay in you, they will all go away.Q:
Is it a sin when we use insect killers to kill insects and mosquitoes?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Be in moderation; don’t destroy all the insects but sometimes you may have to use them. Use the natural ones which are not harmful for others. Use those insecticides which cause less harmQ:
If our fortune is decided by the supreme power then how much responsible are we for our own deeds?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Who said the supreme power decides your fortune? You decide your fortune.Q:
Guruji, why is it that many times we do not trust our own people?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
One could be because you know him very well. That is why you do not trust or you do not consider him as your own and that is why you does not trust.Q:
Guruji, how to control my anger, I am a very short-tempered person.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
First of all you should not put this label in your head that I am a short-tempered person, then you can improve.Q:
Sometimes I meet people in the Art of Living and they seem so familiar even though I am meeting them for the first time, there is some unknown connection even if I don’t speak to them, what is this connection Guruji, is it from the past life?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
It is good to wonder about this, yes. I will leave it for you to wonder.