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  1. When does the intensity of intention become feverishness?

    Never mind, don’t examine this too much and think, "Oh, am I feverish?" If you have passion, just go with it, okay? Where do you have time to sit and think whether it is feverishness, or what? Just be spontaneous, my dear. Never mind, ev ...
  2. Please explain the meaning of the shloka, “Aapyaya swasametute shwatasoma vishnayam bhavavaajas syasangate”.

    Aapyaya means a lovely atmosphere. Appa means very close or very near. Aapyaya means that which brings a very lovely atmosphere. ‘Shwatasoma vishnayam’ - to create a lovely atmosphere upon us, the moonlight is being showered. The moon is pou ...
  3. As a spiritual seeker, I seem to lead a dual life. At workplace I lead a fast paced life whereas when I meditate, time seems to stop and I relax. I can’t relax in my workplace and speed up my spiritual growth?

    Now just drop this ‘I can’t’. If you want to, then have the intention that 'I want to and I can', then it will start happening naturally. Don’t underestimate your intention. If you put this intention, ‘I can’t ...
  4. Gurudev, our true good actions might cause troubles to someone else. How do we handle the affected person?

    If your intentions are correct, then that is all that matters. See, a doctor also cuts open the stomach of a patient and a thief also puts a knife into someone. They both are using the knife on someone, but for very different causes. One is to k ...
  5. Gurudev, if we want some thoughts to manifest or turn to reality, what should we do? Kindly explain. Is there is a mechanism?

    Intention, Attention, and Manifestation. You have an intention, and you first offer it to the universe, to the Higher Spirit, or to someone very dear to you, like your parents, your ancestors, your personal angels, Gods and Goddesses, or to the Guru. To ...
  6. Dear Gurudev, it happens often with me that when I think or say something, it happens immediately or after a while.

    This is what happens when you meditate. Whatever you think starts happening, or whatever is going to happen, those thoughts come to you. Before you need something, you already have it and that is a perfection, so you better ask for s ...
  7. How to deal with negative, controlling, political people? In short our bosses.

    With 3 things, skill, patience, and positivity. This should work. If this doesn’t work, then team up, this is the easiest thing most people do. Team up against somebody and very easily it can work. But success is not guaranteed there. For success, skill, ...
  8. Authenticity and Skillfulness

    Authenticity and skillfulness appear to be contradictory, but in fact they are complementary. Your intentions need to be authentic and your actions need to be skillful. The more authentic the intention, the more skillful the action will be. Authentic inte ...
  9. Is war violence or non-violence?

    Violence and non-violence do not depend on the act but on the intention behind it. The basis of violence is anger, lust, hatred, jealousy, greed, frustration or aggression. A surgeon cuts open a person's belly; so does a criminal. The action is simil ...
  10. Drop Your Intentions

    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 into action. Though intention springs from the Being, when it becomes doing it doesn ...