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  1. What does it mean to love yourself and what is the implication of it?

    This simply means to realize that you are loved, that's all. Love is not an act, it is what you are; your state of being. When you are calm, serene and subtle, that's what it is. Usually here in the west, if one is angry at oneself then i ...
  2. Gurudev, I have done courses and do my sadhana (spiritual practices) almost every day but I still don’t feel love for myself. What should I do?

    Who said you don’t feel love for yourself. Don’t be hard, don’t pity yourself. You ARE love, my dear! You are made up of this stuff called love. Like our body is made up of amino acid, carbohydrate, protein, your spirit is made up of love, light and joy ...
  3. Dear Gurudev, how do I increase my self-worth and self-esteem?

    There is no way on the planet Earth. You cannot increase your self-esteem even if the Sun rises in the West and sets in the East. Even if that is possible, it is impossible to increase your self-esteem. Just accept it. Finito! My dear, if you ...
  4. (A member of the audience asked a question and it was inaudible)

    I want to tell you a story. A white cat put a label on its head that said, ‘I am a black cat’, as it kept moving around. Any amount of anyone telling, ‘Hey, come on, you’re not a black cat, you’re a white cat', it says, ‘No, I am a black cat.’ So ...
  5. I am not able to do anything consistently. How can I develop this quality in me?

    This you need to realize for yourself. How do you say that you cannot do anything consistently? Why do you label yourself like that? First you should admit that you do not truly know yourself. When you do not know yourself, you do not know how ...
  6. When taking risk is so essential to be successful, how does one feel secure in life?

    Confidence, and you get confidence by going deep within. A few minutes of meditation will give you that confidence. Look back at your own life and see, you have had many incidences where you were anxious of how you would be able to overco ...
  7. Gurudev I need your guidance. I am a mother and a wife, and I run a small school. There are times when things go wrong entirely, and I can’t concentrate or be myself at my workplace. How do I manage that?

    It is okay if it is only sometimes. But if it is often then we need to attend to it. First of all, know that as an individual, you have the capacity to multi-task. If you think, ‘Oh, I am a mother, I cannot be good at the office. It is not possib ...
  8. How can we turn thoughts of lack into thoughts of abundance?

    The very thought that you want to do it, means you have already started moving in that direction. Look at what your requirements are and you will see that they will always be met. Whatever you need always comes to you. But do not take it to an extreme ...
  9. I get doubts in almost every aspect of life. My confidence gets low due to it. Please suggest what I can do to fix this problem.

    That is not my job. My job is to create more doubts. Doubts are like baking soda, it bakes you well, so get baked! Once, I was in Sweden, I was in a Satsang and there was this journalist who came and stood in front of me and said, ‘Guruji, you always ...