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Gurudev, western people eat so much junk food and still so many inventions are happening there. We eat normal food still we do not invent anything. Why is it?
This is not the case. If you see, most of the Nobel scientists are vegetarian and they have very good eating habits. They eat fruits, vegetables, and are a lot more health conscious. You do not have to follow everything of what everybody does. They ma ... -
Guruji what commitments are required to continue our practice such as seva, satsang and sadhana. How can we stay more committed?
Just let it become your nature. If something is your nature, you do not need commitment. You need commitment when it is not your nature and when you want to cultivate it. Know that it is your nature to come and sit in satsang. In the morning as soon a ... -
Gurudev, my husband and I have a lot of difference of opinions because he is not spiritual and I am very spiritual. Most of the time he is not able to understand me, what should I do?
Have patience and slowly inject spirituality into him. Do not suddenly demand from someone to become spiritual. You must give them time. ... -
Gurudev, The only thing I find interesting is doing seva for The Art of Living. I want to be a full time Art of Living teacher but my family wants my financial support, so what to do?
First become a part time teacher. Teach one course a month or two courses a month for two hours in the evening. So you can do both, become a teacher and do a job. We have our own HR here; if you want a job we can help you get a job. ... -
Gurudev, you tell us to shut the past. If we have to shut the past then why does our teacher teach us history?
To shut the past you should have a past. How can you shut the past if you do not have it? If you have to remove the wrapper of a chocolate, there should be wrapper on the chocolate. Only if there is a wrapper on the chocolate, can you remove it. So yo ... -
Gurudev, please explain Opposite Values are Complimentary.
In a movie there is a villain and there is a hero. Now because of the villain the hero becomes the hero. Somebody had to lose for you win. Just understand that much. You do not have to do anything with it, just listening is enough. ... -
Guruji with the help of Sudarshan Kriya and meditation I am able to be centered. But whenever I am not centered I get into anxiety and depression. How can I come out of this?
You are going into depression because you want too much, too quickly, too soon, and there is no energy to get it. That could be the reason for depression. See life from a broader perspective. If you listen to knowledge and live the knowledge, then you can ... -
Dear Guruji, for the sake of love are we to sacrifice everything including our identity, morals, etc?
Vivek (discrimination) is essential here. Love is not an emotional thing. Sometimes people think I am so devoted I should get this privilege; I should get to sit right in front. I should get the privilege to do this my way. That is no good. Love ... -
Jai Guru Dev, if we are all nothing but waves which go back to the ocean then what is the significance of energies like Yamaraja and Chitragupta in time and space?
This is a very deep understanding about Chitragupta. Our consciousness has records of all that is happening, what we call akashic records. Now, in this place, there are one thousand television channels right here. If you take a very powerful tele ... -
I am not a person who cannot read books and assimilate the knowledge. I am able to learn only through experience. When I face a problem then I understand what is happening.
Don’t make concepts. Keep an open mind because you don’t know much about your consciousness. You know very little about your mind. What we know of our mind is only one tenth of its whole. Our mind is so huge; our consciousness is so vast that whatever we ...