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  1. How to Overcome Feelings of Hurt

    If you have wisdom, you don’t have to go through pain to learn. We go through pain because we lack wisdom. But remember that you will come out of pain or hurt at some time or the other. It is important for one to have a larger context to life. When you ha ...
  2. 6 Ways to Make Your Relationships Stronger

    The Key To Make Perfect Relationships If you know how to row a boat, you can row any boat. But if you don’t know how to row, changing boats isn’t going to help. Similarly, changing a relationship does not necessarily solve the issue. Sooner or later, you ...
  3. How To Be A Good Parent

    A Sacred Responsibility When it comes to children, parenting is a sacred responsibility. Our responsibility is not just providing food, shelter, and education. We are also responsible to ensure their mental outlook, emotions, intellect, thought processes, ...
  4. Shiva- The Ultimate Truth

    Q: Gurudev, can you please tell us about the Nataraja form of Lord Shiva? (Referring to the form of Lord Shiva engaged in Cosmic Dance of Creation) Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: In the history of Mankind, the most beautiful Tattva (a fundamental underlyin ...
  5. Chidambaram Rahasyam- The Secret Of The Infinity

    (Below is a continuation of post Shiva - The Ultimate Truth) There is another story associated with Lord Nataraja. As the Lord was dancing merrily, one of his earrings became loose and fell on the ground. Then it is said that the Lord lifted that small ea ...
  6. Parenting Queries

    How to deal with my child asking too many questions? Children ask questions and often they are not looking for an answer, they move on whether you answer or not. Children are not stuck in questions like adults. Adults get stuck in questions, and ask the s ...
  7. How To Deal With Your Teenager

    You should know how to ride a horse if you have to know how to manage a teenager. First, you have to put the reigns on, and you can’t just keep it tight, at times you have to let it lose. At the same, you can’t completely let go of the reigns. The trick i ...
  8. How to get over a broken heart

    The Strength to Move On Relationships can cause you so many problems and you get so heartbroken. When a relationship breaks down, you get so devastated as though you cannot exist anymore. At that time, it is wisdom that can give you the strength to move o ...
  9. How To Deal With Problems In Relationships

    Q: Why do we lose we losing our freedom and lightness as soon as a relationship goes deeper? You don’t need to. A relationship should come from a space of contributing, not demanding, then it will be nurturing. In every relationship, if we think, “What ca ...
  10. How Crazy Are You?

    The question ‘Who am I’ has been pricking me since childhood and has not gone away and it drives me absolutely insane. Nothing makes sense. What to do? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You are such a fortunate person. If other questions are driving you insane, I woul ...