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I feel the connection with some people and I don’t feel connected to some people. Why so?
Never mind. Keep expanding your personality and then one day you will feel connected to everybody. Go deeper in meditation. ... -
Gurudev, who is a good friend?
A good friend is one with whom when you sit and chat a little bit you feel your problems are lightened. A not so good friend is one to whom you take a small problem and when you walk away from him it appears to be much bigger. ... -
Gurudev, what can I do if I love someone very much who is very negative and I feel incapable to change that person.
Don’t lose hope. Wait for some time, make some more effort. If they change, that is good, but if they don’t change then just move on. ... -
Gurudev, what is the importance of a name? If there is nothing, then why do Swamis and Rishis after becoming Swamis and Rishis, get a new name?
It is an ancient tradition. A name is an inspiration. Swamis and Rishis get a new name because a new chapter of their life has begun, from being somebody to becoming really nobody. ... -
Is there going to be a de-centralized World which is not controlled by certain people?
That would be good when there is enough education in the world. When people are educated in ethics, then a de-centralized world is a result of it. It will be a spontaneous outcome of it when people are very spiritual. This is what is said in the old I ... -
Gurudev, yesterday you spoke about three kinds of sufferings among which are man-made sufferings and karmic sufferings. But there are some that really confuse me, for instance child-labour and bonded-labour. Which category will we place them in- man-made or karmic?
It can be a mix of both, some of it may be their karma and some may be our own doing. That is why I say, 'Gahana karmano gatih.' The consequences of karma are so complex that it is impossible even for the most intelligent persons to analyze it. In eve ... -
If life is a dream, at this moment and in this place, who is witnessing the dream- I am or is everyone who is present here witnessing the same dream or is there a different possibility?
Okay, whatever happened until yesterday, was it a dream? You went to college, came home, ate food, you did everything. Today, does it appear to be a dream or not? It looks like a dream, isn’t it? Whose dream is it? Your own dream. In the same way, right n ... -
Gurudev, you had advised us to increase worthiness through seva, sadhana and satsang. That is what I did. Now I feel that I have greater worthiness, but have achieved very little. This saddens me. Where did the mistake happen?
No! You keep increasing your worthiness, and automatically your worth will grow. The Giver is giving so much, one only needs to receive. The Giver is giving away with a thousand hands, but you have only two hands. How much can you take with two hands? ... -
Gurudev, do relationships make us stronger or weaken us?
It depends on the mind. The relationship can take form either as strength or as a weakness depending on the mind. If the mind is strong then relationships can be like a gift to us, but if the mind is weak and not in control, then relationships can fee ... -
Gurudev, what is Vigyan Bhairav? Please throw some light on it.
Vigyan Bhairav is a unique scripture of Kashmiri Shaivism. Only a Yogi or an intellectual can provide the essence of it. The gist of this book is that all this is consciousness and has arisen from consciousness. Dive deep into consciousness throug ...