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  1. Service and Meditation

    The way to overcome personal misery is to share universal misery and the way to expand personal joy is to share universal joy. Instead of thinking, “What about me?”, “What can I gain from this world?”, think: “What can I do for this world?” When everyone ...
  2. Your Life Becomes a Meditation

    "Faith is the subject of the head, while devotion is the subject of the heart. Meditation is the subject of the head and heart, and connects them both. A mature intellect is devoted, a mature heart is full of knowledge, and meditation matures your in ...
  3. Meditation erases all Impressions

    Do not make an effort to impress others or to express yourself. Your effort to impress someone will be futile. Your effort to express yourself becomes an impediment. If you do not try to impress, expression comes naturally. When you come from the Self, yo ...
  4. To Meditate all Intentions must be dropped!

    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 intentions spring from being, it becomes “doing” and i ...
  5. Meditation is Listening to God’s Will

    Q – If one has faith and believes that God exists, how important is it to pray, meditate, etc.? Prayer is asking God what you want for yourself or thanking him for what you have received. Meditation is listening to God’s will. If you believe in God, then ...
  6. When We Meditate, Our Work Happens Easily

    Q – Why is there still some awareness when one is deep in meditation? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar – There are five different experiences of the senses – sight, sense, sound, taste, and touch. They continue as a very subtle primordial nature. Though there ...
  7. Meditate For a Healthy Lifestyle

    How do I know I am living a healthy lifestyle? How high is my healthy lifestyle quotient? How can I improve it? Isn’t this something that we all wonder about at some point in life? The way you live your life determines your lifestyle. There is something t ...
  8. Children live happier and healthier lives with Meditation

    Janette Scott learnt meditation as an adult but wants to share it with children so they can feel happier and healthier. She teaches the All ‘Round Training in Excellence program and is mother to a ten year old daughter. She has   balanced the demands of f ...
  9. Meditate into higher consciousness

    We live most of our life through three states of consciousness: waking, dreaming and sleeping. In the waking state of consciousness, we experience the world through the five senses through which we seek elevation and joy. If any one of the senses is missi ...
  10. Tenali Raman Stories and Secrets of Marriage

    What is it that comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘marriage’? Two people, whose hearts and minds are united, who care for each other and who share a sacred bond nourished by love, companionship and faith, isn’t it? However, have you seen sometimes ...
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