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Gurudev, I tend to think a lot about my future, my exams and their outcome and it always leads me to depression. How do I come out of this compulsive thinking?

Know that every failure is a step towards success. Do you know that all those people who are now leading large corporate houses had suffered many failures in their early days? The ones who have started some of these large IT companies, in the early days ...

Gurudev, is it necessary to have faith in God? Does God really exist? Have you seen God?

God is not a thing that drops from the top and says, “Child, what do you want, I am very happy with you”. He is never going to say this! That substance, from which everything is made, is God. That in which everything is sustained, is God. Before under ...

What is spirituality? Is it important for people? Can youth also be spiritual?

Yes, absolutely, spirituality is meant for everyone. We are made up of body, mind, and spirit. The body needs amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals. Similarly, what does the mind need? It needs happiness, love, creativity; all this is part of s ...

Gurudev, is it important to meditate? Do all the people who meditate become successful?

Absolutely important to meditate! When you meditate, you have a healthy body and mind, your intellect becomes sharp and memory becomes very strong. India’s meditation has been taken up by so many universities abroad - Stanford, Oxford, Har ...

Adopt A Happy State Of Mind

It is only with a great amount of technology that we found that Jupiter has 12 moons, but some 10,000 years ago, the ancient people wrote that Jupiter has 12 moons. It is so fascinating; one wonders as to how people in the ancient time knew all this?In sc ...

Gurudev, today you ignored me again; why don’t you want to look at me?

Let me tell you a secret; you are very special. I ignore only very, very, special people, otherwise I attend to everybody. ...

I would like to investigate the movement of Prana more precisely; what is the most helpful practice for this?

You should sit and watch the breath; there are so many things about it. What you do on the Advanced Program is already very helpful and useful; the Hollow and Empty Meditations are about polishing and observing the breath. The breath has been bu ...

Gurudev, I am wondering, am I enlightened or not? If not, why? And will I be?

You don’t go and ask others, ‘Do I have a headache?’ If you have a headache, it is very clear to you, you don’t need someone else to tell you; right? Enlightenment is as obvious as the pain in your head or your feet. Now, in spite of that if you get s ...

Dearest Gurudev, how and why does a soul choose a specific body to be born?

It is one of the five secrets that cannot be shared; these are called The Great Secrets, which cannot be fathomed; death is one, birth is another. One thing I can tell you – your last thought can cause you your next birth. Just before dying, if you ar ...

Dear Gurudev, does it matter where we sit during the satsang; more in front or at the back?

(Laughter) It does matter whether you sit by the window or in the middle. If you feel too cold, don’t sit by the window because you want to close the window while others want it open. Otherwise, it doesn’t matter where you sit. Yes, ...