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What is the role of surrender in fulfillment of desires? And what is the difference between desires and intentions? Which is more important – putting effort or relying on the God?
There are two schools of thought. One is you visualize dream and work for it. Other school of thought says surrender everything to God, whatever God gives you is the best, and God will take care of everything for you. Where is the compatibility? They ap ... -
These practices bring so much inner comfort. If I do a lot of practice, will it make me more happy?
Don’t do too much of practice. Move ahead gradually. Do only as much as needed. Do that much to which your body gets accustomed to. ... -
I started doing spiritual practices when I was 17 years old. I have tried many practices. After long practice of meditation, I have had many out of body experiences. At certain stage, my mind became dysfunctional and I was frightened. Can you please guide me?
Some people try different techniques, they try to learn everything being taught anywhere, and end up making a chaos out of it. That is why, all this happens. The path which is being guided here is very safe. Do as much as needed. If you try to follow al ... -
Love cannot be expressed!
There is no way, neither by any actions nor by words, that you can ever convince anybody that you really love him (or her). The more we try to do this, the more we do the contrary. ... -
Look at what you have
If you think, "Nobody loves me! Everybody hates me!” I tell you, that is what is going to happen. Because you will be looking in that direction, putting your energy that way. ... -
What is the importance of sankalpa (intention) and how to strengthen it? Does the world move on sankalpa?
The mind is full of sankalpa and vikalpa (imagination, fancy). Each work gets done through sankalpa. Even the act of moving our arm is preceded by the sankalpa in the mind. If twenty sankalpas arise in the mind then nothing gets done. When the mind is p ... -
Love is Letting Go
Love is that phenomenon of dissolving, disappearing, merging, becoming one with the infinite. Love is that phenomenon of total letting go. ... -
Love is Letting Go
Love is that phenomenon of dissolving, disappearing, merging, becoming one with the infinite. Love is that phenomenon of total letting go. ... -
If opposite values are complementary, then am I good, bad, or am I both?
Why do you put a label of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ on yourself? Remove it off and be natural, be at peace. When we assume a negative quality as our own, we feel guilty, and when we assume a positive quality as our own, then we become prou ... -
Being Natural
When you are natural, and you don't pretend, then you are very close to the Divine. ...
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