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Weekly Wisdom: Understand the Outer and Inner Expression of Love
From a question basket, the following was read aloud: God loves us unconditionally. Knowing this, why do I expect love from others, even my own family members? Here’s what Gurudev shared: That is my question to you. Wake up, wake up! Don’t think your fami ... -
Weekly Wisdom: How to Choose Your Next Life
We all have three bodies: The gross, physical body we know. The subtle body is bigger than the gross body. How big? The subtle body is about 1 foot bigger. Our impressions are there in the subtle body. Then, there’s a causal body that is even much bigg ... -
Weekly Wisdom: How to Be a Yogi in the Modern World
When does yoga really happen to you? How can meditation happen? Who’s a yogi? Those who can’t attain yoga include those who eat too much, don’t eat at all, or sleep a lot or don’t sleep at all. Moderation in eating, activity, and rest is the rule. A yogi ... -
Weekly Wisdom: 3 Qualities Rule How You Express Yourself
The entire world is made up of five elements, each with three qualities: sattva, rajas, and tamas. At any given time, one of these qualities dominates our lives and our environment. When sattva is dominant, we feel light, happy, pleasant, joyful, alert, ... -
Weekly Wisdom: Understand the 7 Levels of Your Existence
We have seven layers or seven aspects of our existence. Body, breath, and mind First is our body, second is our breath, third is our mind. It is the mind that experiences sound through the ears and sight through the eyes. The mind experiences the world ... -
Weekly Wisdom: 6 Expressions of Consciousness
Our consciousness expresses itself in six modes. Desire The first is desire. Many types of desires arise in the mind. When desires are fulfilled, other desires come. So, one after another, desires keep coming, and then we get caught up in the whole cyc ... -
Weekly Wisdom: What is True Love?
What type of love are you searching for? Nature loves you. That’s why your breath goes in, and out of you, even when you’re sleeping. You’re doing nothing, but your breath continues. Air loves you, so it goes into you, comes out of you, and keeps you aliv ... -
Weekly Wisdom: Your Spirit Can Never Be Destroyed
Who am I? What is this universe all about? What is spirit, life, and soul? The soul can never be cut, burned, or buried. It can never be made wet. Nothing happens to the soul, like nothing happens to space. You can’t wet space. It’s unbreakable. So is ou ... -
Gurudev’s New Year’s Message for 2024: Manifest the Joy
During the recent New Year’s celebrations in the Netherlands, Gurudev shared the following: See, with what enthusiasm and gaiety do we celebrate the new year? The new year is something new. Time is new. Every day is new. Every moment is new. But when we ... -
Weekly Wisdom: Saving the Planet's Wildlife Before It’s Too Late
Gurudev recently shared his views on renewing the sacredness of wildlife in modern society in keeping with ancient traditions: Wildlife’s ancient sacredness Animals are part of our social life. Animals are part of this planet, and this whole planet is one ...
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