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Ask Gurudev Anything: The Secrets of Mind, Consciousness, and Death
Mind and consciousness What is the difference between the mind and consciousness? Where is the mind and where is the consciousness? Mind is just a wave of consciousness, which is the very ocean. Mind is a particular function of consciousness. When we per ... -
Weekly Wisdom: The Only 3 Things That Make You Miserable
In response to questions about why people might not be happy, Gurudev shared the following insights on the three types of misery: Memory of pleasure causes misery Your memory of the pleasures and the glories you have had makes you depressed and unhappy n ... -
Weekly Wisdom: 4 Tips to Help You Develop Unshakable Confidence
In response to questions about fear of uncertainty and building confidence, Gurudev shared the following: Learn from past experiences For uncertainty, see life from a bigger perspective. If you have had this fear before, how did you overcome that? If you ... -
Weekly Wisdom: Ethics, Morality, and Integrity in Today's World
In response to a question about the role of ethics, morality, and integrity in life, Gurudev shared the following: Ethics simplified What you don't want others to do to you, you don't do to others. Ethics are as simple as that! In business, you ... -
Weekly Wisdom: 3 Ways To Break the Bad Habits That Bother Us!
In response to questions about breaking harmful habits and sticking to helpful ones, Gurudev shared the following: We still continue to do things that we know, intellectually, harm us. But, somewhere, there's a promise of happiness or joy from it. I ... -
Gurudev's New Year Message for 2023: Are You Wasting Time?
I have two questions for you. First, should life be taken seriously or playfully? The second question is how many of you felt during the past year that you don't want to waste time? Life is short and running very fast. You don't want to waste ... -
Weekly Wisdom: The Secrets of Karma
In response to questions about grace and karma, Gurudev shared the following: Ending the karmic cycle Karma sticks to you if your intellect is caught up in it. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says, “If someone's intellect isn't sticking to any act ... -
Weekly Wisdom: Be a Peaceful Warrior and Play Life Like a Sport
In response to questions from world champion boxer Keith Thurman about becoming a peaceful warrior through ethics and spirituality, Gurudev shared the following: Fight without feverishness The Gita was taught to Krishna on a battlefield. He said to fight ... -
Weekly Wisdom: Transforming Ex-Cons Into Beacons of Peace and Hope
In response to questions about moving beyond destructive lifestyles of crime and addiction, Gurudev shared the following: To what degree do our practices and knowledge free us from bad karma in this life? When you come to the Guru, all your karma changes. ... -
Weekly Wisdom: Why the Memory of Past Lives Is Erased When We're Born
In response to questions about why we don’t remember our past lives, Gurudev shared the following: If you still carried those memories, you couldn't live happily. Thank God for erasing past memories, so you can enjoy life afresh, here and now. Add qu ...
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