Category: Spirituality
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Whole world is supporting My existence
I wanted to share with you from the young age I used to feel a very deep strong feeling inside me. Its like Vivekananda says once to His guru Ramakrishna, “Whenever I fall asleep I feel a ball of light happening in front of me and exploding into my inner space, I just fall asleep,…
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Reality
In Sanskrit, there are 2 phrases that teach us reality:- Dhrishti Shrishti and Shrishti Dhrishti. Dhrishti Shrishti means seeing the world as it is, taking it as it comes; to welcome what is, as reality. Shrishti Dhrishti means seeing the world as we would like it to be, through our own colored lens, through our fantasies. The…
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There are four people in your house!
Once a man came to me and said”Swamiji, we are just two people in our house, my wife and I. Still there is no peace!”. I told him, “Who says there are only two people in your house? You are four people”. The man was simply shocked. I told him, “You are you, your inner…
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Get out of addiction
Addiction to anything is an unconscious or mechanical process. It is not just addiction to drinks or tobacco. It is addiction to even religion. People who pray unconsciously and mechanically, following a routine, will find it very hard if they miss even one day’s prayer. For them, it is an addiction and so it causes…
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Why do we feel tense during situations ?
The fact is, we are not even aware that we are working with imagination. Our imagination has become such a solid thing for us that we can’t even see it as imagination. We are caught up in it. If working towards something is causing tension in you, then you are not working in reality; you…
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Root cause of all diseases
A man’s body is the most intelligent, self-correcting, auto-immune system. But somehow, we trust our mind rather than the inherent intelligence of our body. There starts the problem and all our worries. A father camel was explaining to the son camel the body structure of their species. He said “You know, we have humps in…
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Existence always showers
In our yearly trip to the Himalayas, some of the participants complain about the hardships and unhygienic conditions. I have told people time and again that just being in the Himalayas is a blessing that not many people get and that they just have to enjoy that and leave the rest as trivia. Somehow, people…
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Real silence is that which is flooded with only awareness and nothing else. It is not just keeping your mouth shut.
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The problem is not the barking but your resistance to it
When I was staying in Calcutta, taking classes on the Isha Vasya Upanishad, a man came to see me. He said, “Swamiji, I have a problem. I don’t sleep well at night because I live in an area where there are many street dogs. Every night they start barking, and keep barking till sunrise. I…
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How to be worry free?
Worry is nothing but the continuous, uncontrolled inner chatter happening in your mind. The mind is an excellent recording system. It stores your negative thought patterns, your complexes and your worries. Whatever you teach the mind, it learns and repeats faithfully. This is how you create a solid mental make-up of negativity. So be very…
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Real worship
Existence is pure love. Society is always against pure love. Deep inside, society is actually against Existence or God. All its worship is mere hypocrisy. It hides in the name of worship. The best way not to follow anything deeply is to start worshipping it! Society escapes in the name of worship. When you worship,…
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Swamiji, was it failure in love that caused you to become a sannyasi ?

It was success in love that caused me to become a sannyasi! Failure in love will create only a Devdas, not a sannyasi. Only when you can love the whole world you can become a sannyasi. A true sannyasi is one who is so loving and compassionate that it is said that where he walks, the…
