Every person who gets angry, has some
justification for their anger. They think that they are correct. Do you
see what I am saying? Behind anger is the demand for justice, and
intolerance for injustice. So anger is good, it is essential, but only to wake you up. After that the anger needs to be given a direction of creativity, otherwise the same anger can burn you.
It is good to have a stove at home. One should have fire in the house, but the house should not be on fire.
Last Sunday, I was in Delhi, and we had around a 100,000 youths in Ramlila Maidan. I said, 'I am happy that finally all the youth of the country stood up against a crime. There is so much anger in the people of Delhi, but this anger should be channelized in a proper direction.'
Do you see what I am saying? Anger is essential, one needs to stand up against injustice, but that anger needs to be directed skilfully, otherwise it will create chaos.by sri sri ravi shanker
2 Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita that you cannot get rid of your karma. I will do that for you.
You just do your work and don't worry about your bad karma. That is what a Guru is there for. Don't worry about your cleansing or your own bad karma of the past. It will automatically go when you live in knowledge, when you are in Satsang, when you meditate and when you do Sudarshan Kriya.
Why do you do all these things? All these can erase your bad karma. What is bad karma? It is the bad impressions in your mind; in the consciousness. If you still feel something, you can say, ‘Guruji, I give these botherations to you, please take care of it.’ And it will all just go, okay! - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
3 If you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will either.
You have to convince yourself that you can do anything you set your mind to. If you can create that strong, unwavering belief, you’re more than half the way toward achieving any goal you set.
4. When you face difficult situations in life, the peace and stability in you depends on the amount of faith you have. Not having faith itself is misery; faith gives instant comfort. While reasons keep you sane and grounded, no miracle can happen without faith. It takes you beyond limitations. In faith, you can transcend the laws of nature, but it needs to be pure. Faith is realizing that you will always get what you need. Faith is giving the Divine a chance to act.
5.अपनी मुस्कान को सस्ता बनाओ और क्रोध को बहुमूल्य| जब तुम बच्चे थे तो तुममें एक नटखटपन था। उसे जीवित रखो। हास्य हर कठिन परिस्थिति पर मरहम लगा देता है। जिसके पास हास्य है वह किसी भी संघर्ष से पार हो सकता है। हास्य वह प्रतिरोधक है जो तुम्हें अपमान से बचाता है। हास्य शब्दों में नहीं, तुम्हारे अस्तित्व के हल्केपन में है
6 दुनिया में सब कुछ बदल रहा है। जो लोग कहते हैं, "मैं तुम्हारे बिना रह सकता", बाद में कहते हैं, "मैं तुम्हें बर्दाश्त नहीं कर सकता।" ऐसा प्रायः होता है। हम दुनिया में मित्रों की खोज में जाते हैं और कोई अच्छा मित्र नहीं मिलता। भीतर खोजो, अपने आत्म से मित्रता बनाओ। तुम पाओगे कि मित्रता सहज ही तुमसे आएगी। यदि तुम मित्रवत हो, तो संपूर्ण विश्व तुम्हारा मित्र बन जाता है।
7तुम धैर्य से कुछ भी कर रहे हो, अपना समय व्यर्थ नहीं कर रहे हो। तुम अधीर या विचलित मन से कुछ भी कर रहे हो, निश्चित रूप से जान लो कि अपना समय व्यर्थ कर रहे हो
8When you make a new mistake, it is not a mistake - you have learned a valuable lesson. But when you keep making the same mistake over and over, it is a BIG mistake. A mistake simply means you have 'missed taking' a lesson that came your way. Don't lament over your mistake. Just take the lesson from it.
9kindness is a habit. And it can be cultivated. Focus on it every day for a month and you’ll see profound changes in your life. You’ll feel better about yourself as a person. You’ll see people react to you differently and treat you better, over the long run. It’s karma.
How do you develop the kindness habit? First, make it a goal to do something kind for someone each day. At the beginning of the day, figure out what that kind act will be and then do it during the day. Second, each time you interact with someone, try to be kind, be friendly, be compassionate. Third, try to go beyond small kindnesses to larger acts of compassion, volunteering to help those in need and taking the initiative to relieve suffering.
10:: DESIRED RESULTS
When you don't get the desired results, do you get that sinking feeling? It's as if all that effort and hard work was a waste of time!
Don't be disheartened. Making effort and putting in hard work is similar to planting seeds. Some seeds germinate right away and some take a little bit longer. Just wait and see.
If you still don't get any results, try again. Maybe you've got the results, just not what you desired! Or maybe you need to do something differently.
11. Beautiful Story, let us remember this on our journey of life...
A famous spiritual teacher came to the front door of the King's palace. None of the guards tried to stop him as he entered and made his way to where the King himself was sitting on his throne.
"What do you want?" asked the King, immediately recognizing the visitor.
"I would like a place to sleep in this inn," replied the teacher.
"But this is not an inn," said the King, "It is my palace."
"May I ask who owned this palace before you?"
"My father. He is dead."
"And who owned it before him?"
"My grandfather. He too is dead."
"And this place where people live for a short time and then move on - did I hear you say that it is NOT an inn?"
12:: When some one has experienced failure, made a mistake or is hurt... that is not the time to give corrections or advice. It is definitely not the time to get angry with them for their mistakes. They are already in pain and are experiencing guilt, fear and hurt. By reacting, rebuking or criticising them we add pain to their pain and thereby dis-empower them. Our role is to accept them, motivate them, empathise with them, help them to heal their pain. When they are healed we can share with them ways so that they do not repeat their mistake.
13In any relationship ALL that we need to decide is WE WANT TO MAKE IT WORK. Once this decision is taken then come what may, let there be any number of differences, arguments, hurts, misunderstandings... nothing is big enough to shake the foundation of the relationship. Whether it is at work, friends or family, its only this decision which can make even difficult things simple, because the final decision is already taken. Let us reflect on all our relationships and see on which ones of them do we have the strength to put the tag 'UNBREAKABLE'.
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15 Whenever we are faced with a problem we tend to think a lot about the problem and discuss it with others. We want to know the reason for the problem - Why did this happen? Why did they behave like that? What made them do what they did? Who is responsible for the pain i am in? Thinking and talking about the problem is a WASTE OF TIME and ENERGY. We are creating a series of negative thoughts which will deplete our inner stregth. Do not waste time or a single thought. Start thinking about WHAT NOW...what is the solution...how do i have to respond to the situation or person...Focus on the solution - which is how to respond and move forward. It's like when we are ill and go to the doctor, it does not matter why the illness happened, important is to start the process of healing immediately.
16Awakening:: We have all heard that our mind can be our best friend or our worst enemy. But it is actually deeper than that, it is about our sanskars. As will be our sanskars so will be our thoughts. If we carry sanskars of anger, jealousy, hatred, hurt, then a smallest stimulus from outside can create a lot of pain inside. If we carry sanskars of forgiveness, empathy, compassion, trust...then situations and people cannot disturb the inner calm and power.
When interacting with people we are only listening to their words. Let us go beyond the words and feel their feelings. Some people could speak very sweet words even if they don't have nice feelings for us. Someone could have beautiful feelings but words may not be very right.
When we decide to say sorry, we need to be clear why we are doing so. If we have realised that we were wrong and it was our action which has caused conflict and pain, then we don't even need to spend time thinking if we should apologise. Let us remember, the more time passes, the other soul will remain in pain and it will weaken our relationship. But there are times when we feel what we did or said was right and yet the other person is in pain. At such times should we say sorry... because if we are convinced we were right, then even after saying sorry, we are going to do the same thing again. At such times we need to be very clear with our self and with the other person. We feel that what we did was right, and yet our right became instrumental in the other person creating pain...so we are sorry not for what we did, but sorry that what we did has caused them pain. And we apologise not for our act, but for becoming instrumental in them being in pain.
:: When we keep thinking about the past for our self or for others, we are bringing the past into the present. Past is Passed, it’s over. Thinking about it or discussing it is only a depletion of energy. Focus only on what needs to be done NOW, because that is what is in our control.
: Awakening:: This is a very common belief- If we give importance to someone we loose importance in their life. Importance, love, care, trust are feelings...they cannot be quantified as less or more. We need to ask our self are we competing with each other - Who is going to give more? Are we giving because we want the other person to give us or are we giving because we like giving it to the them. The intention matters... Give what comes naturally and comfortably...give what you enjoy giving...and give because THEY matter to you.
It is good to have a stove at home. One should have fire in the house, but the house should not be on fire.
Last Sunday, I was in Delhi, and we had around a 100,000 youths in Ramlila Maidan. I said, 'I am happy that finally all the youth of the country stood up against a crime. There is so much anger in the people of Delhi, but this anger should be channelized in a proper direction.'
Do you see what I am saying? Anger is essential, one needs to stand up against injustice, but that anger needs to be directed skilfully, otherwise it will create chaos.by sri sri ravi shanker
2 Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita that you cannot get rid of your karma. I will do that for you.
You just do your work and don't worry about your bad karma. That is what a Guru is there for. Don't worry about your cleansing or your own bad karma of the past. It will automatically go when you live in knowledge, when you are in Satsang, when you meditate and when you do Sudarshan Kriya.
Why do you do all these things? All these can erase your bad karma. What is bad karma? It is the bad impressions in your mind; in the consciousness. If you still feel something, you can say, ‘Guruji, I give these botherations to you, please take care of it.’ And it will all just go, okay! - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
3 If you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will either.
You have to convince yourself that you can do anything you set your mind to. If you can create that strong, unwavering belief, you’re more than half the way toward achieving any goal you set.
4. When you face difficult situations in life, the peace and stability in you depends on the amount of faith you have. Not having faith itself is misery; faith gives instant comfort. While reasons keep you sane and grounded, no miracle can happen without faith. It takes you beyond limitations. In faith, you can transcend the laws of nature, but it needs to be pure. Faith is realizing that you will always get what you need. Faith is giving the Divine a chance to act.
5.अपनी मुस्कान को सस्ता बनाओ और क्रोध को बहुमूल्य| जब तुम बच्चे थे तो तुममें एक नटखटपन था। उसे जीवित रखो। हास्य हर कठिन परिस्थिति पर मरहम लगा देता है। जिसके पास हास्य है वह किसी भी संघर्ष से पार हो सकता है। हास्य वह प्रतिरोधक है जो तुम्हें अपमान से बचाता है। हास्य शब्दों में नहीं, तुम्हारे अस्तित्व के हल्केपन में है
6 दुनिया में सब कुछ बदल रहा है। जो लोग कहते हैं, "मैं तुम्हारे बिना रह सकता", बाद में कहते हैं, "मैं तुम्हें बर्दाश्त नहीं कर सकता।" ऐसा प्रायः होता है। हम दुनिया में मित्रों की खोज में जाते हैं और कोई अच्छा मित्र नहीं मिलता। भीतर खोजो, अपने आत्म से मित्रता बनाओ। तुम पाओगे कि मित्रता सहज ही तुमसे आएगी। यदि तुम मित्रवत हो, तो संपूर्ण विश्व तुम्हारा मित्र बन जाता है।
7तुम धैर्य से कुछ भी कर रहे हो, अपना समय व्यर्थ नहीं कर रहे हो। तुम अधीर या विचलित मन से कुछ भी कर रहे हो, निश्चित रूप से जान लो कि अपना समय व्यर्थ कर रहे हो
8When you make a new mistake, it is not a mistake - you have learned a valuable lesson. But when you keep making the same mistake over and over, it is a BIG mistake. A mistake simply means you have 'missed taking' a lesson that came your way. Don't lament over your mistake. Just take the lesson from it.
9kindness is a habit. And it can be cultivated. Focus on it every day for a month and you’ll see profound changes in your life. You’ll feel better about yourself as a person. You’ll see people react to you differently and treat you better, over the long run. It’s karma.
How do you develop the kindness habit? First, make it a goal to do something kind for someone each day. At the beginning of the day, figure out what that kind act will be and then do it during the day. Second, each time you interact with someone, try to be kind, be friendly, be compassionate. Third, try to go beyond small kindnesses to larger acts of compassion, volunteering to help those in need and taking the initiative to relieve suffering.
10:: DESIRED RESULTS
When you don't get the desired results, do you get that sinking feeling? It's as if all that effort and hard work was a waste of time!
Don't be disheartened. Making effort and putting in hard work is similar to planting seeds. Some seeds germinate right away and some take a little bit longer. Just wait and see.
If you still don't get any results, try again. Maybe you've got the results, just not what you desired! Or maybe you need to do something differently.
11. Beautiful Story, let us remember this on our journey of life...
A famous spiritual teacher came to the front door of the King's palace. None of the guards tried to stop him as he entered and made his way to where the King himself was sitting on his throne.
"What do you want?" asked the King, immediately recognizing the visitor.
"I would like a place to sleep in this inn," replied the teacher.
"But this is not an inn," said the King, "It is my palace."
"May I ask who owned this palace before you?"
"My father. He is dead."
"And who owned it before him?"
"My grandfather. He too is dead."
"And this place where people live for a short time and then move on - did I hear you say that it is NOT an inn?"
12:: When some one has experienced failure, made a mistake or is hurt... that is not the time to give corrections or advice. It is definitely not the time to get angry with them for their mistakes. They are already in pain and are experiencing guilt, fear and hurt. By reacting, rebuking or criticising them we add pain to their pain and thereby dis-empower them. Our role is to accept them, motivate them, empathise with them, help them to heal their pain. When they are healed we can share with them ways so that they do not repeat their mistake.
13In any relationship ALL that we need to decide is WE WANT TO MAKE IT WORK. Once this decision is taken then come what may, let there be any number of differences, arguments, hurts, misunderstandings... nothing is big enough to shake the foundation of the relationship. Whether it is at work, friends or family, its only this decision which can make even difficult things simple, because the final decision is already taken. Let us reflect on all our relationships and see on which ones of them do we have the strength to put the tag 'UNBREAKABLE'.
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Awakening:: JUST A MINUTE
After every hour, just pause for one minute. Stop doing what ever you are doing to just be with yourself. Check your thoughts, resolve any disturbance and create a powerful, pure thought - I am a peaceful soul....I am a pure soul...Every soul is playing their role...Every scene happening is accurate according to karma. A single powerful right thought will break our chain of waste thoughts and empowers us for the next hour. These little pauses in the day keep us connected to our true nature, help us to understand others and respond proactively to situations. It prevents us from depleting our energy as the day passes and keeps us fresh and charged to be with family even at the end of challenging day. This is called Traffic Control Of Thoughts.
After every hour, just pause for one minute. Stop doing what ever you are doing to just be with yourself. Check your thoughts, resolve any disturbance and create a powerful, pure thought - I am a peaceful soul....I am a pure soul...Every soul is playing their role...Every scene happening is accurate according to karma. A single powerful right thought will break our chain of waste thoughts and empowers us for the next hour. These little pauses in the day keep us connected to our true nature, help us to understand others and respond proactively to situations. It prevents us from depleting our energy as the day passes and keeps us fresh and charged to be with family even at the end of challenging day. This is called Traffic Control Of Thoughts.
15 Whenever we are faced with a problem we tend to think a lot about the problem and discuss it with others. We want to know the reason for the problem - Why did this happen? Why did they behave like that? What made them do what they did? Who is responsible for the pain i am in? Thinking and talking about the problem is a WASTE OF TIME and ENERGY. We are creating a series of negative thoughts which will deplete our inner stregth. Do not waste time or a single thought. Start thinking about WHAT NOW...what is the solution...how do i have to respond to the situation or person...Focus on the solution - which is how to respond and move forward. It's like when we are ill and go to the doctor, it does not matter why the illness happened, important is to start the process of healing immediately.
16Awakening:: We have all heard that our mind can be our best friend or our worst enemy. But it is actually deeper than that, it is about our sanskars. As will be our sanskars so will be our thoughts. If we carry sanskars of anger, jealousy, hatred, hurt, then a smallest stimulus from outside can create a lot of pain inside. If we carry sanskars of forgiveness, empathy, compassion, trust...then situations and people cannot disturb the inner calm and power.
When interacting with people we are only listening to their words. Let us go beyond the words and feel their feelings. Some people could speak very sweet words even if they don't have nice feelings for us. Someone could have beautiful feelings but words may not be very right.
When we decide to say sorry, we need to be clear why we are doing so. If we have realised that we were wrong and it was our action which has caused conflict and pain, then we don't even need to spend time thinking if we should apologise. Let us remember, the more time passes, the other soul will remain in pain and it will weaken our relationship. But there are times when we feel what we did or said was right and yet the other person is in pain. At such times should we say sorry... because if we are convinced we were right, then even after saying sorry, we are going to do the same thing again. At such times we need to be very clear with our self and with the other person. We feel that what we did was right, and yet our right became instrumental in the other person creating pain...so we are sorry not for what we did, but sorry that what we did has caused them pain. And we apologise not for our act, but for becoming instrumental in them being in pain.
:: When we keep thinking about the past for our self or for others, we are bringing the past into the present. Past is Passed, it’s over. Thinking about it or discussing it is only a depletion of energy. Focus only on what needs to be done NOW, because that is what is in our control.
: Awakening:: This is a very common belief- If we give importance to someone we loose importance in their life. Importance, love, care, trust are feelings...they cannot be quantified as less or more. We need to ask our self are we competing with each other - Who is going to give more? Are we giving because we want the other person to give us or are we giving because we like giving it to the them. The intention matters... Give what comes naturally and comfortably...give what you enjoy giving...and give because THEY matter to you.
