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“If you're feeling guilty about something, material related to guilt is coming in your life. Related news, quotes, videos, quotes etc. reach you and either heighten your guilt or lower it. Even if your guilt is eventually resolved by something, what is the point of the whole journey of guilt? If you had something better in mind than guilt, something better would have come in your life, not things related to guilt.”

“The princess asked for a diamond ring from her father, the king. He said, “People are dying of hunger and you want a ring?” Princess cried tears of sorrow. She went to the Prince, her husband, who gifted her the ring. She cried tears of happiness. To please her father, she auctioned the ring and fed the poor with the money she got. Her father, the king, cried the tears of happiness to see this. The prince felt bad that the princess didn’t keep his gift. He cried tears of sorrow. The unending chain of emotions!”

“Suppose you are chilling somewhere and see a diamond a few meters away on your right side. Your mind’s first reaction would be, “That must be a piece of glass, not diamond.” Now, on your left side a few meters away you spot an unknown object towards which 2 people are running from opposite side. Your mind’s reaction would be, “If two people are running towards that object, it must be something precious. Run and grab it before they do.” Often, our mind makes us compete with others over peanuts while the diamond which is meant for us lies unattended.”

“Conversations are like movies. There has to be a villain to make them interesting. Often it’s difficult to find a safe, distant and common villain. Our desire to have a conversation is so strong that we end up making someone close to us a villain. “Mom, your favourite child did this.” “Dear husband, your mother did this.” “Son, your wife did this.” These are just attempts of a human mind to do an interesting conversation but they end up in a full fledged drama at home.”

“We consume two type of information: One that makes us grow; Other that gives us an emotional release. The second type of information is being bombarded too much these days. Politicians, activists, entertainers, businesses, spiritual teachers, admins of online groups -- All are exploiting human emotions. People are turning into diary cows that can be milked anytime by giving an injection.”