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“Fall in love with the whole universe, not just the portions that your mind considers important. Mind may run towards the light bulb but the switch is often found away from the bulb.”

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“When we want to like someone, our mind gives their negative points a positive spin. When we want to dislike someone, mind gives their positive points a negative spin. Watch the mind!”

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“How much more pain is required for you to stop bothering about everything and be free, absolutely free?”

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“Astrology. Past life, Psychology : There can be different explanations of the same problem. They just help you see that you are inside a loop. Next step should be to distance yourself from what is inside the loop (body-mind) and realize your true self which is already outside the loop.”

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“You are suffering from yourself. Others are just a symptom.”

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“Wounds only attract flies. Pain attracts more dark and negative energies. But deep inside you, the sun of humility rises. Dwell there as long as you can. Because that’s where prayer happens. That’s where the divine energies come and bring about a miraculous healing.”

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“Expectations are like tall buildings with no stairs or elevators. People pelt you into high floors but there is no way to come down. You try to keep living there and suffer.”

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“You are just chilling... lost in your thoughts. A question comes to you with a tone of care and love, “why are you upset?” Even though you are not upset, you actually become upset just to get that sympathy and care. This is a sad truth. You have to be unwell and upset in order to get care and love. So mind keeps searching for reasons to be upset. Even body starts falling sick in hope of getting care and love. Body starts ageing. Perhaps abundance of love can make one immortal.”

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“If a ball doesn't move the way they expect, physicists would be disappointed with their theory of gravitation, not with the ball. When people don't behave the way we expect, we should be disappointed with our theories about people, not people. Human beings are not dead things. Let's stop trying to conform each other to our theories about each other.”

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“Freedom of soul translates into power of body-mind. To free the soul from Karmic burdens, you should first know what is Karma and What is soul? Why does soul record everything body-mind does? Is there a way to stop it from doing so? Is there a way to erase everything it has recorded?”

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“The universe means Time and Space. To befriend Time, be patient. To befriend Space, declutter your life and be simple.”

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“Learn from waste disposal system of your body. Wasteful people or situations pass through the most sensitive aspect of your life just before they exit forever. Don’t be scared; don’t make a deal with the devil when he is heading towards the exit door.”

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“A cloth seller is wandering from street to street. It’s evening, still no sales. It feels like he is walking through a desert, dying to get a drop of water, dying to make a sale. He is frustrated now. He gets angry at a customer who actually wanted to buy a lot of clothes from him. Those who walk miles and miles through a desert often die just a few feet away from water.”

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“When we dig a well, we get muddy water before clean water. A thirsty person would swallow the muddy water and become sick. Only those who are detached from the thirst can be patient at the finishing line where nectar is often hidden behind poison.”

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“Spirituality is not about changing who you are. It’s about discovering who you are.”

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“Independence is scary. So we either make others dependent on us or become dependent on others.”

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“Meera loved her deity so much that she would see Him in everyone. When you see a poor beggar suffering, you may get angry at the society or God but Meera would give him food and say, “That is my deity doing drama to invoke feeling of compassion in me and to make me feel like a giver.”

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“You have tried changing things the way you want. Now try accepting them the way they are. Acceptance brings things closer to you. And closer they are, more influence you have over them.”

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“You say you have lost everything and life is unfair to you. Check again. You have gained a huge pile of victimhood. Lose this too and you shall find yourself in the lap of supreme power.”

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“Anything we lose in life gets replaced by a raw energy. Most people just lock this energy in the black box of regret, guilt or some other negative emotion. Release that energy. Let it manifest into something good in your life.”

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“Don’t grieve at the loss of your most favourite plant. Dig the earth to know why it happened. You may find a hidden treasure there.”

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“Suppose you're about to start playing a game. Somebody comes and says, "You're going to play a game." Then if you play, you're proving them right. If you don't play, you are proving them wrong. It no longer remains your game. It becomes all about them. This is how thoughts tie you down. This is how Maya binds the soul.”

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“To bear an unbearable weight put on us by life, we seek strength from our long forgotten inner roots. Roots bear the weight only up to a limit. Then they let something old break in us and something new grow. At that point of transformation, we say good bye to the weight with no complaint, only gratitude.”

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“Children become serious when they play. To regain that beautiful seriousness, you have to live in the present and take life as a play.”

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“While trying to align yourself with people, don't misalign yourself with the universe.”

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“The sky, the mountains, the trees, the lakes, the air, the Earth, the stars, the moon, the Sun -- all are yours. Don't let the human circus make you forget that you're the child of the universe.”

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“It is tragic that the best healers attract the unhealable patients.”

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“There are trillions of bacteria living in your body. As compared to planet Earth, your body is just a bacteria. As compared to the galaxy. the Earth is just a bacteria. Only the experiences are real for the soul. The matter and thoughts are just props to create the experience.”

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“Two friends were trekking a mountain. One was motivating the other. “Come on! Think of the magical view from the peak. It will be worth the struggle.” When they reached the peak, they got to see nothing but fog.” Universe is the lover you can’t fool around with. You must love truly. You must love the whole journey. Then only you will get the magical view at the peak.”

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“It is dangerous to turn a fast car. Slow down so that the universe can turn you towards the right direction.”

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“In comparison to the size of Mother Earth, human bodies are just bacteria surviving on her skin. You are not human body. You are here just to watch the show.”

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“Flowers, trees, rocks... All shapes in nature are beautiful. If you don't resist change and let universe shape your life, it will always be beautiful.”

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“Universe is your beloved, not a shopkeeper. Make a wish and forget about it. He will tease you before He surprises you.”

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“The universe is so complete in itself that anything is possible here. Even horses can fly in some realm. Don’t waste your energy in defending and holding onto your beliefs and opinions. Let that energy enrich your experiences instead.”

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“She has found the secret: When you stop seeking the artificial entertainment created by thoughts and words, the universe resumes the original entertainment. Birds, stars, clouds etc. come and dance before her and make her feel like the queen of universe.”

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“If two types of attachments are pulling you in two opposite direction and you're not able to decide which way to go, take a break from both attachments. Conflict will automatically resolve. A few months of solitude can save you from lifetime of complications.”

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“In a movie, dialogues take the story forward and background sounds give dramatic effect. So many people are saying so many things in your life. React to only those with whom you want to take your story forward. Regard the rest as background sounds.”

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“Don't judge your past actions in the present context.”

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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.”

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“It’s very painful when circumstances don’t allow you to act as per your nature. It may force you to change your nature. If you keep shame, guilt, regret etc. away, this change can be a transformation of caterpillar into butterfly.”

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“Any decision you take can have good and bad consequences. (No decision is also a decision.) If you’re ready to accept the consequences, it will turn out to be good decision. Because action and its consequences make the whole circle. Acceptance of the whole brings blessings of the whole (The Supreme Power).”

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“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!”

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“Any intense relationship, be it of love or hate, displaces you from your body-mind. Everything becomes about that person. When they are gone, you feel lost.”

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“Gratitude is often mistaken with humility. Gratitude erupts from inside you. You wear humility out of fear of losing things. One technique to experience gratitude is to sleep on the floor and fast. No fear... No insecurity... Pure gratitude for simple things such as food and bed.”

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“If you want to keep your social circle clean, don't hesitate to say 'No'. Those who don't understand your 'No' don't deserve your 'Yes'.”

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“If you feel that you are the owner of your body-mind, you are violent. No matter how much you suppress your violent energy, it will come out in some form, You will either harm yourself or others.”

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“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.”

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“If beautiful flowers were edible, you would eat them stale because you would use fresh flowers for decoration and display. Life is like a rare beautiful flower which is edible. We spend most of it in displaying to others.”

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“There is a circus going around you. If you enjoy it as an audience, you can go to your inner home anytime you want. If you get involved in the act, they will sign you up as a performer for lifetime.”

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“People harm themselves and their own children to protect their social image. Like your children, image is also your creation. More you care about it, more it becomes alive. It starts speaking in your head. It can make you do anything.”

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