Education has five aspects:
1. Information - Often we think information is education, but it is only one aspect of education.
2. Concepts - Concepts are the basis for all research. You need to conceive in order to create.
3. Attitude - An integral aspect of education is cultivating the right attitude. Proper attitude at the right time and place determines your actions and behavior.
4. Imagination - Imagination is essential for creativity, for the arts. But if you get stuck in imagination, you can become psychotic.
5. Freedom - Freedom is your very nature. Only with freedom do joy, generosity and other human values blossom. Without freedom, attitudes become stifling, concepts become a burden, information is of no value and imagination becomes stagnant.
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" Prayer is not asking for something, Prayer is gratefulness, a recognition of the huge tidal waves of Love that God is pouring on you every moment.."-Sri Sri
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Truth
Truth is that which does not change.
Examine your life and identify all that changes as not truth. With this outlook, you will find that you are surrounded by only untruth.
When you identify that which appears to you as untruth, then you will become free from it. When you do not identify the untruth, you cannot become free from it. Your own experiences in life make you identify your own untruth.
As you mature in life, you find everything is untruth - events, situations, people, emotions, thoughts, opinions, concepts, your body - everything is untruth. It is only then that satsang (the company of truth) happens in the real sense. For example, a mother cannot see the child as untruth until the child becomes an adult. For a baby, sweet is not untruth, and for a teenager, sex is not untruth.
Question: Is knowledge also untruth?
Sri Sri : Yes, if it is words, it is untruth. But as existence, it is truth. Love as an emotion is not truth; as existence, it is truth.
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"The Path of Love is not a tedious path. It's a path of Joy, singing and dancing. It's not desert. It is a valley of flowers."-Sri Sri
Examine your life and identify all that changes as not truth. With this outlook, you will find that you are surrounded by only untruth.
When you identify that which appears to you as untruth, then you will become free from it. When you do not identify the untruth, you cannot become free from it. Your own experiences in life make you identify your own untruth.
As you mature in life, you find everything is untruth - events, situations, people, emotions, thoughts, opinions, concepts, your body - everything is untruth. It is only then that satsang (the company of truth) happens in the real sense. For example, a mother cannot see the child as untruth until the child becomes an adult. For a baby, sweet is not untruth, and for a teenager, sex is not untruth.
Question: Is knowledge also untruth?
Sri Sri : Yes, if it is words, it is untruth. But as existence, it is truth. Love as an emotion is not truth; as existence, it is truth.
|| SUTRA ||
"The Path of Love is not a tedious path. It's a path of Joy, singing and dancing. It's not desert. It is a valley of flowers."-Sri Sri
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Seekers Beware
You can only seek that which you know and when you really do know, you already have it.
You cannot seek something you do not know.
Whatever you are seeking and wherever you seek, it is always only One; and the One is what you already are.
So, you cannot seek something you do not know and when you know what you are seeking, you already have it. When you seek the world, you get misery and when you want to find the way out of misery, you find the Divine.
A man lost a penny and was seeking it in a bush when he found a huge treasure. He was not seeking treasure but only for his lost penny. In the same way, when you seek something, you may get something else.
The truth, or Self, cannot be sought directly.
Dean: Many people come to the Art of Living seeking some mundane thing and find something else.
SUTRA
"A good leader should be multidimensional and should see from the other's point of view."-Sri Sri
Friday, August 14, 2009
Ram Navami
Ra in Sanskrit means "that which is radiant" and ma means "myself."
That which shines forth within me is Rama. That which is radiant in every particle of the being is Rama.Rama was born to Dasharatha and Kaushalya.
Dasharatha means "the ten-charioted one" in Sanskrit.
It signifies the five sense organs and the five organs of action.
Kaushalya is Sanskrit for "skilled." The skillful driver of the ten chariot can give birth to Ram.
When the five sense organs and the five organs of action are used skillfully, radiance is born within.
Rama was born in Ayodhya, which in Sanskrit means "the place where no war can happen." When there is no conflict in our mind, then radiance can dawn.Lakshmana, the brother of Rama, was born of Sumitra - the good friend.
When the ten are cooperating with you, awareness is born.Often we try to look for radiance within. Just realize that you are radiant.
Once when Sri Sri was 5 or 6 years old, he closed his eyes and said to a visiting saint, "Swamiji, I do not see any light." The saint replied, "You are the light! How can you see the light?"
SUTRA
“We need to educate people in human values like friendliness, compassion, cooperation, a sense of belonging and spirituality.” -Sri Sri
That which shines forth within me is Rama. That which is radiant in every particle of the being is Rama.Rama was born to Dasharatha and Kaushalya.
Dasharatha means "the ten-charioted one" in Sanskrit.
It signifies the five sense organs and the five organs of action.
Kaushalya is Sanskrit for "skilled." The skillful driver of the ten chariot can give birth to Ram.
When the five sense organs and the five organs of action are used skillfully, radiance is born within.
Rama was born in Ayodhya, which in Sanskrit means "the place where no war can happen." When there is no conflict in our mind, then radiance can dawn.Lakshmana, the brother of Rama, was born of Sumitra - the good friend.
When the ten are cooperating with you, awareness is born.Often we try to look for radiance within. Just realize that you are radiant.
Once when Sri Sri was 5 or 6 years old, he closed his eyes and said to a visiting saint, "Swamiji, I do not see any light." The saint replied, "You are the light! How can you see the light?"
SUTRA
“We need to educate people in human values like friendliness, compassion, cooperation, a sense of belonging and spirituality.” -Sri Sri
Monday, August 3, 2009
Form and formless, aggression and intuition
Form and formlessLife is a combination of form and formless.
Feelings have no form but their expressions have form.
The Self has no form but its abode has form.Similarly, wisdom and grace have no form but are expressed through form.
Desicarding the formless, you become inert, materialistic and paranoid.
Discarding the form, you become a lost ascetic, a space cadet or an emotional wreck!Aggression and intuitionAggression and assertiveness overshadow intuition.
Often, people who are sensitive tend to become aggressive in order to avoid being hurt.
In this process, they lose sight of their fine intuition.Fine intuition needs sensitivity, but sensitivity is often painful.
In order to avoid pain one becomes aggresive and assertive, and in turn loses one's intuition ability.Intuition is close to the truth.
Often, aggression and assertiveness thrive on the idea of truthfulness - an aggressive person is convinced of the rightness of his position.
To be truthful, you do not need to be aggressive and assertive.
SUTRA
In everything in this creation there is Divine Love. Love is the highest force, the greatest force, and the simplest."-Sri Sri
Feelings have no form but their expressions have form.
The Self has no form but its abode has form.Similarly, wisdom and grace have no form but are expressed through form.
Desicarding the formless, you become inert, materialistic and paranoid.
Discarding the form, you become a lost ascetic, a space cadet or an emotional wreck!Aggression and intuitionAggression and assertiveness overshadow intuition.
Often, people who are sensitive tend to become aggressive in order to avoid being hurt.
In this process, they lose sight of their fine intuition.Fine intuition needs sensitivity, but sensitivity is often painful.
In order to avoid pain one becomes aggresive and assertive, and in turn loses one's intuition ability.Intuition is close to the truth.
Often, aggression and assertiveness thrive on the idea of truthfulness - an aggressive person is convinced of the rightness of his position.
To be truthful, you do not need to be aggressive and assertive.
SUTRA
In everything in this creation there is Divine Love. Love is the highest force, the greatest force, and the simplest."-Sri Sri
Monday, July 27, 2009
Reasons to be with a Guru
There are six main reasons to be with a Guru.
1. You would like to have your wishes fulfilled, and being with the guru is more pleasurable.
2. Everything else looks more painful to you and you come for comfort.
3. You want to evolve and become enlightened; you want to attain higher knowledge.
4. You have a vision or goal that you share with the guru, whome you see as a missionary or visionary.
5. You are there just to serve and to give comfort to the guru.
6. You are with the guru because you belong to the guru.
SUTRA
“Leave all your worries here, however the past has been, it doesn’t matter. That’s all gone. And now, today”."-Sri Sri
1. You would like to have your wishes fulfilled, and being with the guru is more pleasurable.
2. Everything else looks more painful to you and you come for comfort.
3. You want to evolve and become enlightened; you want to attain higher knowledge.
4. You have a vision or goal that you share with the guru, whome you see as a missionary or visionary.
5. You are there just to serve and to give comfort to the guru.
6. You are with the guru because you belong to the guru.
There is no choice.
SUTRA
“Leave all your worries here, however the past has been, it doesn’t matter. That’s all gone. And now, today”."-Sri Sri
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The FIVE Secrets
There are five secrets that are sacred and are guarded by the subtle beings and angels in the creation. They are:
1. Jananarahasya (the secret of birth) : Birth is a secret. How a soul takes a body, the criteria for selecting the place of birth, time of birth, type of body and parents are all a secret.
2. Maranarahasya (the secret of death) : Death is a highly guarded secret. Death remains a mystery. The process of separation of spirit from matter and its journey from then on is a secret.
3. Rajarahasya (the royal secret, the secret of ruling) : The principles of governing, the principles of maintaining orderliness in creation are a secret.
4. Prakritirahasya (the secret of nature) : Nature is a mystery. The more you know about nature, the more the mystery depends. The more a scientist knows the more he feels there is much more to know. Science though appearing to resolve the mystery in creation,has deepened it. The knowledge of particles, wave functions, black holes, the vacuum state have only deepened the mystery.
5. Mantrarahasya(the secret of mantras) : The mantras and their effect, influence, method and mode of working are all a mystery. Mantras are the impulses or rhythms of consciousness, which itself is a mystery.
Usually in the West, a secret is shameful and dishonest. But in the East, it is honored and regarded as sacred.
SUTRA
"If you are a giver you are always winning. If you are a taker then, without your knowledge, you are losing.” SRI SRI...
1. Jananarahasya (the secret of birth) : Birth is a secret. How a soul takes a body, the criteria for selecting the place of birth, time of birth, type of body and parents are all a secret.
2. Maranarahasya (the secret of death) : Death is a highly guarded secret. Death remains a mystery. The process of separation of spirit from matter and its journey from then on is a secret.
3. Rajarahasya (the royal secret, the secret of ruling) : The principles of governing, the principles of maintaining orderliness in creation are a secret.
4. Prakritirahasya (the secret of nature) : Nature is a mystery. The more you know about nature, the more the mystery depends. The more a scientist knows the more he feels there is much more to know. Science though appearing to resolve the mystery in creation,has deepened it. The knowledge of particles, wave functions, black holes, the vacuum state have only deepened the mystery.
5. Mantrarahasya(the secret of mantras) : The mantras and their effect, influence, method and mode of working are all a mystery. Mantras are the impulses or rhythms of consciousness, which itself is a mystery.
Usually in the West, a secret is shameful and dishonest. But in the East, it is honored and regarded as sacred.
SUTRA
"If you are a giver you are always winning. If you are a taker then, without your knowledge, you are losing.” SRI SRI...
INTENTION
Intention keep the tension in.
Being hollow and empty means dropping all intensions. Within tension, rest does not become deep. But devotion dissolves intentions.
Intention pushes you to the future yet bliss is always in the present. The one who wakes up to this truth is wise. Occasionally, if an intention arises in a state of bliss, the intention manifests effortlessly.
The more intentions you have, the more, "in tension" you will be. To minimize your intentions could be your last intention.
SUTRA
"Laugh and make others laugh. Don't get entangled and don't entangle others."-Sri Sri...
Being hollow and empty means dropping all intensions. Within tension, rest does not become deep. But devotion dissolves intentions.
Intention pushes you to the future yet bliss is always in the present. The one who wakes up to this truth is wise. Occasionally, if an intention arises in a state of bliss, the intention manifests effortlessly.
The more intentions you have, the more, "in tension" you will be. To minimize your intentions could be your last intention.
SUTRA
"Laugh and make others laugh. Don't get entangled and don't entangle others."-Sri Sri...
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Aggression as a way to overcome depression
Lack of idealism is the main cause of depression among youth today. Life appears to be so meaningless to these children, who are either too scared of the competitive world or too bogged down by heavy stimuli. They need an inspiration, and spirituality is the inspiration that can keep the spirit up!
Aggression is the antidote to depression.Depression sets in if there is a lack zeal to fight.Depression is the lack of energy; anger andaggression are a bolt of energy.
When Arjuna was depressed, Krishna inspired him to fight and thus reinstated life back into Arjuna.
If you are depressed, do not take Prozac - just fight for any cause.
If aggression crosses a certain limit, it leads you back into depression. That is what happened with King Ashoka who won the Kalinga war but became depressed. He had to take refuge in Budha.
Wise are those who do not fall either into aggression or depression. That is the golden rule of a Yogi.
Just wake up and acknowledge you are a Yogi.
SUTRA
"Don't be greedy of your gains. Whatever you may gain, you will leave it all here and go ! When you go, you will go with your hands empty!.” SRI SRI...
Aggression is the antidote to depression.Depression sets in if there is a lack zeal to fight.Depression is the lack of energy; anger andaggression are a bolt of energy.
When Arjuna was depressed, Krishna inspired him to fight and thus reinstated life back into Arjuna.
If you are depressed, do not take Prozac - just fight for any cause.
If aggression crosses a certain limit, it leads you back into depression. That is what happened with King Ashoka who won the Kalinga war but became depressed. He had to take refuge in Budha.
Wise are those who do not fall either into aggression or depression. That is the golden rule of a Yogi.
Just wake up and acknowledge you are a Yogi.
SUTRA
"Don't be greedy of your gains. Whatever you may gain, you will leave it all here and go ! When you go, you will go with your hands empty!.” SRI SRI...
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