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Gurudev, what is better – to do the course or stay here like a guest? Guests seem to have a nice time compared to us. Last year, I did the Advanced Meditation Course here four times and the same guests were here enjoying. Who gets more of your blessings and why?
You know, the guests miss it. They miss what you are having, what you are enjoying. The meditation and the silence, this is even more important. Since they cannot come for 4-5 days, they come for 1 or 2 days and I just meet them only once. Don’t i ... -
Dear Gurudev, if you were to die tomorrow, is there a natural successor in place? Or, must that person be elected? After all, these things are not eternal!
I haven’t thought about it yet, but this knowledge will continue. Many people will lead it in many places, as necessary. ... -
Gurudev, what is it like to be free of maya, of the ego, of the small mind, of all this nonsense. If I can imagine it, at least then I can finally become free! Is there anyone who will not get enlightened in this lifetime being with you? I hope that’s not me.
Yes, wanting the highest, wanting freedom itself is a sign of awakening. If you are in slumber, you don’t even care about it. When you wake up and see, you say, "I don’t want all this. I want to be free", then you are half-d ... -
Dear Gurudev, I say that I have forgiven, but when I am meditating, the past comes back and I feel that I am losing out on my experience. Forgiving is easier said than done. Please help me to forgive and be free because I am still hurting.
Forgiving is not only difficult, it is almost impossible as long as you think that someone is a culprit. But if you see that person, whomsoever you want to forgive, not as a culprit but as a victim of situations, a victim of ignorance, or just a postman ... -
Dearest Gurudev, how can I be a strong leader and also not hurt others' feelings?
You know, strength does not mean aggressiveness. Today, aggression is being misunderstood as a sign of strength, but it is not so. You can see that school children and college boys and girls feel that if they are aggressive, then they are leaders, and t ... -
If all members of both the teams in a soccer match strongly believe in God and pray for victory before the match starts, why does one team win and the other lose?
God likes to do everything indirectly, not directly. So, he gives one team the privilege of giving the gift of winning to the other team because the joy in getting is small, but the joy in giving is greater. We all came to the world w ... -
During the silence program, do we continue to smile at others or do we not maintain eye contact?
You can definitely smile. Silence does not mean keeping a long face. This silence is not the silence of mourning. The silence is that of joy. So, you should keep smiling . In fact, you will automatically start smiling. You don’t have to mak ... -
Many nurses are suffering from stress and would readily benefit from having a meditation centre. I want to have a meditation centre in Toronto General Hospital but the approval has not come.
You know, it takes some time for people to come out of the old, closed mindset. So you keep at it and keep convincing them. Recently, there was a research done in Toronto or London, where they found that the remission of depression was 14% with all drug ... -
Gurudev, I know I am a very bad person but I want to be good. Please help me.
No, you are not a bad person. The moment you want to be good, you have already started becoming good. Whatever you think as bad in you is only in the outer circumference that can be easily removed. Deep inside, you are a good person and believe that you ... -
There are many kids living on the streets in the cities. What can be done to get them off the streets?
Is it here in Canada? We should do some program for those kids. We should bring them here to the Ashram maybe, and they can do some gardening and get rid of all the bad habits. You know in India, we have 421 schools and about 48,000 kids are giv ...