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God Is Your Biggest Currency
(below is the continuation of the post How To Take Decisions With Confidence) What is the biggest currency today, God or money? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: What if they both become the same? God is the biggest currency. If you have God with you, you have everyt ... -
Gurudev, what would be your advice to leaders in the world who have good intentions but flawed actions?
If the intentions are correct but actions are flawed, they must have come under compulsion from someone else. You always act on your intention. If you are unable to act on your intention, it means you are under some pressure from some corner. An ... -
The Sri Sri Yoga program has helped me so much, and I am sure it has a big role to play in spreading yoga around the world.
Thank you! I am so glad! Around 35 years ago, when we started yoga, it was taboo, not a mainstream thing at all. People would think that to do yoga, you have to stand on one leg, or put ashes all over your body. That was the sort of impression about yog ... -
Can we do something about depression?
Sure, we can do something about it. Do you know, depression is the biggest challenge for The World Health Organization (WHO) and possibly the world, in the next 5 years. Nearly 40% of the school teachers in Europe are depressed, and if teachers ... -
Should the change be top driven or bottom up approach?
I feel we need to drive change from both ends -- we need the top down and bottom up approach. If you ask the people at senior levels, they will say, "What can I do? If we try to do something, people resist. What to do?"Suppose the head o ... -
Gurudev, why do people resist change?
People resist change because they are afraid that they would lose something precious, or the change could bring about a disaster for them. But if you communicate to them that the change would make them better, they would definitely take it. Nobody disli ... -
Gurudev, how to protect children from negativity in the world?
You cannot bring them up in isolation, some day they will be exposed to the world and then it would be shocking for them. All we need to do is balance the negativity in the world with positive things. Talk to them about compassion, about heroic people. ... -
What is the biggest currency today, God or money?
What if they both become the same? God is the biggest currency. If you have God with you, you have everything else.Some people think money is God, money is everything for them. We are made up of both - matter and spirit. While our bo ... -
How To Take Decisions With Confidence
(Below is the address given by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to the Lords, Ladies and MPs in the Speakers Chambers at the House of Commons, London on the 16th June 2016) Thank you Mr. Mathew for inviting me to the House of Commons! It is such a pleasure to ... -
Handling Criticism
(Below is the continuation of the post The Art Of Listening To God) Gurudev, I work with the Police, and deal with very negative people, in a very negative work environment. How should I deal with this? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: If a doctor tells me that I ha ...