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1. Honey

   Let the wind that blows be sweet Let the oceans flow honey Let all the herbs and plant kingdom be favourable to us Let the nights be sweet and let the days be sweet Let the dust of this planet be sweet to us Let the heavens and our forefathers be sweet to ...

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2. Drop Your Intentions

   A strong tendency to keep doing something, whether important or unimportant, becomes an impediment to meditation. Doing starts first with an intention and then translates into action. Though intention springs from the Being, when it becomes doing it doesn ...

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3. Volunteer

   Who is a volunteer? One who comes to help, without being asked to help; one who is self-motivated, inspired, becomes a volunteer. There is the possibility of the inspirational motivation going down in a volunteer, which could bring frustration. Usually vo ...

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4. Adulation

   Adulation shows the magnanimity of the one who adores, rather than the one who is adored! Adulation indicates that the ego has become transparent; the best antidote for ego is adulation. Adulation works in three ways: If it is for someone else, it is not ...

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5. Seva

   There are five types of seva. The first type of seva is when you do not even know that you are doing seva. You do not recognize it as seva because it is your very nature- you cannot but do it! The second type of seva is what you do because it is needed in ...

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6. Dreaming the Impossible

   Question: Guruji, how can we control daydreams? Gurudev: Dream in the night! (laughter) What is daydreaming? You have a desire but you do not have the faith that you can achieve your desire- that is what you call daydreaming. You can control daydreaming b ...

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7. Maya

   What is Maya? Maya is that which can be measured. The whole world can be measured, that is why it is Maya. All the five elements- Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether- can be measured. Question: Can space be measured? Gurudev: Only in space can things be mea ...

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8. Letting Go of Control

   Many have a problem of letting go of control. This results in anxiety, restlessness and it sours relationships. Wake up and see, are you really in control? What are you in control of? Perhaps a tiny part of your waking state! Isn’t that so? You are not in ...

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9. Don't Be Perturbed by Foolishness

   What really perturbs you? Isn’t it the foolishness that goes on around you? It is foolish to be perturbed by the foolishness. Foolishness cannot overpower or annihilate wisdom nor does the foolishness stay all the time. When you are not well-founded in wi ...

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10. Glory (Vaibhav) and Dispassion (Vairag)

    It is often believed that glory and dispassion are contradictory and cannot co-exist. Glory and luxury without dispassion is a nauseating pomp and show. Such glory does not bring fulfillment for anyone. it is shallow. Alternately, the dispassion that is a ...

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