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Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine.
Jaggi Vasudev
'Do not attempt to rectify whatever comes into your life. Adapt yourself in such a manner that no matter what occurs, you will be unfazed.'
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Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself.
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Discouragement, despondency, and dejection signify you are sabotaging yourself.
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Being a seeker means no matter what the Vedas said, what Krishna or Shiva said, you have to know the truth in your own experience.
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Exploring one's own consciousness to discover the truth regardless of what has been written or said by wise teachers.
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The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.
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The hallmark of acumen is that you continually ponder. Dullards are always completely certain of every single thing they are doing in their life.
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Having a good home, eating good food, wearing good clothes, are a means to living well; they are not the goals of our life. The quality of your life is decided by how peaceful and joyful you are.
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Having a comfortable home, nutritious food, fashionable clothing, are the means to living contentedly; they should not be the end goals of our life. The caliber of your existence is determined by how tranquil and blissful you are.
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A materialistic person is ruthless with other people but kind to himself. A spiritual person is ruthless with himself but kind to everybody else.
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Confusion is better than stupid conclusions. In confusion, there is still a possibility. In stupid conclusion, there is no possibility.
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Too many people are hungry not because there is dearth of food. It is because there is dearth of love and care in human hearts.
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The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.
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Seeing everything just the way it is gives you the power and capability to walk through life effortlessly.
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If you know how to keep yourself pleasant within, irrespective of what is happening around you, Ultimate Liberation cannot be denied to you.
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Once your mind becomes absolutely still, your intelligence transcends human limitations.
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Mind is madness. Only when you go beyond the mind, there will be meditation.
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Spirituality does not mean going away from life. Spirituality means becoming alive in the fullest possible way so you are not just alive on the surface, you are alive to the core.
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A snake knows more about what is happening around than any other creature, because it has no ears to listen to gossip - only direct perception.
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When you consciously choose to be ordinary, you become extraordinary.
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Incredible things can be done simply if we are committed to making them happen.
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You can give joyfully only when you have found something so valuable within yourself that everything else does not mean so much to you anymore.
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Meditation is the only way to freedom from stress as it is a dimension beyond the mind. All the stress and struggle are of the mind.
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The fear is simply because you are not living with life, You are living in your mind.
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Do not wait for miracles to happen. The greatest miracle in life is life itself.
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Confidence without clarity is always a disaster.
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A human being is like a seed. Either you can keep it as it is, or you can make it grow into a wonderful tree with flowers and fruits.
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If you knew the immensity of what it means to be human, you would not talk about God or Heaven.
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People try to create an outwardly perfect life, but the quality of life is based on the inward.
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If you evolve within you, there will be no pride, no prejudice. You will perform action out of pure, absolute sense.
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Life has come from a very beautiful source. If you remain in touch with that source, everything about you will be beautiful.
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The source of creation is within you. You can be just a piece of flesh, or you can be the Creator himself - this is the choice and potential you have.
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Inward is not a direction. Inward is a dimension.
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"I want to change you" - that is not a revolution. "I'm willing to change" - now this is a revolution.
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If you are truly a seeker of truth, truth cannot hide from you. It is in the lap of truth that you have happened.
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Only if you are joyful, you can be free from the fruit of action.
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The very purpose of life is to reach the highest possible flowering.
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One who explores and knows all aspects of his life, is called self-realized.
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A child is a life that has not gone too far away from the Creator. Know a child to know life.
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Do not try to be special. If you are simply ordinary, more ordinary than others, you will become extraordinary.
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It is not your qualifications but your exposure in life that makes you who you are.
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Being spiritual does not mean being dead serious. If you allow life to happen within you exuberantly, unbridled, you will touch the spirit.
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Whether it is your work, your love, or your life - unless you throw your entire self into it, you will never know what it is.
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Spirituality means to put your evolutionary process on fast-forward.
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The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.
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If you think one thing is sacred but you cannot stand the other, if you love the Creator but hate the creation, that is vulgarity.
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Life is fluid, ever evolving. The more dynamic you are, the more happens in your life, all the time.
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Destiny is the result of all your actions and the impressions that you have taken in.
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If you want to be successful, don't seek success - seek competence, empowerment; do nothing short of the best that you can do.
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Yoga is not just about living better. It is about exploring the very source of life.
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With wrong farming methods, we turn fertile land into desert. Unless we go back to organic farming and save the soil, there is no future.
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No work is stressful. It is your inability to manage your body, mind, and emotions that makes it stressful.
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Trying to change social, national, or global realities without working on human consciousness means there is no serious intention.
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The best thing that you can do to this world is to be joyous. Being joyful, is the greatest offering you can make to the world.
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