Truths of Life

A website by Sagar Sonker for a better world...

All the small and big truths of life that I, the soul, need to remember, be aware of, and keep in mind. These are what I believe in personally. Right or Wrong? Not sure. They are at least right for me.

I need such motivational words besides me always, as in the day's routine I get so busy in my work that remembering appropriate motivational truths at respective situations may become difficult. These handy quotes help. So, I thought of writing them down and sharing with everybody - just in case they are of benefit to others too.

I consider them Shiv Baba's gifts to me, in some form or the other.

These are my beliefs about life. If you happen to disagree, think twice, read between the lines, and see how you can modify and customize them to suit you.
If you happen to agree, don't think :), just share with your loved ones - who knows, they may be helpful to them too.

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You are not this body... You are a point of light... Situated in the forehead... You are eternal... You are ancestral... You are God's child...

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You're a point of light... composed of these values: Love, Peace, Happiness, Purity, Power, Bliss, Knowledge

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The Law of Karma: Whatever kind of energy you send out to the universe, comes back to you... in days, years, or births...

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The virtues you have within do not need to be imbibed from outside... They are forgotten, and they need to be emerged from deep inside...

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A very common saying goes, "Since we can't go back and make a brand new start, let us go ahead and make a brand new end..." Truth is, "We are going to go back soon and make a brand new start..."

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A human being is supposed to Think, Understand, and Do anything...
Not Do anything, Understand what is done, and Think endlessly regretting over it...

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Ego is:
Attachment to a wrong belief or an image of the self.
e.g. I am a Boy/Girl, Mother/Father, Employee/Manager, Director, VIP, FilmMaker, Son/Daughter, Photographer, Traveller, Tenant, Owner, etc. because the truth is, "I am a soul, a point of meta-physical energy..."

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Just before pointing out anybody's mistake, just sit down for one minute and find out if there is any room for self-improvisation...
If yes, it is wise to work on that first...

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Expectation is predicting the future behavior of a person, situation, or life!
Remember, Predictions may not always come true!

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Attention is energy. Whenever you give someone or something your undivided attention, you are actually passing along energy and benefiting the person/thing that you are attentive towards. This is powerful. Look into your life, and understand how this works.

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Focus on how you ARE and not on how you APPEAR
and you will truly improve and achieve success in life!!

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The word Peacelessness does not exist - even in the English dictionary.

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Resentment keeps you stuck in the past. And when it comes to the law of attraction, you will attract to yourself what your predominate mind state is. If you are constantly thinking about what happened "then", you're sending out those exact vibrations, and the universe will have no other choice than to give you more things to be resentful about.

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These are experiences, not challenges.
What seems troublesome and problematic now is the seed to a tree of fruitful experiences that can be leveraged later in life.
It will be beneficial to everyone, including myself.

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No one can prove that you are not good if you really are!
No one can let you down but yourself!
Leave what the world thinks about you;
Think about what you think about yourself...

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I don't have to prove myself in any situation - truth will be revealed.

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It doesn't happen WITH you;
It happens FOR you...

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What you think people think about you is completely different from what they actually think about you. So, stop thinking!

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Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Congratulations, and Enjoy!

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Thoughts are not generated automatically or from outside.
It is you who creates them.

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Happiness can never be an outcome of any action...
It is a state of being...

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What you are currently doing in life is exactly what you are supposed to do!
So, do it with LOVE..

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At the end of the day, instead of checking, "How many people hurt me today?", check, "Did I hurt anyone today?"
This is wisdom!

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In the beginning of the day, besides promising to yourself that you will not hurt others, also promise that you will not get hurt by others...

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Relationships are not based on words...
Relationships are based on thoughts...
Thoughts are a form of energy...
What you think about others reaches them...
To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction...
If you send positive energy to someone, someone will send you positive energy...
Positive energy is a blessing...
Who is blessing whom?

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The desire for sex is the lowest form of body-consciousness...
Body-consciousness is the root of the ten vices in all souls...
Vices cause pain...
All souls on the earth have the same father...
All souls are, thus, brothers...
Sex is the most impure relationship two brothers can have...
Decision and choice is yours...!

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Every single thing happening in your life is for YOUR benefit.
Every scene in the World Drama is accurate, beneficial, perfect, and a blessing.

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There's no point telling me, "You cannot change others", because it is equally applicable to you too.

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You are a guest on this earth...
Your original sweet home is beyond this universe...

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Life is composed of many changes, but the bigger truth is that change at the world level is composed of many lives...

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Birthday is not the day when you were born...
Birthday is the day when you took this birth...

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Days are never good or bad...
The beliefs and thoughts you carry throughout the days are...

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If you mind does whatever your body wants to do, it is the mind's enslavement to the body, and you (the soul) are sleeping.
Wake up and take control of your mind, and then you (not your body) will command your mind.

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There's nothing you CAN'T...
It's mostly, because you DON'T!

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Whatever happened was good...
Whatever is happening is good...
Whatever will happen will be good...

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Q: What is success?
A: Are you happy right now? If yes, that is success.

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The best way to give up an addiction is to simply STOP doing it...

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What matters most to you?
How great you look to the world or how close you are to God?
How recognized and famous you are in the Kalyug or how confirmed your place is in the Satyug?
There's no right/wrong here, it's each individual's choice.

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Those who mistreat you intentionally, will regret later...
Those who mistreat you inadvertently, will realize later...
In either case, check how you want to behave with them.

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Just give your best...
and simply leave the rest...
no matter what it is!

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You never know what's in store coming up for you...
So, enjoy the present!

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We are a year closer to Paradise.
Congratulations, and wish you a 2011 enriched with abundant love, peace, and happiness...

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Unnatural has become so common that natural looks/sounds abnormal.
This, however, cannot be an excuse.
If you think something is right, do it.
Don't want to be ill just because others around you are.

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P.S.
We're here to co-operate, not compete.
We're only here to express, share, and give, nothing else.

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With humans, you cannot fall in love with someone unless you see them...
With God, you cannot see Him unless you fall in love with Him...

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When you help others, you do a favor for? Yourself! Not for others.

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Every situation in life needs to be faced anyway...
So, why not face it with LOVE?

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Let's start remembering that every situation is a test of all the spiritual knowledge God has given us.
How/Why will you use your powers otherwise?

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Law of Attraction clarified:
You attract what you are...
Not what you want...
Thomas Troward, who was a strong influence in the New Thought Movement, claimed that thought precedes physical form and that "the action of Mind plants that nucleus which, if allowed to grow undisturbed, will eventually attract to itself all the conditions necessary for its manifestation in outward visible form."

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Whatever you think 15 minutes just before you go to sleep at night is the very first thought that comes to your mind in the next morning.
This first morning thought lays the foundation for your entire day.
So, be judicious.
Try it out. Listen to a song, and that will be the first thought in your mind. Sleep with the thought that "Workplace sucks", and that will be your first thought next day, and that is how your entire day will be.
It's always beneficial to generate positive thoughts about yourself, about life, and then go to sleep, and this is how you can yourself write your destiny. Say, "I am a peaceful, loving, happy soul" and peace, love, and happiness will come running in abundance to your life.

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If people fear talking to you whatever is on their mind, you're a big time loser.

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No matter what you believe, it doesn't change the facts.

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Fruits of hard work take time to ripen. Fruits of laziness ripen instantaneously.
Remember, even surviving on this earth for so many births and thousands of years is hard work by the Golden Aged souls.

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Change your thoughts...
to change your destiny...

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Sometimes, facing bitter people helps you become sweet with others.
It boosts in you the feeling of how necessary it is to be sweet to others.
So, don't be precarious of facing such people. See what you can learn from them i.e. how NOT to be.

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In an unpleasant situation,
thinking about something different
will not help...

Thinking about the same thing differently will help...
Change your thoughts...

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If others don't respect you the way you respect them,
what can you do about it?

If others lack what you have and what you consider as basic,
how does it matter to you?

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It's not their mood
if they're always in it...

It's their personality. That is how they are.

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If you lack happiness despite being God's child, there are two reasons:
1. Lack of remembrance of knowledge fully and properly.
2. Lack of God's remembrance in the proper and correct way.
Murli: 11-09-09

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Q: What is the best way to Control?
A: To Let Go

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When you wish that people around you should be soul-conscious, it actually means that you are body-conscious, right? :)
Usually, when I am amongst people, including my close ones, I so really wish that they had the knowledge and were soul-conscious like I, but it only means that I am looking at them as their role, and not as a soul.

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If you're in a hospital (because you are ill) and you suddenly start feeling even more unwell, whom will you approach?
The surrounding patients or the doctor?
Much similarly, in this time period in the World Time Cycle, you will face unpleasant people, untoward situations, and things that you absolutely dislike.
Tell them to God (Shiv Baba) instead of gossiping amongst weak souls. He will solve it for you only if you tell Him and no one else. He will change people, and the world around you if you have faith in Him.

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God gives us Light, Might, and Divine Insight.
This gives us our Birth Right and helps us distinguish wrong from Right.

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It is possible to follow your heart without hurting others...
We usually get too aggressive or arrogant with people around - be it family or co-workers, when they want us to do something or want us not to do something.
If your heart wants to do something else, why hurt them and hurt yourself multi-fold? Just do what you think is right to your intellect, and follow your heart. We hurt others because we want to silence them or prove something or the other to them. That is not required. Just follow your heart, as long as it is with complete conviction, and God is with you... always!

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When sharing something with God, keep its value by not sharing it with others.
God gives you the solution to your problem only when you share something with Him and no one else.
If you share the same problem with someone else, you reduce the value of the problem and God cannot give you the solution. The mere reason is spreading of negative energy around.
God cannot solve your problems, but can give you the solution in the form of your own powers and virtues that will give you a telepathic signal from Him.

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Ego is necessary/natural - Deep sleep.
Nobody can be egoless - Lack of Awareness.
"I am egoless" - Biggest form of ego.
I am trying to be egoless - True spiritual efforts.

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Darkness is not an entity. It is the absence of Light.
Similarly, sadness is not a separate emotion.
It is merely the absence of the feeling of Happiness.

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Just being tired of the old world is not enough.
Are you prepared enough for the new world?
Why is Paradise not yet coming?
It's because its residents are not yet prepared.

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The more you accumulate, that accumulation enslaves you even more...

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Goals without deadlines are simply dreams,
Dreams without deadlines can never be achieved.

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Some make wonders happen. Some see wonders happen. Some let wonders happen. And others wonder what happened.

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Most of the irritating moments are actually very funny.

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People can imitate and emulate anything and everything about you, but not your originality. So, chill!

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Whenever you feel low/sad about yourself or your life, or your being, remember that the mere presence of some souls like you is necessary and a great blessing in itself to the rest of the world.

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Who begins a verbal fight or quarrel is immaterial.
Who ends it and when and how is all that matters.
(We usually tell others, "You began the fight, not me", which is not worth a penny. Irrespective of who began, if you continue, you are beginning a new vicious cycle. You are equally responsible. You have the power to end it right away.)

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The ability to come back to normal after an abnormal state of mind/behavior is not MOOD SWINGS. It's a spiritual journey of self-realization & self-improvisation.
Self-realization is a JOURNEY, not a DESTINATION.
There are always critiques around. I have some great ones around me. When I get angry, they say, "Where is your spirituality?". When I immediately come back to normal, they say, "Mood Swings / Whimsical". They fail to realize that it is more important that one is on this journey. I don't want to curse them by even saying, "You are not even on this journey". They, in fact, don't even understand when I say, "Even trying / wanting to change counts". They will realize when it's too late.
I remember when I'd said, "I may eventually marry", the first taunt I received from someone was "What about the whole celibacy thing?". Alas! Om Shanti, rather! Physical things can be very easily erased. Body is impure anyway and can be purified, but what about that corrupt mind?

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The statement
"Please try to change yourself first and then suggest that to me..." is invalid and a sign of fooling oneself.
It's because you are not practicing what you are trying to preach.

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Every situation comes to test a particular strength in you.
Once you cross it with stability, using that virtuous weapon, similar situation does not arise with the same magnitude.
It is very easy to nod respectfully to someone and say "Okay!"? then churn later if there are any changes required at your end.
Just keep the 8 Power Tools & 7 Virtuous Weapons always ready with you in your consciousness.

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Motivation is merely to have a motive in your life...
Thus, nobody can motivate you, but yourself.

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Even if you hide the rooster under a basket, the sun won't stop from rising.
Similarly, your life is not dependent on anything.

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A goal without a plan, is just a wish.

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Not everybody can be perfect at the physical (materialistic) level [i.e. in terms of wealth, health, looks, beauty, achievements, assets, acquisitions, relationships, house, etc.]
but
Everybody can be perfect at the spiritual (subtle) level [i.e. achieving that 100% peace, happiness, love, bliss, purity in the soul].

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If you're good to me, I will be very good to you...
If you're bad to me, I will be so good to you that you will feel ashamed... :P

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When you hurt me once, it's your fault... When you hurt me twice, it's my fault... Because I haven't worked upon myself until the second time.

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Instead of looking at the challenge, look at yourself on the other side of the challenge...
Thinking beyond does not mean thinking about what is not in your control...

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You cannot CHANGE your past;
You cannot CONTROL your future;
You cannot ALTER others' actions;

All you can
CHANGE, CONTROL, and ALTER
is your present.

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Being innocent, humble, polite, soft, sweet, simple does not mean being stupid.

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People who are irritated will always consider themselves right... no matter what!
Don't be amongst those. Sit back and give yourself a margin to change and improve.

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It is the soul that is the root and responsible for all the chaos in the world today...
Thus, it is the soul that needs to be fixed, not the world...
That is what God descends and does.

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Who demands respect?
Not those who don't get it, but those who lack self-respect.

No one can respect you, but yourself.
Q: What is respect?
A: Respect is how similarly your thought process matches with someone else.

Other can only think, say, or do whatever they want to.
Even if it is with the intention of disrespecting you, remember, they are tackling with an image they have about you in their mind.

If you can maintain your mind in a stable state, it is your self-esteem, which is necessary.

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The way you should not forget your spellings while others are making mistakes in theirs...
Similarly, you should not forget your virtues while others are not exhibiting theirs...

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We may not always make correct decisions, but we definitely have the ability to correct our decisions.

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Unawareness cannot be an excuse.

If you commit a sin/mistake stating that you're unaware of whether it is a sin/mistake, it still remains so.
You will still get its results.

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No matter how tall a tree grows...
It has to be firmly rooted to the ground...

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Remember that your every thought, word, action with anybody is actually an interaction with the Universe.
Whatever you get is what the Universe gives you.
It has its own plans, which are always the best for you.
No feeling or emotion you create is person/situation-specific. It is directly sent out to the Universe, which you get back from it whenever it plans to.
If you lose something, remember, the Universe always has better plans for you. And "better" means literally "better" in some way or the other - even if your imagination cannot think of anything really 'better'.

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If you can make your family members understand spirituality as accurately as you, you can have anybody else in the world understand it.

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Most often, NOT THINKING is a better solution to problems.

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Humility is the FIRST sign of a true spiritual awakening...

So, it only means that if you're not humble, polite enough, there's still scope for improvement, and it's not a complete spiritual awakening. Yes, we all are on a journey, but it does not mean you keep humiliating others thinking that you're greater than others.

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Only if / Once / The Moment
you're contented with whatever you have, you get more.
Contentment means contentment, satisfaction. You cannot say that you're contented with the feelings of wanting more within your mind :) No cheating :)

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100th Truth of Life... Yay!
In scorching heat, we feel hot only 20-30%...
rest is all irritation generated by the mind.
The moment you realize this, you can combat any such situation to a great deal.

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If people misunderstand me, it only means that they have not understood me properly.
Not my fault, because I cannot keep proving myself to everyone.
Not their fault, because everybody has their own set of understanding, maturity, beliefs, experiences, and most importantly, Past Life sanskars.

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If you get bored, or think you've nothing to do, or you're just passing time, or your time is wasted in awaiting, remember to remember Baba.

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Disappointment is caused due to Expectations. Expectations are caused due to Attachments. Attachment is caused due to Ego. Ego is caused due to Lack of Awareness. Lack of Awareness is caused due to Lack of Knowledge. But now I have the Knowledge, so I should trace back :)

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The mind loses its virginity much before the body. However, the beautiful fact is that - if not the body - you can again make your mind virgin by following simple spiritual practices. After all, it is just a set of energy patterns that make you think anything. They can be erased very easily. The body is perishable anyway, but once you re-build the integrity of your mind, it also affects your body positively.
You look young, feel fresh, become disease-free. (The contrary should not be taken as true)

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Spirituality does not ask us to stop pursuing our hobbies, but it definitely teaches us to regulate them. You don't "have to" stop doing anything, it just happens naturally.
Some applicable meanings of *regulate* in this context:
- Control by Rule
- Subject to Restrictions
- Adapt to Requirements
- Alter the speed/frequency of

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I cannot find flaws in others,
because I am not 100% perfect;

And when I will be 100% perfect,
I will automatically not find flaws in others! :)

And I can be 100% perfect right now!

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Instead of practicing how to respond, practice being stable no matter what. Responses & Solutions will come automatically.

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I have to be positive, because I don't have another choice :)

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In relationships and situations, you don't have to ADJUST or COMPROMISE. You just have to be able to HANDLE...

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When you're clear about your aim,
Obstacles don't matter.

Obstacles bother when you're not clear about your aim!

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It's always the test of your stability,

not about how many people agree or are convinced with you.

You may agree to disagree, but HOW that is all that's important.

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In love, even if you expect your love to be understood (forget reciprocation), it's not love, it's business that you're doing - with the intention of receiving some profit back.

Love is meant and made to be GIVEN. Period.

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Don't ever give up... but still if you wish to,

Give it UP to God... He will take care :)

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Positive thinking is very easy...

Just stop Expecting and start Accepting...

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If you worry about anything in life, it means
either 1. You've not understood soul-consciousness
or 2. You've no confidence in Baba & Drama.

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Never vent out your frustration on others...
Your frustration may go away, but the impression on minds remains...

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The easiest thing in this world is
ACCEPTANCE...

because it does not require others to change...

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OK
Solution to most of our problems!
Just learn to say this. You'll be fine.

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Talk Less, Softly, Sweetly OR don't talk at all...

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Wehn you are foOilng somoene, taht somoene is acatully
YOURSELF ^_^

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BEING soul-conscious is the first best Spiritual Service you can do!

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You can do the most when you're doing the least...

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Pain is an intimation that the ego has reached certain limits...
- Agnes Prieto

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You should be strict with yourself...
and lenient with others!

Not the other way round...

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Religion is for those who fear going to Hell.
Spirituality is for those who have been there.

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Vices come to you twice as fast as you try running away from them.

Shiv Baba's Shrimat is to not fear. Just keep moving with focus and confidence.

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Spirituality is FIRST priority WHILE doing everything.
Spirituality should not be a barrier.

However, there are NECESSARY (but not MANDATORY) Rules to be followed in spirituality. Following them or not is your choice. You will reap the fruits accordingly ^_^

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Celibacy is much easier than Purity

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Something is better than nothing, but nothing is better than non-sense...

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If you have food in your house, clothes on your back, a roof over your head, and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the entire world.

If you have money in your wallet, a little change and can go anywhere you want, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than a million people who won't survive this week and die.

If you can actually read this message and understand it, you are more fortunate than the 3 Billion people in the world who cannot see, don't know English, or suffer being mentally retarded.

So, life is not about exams, fights, status, or whatever else that does not matter.

It's about a thousand other reasons to be happy.

So, stop cribbing about what you don't have. Start valuing what you do.

Stop writing :( and start writing :) and you will get everything you want.

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What we do now is celebrated as festivals later...
Not that there's a spiritual meaning behind every festival...

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What is yours is Happiness...
What comes from outside is Situation...
Don't lose what you have irrespective of what comes from outside...

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Presence of Mind is not as important as Stability of Mind

You may not be smart in replying instantaneously (like some other people) and quietening the other person with your words (esp. in shaky situations).

However, don't be disheartened. That is not as important as remaining stable. A response in the form of stable, positive energy is often the best response.

And once you're stable in the mind, with positive energy, a perfect verbal response (beneficial to everybody) will come naturally to you.

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You can do the most negative activity in the most positive way.

Just keep your
a] attitude positive
b] priorities right
c] consciousness correct

e.g. you may be debating with someone, disliking someone's behavior, crossing a road, talking something unpleasant on phone, doing something you may not be liking, talking or doing something with someone you don't like, discussing a topic you hate...

Don't escape... you can continue doing these with the above points in mind, and it will turn out to be a positive outcome automatically.

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Ability to maintain your cool - no matter what's going on - is defined as Stability.

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Be Normal, but not Ordinary...

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Others cannot hurt you,
It's your own mind's creation...

Similarly, you cannot hurt others,
It's their own mind's creation...

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Ignorance (to negativity) is Bliss... but Ignorance (to the truth) is Stupidity...
We hold on to negativity and ignore the truth. Shouldn't it be the reverse?

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I have not started behaving different...
I have now started behaving like myself...

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The solution to all problems in your life lies in the center of your forehead.

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What you do in the first one hour after waking up in the morning and the last one hour before going to sleep at night defines the quality of your day. Try it out.
Of course there are other factors too, but these two hours are the critical-most ones. They form the foundation of your day and night's sleep, and subsequent day.

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First do it, be it and then speak it.

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Three things to self-introspect before going to bed:
1. See the good that happened in the day (and humbly acknowledge that it is via God),
2. What did I do that's not right? Ask God's forgiveness and take power to finish it,
3. How much of past debt still remains? By the quality of your Thoughts, Feelings, and Sanskars, you can know how much still remains.

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An elevated feeding (in the form of reading or listening) must be done by every mind every 12 hours. This keeps the mind cheerful, fresh, and pure.

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Just as a sleeping person does not need to say that he's asleep...
Similarly, a Spiritually awakened person should not need to say that he's awakened...

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If your theoretical spiritual knowledge is not useful practically, it only means that you are not studying it in the right way.
Every theoretical spiritual/philosophical knowledge is always practically applicable.

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EXPECTATIONS cause PAIN.
Yes, even small Expectations in the mind can cause huge amount of PAIN in the heart.

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Being sensitive means being able to sense what's going around.
So, it's not bad to be sensitive.
It's another story that 'over' of anything in this world is harmful, no matter what it is...

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