May you discover the Guru within you….

Know that a Teacher is different from a Guru, but never knew that they are different in so many ways.

I know “All Gurus are Teachers; But all teachers are not Gurus”.

If you get not only a Guru but also a “Satguru”, you are the most blessed one.

A teacher takes responsibility of your growth
A Guru makes you responsible for your growth.

A teacher gives you things you do not have and require
A Guru takes away things you have and do not require.

A teacher answers your questions
A Guru questions your answer

A teacher helps you get out of the maze
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A key to Unconditional Love, is the willingness to forgive…..

Forgiveness (Courtesy of Huffington Post)With forgiveness, events and people are re-contextualized as simply “limited”—not “bad” or “unlovable.” With humility, we are willing to relinquish our perception of a past event. We pray for a miracle to see the truth about the situation or person, and we surrender all of our opinions about the matter. We look at the payoffs we’re getting from keeping our perception of what occurred, and we let go of each little payoff: the pleasure of self-pity, of “being right,” of being “wronged,” and of our resentments. Continue reading

To understand is to transform what is

Image result for To understand is to transform what is“To ask the right question demands a great deal of intelligence and sensitivity. Here is a question, a fundamental question: is life a torture? It is, as it is; and man has lived in this torture centuries upon centuries, from ancient history to the present day, in agony, in despair, in sorrow; and he doesn’t find a way out of it. Therefore he invents gods, churches, all the rituals, and all that nonsense, or he escapes in different ways.

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When the mind is free from all conditioning, then you will find that there comes the creativity of reality

Image result for j krishnamurtiOur problem is how to free the mind from all conditioning, not how to condition it better. Do you understand? Most of us are seeking a better conditioning. Continue reading

How to Die ? – Kill your Ego

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I have heard,

One man told Gorakh he was thinking of committing suicide. Gorakh said: ”Go and commit it, but I tell you, afterwards you will be very surprised.”

That man said: ”What do you mean? I came to you so that you would tell me ’Don’t do it!’ I went to other sadhus. They all cautioned me: ’Brother, don’t do it, suicide is a great sin.’”

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Does understanding come only when one is not comparing but is really paying attention?

If we can watch ourselves daily without justifying or condemning anything, just be aware of how we never think without judging, comparing, evaluating, then that very awareness is enough. Continue reading

if an aim is fixed, the mind is restful…

Image result for An elephant when free puts its trunk here and there and looks restlessAn elephant when free puts its trunk here and there and looks restless. If a stick is given to it the trunk holds it without being turned this way and that, as before. In just the same way, the mind is restless if it has no aim; if an aim is fixed, the mind is restful.

– Ramana Maharishi