Quotes + Q&A with Sri Sri

Quotes + Q&A with Sri Sri
 
Anger is about Past
Anger is meaningless, because it is always about something that has
already passed.
 
Peaceful Radiation
When you meditate, it sends out such a peaceful radiation, waves of light, and then those who left their body, who have reached the other shore, get benefited from that. It's like a laser beam, laser light, reaching the other side where it is dark.
 
Ego is Complicated
Ego wants something which is very difficult. It doesn't recognize the
simplicity in life. Life is simple. Ego is very complicated.
 
Seeing God
The future is very comfortable. Glorifying the past is very comfortable.
Seeing God now, here, is difficult. Seeing God in yourself is even more
difficult
 
Fall in Love with a Flower
If you just fall in love with a flower, you go on appreciating it and go
deep into that, and you will see that flower dissolves into the formless.
You will see the space which is hiding deep inside that flower.
 
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Q & A's
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Q. I no longer understand the role of human beings. Are we given human
will for a purpose to will something? When do we use God's will to do
something?
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Sri Sri : This is a question about "what is free will & what is
destiny"? Right? God's will & human will, right? Now, what is a "will"? It
is a thought, right? When your thought is in alliance with what is happening-whatsoeve r is happening-you call it free will. When your
thought is in opposition with whatever is happening, you call it destiny.Big
volumes have been written on free will and destiny. Free will and destiny
-it is very simple. One is whatever is happening: another is your thought
process When they are in alliance, you call it free will. "Oh! I have this,
I willed this," The thought comes to you-free will. When your nervous system is clear, the thoughts that come are intuitive thoughts. Intuitive thoughts are those which are in alignment with whatever is happening. So you call that free will. Whether you have absolute free will or absolute destiny it is the same.
2. Are you saying that you don't create what happens? What happens
just happens, and you are just observing life? Or you still have the
opportunity or the ability to create what happens in your life?
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Sri Sri: no, when I say observe, I don't mean that you should be
inactive. Whatever is happening let it happen. If tea has come don't think, "let it go into my mouth, let the cup rise up." It is not like that-no, no-it is not being lazy this has been wrongly understood in the east, in India, and in many other countries and culture. It been wrongly understood that not doing means "your destiny", or abstaining from action. It is observation; observation is not abstaining from action. You still do, you still create.Now you want do something, create something, and a thought comes. Did you make some effort to think a new thought? Can you think something that you don't know? It is not possible. A new thought or any discovery just arises spontaneously from somewhere unknown. You don't know from where it  comes.All scientific discoveries have come from some level of consciousness, and even scientist doesn't know how it has arisen. Do you see that? You simply sit and relax. You may watch the sunset, the trees, the birds, the seas or the ocean, and one creative thought pops up in the mind, and you work on that. You are ready to jump into action with that thought.
3. Are there accidental things in life?
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Sri Sri : Accidental things. Suddenly something happens without cause
or reason. If you see it from a wide angle lens then every happening has a cause. Cause and effect is a law. Something may appear to be  accidental, but in the bigger picture, everything has a cause and effect.
4. And destiny?
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Sri Sri :Yes, Destiny. All cause and effect.
5. Is there a stronger law than cause and effect?
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Sri Sri : What is stronger than cause and effect is the self, which
is beyond cause and beyond effect. It is the energy, it is the self.
(Someone calls out "LOVE"). Love, exactly. Or knowledge. You call it Knowledge, you call it, and you call it Guru. It's the same.
Q: Why do elders say that we should not cut nails or hairs in the night?
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Sri Sri: In ancient times, there was no electricity. So how would you
find the nail or hair if you cut them in the night and also they wanted a
holiday for the barber. [laughter]
Q: What is the difference between the self, the mind,and thoughts?
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Sri Sri: The self is the ocean, the mind is the wave, and the
thoughtsare the sparkles on the wave.
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Effortless= Meditation
Hmmmmmm.... what else? So much is happening, has happened, will happen...and all there is is right NOW. Is it all a dream? Can't we all
just relax and be happy? Yes! We can! And you are just stuck on temporary stuff if you think otherwise. Notice that which is unchanging in yourself and be with that. That is called meditation! Or listen to something one art of living teacher, Philip, said:
"We gain so much from our efforts in life, yet there are somethings
thht effort cannot accomplish. Meditating is the delicate art of doing
nothing - letting go of everything and being who you are. It allows the conscious mind to settle deeply into itself; and when the mind settles down, it lets go of all tension and stress and centres itself in the present moment. Regular practice of meditation, once or twice a day can totally transform the quality of you life." -Sri Sri
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jai gurudev.

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  "Celebrate Life. Care for others and share whatever you have with those less fortunate than you. Broaden your vision, for the whole world belongs to you."

- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder, Art of Living Foundation.
 

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