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Wednesday 30 November 2016
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted: 01 Dec 2000
SACREDNESS AND YOU
Throughout the ages, in all cultures, place, time, persons and symbols were all considered sacred. Whenever you consider a symbol, place, time, person or act sacred, your attention is undivided and whole. When things are ordinary and same, you tend to slip into unawareness and inertia. The moment you consider something sacred, your inertia disappears and you become more alive. There is nothing as fulfilling as a sacred act. You put your heart and soul in a sacred act. When every action of yours becomes sacred, you have become one with the Divine. Then every minute of your life is sacred, every place you go to becomes sacred, every person you meet is only your reflection, and every act of yours is sacred.
Question: Why does an act when performed repeatedly lose it sacredness?
Sri Sri: This happens when your memory overpowers your consciousness and you lose your sensitivity. For example, people living in Benares do not feel that it is a sacred place. That sensitivity is just not there.
Question: How can we preserve that feeling of sacredness in our acts?
Sri Sri: Through living in the present moment and through Sadhana. Your Sadhana will not allow your memory to overpower consciousness. Repetition is not a hindrance then.
The Native American Indians and the tribals consider the earth, sun, moon and all the directions as sacred. In the ancient tradition, the Rishis considered all the rivers, mountains and even animals, trees and herbs as sacred. What to say of people? They are definitely sacred!
In different parts of the world, certain symbols, certain places and different times of the year are considered sacred. Various cultures honor certain people and consider them as sacred. For example, Christians consider the Cross, Jerusalem, Christmas and the Pope as sacred. For Muslims, the Crescent Moon, Mecca and the month of Ramadan are sacred. The Hindus consider the river Ganges, the Himalayas and the Swamis as sacred.
It is good to begin feeling that some symbols, places, time and people are sacred so that you can be awake and alive. But eventually you need to transcend and feel that the entire creation and your whole life is sacred. For the man of God, the whole world, with all its symbols, places and people are sacred at all times.
BE A MAN OF GOD!
Jai Guru Dev
Tuesday 29 November 2016
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted: 23 Nov 2000
THE PROBLEM'S SOLUTION
Whenever there is a problem we either deny it saying there is no problem or sit to solve the problem and make it a big issue. Neither of these help. A problem does not disappear when you deny it. And it does not get solved when you sit to solve it.
The 5 steps to solve a problem:
1. Acknowledge the problem - it is there.
2. See it as a small problem, and do not say it is big.
3. If it concerns people, keep in touch with them instead of avoiding them.
4. Talk less and give time a chance.
5. Get together and celebrate. When you celebrate and put the problem on the back burner you will see that the problem will get solved by the way.
So it is wise not to sit to solve a problem. Most of the meetings to solve problems end up in disaster.
If you do not have any problem, you will create problems for others! (laughter) If you have a small problem in your pocket to solve, it will give a focus to your mind. If you do not have any problems, you may be a problem for others.
It is better to have a problem than to be a problem.
Jai Guru Dev
Monday 28 November 2016
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted: 15 Nov 2000
NIMIT - INSTRUMENT OF THE DIVINE
When you are neither clear nor confused, only then can you be a perfect instrument of the Divine! How would an instrument know what is going to be, and when? How can an instrument be confused, and how can an instrument be clear!
This state is called Nimit - just being an instrument of the Divine. Being very clear means not opening to new possibilities and can lead to limitations. Unlimited possibilities are open to one who is not clear and not confused.
Your mind swings from clarity to confusion and confusion to clarity but the state in which there is no doership nor inertia is the most creative and progressive state.
Sharmila: Will this not lead to lethargy?
Sri Sri: No. A sharp instrument does its job perfectly, effortlessly.
Sharmila: What about focus?
Sri Sri: Focus is natural to a dynamic consciousness.
Confusion arises when new information flows in and clarity is lost. Then confusion again seeks clarity. Clarity constricts the possibility of new information. A confused consciousness seeks clarity and every confusion is breaking away from clarity.
If there is only confusion, there is frustration. If there is only clarity, there is rigidity.
After giving contradictory knowledge, Krishna tells Arjuna, "Just be Nimit!" And to be an instrument, the prerequisite is to be madly in love! That's why in love there is neither confusion nor clarity; or there is both - confusion and clarity!
Nazreen: Is truth more important than love?
Sri Sri: I'm confused! Is it clear? (laughter)
Jai Guru Dev
Sunday 27 November 2016
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted: 09 Nov 2000
THE BODHI TREE
Buddha got enlightened under the Bodhi tree. He then stood up and watched the tree from a distance for seven days. He took sixteen steps towards the tree and under each step, blossomed a Lotus flower. This is the legend.
The Bodhi tree is symbolic of both sansara (world) and Dharma. The Lotus flower symbolizes clarity, dispassion, love, beauty and purity.
It is only when you are detached in life can you watch the sansara and all of its plays. When you witness the sansara, every step you take is benevolent and impeccable. When every action of yours is preceded by witnessing then every move you make in this sansara becomes perfect and significant.
Jai Guru Dev
Saturday 26 November 2016
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted: 03 Nov 2000
ARE YOU A TOURIST OR A PILGRIM?
What is the difference between a tourist and a pilgrim?
Both are on a journey. Whereas a tourist is satisfying the senses, a pilgrim is in the quest of the truth. A tourist gets tired and tanned, while a pilgrim sparkles with spirit. Every move a pilgrim makes is with sacredness and gratitude, while a tourist is often preoccupied and unaware.
A tourist compares with other experiences and places and hence is not in the present moment. But a pilgrim has a sense of sacredness, so he tends to be in the present moment.
Most people in life are just tourists without even being aware of it. Only a few make their life a pilgrimage. Tourists come, look around, take pictures in their mind, only to come back again. Pilgrims are at home everywhere and are hollow and empty.
When you consider life as sacred, nature waits on you.
Are you a tourist or a pilgrim?
Jai Guru Dev
Friday 25 November 2016
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted: 29 Oct 2000
LOVE IS THE SHADOW OF THE SELF
When you love something, you have a sense of belongingness with it. You can only love something, because it is belongs to you. If it is not yours, you cannot love it. Love is the shadow of the Self.
The bigger the Self, the bigger the shadow, and the bigger the love.
When the love is cast over the entire creation, then you are the Big Self. That is the Lordship.
When the Lordship dawns on the Self, there is perennial celebration.
*****
Jai Guru Dev
Thursday 24 November 2016
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted: 18 Oct 2000
IGNORANCE OF YOUR CAPABILITY CAN EXPAND YOU!
Always know that the Divine never gives you a responsibility you cannot fulfill.
Nobody ever expects you to treat them if you are not a doctor.
Nobody will ask you to fix their wiring system if you are not an electrician.
Your responsibility is only what you can do.
And you do not know what you can do!
Always accept that you do not know what you can do.
Ignorance of your capability can expand you!
When you know what you can do, you can progress.
But when you do not know what you can do, you can grow by leaps and bounds!
When you know what you can do, you can do things.
When you do not know what you can do, you can do things even better!
Jai Guru Dev
Wednesday 23 November 2016
Posted: 12 Oct 2000
PERFECTION IS THE NATURE OF THE ENLIGHTENED ONE
In a state of ignorance, imperfection is natural and perfection is an effort.
In a state of wisdom or enlightenment, imperfection is an effort; perfection is a compulsion and is unavoidable!
Perfection is taking total responsibility, and total responsibility means knowing that you are the only responsible person in the whole world. When you think that others are responsible, then your degree of responsibility diminishes.
When you are in total Vairagya (dispassion), you can take care of even trivial and insignificant things with such perfection. For example, during the Pooja every morning, Guruji decorates the Pooja table with flowers with such great care, choosing different color combinations and patterns everyday; fully knowing that the decoration is not going to last even 10 minutes. After the Pooja He himself would remove the garlands from the Pooja table or shower people with the flowers on it. Yet even while He is in a deep state of Samadhi, He would effortlessly and lovingly decorate the Pooja table everyday. It is obvious that it does not matter how the flowers are kept, but still attention to even such a trivial thing with such keenness of awareness can only come through utter dispassion.
Perfection is the very nature of the Enlightened one.
Jai Guru Dev
Tuesday 22 November 2016
Stones and bullets are not going to solve the problems of Kashmir -@SriSri #SriSriinJnK pic.twitter.com/R1zMCiNdGk
Gurudev @SriSri endorses the #DeMonetisation step taken by @narendramodi. #SriSriInJnK pic.twitter.com/zNDa5OEqCG
People of Kashmir want peace, education for their children and stability in their region -@SriSri #SriSriInJnK pic.twitter.com/mZ5CmMIDEO
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted: 08 Sep 2000
WISE ARE THE ONES WHO MAKE YOU CRY FOR THE DIVINE
Unfortunate are those who cry for the world.
Fortunate are those who cry for the Divine.
Unwise are those who make you cry for the world.
Wise are those who make you cry for the Divine.
The source of conflict is the division of "mine" and "yours."
Knowledge eases the sense of limited belongingness and resolves this conflict.
It is amazing when knowledge dawns in you that there is no stranger in the whole world! At the same time, the nearest one remains unknown to you.
Shirish Suchak: Why do our nearest ones often remain strangers?
Sri Sri: Because no one can understand anyone totally. Life is a mystery!
Marcy: But Guruji, you understand us totally! (laughter)
Sri Sri: Wake up and see. All these distinctions Ö "me, mine, others" Ö simply dissolve.
Jai Guru Dev
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted: 07 Oct 2000
STEEPED IN MYSTERY IS DEVOTION
One who is not amazed by the magnificence of this Creation, his eyes are not yet opened. Once your eyes are open, they close and this is called meditation. (Laughter)
Tell me, what in this Creation? Is not a mystery?
Birth is a mystery; death is a mystery.
If both birth and death are mysterious, then life is certainly a greater mystery. Isn't it?
Being completely immersed in the mystery of Life and this Creation is Samadhi.
Your knowing or believing doesn't really matter to what Is.
This Creation is an unfathomable secret, and its mysteries only deepen.
Getting steeped in mystery is Devotion.
The "Scene" is a mystery; the "Seer" is a mystery.
Deepening the mystery of Creation is science.
Deepening the mystery of the Self is spirituality.
They are the two sides of the same coin.
If neither Science nor Spirituality can create wonder and devotion in you, then you are in deep slumber.
Jai Guru Dev
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