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Sunday 30 April 2017
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
POSTED ON: MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017
Surrender and Responsibility
Setting up a time-bound goal gives direction to the life force. Imagination is essential for this. Most people have a small imagination and are stuck with that, and that causes frustration. But if you are a devotee, you say "Let Thy Will be done" and then you will step lightly to the goal. You will take it easy. We have to make a distinction. Some people say "Let God do everything and surrender" and others say "I have to be responsible."
Surrender is saying "Let Thy Will be done" and "Thy Will" for you is to take responsibility for the whole world.
It appears to be opposing and conflicting in nature -- in fact they are two sides of the same coin. The more you surrender, the more responsive you become. One who is irresponsible cannot surrender either. Why is someone irresponsible? They are lazy or fearful or both. If you are lazy or fearful, you cannot be in love.
Total responsibility is total surrender. It's a little hard to chew, but this is the truth. People usually say either I take responsibility or surrender, but I tell you they go hand in hand. Suppose you are surrendered to the Knowledge. That means you are committed to sharing it with others. You take responsibility to see that it flourishes.
Question: The confusion comes with the doership?
Answer: When you are taking responsibility and you find blocks, remember "surrender." That gives you strength to move ahead. It releases you from the weight of the doership. Responsibility is the dynamic expression of life in the present moment. When you are shaken, remember the basis of responsibility as surrender.
Taking responsibility or surrendering without doership is the skill of the wise. Total irresponsibility is impossible for you. Limited responsibility makes you weak. A little water in the sun will evaporate but the ocean never dries up. Limited responsibility tires you out. Unlimited responsibility empowers you and brings you joy.
JAI GURUDEV!!!
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QUESTION & ANSWER WITH GURUDEV
POSTED ON: MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017
Q: I’m not strong enough to take a commitment for whole one year. What can I do?
Gurudev:
Gurudev: Not strong enough? Take one day at a time. You are strong enough to take commitment for one day, and that is enough. And each day you can continue doing it. Don’t think of one long year, “oh my God! One year I’ve to do something! Today I do, that’s good. Tomorrow I do, that’s good”.
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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Saturday 29 April 2017
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
POSTED ON: SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017
To Say Sorry Is A Good Mistake?
Often, in establishing your righteousness, you are insensitive to othersÔ feelings. When someone is hurt, arguing with them and establishing your righteousness will be in vain. By saying a simple "Sorry", you can uplift the other and take away the bitterness. In many situations saying "Sorry" is better than establishing your righteousness. It can avert much unpleasantness. This one word of five letters, when said sincerely can remove anger, guilt, hatred and distance.
Many people feel pride in hearing "Sorry" from others. This boosts their ego. But when you say "Sorry" to a wise man, it evokes compassion at your ignorance. However, when you say "Sorry" to your Guru, He will get angry and say, "Go! Listen to Ashtavakra!" (Laughter) For your saying "Sorry" indicates doership. You feel that YOU have MADE a mistake.
A mistake is part of an unconscious mind. An unconscious mind cannot do right. A conscious mind can do no wrong. The mind which makes the mistake and the mind which realizes the mistake - saying "Sorry" - are entirely different, aren't they? The mind which says "Sorry" cannot be an unconscious mind. Therefore, saying "Sorry" sincerely is a BIG MISTAKE!!!
Did you get it or are you confused? If you didn't get it, don't feel sorry or u can feel sorry!! (Laughter)
How strange - truth is paradoxical!
JAI GURUDEV!!!
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GURU PUNCH YOUR DAILY INSPIRATION
POSTED ON: SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017
Even if one civilization, religion or culture goes missing, then there will be something missing in the world. Every culture and religion is part of the world heritage and we need to preserve all of them.
- Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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Friday 28 April 2017
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
POSTED ON: SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2017
Commitment and Convenience
A commitment can only be felt when it oversteps convenience. That which is convenient, you do not call commitment. If you just go on your convenience, your commitment falls apart causing more inconvenience! If you keep dropping your commitment because it is inconvenient, can you be comfortable? Often, what is convenient does not bring comfort, but gives an illusion of comfort. Also if you are too stuck in commitment, and it is too inconvenient too often, you will be unable to fulfill your commitment and it will only generate frustration. Wisdom is to strike a balance between convenience and commitment because both bring comfort to the body, mind and spirit.
A seeker of knowledge should forget about convenience, so should soldiers, rulers, students, seekers of wealth and all essential service providers. Those who want to be creative and adventurous transcend convenience. Those who are ambitious and have a passion for a goal do not care for convenience. To the wise their commitment is their comfort. Whenever their commitment is shaken, their comfort is also shaken. To the lazy, commitment is torture though it is the best remedy. Commitment will always bring comfort in the long run.
Question: Are there any commitments that can be given up?
Answer: Yes.
Sometimes when you are committed without a vision, you feel stifled when your vision expands. Such commitments made with shortsightedness can be given up. A smaller less important commitment can be given up for a greater commitment. Commitment to the means can be given up for the sake of the commitment to the goals. When your commitment brings misery to many in the long run it can be given up.
JAI GURUDEV!!!
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Thursday 27 April 2017
KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
POSTED ON: FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017
Self - Reliance and Surrender
December 25, 1996 – Christmas Day
Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
Self-reliance needs enormous courage. When there
is nobody else or you want to depend on yourself for everything, you need a lot of courage.
Surrender needs less courage.
A person who cannot surrender cannot be self – reliant either.
If you don’t have enough courage to surrender, then it is not possible to be self – reliant; you simply fool yourself. If you don’t have a hundred dollars, you cannot have a thousand dollars. Even a little fear is detrimental to self – reliance.
Self – reliance contains surrender. Fifty dollars contains ten dollars.
Often people think that surrender is a way to escape from their responsibilities, then they end up blaming the Divine for all their problems. In fact, true surrender is taking total responsibility for everything.
Susannah: How can we do that?
Sri Sri: You take responsibility and you pray for help.
Surrender eventually leads you to self - reliance because there is nothing other than the Big Self.
News Flash:
From Bangalore, 45 devotees traveled with Guruji to Madras, where a Satsang of 3,500 people served as a farewell party on the eve of his departure from India. A choir composed of 70 school girls serenaded the Master with heartfelt bhajans in a gigantic marble hall.
India’s bougainvillaea, coconut palms, and warm December weather have shifted to Switzerland’s mist-shrouded Alpine peaks, snow-laced trees, and the swans on Lake Lucerne. Course participants have gone into silence this morning to celebrate Christmas in a deep and authentic way.
Sri Sri’s message for Christmas:
Be a fountain of love
From Bangalore, 45 devotees traveled with Guruji to Madras, where a Satsang of 3,500 people served as a farewell party on the eve of his departure from India. A choir composed of 70 school girls serenaded the Master with heartfelt bhajans in a gigantic marble hall.
India’s bougainvillaea, coconut palms, and warm December weather have shifted to Switzerland’s mist-shrouded Alpine peaks, snow-laced trees, and the swans on Lake Lucerne. Course participants have gone into silence this morning to celebrate Christmas in a deep and authentic way.
JAI GURUDEV!!!
http://knowledgesheetsbygurudev.blogspot.in/
GURU PUNCH YOUR DAILY INSPIRATION
POSTED ON: FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017
Peace is not just an absence of conflict, it is a positive phenomenon inside of us. When our mind is quiet, our intellect becomes sharper, our emotions become positive and lighter, and our behavior becomes much more palatable. These are the effects of finding inner peace. Inner peace is the key for world peace.
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POSTED ON: FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017
Peace is not just an absence of conflict, it is a positive phenomenon inside of us. When our mind is quiet, our intellect becomes sharper, our emotions become positive and lighter, and our behavior becomes much more palatable. These are the effects of finding inner peace. Inner peace is the key for world peace.
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- Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
http://gurupunch.blogspot.in/
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