KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVISHANKAR

POSTED ON: MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020

Surrender

The main impediment of many seekers in the path is that they want to surrender. Don't say that you want to surrender; know that you already are surrendered. Wanting to surrender becomes an impediment on the path. This is like a child saying to the mother, " I want to love you." No child ever tells the mother," I want to love you", love is evident there.

Surrender is not an act, it is a state of your being. Whether you acknowledge it or not, it is there. The wise wake up and see, the unwise take a longer time. Know that you have no choice, you are in a state of surrender deep within you.

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QUESTION & ANSWER WITH GURUDEV

POSTED ON: MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020

Q: It is said in Yoga Vashishta that one of the four gatekeepers to liberation is satsang (the company of truth). Please elaborate.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Yes, one of the four gatekeepers to enlightenment is satsang, which means having the right company because it is a good company that uplifts you.

How do you realize what is a good company? Just sit with someone and talk to them for over 30 minutes. When you get up, observe your state of mind. Do you feel happy? Do you feel depressed? Do you feel angry, agitated or sad? That says it all!

If you sit and discuss your problem with someone, and they appear to be insignificant, then that is good company. But when you discuss your problems with someone and you come out feeling, "Oh, I thought it's a small issue. It feels to be much bigger!" When the problems appear to be much bigger, then that is bad company. It's not satsang.

Satsang is one in which even the big problems appear to be much smaller. Your enthusiasm is high, you feel confident, you feel happy and you want to serve people. You don't become greedy - that is satsang. Satsang creates positive energy in you, uplifts your spirit, gives you insight and gives you courage.

Sometimes you live inside a bubble, satsang will bring you to ground reality. Suppose if you are imagining something or hallucinating, satsang will make you realize the ground reality. It will bring you to a point where you realize that you are imagining, or whatever you were doing is not correct.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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WISDOM QUOTE BY GURUDEV

POSTED ON: MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020

Take life not as a struggle but as a CHALLENGE, not as a suffering but as A WAY TO EXPRESS the multitude of emotions. That is living with wisdom.

~ Sri Sri

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WISDOM QUOTE OF SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR

POSTED ON: MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020

If someone has scolded you or used harsh words that have hurt you, but they have done it with a very good intention, then you should only thank them. This is because you have only grown stronger by their act.

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KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVISHANKAR

POSTED ON: SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020

The Arrow of Faith

It is only through merit that you can have faith. When you lack faith, happiness is neither in the inner nor the outer world. Happiness springs forth from faith. Happiness is forgetting the body consciousness. Pain or sorrow is holding on to the body consciousness. Whenever you are happy, you don't feel the body and when you are miserable, you have aches and pains.

Question: Then why in meditation is the attention taken to various parts of the body?

Sri Sri: For an arrow to go forward, you have to pull it back. In the same way when you take the attention to the various parts of the body, it frees you from body consciousness.

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QUESTION & ANSWER WITH GURUDEV

POSTED ON: SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020

Q: You have said that like rhythm in nature, our thoughts and emotions also have a rhythm. Please explain.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

I want you to take a look at your own emotion and the time scales. See how you felt last year at the same time? What were your feelings and thoughts during Christmas time or Diwali time? Just analyze, you will see that the pattern is happening year after year. This is what I call rhythm.

The objects differ but the pattern remains the same. Last year your were upset about something at the same time. The previous year too you were upset but for something else. So the object of your disturbance and happiness may vary, but your experience remains the same. This is what is called as a pattern.

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WISDOM QUOTE BY GURUDEV

POSTED ON: SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020

In meditation, a million things can come up, but if you raise your head above all these conflicts, and feel unmindful of it, it makes you go deeper in your meditation.

~ Sri Sri

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