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The origin, or root, of creation is sound. The whole world has been created from sound. The world in your mind is created from sound, is it not? That is why we have to quiet the mind with the help of sound.

Chapter 12 - The Body Is A Temple Day 63 Do an experiment one day. When your mind is dull or bored, take something and give it to someone. Your mind will change. Have you observed this? Give something, maybe a blanket or a quilt, to someone in need, or if this is not possible, then give a few kind words. Only when you give more, will you be able to receive more, but do not give with the intention of getting more. Then it is not a gift at all. So make a decision to give and give a noble gift. There is a saying, which is very common here. "If we are happy today, it may be from some good deeds done by our ancestors. Our elders did good deeds, and that is why we are well off today." The benefit of the good work we do, the religious acts we perform and the gifts we give is not limited only to us, but extends to future generations. That is why this saying is so common. If you just collect different things and give them away for business, you will not be com...

They honour all the happenings in the body and do not blame the body. Every word they speak is full. When our consciousness is vibrant and alive, then our words will have value.

Chapter 12 - The Body Is A Temple Day 62 I met a married man in Delhi, who had fallen in love with a woman, who worked in his office. What to do? He could not share anything at home since he had a wife and children. He did not know what to do. The same thought kept coming again and again. Her name was Rama. So he kept writing her name, "Rama," "Rama," in a note pad. When he was asked for a signature, he wrote "Rama." It became such a problem that he started seeing her face everywhere. Even the cat's face looked like Rama, and when he went out on his scooter, he would see her face in the streetlight. He would see her face even in the moon. When he saw her face in the cat, he became afraid and so he came to me, asking, "Guruji, what has happened? Have I lost my mind? I think about her 24 hours a day. Even in my sleep, I call, "Rama, Rama," and my wife is angry, demanding to know whose name I am calling. It has become a ja...

When the left nostril is functioning, the right brain is active, the right brain is for music. When the right nostril is functioning, the left brain is active. So, the right nostril is connected to the left brain activity, logic, thinking, understanding

*Chapter 3 - Self Discovery* *Day 12* It is the ear of the ear, it is the mind of the mind, it is the speech of the speech, and the prana, life energy, behind the life energy - the life of life. It is the sight of the sight. Seeing power of the sight. The wise one transcended this world, this universe, and attained immortality. There is something in us that does not die, that does not age. Everybody has an idea about it. If you look around, you see that little children have grown up and things have changed, but you feel that you have never grown older. If you ask an old man or woman, they will say I have not aged. Only birthdays remind us, badly, that I am 50 or 60. We think, "Oh my God, I am getting older." But inside, you don't feel that you have aged. Inside you feel you have not changed. This is true because there is a part of you that doesn't change at all, that doesn't die at all. That's another world. This world of death is where everyth...

God is omnipresent, which means present everywhere, omnipotent - all powerful, and omniscient - all knowing.

*Chapter 3 - Self Discovery* *Day 11* The Truth, Knowledge, and Infinity is what Divinity is. Satyam is Truth, Gnanam is Knowledge, divinity and Infinity is Brahman. If you put a paper in a fax machine and you press a button here that print gets electronically transported. You can get it, for example in China. What happened to the information that you inserted here and released into the cosmos? That same information thousands of miles away gets printed exactly the same way. How is it possible? Have you ever thought about it? In a cell phone, if you say something, those words go into it and then go into space and gets reproduced somewhere in another place in exactly same way. So, where is this information carried in between these two cells phones? Have you ever thought about it? This information is intact with practically no lapse of time - there is a little time gap there and it gets on to the other side? Then, the medium in which this knowledge is flowing ...

What is truth? Who is that which you can call as true? What is this consciousness which is behind everything?

*Chapter 3 - Self Discovery* *Day 10* Truth is that which is not affected by the three times - past, present, and future. The world is not true because the world is affected by time. Our perception is affected by time and space. So perception is not true. All that you perceive in the world around you is not truth. One stroke its all gone - your means of perception is not faulty. When someone asks you to tell the truth, you just smile. Tell the truth? Truth is unlimited - not limited by time. I was accused of telling lies when I was a child because I used to say "I have my family people in America. One summer I will go there." Which summer it didn't strike me. My friends believed me a couple of times, but then they found out I have nobody in America. My mother would get angry at me and say, "You are lying. "Why are you lying? You never tell lies, otherwise just this one lie". I was bewildered. I didn't know what to say. It felt very right ...

I have resolved to stop overeating many, many times. I failed repeatedly. Mind wins, I suffer. How do I solve this habit step by step?

Q: I have resolved to stop overeating many, many times. I failed repeatedly. Mind wins, I suffer. How do I solve this habit step by step? Gurudev Sri Sri : Take longer time to eat, longer time. You know, usually people who overeat, they eat so fast. They stuff things so fast, but if you keep the food in your mouth, chew it longer, just feel the food in your mouth , you will see you will consume half of what you usually consume, yes?

Gurudev, it is said that whatever had to be said has already been said, but the point is, have people heard it? Is this why so many enlightened masters have to come again and again. How to make sure this time people listen.

Question - Gurudev, it is said that whatever had to be said has already been said, but the point is, have people heard it? Is this why so many enlightened masters have to come again and again. How to make sure this time people listen. Gurudev Sri Sri - A farmer knows the answer to this question very well. See, what does a farmer do? He takes the seeds, ploughs the field and then throws the seeds. Some seeds sprout and some don't. He does not worry and think, Oh, this seed has not sprouted, that has sprouted.' He just puts the seed and whichever sprouts, sprouts, and whichever doesn't, it doesn't. Usually most of the seeds sprout if it has been ploughed properly. And if the farmer has sown the seed at the right time, it does grow. That is what we should all do. Don't worry about how many will reach the goal and how many will not. You do your job. A musician simply sings, he doesn't see how many people are listening. If someone is playing the flute or ...

Gurudev, how can we feel that we have become connected to you?

Question - Gurudev, how can we feel that we have become connected to you? Gurudev Sri Sri - This is very simple, just do you doubt it? Do you know why? It is because you are already aware that the connection has been established. If you did not have any connection with me, then these questions would never arise. The fact that you asked this question means that the connection is there. That's it. Just take it for granted that the connection is there and it is very strong. Do not get misled by silly thoughts like, 'Oh, Gurudev looked at him but not at me', or 'Gurudev smiled at her but not at me'. Do not think like this at all. How do you experience your connection with the air, or the space around you? What is there to experience? I tell you, just relax and repose in yourself. then everything is yours.

Gurudev, many times, someone says something unpleasant to me, but at that time I do not know what to reply back. Later on, I keep on thinking about it again and again for a long time. think, maybe I should have said this.

Question - Gurudev, many times, someone says something unpleasant to me, but at that time I do not know what to reply back. Later on, I keep on thinking about it again and again for a long time. think, maybe I should have said this. Gurudev Sri Sri - That is where the knowledge helps. I know it goes on eating your head for a long time. That is when you should say, 'Everything is nothing. All this will disappear. All these people are nothing, and they are all going to disappear one day' See, the brain keeps giving some opinion here and there, and this tongue which has no bone goes on blabbering. What is the big thing? Those sounds which came from their mouth and reached our ears, need not rattle our mind. See it scientifically. That's why both gyana (knowledge) and vigyana (science) are important. From both angles if you see, nothing really matters. Knowing this brings you that inner strength to move on with a smile.