Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Weekly Knowledge 53 St. Louis, Missouri 13 Jun 1996  USA SEVA IS SAVIOR  The way to expand from individual to universal consciousness is to share others's sorrow and joy. As you grow, your consciousness should also grow. When you expand in Knowledge with time, then depression is not possible. Your inner most source is joy.  The way to overcome personal misery is to share universal misery! The way to expand personal joy is to share universal joy. Instead of thinking "what about me?" "what can I gain from this world?" think "what can I do for the world?" When everyone comes from the point of contributing to society, you have a Divine society. We have to educate and culture our individual consciousness in order to expand in time with the Knowledge . . . from "what about me?" to "what can I contribute?"  If you are not having good experiences in meditation, then do more seva -- you will gain merit and your meditation will be deeper. Whe...

Question - Gurudev, how do I know if I'm making the correct decision? Gurudev Sri Sri - When you make a decision, somewhere you get the gut feeling that says, 'Yes, this is correct.' One thing you should know is that even if you take a wrong decision, it always leads you to growth. You become stronger, you learn a lesson somewhere deep inside. So that is why, don't worry.

Question - Gurudev, how to overcome aversion of people? There are few people who make me lose my balance everytime I see them? Gurudev Sri Sri - Keep the possibility that the same people who are averse to you may come to your help when you need it most. What is this person saves you when you are drowning? Or gives you a ride back home? Will you say, no I will not accept the help because I am averse to you? These aversion will instantaneously disappear. Secondly, see them as an agent of God. He/she has been told to act like that so that I can become stronger. It will totally change your perspective. When you change, you be surprised to see they will also change. Nobody can give you any unpleasant experience that is not due to you. This is higher knowledge. Nobody can give you any insult that you are not supposed to get, even if they want to, they can't give it “Nobody gives you pain or pleasure, it comes onto you”.

Question - Gurudev, even after meeting you I do not feel satisfied. I still desire to meet you, again and again. How do I fill myself up with you so completely that I never have the desire to meet you again? Gurudev Sri Sri - I don't know how you can do this. Till today I have been seeing this happen with everyone; it is a sign of devotion. If you look at it in one way, there is no fulfillment in devotion, and if you look at it in another way, nothing in this world can bring you as much fulfillment as devotion can bring you. There is no end to it, because devotion itself means a love that never diminishes. So, it is a thirst that is never quenched and it is a love that never ends.

Question - Gurudev, even though I read knowledge, do my spiritual practices and service, still my mind sometimes gets stuck on worldly objects like smart phones, clothes, etc. Please bless me to get rid of all this. Gurudev Sri Sri - It is okay. It takes time. If you are a little bit sticky, you need a little more heat to be stirred. You know, when we make the halwa (India pudding), the sweet first sticks, but as you keep stirring it on the fire, then it doesn't stick anymore.