Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

European Ashram,  Bad Antogast, Germany 30th July 1997 Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change Day 41 - Loyalty Loyalty is the way in which a mature and integrated mind behaves. Loyalty signifies an undivided wholeness of consciousness and shows a richness of the mind. When the mind is not integrated it is feverish, disloyal and opportunistic.  Disloyalty comes out of opportunism which reveals shortsightedness of one’s destiny. Integrity or wholeness is essential to being healthy. A divided mind will gradually lead to schizophrenia and other mental and physical disorders. Loyalty is a real strength and will have the support of nature in the long run.  Fear and ambition are impediments to loyalty. Loyalty is needed both in the material and the spiritual plane. Loyalty is essential to destroy, create or maintain any institution, group or society. Loyalty means believing in the continuity of commitment. Honouring commitment is loyalty.  It takes you beyond the duali...

Bangalore Ashram, India 18th February 1998 Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change Day 40 - Respect (Continued) Respect everyone as you respect me, but do not expect from everyone what you expect from me. You usually do it the other way. You do not respect everyone as you respect me, but you expect them to give you joy and you expect them to behave ideally.  When they do not live up to your expectations, you get frustrated and you blame or curse them. By cursing, you lose your spiritual energy. When you can bless, your energy goes up. The world is full of differences, arguments are inevitable.  With forbearance, patience and wisdom, skillfully make your way. If you find fools around you, they I’ll make you wiser. The number of fools around you indicates the strength of your centeredness. Do not try to get rid of them. If you are not centred, you will not have the patience to endure them.  When you are totally established, you find that even fools come up with wisdom. ...

Bangalore Ashram, India, 6th September, 1995 Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change Day 39 - Respect Why do you respect someone? You respect them because of good qualities such as honesty, wisdom, love and talents. But all these change in time and when they change, you lose respect. You only respect greatness. I have tremendous respect for each and every one of you.  Not for your greatness or wisdom or talent, but for the very person you are. I respect everyone totally, so I can never lose respect for anybody, however they may be. Someone does not need to be great in order to be respected. Respecting life makes you great.  Do not look for respect from others, that makes you weak. Have respect for the self and no one can take your self respect. When others respect you, it is not because you possess some virtues. It is because of their greatness. If you say God is great, it means you are great.  God is already great, your saying so does not affect God. When you respect...

Question - Gurudev, I have changed companies and places, still I find so much boredom in my life. Please advise how to come out of boredom?  Gurudev Sri Sri - When you have a passion or a commitment in life for a bigger cause, boredom will vanish. Boredom comes because you are only focused on your own pleasure. If you are only thinking about yourself, about how much more joy or pleasure you can get for yourself, you will get bored, because you will not get it anywhere. However, when your heart beats for others, for something higher, something finer and something more meaningful, then there is no boredom. The commitment level in our life indicates our enthusiasm or our boredom. If our commitment is low, boredom is bound to set in. If our commitment is higher, then boredom will never be anywhere around the corner. Boredom will never be anywhere near you.

Question - Gurudev, when someone criticizes me I switch off and go into hiding. How to handle criticism without arguing and fighting? Gurudev Sri Sri - Know that you're magnanimous. Every time you face a criticism know that you are vast like the ocean, and you can take in anything. When you feel small that is when you don't feel like taking criticism. When you feel you are very big, then you think, ‘I’m much bigger than this criticism, let me take it in’.