When a storm comes, it is the trees that get uprooted. Be as humble as the grass and nothing can touch you.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarRead
You will find the Divine in the last place, because once you find it, you will not go on searching.
Interpretation
The search for the divine continues until you find it, after which the search ceases.
This quote reflects on the nature of the spiritual quest and the inherent human desire to seek a connection with the divine. It suggests that the journey of searching itself holds significance, but upon finding the divine, the pursuit concludes, indicating a profound realization or enlightenment that changes oneβs perspective on their spiritual journey.
In practice
This quote can be referenced in a discussion about spiritual journeys during a meditation retreat.
When a storm comes, it is the trees that get uprooted. Be as humble as the grass and nothing can touch you.
If you are unhappy, even the moon irritates you, sweet things nauseate, music disturbs. When you are calm and centered inside, noise is musical, clouds are magical, rain is liquid love.
When you judge others, look at yourself - You too have flaws and the divine nature has accepted you with all your flaws. It doesn't judge you. Who are you to judge?
A child does not try to know the mother, it simply has faith in her. In the same way, having faith in the Divine is the source of the greatest strength.
A Guru is there to show you what you are. You are not different from Me. Whatever I am, that is what you are.
Diwali means to be in the present, so drop the regrets of the past and the worries of the future and live in the moment. It is a time to forget the bickering and negativities that have happened through the year. It is a time when you throw light on the wisdom you have gained and welcome a new beginning.
I always adhered to the idea that God is time, or at least that His spirit is.
I hear the wind blowing across the desert and I see the moons of a winter night rising like great ships in the void. To them I make my vow: I will be resolute and make an art of government; I will balance my inherited past and become a perfect storehouse of my relic memories. And I will be known for kindliness more than for knowledge. My face will shine down the corridors of time for as long as humans exist.
[There is] a duty in refusing to cooperate in any undertaking that violates the Constitutional rights of the individual. This holds in particular for all inquisitions that are concerned with the private life and the political affiliations of the citizens.
That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.
But the problem is to make the soul into a monster
I can make the earth stop in its tracks. I made the blue cars go away. I can make myself invisible or small. I can become gigantic & reach the farthest things. I can change the course of nature. I can place myself anywhere in space or time. I can summon the dead. I can perceive events on other worlds, in my deepest inner mind, & in the minds of others. I can I am
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