Pray to God: It's all right if you don't love me, but please let me love you! Mata Amritanandamayi More Quotes by Mata Amritanandamayi More Quotes From Mata Amritanandamayi Our ultimate dharma is self-realization. Thoughts and actions that support our spiritual evolution are real dharma. Mata Amritanandamayi real self spiritual Today people live to work rather than work for a living. They have forgotten their true goal in life. Subsequently they have forgotten their dharma. There is no communication between hearts, there is no sharing. Having lost contact with other's hearts, we become totally isolated. But in truth we are not isolated islands, we are links that form one chain. Mata Amritanandamayi communication islands heart Real happiness in life comes from the mental capacity to adapt to any situation. Mata Amritanandamayi life-happiness real spiritual The mental disposition of the one who prepares the food is transmitted to all those who consume it. Therefore, as far as possible the mothers should do the cooking for the entire family. If it is done while chanting the mantra, the food will benefit everyone in a spiritual way. Mata Amritanandamayi spiritual mother food Just beneath the surface of all experiences in life is God's, or the Guru's, compassionate face. Mata Amritanandamayi spiritual life-is faces Food should be consumed while chanting your mantra inwardly. This will purify the food and the mind at the same time. Mata Amritanandamayi should mind food Purify the mind through selfless service. Mata Amritanandamayi selfless-service selfless mind If the desires are not controlled now, later they will control you. Mata Amritanandamayi controlled desire relationship Death is not complete annihilation. It is a pause. It is like pressing the pause button on a tape recorder. Mata Amritanandamayi buttons tape spiritual Too much concern about physical security and too little concern about spirituality is the hallmark of today's world. Mata Amritanandamayi todays-world spiritual littles With the exception of very few who have gained higher spiritual tendencies in prior lives, Self-realization is not possible for anyone without the blessings of a guru. Think of the guru as the manifestation of God in this world. Take even the most insignificant word of the guru as an order and obey it. That is the real service to the guru. There is no greater austerity. The guru's blessings flow automatically to any obedient disciple. That is the real service to the guru. Mata Amritanandamayi real spiritual thinking Try to make others happy, and don't despair over all the evil in the world. Instead of cursing the dark, let us each light one small lamp. Mata Amritanandamayi make-others-happy spiritual dark Children, even if we lose a million dollars, we can recover it. If we lose one second, we cannot get it back. Every moment that we are not remembering God is lost to us. Mata Amritanandamayi dollars meditation children Progress is not possible without discipline. A nation, institution, family or individual can advance only by heeding the words of those who deserve respect and by obeying the appropriate rules and regulations. Children, obedience is not weakness. Obedience with humility leads to discipline. Mata Amritanandamayi discipline humility children Smiling is one of the highest forms of meditation. Mata Amritanandamayi highest form meditation Children, we should always eat our food sitting down. Do not eat standing or walking around. Mata Amritanandamayi sitting-down food children Writing a diary every evening before going to bed is a good habit. We can record in the diary how much time we have devoted to our spiritual practice. The diary should be written in a way that helps us see our mistakes and correct them. It should not be a mere document of other peoples' faults or our daily transactions. Mata Amritanandamayi spiritual mistake writing Children, we are told to make an offering at the temple or at the feet of the guru, not because the Lord or guru is in need of wealth or anything else. Real offering is the act of surrendering the mind and the intellect. How can it be done? We cannot offer our minds as they are, but only the things to which our minds are attached. Today our minds are greatly attached to money and other worldly things. By placing such thoughts at the feet of the Lord, we are offering Him our heart. This is the principle behind giving charities. Mata Amritanandamayi real spiritual children It is my children who have made all this possible. My children are my wealth; they are my strength. Mata Amritanandamayi my-children wealth children The relation between husband and wife should turn into a love of the heart untouched by desire. Mata Amritanandamayi husband heart relationship