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.
The strongest guard is placed at the gateway to nothing. Maybe because the condition of emptiness is too shameful to be divulged.
In the long run the ideas of the majority, however detrimental they may be, will carry on. The future of mankind depends on the ability of the elite to influence public opinion in the right direction.
It is not acceptable for one country to change the borders of another by force.
The egotist is all surface; underneath is a pulpy mess and a lot of self-doubt. But the egoist may be yielding and even deferential in things he doesn't consider important; in anything that touches his core he is remorseless.
If you stare at a wall from four in the morning till nine at night and you do that for a week, you are getting pretty close to nothingness.
A retaliator behaves like a hawk when he is attacked by a hawk, and like a dove when he meets a dove. When he meets another retaliator he plays like a dove. A retaliator is a conditional strategist. His behaviour depends on the behaviour of his opponent.
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