“When you are doing any work, do not think of anything beyond. Do it as worship.” - Swami Vivekananda

“When you are doing any work, do not think of anything beyond. Do it as worship.”
       - Swami Vivekananda

“We are to put the chemicals together, the crystallization will be done by nature according to her laws. Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord.” - Swami Vivekananda

“We are to put the chemicals together, the crystallization will be done by nature according to her laws. Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord.”
         - Swami Vivekananda

“Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad.” - Sri Ramakrishna

“Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad.”
              - Sri Ramakrishna

“There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude.” - Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

“There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude.”
      - Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

“You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall meditate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength.” - Swami Vivekananda

“You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall meditate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength.”
          - Swami Vivekananda

More than the problem, it's our reaction to the problem that creates chaos in our life.

At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on
a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic stricken
face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands
desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach.

Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got
panicky.

The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed
on another lady in the group.

Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the
drama.

The waiter rushed forward to their rescue.
In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter.

The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of
the cockroach on his shirt.
When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and
threw it out of the restaurant.
                                                                                       Was the cockroach
responsible for their histrionic behavior?
If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?
He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos.

It is not the cockroach, but the inability of the ladies to handle
the disturbance caused by the cockroach that disturbed the ladies.

It is not the shouting of our family members or our boss or
our neighbors that disturbs us, but it's our inability to handle the
disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs us.

It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs us, but our
inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that
disturbs us.

More than the problem, it's our reaction to the problem that creates
chaos in our life.

We should not react in life.
We should always respond.
The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.

Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought of.

“Knowingly or unknowingly, consciously or unconsciously, in whatever state of mind a man utters God's 'name' he acquires the merit of such utterance.” - Sri Ramakrishna

“Knowingly or unknowingly, consciously or unconsciously, in whatever state of mind a man utters God's 'name' he acquires the merit of such utterance.”
      - Sri Ramakrishna

“The mantra purifies the body. Man becomes pure by repeating the name of God. So repeat His name always.” ― Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

“The mantra purifies the body. Man becomes pure by repeating the name of God. So repeat His name always.”

  ― Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

      

“People will call us both good and bad. But we shall have to work like lions keeping the ideal before us.” - Swami Vivekananda

“People will call us both good and bad. But we shall have to work like lions keeping the ideal before us.”
          - Swami Vivekananda

“Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.” - Sri Ramakrishna

“Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.”
      - Sri Ramakrishna

"You have to be practical in all spheres of work. The whole country has been ruined by masses of theories." - Swami Vivekananda

"You have to be practical in all spheres of work. The whole country has been ruined by masses of theories."
     - Swami Vivekananda

"The rich should serve God and His devotees with money, and the poor worship God by repeating His Name." - Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

"The rich should serve God and His devotees with money, and the poor worship God by repeating His Name." - Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

“The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything.” - Swami Vivekananda

“The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything.”
      - Swami Vivekananda

“The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don't give up.” - Rachel Nebel

“The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don't give up.”
      - Rachel Nebel

“Divinity lies within us all"

According to an old Hindu legend, there was a time when all human beings were gods, but they abused their divinity.

So, Brahma, the chief God, decided to take the divinity away from them and hide it somewhere they could never find it.

Brahma called a council of the gods to help him decide where to hide the divinity.
“Let’s bury it deep in the earth,” said the gods. But Brahma answered, “Humans will dig into the earth and find it.”

Some gods suggested, “Let’s sink it in the deepest ocean.” But Brahma said, “No, Human will learn to dive into the ocean and will
find it.”

Then some gods suggested, “Let’s take it to the top of the highest mountain and hide it there.”

Brahma replied, “Human will eventually climb every mountain and take up their divinity.” Then all the gods gave up and said, “We do not know where to hide it, because it
seems that there is no place on earth or ocean that human beings will not eventually reach.”

Brahma thought for a long time said, “We will hide their divinity deep into the center of their own being, Humans will search
for it here and there but they wont look for the divinity inside their true selves”
All the gods agreed that this was the perfect hiding place, and the deed was done.

And since then, humans have been going up and down the earth, digging, diving, climbing, and exploring, searching for something, which already lies within
themselves.

“Divinity lies within us all"

“Look for something positive in each day, even if some days you have to look a little harder. Let the challenges make you strong.” — Unknown Author

“Look for something positive in each day, even if some days you have to look a little harder. Let the challenges make you strong.”
         — Unknown Author

“The purpose of one’s life is fulfilled only when one is able to give joy to another.” - Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

“The purpose of one’s life is fulfilled only when one is able to give joy to another.”
- Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

“One should constantly repeat the name of God. The name of God is highly effective in the Kaliyuga.” - Sri Ramakrishna

“One should constantly repeat the name of God. The name of God is highly effective in the Kaliyuga.”
      - Sri Ramakrishna

"Now you know my secret," exclaimed the sage. "I know that I can die at any time. So I am always loving in all my relationships."

A disciple inquired of Saint Tukaram about how his transformation came, how he never got angry, how he was always loving and so forth; he wanted to know Saint Tukaram' s  "SECRET "

" I don't know what I can tell you about my secret," said Tukaram, "but I know your secret."

"And what is that?"

"You are going to die in a week," said Saint Tukaram gravely.

Since Saint Tukaram was a great sage, the disciple took his words seriously. During the next week, he cleaned up his act. He treated his family and friends lovingly. He meditated and prayed. He did everything he could in preparation for his death.

On the seventh day, he lay down on his bed, feeling weak, and sent for Saint Tukaram.

"Bless me, sage, I am dying," he said.

"My blessings are always with you, said the sage, but tell me how     you have been spending the last week? Have you been angry with your family and friends?"

"Of course not. I had only seven days to love them. So that's what I did. I loved them intensely," said the disciple.

"Now you know my secret," exclaimed the sage. "I know that I can die at any time. So I am always loving in all my relationships."

"Blessed is human birth, even the dwellers in heaven desire this birth, for true knowledge and pure Love may be attained only by a human being." - Bhagavan Sri Krishna

"Blessed is human birth, even the dwellers in heaven desire this birth, for true knowledge and pure Love may be attained only by a human being."
        - Bhagavan Sri Krishna

"Every thought that we think, every deed that we do, after a certain time becomes fine, goes into seed form, so to speak, and lives in the fine body in a potential form, and after a time it emerges again and bears its results. These results condition the life of man. Thus he moulds his own life. Man is not bound by any other laws excepting those which he makes for himself." - Swami Vivekananda

"Every thought that we think, every deed that we do, after a certain time becomes fine, goes into seed form, so to speak, and lives in the fine body in a potential form, and after a time it emerges again and bears its results. These results condition the life of man. Thus he moulds his own life. Man is not bound by any other laws excepting those which he makes for himself."
            - Swami Vivekananda

"I tell you one thing. If you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather see your own faults. Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; the whole world is your own." - Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

"I tell you one thing. If you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather see your own faults. Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; the whole world is your own."
- Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

"Pure knowledge and pure love are one and the same thing. Both lead the aspirants to the same goal. The path of love is much easier." - Sri Ramakrishna

"Pure knowledge and pure love are one and the same thing. Both lead the aspirants to the same goal. The path of love is much easier."
           - Sri Ramakrishna

"As the rising sun dispels the darkness of night, so the knowledge of Atman drives away all delusion." - Bhagavan Sri Krishna

"As the rising sun dispels the darkness of night, so the knowledge of Atman drives away all delusion."
    - Bhagavan Sri Krishna

"If you have patience, you will never have any enemy." - Bhagavan Sri Ramachandra

"If you have patience, you will never have any enemy."
    - Bhagavan Sri Ramachandra