Mata Amritanandamayi
Mata Amritanandamayi Quotes about Mind
By living in harmony with Nature one gains a healthy mind and body.
First, the human mind should be harmonized, then the harmony of Nature will spontaneously take place.
Whatever is associated with the mind is bound to change. The truth is that which is changeless. It is the Self.
Purify the mind through selfless service.
We live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.
As you perform good actions selflessly, true love will blossom, which will purify our emotional mind.
Just as food and sleep are necessary for the body, spiritual understanding is needed for a healthy mind.
Children, we cannot control our mind without controlling our desire for taste. The health aspect, not the taste, should be the prime criteria in choosing the food. We cannot relish the blossoming of the heart without foregoing the taste of the tongue.
Controlling the mind is the way to attain internal harmony.
Food should be consumed while chanting your mantra inwardly. This will purify the food and the mind at the same time.
Develop the ability to stand back as a witness to your thoughts. This will make your mind strong.
Faith in a higher power helps us to control our mind and thoughts.
Pray for a peaceful and contented mind in all circumstances.
Happiness comes from the dissolution of the mind, not from external objects. Through meditation we can achieve everything including bliss, health, strength, intelligence and vitality. But it should be practiced properly in solitude and with care.
Too much reasoning has spoiled the contemporary mind. People have lost their hearts and faith.
Whatever work we do, our mind should be centered on God.
Fundamentally, what everyone needs is mental strength and confidence, to manage the mind, just as we manage the outside world.
Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind.
We should forgive and forget the faults of others. Anger is the enemy of every spiritual aspirant. Anger causes loss of power through every pore of our body. In circumstances when the mind is tempted to get angry, we should control ourselves and resolve firmly, 'No.' We can go to a secluded spot and chant our mantra. The mind will become quiet by itself.
Fighting the wounds of the past will only deepen those wounds. Relaxation is the method that heals the wounds of the mind, not reaction.
What we need is peace of mind. We can gain that only through the control of our mind.
Chant your mantra while engaged in work. This way, the mind will be continuously focused on Him.
Peace is not just the absence of war and conflict; it goes well beyond that. Peace must be fostered within the individual, within the family and within society. Simply transferring the world's nuclear weapons to a museum will not in itself bring about world peace. The nuclear weapons of the mind must first be eliminated.