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Quotes about Mind by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  • A disease-free body, quiver-free breath, stress-free mind, inhibition-free intellect, obsession-free memory, ego that includes all, and soul which is free from sorrow is the birthright of every human being.
  • When you share your misery, it will not diminish. When you fail to share your joy, it diminishes. Share your problems only with the Divine, not with anyone else, as that will only increase the problems. Share your joy with everyone. Listen to others; yet do not listen. If your mind gets stuck in their problems, not only are they miserable, but you also become miserable.
  • A mind in the present moment is meditation.
  • Happiness depends only on your mind. When the mind is free of past impressions and future cravings, happiness is there.
  • Sickness is not just in the body, it could be in the mind, it could be in your intellect; it could be in the inhibitions of your intellect
  • A successful man has the following qualities: A smile that doesn't die; patience; fearless mind; love; self- confidence; love for everybody.
  • You have nothing to lose. All that you can lose is your tension and your worry, your little-mindedness, fear, and anxiety. And fear and anxiety, tension and worry in the small, little mind will keep the mind from being free, will keep the mind from experiencing its infinite potential, will keep the mind from becoming more powerful on this planet.
  • If our mind is pure, our desires get manifested quickly.
  • The signs of good health are an intellect which is free from inhibition and arrogance, a heart which is full of compassion is healthy, a confusion-free mind, a trauma-free memory and a sorrow-free soul.
  • To be free from ignorance you need knowledge. The mind should turn inward. Silence takes the mind inward and helps you to recognize who you are.
  • If something is not working today, then something better is in store. This surety should be in our mind.
  • Your worries, your feelings, your thoughts arise in your own mind. You are totally responsible for all your feelings - how you feel, what you think, what you do... You are responsible.
  • Patience in the mind and dynamism in action is the right formula.
  • Do not try to correct the mind. Trying to correct the mind is like trying to correct the waves in the ocean. Can you stop the waves in the ocean? If you want to see an ocean without waves you only have to dive deeper. When you dive deep inside you will experience the stillness of the ocean. And if it is all frozen that is enlightenment.
  • Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind.
  • Real beauty is when you're centered, when our mind is with the truth. That is how every baby is beautiful because they are centered.
  • Curiosity is the beginning of the mind, Wonder is the end of the mind.
  • The source of your mind is love and whatever you do to go to that source, is spiritual practice.
  • Your desire for consistency itself will set you on the right path. As long as you keep going up, never mind if you come down once or twice.
  • The best form of service is to uplift someone's state of mind.
  • In meditation, healing can happen. When the mind is calm, alert and totally contented, then it is like a laser beam - it is very powerful and healing can happen.
  • How do we get out of our small mind? When we enquire into the core of our existence. What is life? Who am I? This spirit of self-inquiry can awaken something inside you.
  • When you make Service your sole purpose in life, it eliminates fear, focuses your mind and gives you meaning.
  • We are always looking for solutions from someone else. We forget that if we turn our mind inward, we can get some ideas, some solutions.
  • Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought; your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free.