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Rumi (September 30, 1207–December 17, 1273) was an Iranian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic. His wisdom and spiritual writings are widely known throughout the Middle East, and he is one of the best-selling poets in the United States.
Below we list some words of wisdom from Rumi.
“I ... Views: 182
No! Liberated Souls have already reached the stage of ultimate salvation. It means they are free from all worldly bondages; and hence, they have no loved ones to think about or have memories of.
Let’s understand this in some detail....
The Enlightened One explains:
The fact is that every ... Views: 181
Self-Realization can only be achieved in a human form. This is because only in human form, one can charge (bind new) as well as discharge (leave old) karmas, whereas in all other life forms, one sensed living beings onwards, they only discharge karmas. The ability to charge karmas benefits us ... Views: 179
Bliss is the natural state of the Soul. And do you know, the Soul is our real Self?
Therefore, living a blissful life means being in the nature of the Self!
To truly experience a blissful life, we must first attain the knowledge of the Self. It is only after attaining the experience of the ... Views: 172
Self-realisation stops the charging of new karma; however it cannot erase our past karmas. Let’s understand the science behind this…
Whatever we are experiencing in this life is all a result of the past karma. We had made intentions in the past life and bound karma; and hence, in this life we ... Views: 170
Today is a new day, a new beginning. Each day of your life brings you closer to your destiny. Whether you are young or old is irrelevant. What is relevant is what you do each day. Each day is a new beginning, a new opportunity to be what you truly want to be.
The individual self, the ego self ... Views: 169
The concept of creating our own reality and the existence of past lives is a topic of much debate and speculation. From the perspective of Akram Vignan, which is a spiritual path based on the teachings of Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the ultimate truth is that we are the creators of our own ... Views: 167
Believe it or not, this is an utterly useless desire to keep!
This one desire makes us run around incessantly in a race for power, position, prestige, name, success and what not, throughout our life.
And say, your desire is fulfilled one day and you become an important person. What next? ... Views: 163
Evolutionary change cannot be measured in one or two generations. Developing ideas and forces may be stirring under the surface, preparing to burst forth and, in the interim, remain relatively unseen. In the interim, life goes on as it has always gone on, with the vital and animal propensities ... Views: 160
Connecting with our higher self certainly helps us live a totally fulfilling life
The connection happens when we attain Self-Realization i.e. when we realize who really am I. In today’s times, we can attain Self-Realization through Akram Vignan, in just two hours time, as it happens directly ... Views: 159
The easiest and simplest way to reduce the amount of suffering that we create in the lives of others is to:
Ask for forgiveness with sincere repentance in our heart. This is a scientific and most practical way, and it is called pratikraman.
Pratikraman is a 3-fold process, comprising ... Views: 157
In the book, ‘Brahmacharya – Celibacy Attained with Understanding’, Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, an Enlightened being, has shown the beneficial effects of brahmacharya with scientific exactness.
Let’s look at the following excerpts from this book:
Param Pujya Dadashri, herein, says:
“So ... Views: 157
For infinite times, and in infinite births, we all have suffered in the cycle of attachment and abhorrence. Since we have not been able to understand what attachment and abhorrence is, how it is formed, and how we can get rid of it, we’ve not been able to come out of this vicious cycle of ... Views: 155
Modern society is extremely demanding and challenging, causing a lot of pressure in our personal and social lives. Particularly, the peer pressure to succeed is intense, and many people struggle to survive in such an environment, wanting to succeed and fearing to fail.
But how does success ... Views: 152
Materialistic possessions are something that most of us dream for, as they provide us comfort and happiness. We think they give us a better lifestyle and therefore we crave for such luxuries. And if we happen to meet people with luxuries, one often tends to look at them with great ... Views: 152
Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, an enlightened being explains how this process actually works!
The Soul is eternal; it is free from birth and death. However, the physical body, in which the Soul resides, is mortal. The moment Soul exits from the body, the body becomes lifeless. And this is what is ... Views: 150
‘Midas Touch’ and ‘Golden Egg Goose’ - for sure, we all have learnt these fables in school or have heard from our grandparents as a bed-time story with the moral stating ‘Greed is the root of all evil’. Similarly, the idiom ‘Leave and Live’ must have visited us in some way too. But the paradox ... Views: 149
The Soul is the most precious thing on this planet!
Many people also call it Aatma, Rooh, the Holy Spirit, consciousness or super-consciousness, depending on the language one speaks or the religion one follows. The Soul is also referred to as the real self.
A Soul is present in every Body ... Views: 148
People are in search for God because, they do not know really who is God and where exactly His real abode is. Some believe God exists in heaven while some believe He resides in temples or churches. And for many, He lives in their heart too.
But to reach God, first of all we ought to establish ... Views: 147
A friend in need is a friend indeed!
Searching for ways to help a friend through her tough time is indeed a great deed. Trust the following will prove useful and supportive in your endeavor.
Life is like a see-saw.
At one moment of life, happiness is at the top, and in the other moment, ... Views: 146
The most important thing that keeps us happy in every situation in life is ‘a happy mind’. A contented mind is an ‘always happy mind’. And contentment is an outcome of right understanding.
Life is actually very simple! It really is, but we unnecessarily complicate it and make it look far too ... Views: 144
The word ahimsa is derived from the Sanskrit root ‘hims’, which means to strike or cause injury or harm. Thus, ‘A-himsa’ is its opposite, i.e. non-harming.
What is Himsa?
Hurting or harming any living being, even in the slightest degree, through the mind, speech and body is violence. ... Views: 144
One who is humble and truthful is actually a spiritually elevated person
Those who are genuinely humble may appear weak to the external world, but actually, they are very, very strong from within. Spiritually, they are highly elevated beings! And similar is the case with truthful people too. ... Views: 143
Almost everyone in this world is attached to something or the other – to a particular person or thing, to family, friends, pets, work, a typical lifestyle, some viewpoint, thoughts, etc.
This attachment often seems to act as the driving force in life. One fights all odds and even achieves ... Views: 142
We all know that God is divine!
So, to discover the treasure of divinity within us, we need to first discover God within us!
What is God?
Is God the creator of the Universe? or the ruler of the world? Or does God mean Lord Krishna? or Lord Mahavir? or Lord Rama?
Lord Mahavir, Lord ... Views: 139
All too often, the mind has a way of getting stuck on one subject; and consequently, this can take away our peace of mind and cause us to feel unsettled and frustrated within. The more we try to move on, the deeper we sink.
So, let us explore what we can do to help us move on.
Nature of ... Views: 139
Most, if not all of us, know that the body and the Soul are two different entities. We may have either heard about this from our parents in childhood, or later on, when we started taking our first steps on the path of spiritual growth and progress. However, very few know about the exact ... Views: 139
Morgan Freeman (June 1, 1937) is an American actor, narrator, and producer. He’s received many awards for his work, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil ... Views: 138
As a normal worldly ritual, everyone thinks of marriage as ‘a beautiful bond between husband and wife’, wherein the two lead a good and happy life. Following the societal norm, we too dream about getting married; and look forward to having a life-time companion in the form of a partner and a ... Views: 137
There are two great impediments to spiritual life. The first is attachment to the body and the sensory experience, because when there is attachment to the physical form and the sensory experience there is engagement with the body-mind structure and the belief that you are this small person who ... Views: 137
If we understand the core science behind our fate, we will be in a better position to relate things correctly.
As per Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the Enlightened being,
“Give what you would want to receive. That is the principle of karma.”
Whatever seeds of karma you have sowed in your ... Views: 136
Generally, we get angry when things do not go our way or when someone is not understanding what we are trying to say, or when a difference of viewpoint seems to arise every other day. We get angry when although we are right, someone accuses us of being wrong, or for no good reason, someone ... Views: 136
There are two pathways to attain spirituality:
1. The Kramic path and
2. The Akram path
Kramic path is the common traditional path where a person leaves their home environment, renounces worldly things and slowly climbs up, one step at a time, towards the ultimate goal of moksha.
The ... Views: 136
At times, we get caught in situations that we find difficult to handle. When things seem to be getting out of hand and whatever we do to salvage the situation only fails, when extreme circumstances surround us on the outside and a feeling of loneliness, helplessness, despair, coupled with mental ... Views: 136
Ignorance of the Self gives rise to Ego
In common parlance, when we see someone boasting that, “I am great,” or “I am the smartest man in the world”, we consider it as his ego.
Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the Enlightened being, explains,
“To boast is called pride, which is an extension of ... Views: 132
The secret to the longevity in relationship is – LOVE, the real love!!
The love that we see in our personal relationships always desires to be loved in return and it often seeks to control, if not grossly, in subtle and silent ways certainly. Such love is limited in scope, has conditions and ... Views: 132
We are indeed not our body.
Do you say, “This is my body” or you say, “I am body” - what would you say?
This is my body, right?
So who is saying, “This is my body”?
The owner and the belonging must be separate. If you say, “This is my house”, it means you are the owner of the house. ... Views: 131
The essence of human life is to get awakened and remain only in ‘Self’.
The Soul is the real Self. But from time immemorial, we have not known this real Self. Owing to our ignorance of the Self, we have always lived in an illusion. And years after years, life after life, this illusion has ... Views: 131
Yes, Nirvana is a state that is beyond all suffering, and yes, it is the experience of supreme bliss as well. When one attains Nirvana, one attains the ultimate Moksha.
So, how does one gain this Moksha?
Moksha is achieved in two stages:
● In the first stage of Moksha, one experiences ... Views: 131
“If you know ego, only then can you remove that ego.”
~ Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan
So let us first understand what exactly is ego….
What is ego?
In common parlance, when we see someone boasting about himself that, “I am great or I am the smartest man in the world”, we consider it as his ... Views: 129
A poet has written:
The speechless gain speech, the cripple climb mountains,
The power of Guru’s grace is extraordinary, the blind gain sight!
Then, how can the positivity of Guru not change the thoughts of a person seated in front of him?!
Guru’s Grace Works Wonders!
We are ... Views: 128
The law of karma is not your enemy that it will take revenge from you
It gives you back ONLY what you have given out in the Universe.
The principle of Karma says, ‘Give what you would want to receive’
Many a times we do feel that people who do good have to suffer, and the ones doing ... Views: 127
Yes, enlightenment and the resultant liberation are indeed our natural state of being!
Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the Enlightened being, states that
Efforts are needed for the daily mundane life but not for attaining liberation, because liberation is the very nature (natural state) of the ... Views: 125
Dualities such as attachment and abhorrence, kindness and cruelty, greed and benevolence, truth and false are all qualities of the prakruti (the worldly self), and the Self (our real Self) is beyond all duality. The nature of the real Self is non-dual. Thus, our true nature is non-dual!
The ... Views: 124
Generally, when someone says it has happened for a reason or everything happens for a reason, it means the law of cause and effect is at play; primarily it has to do with karma!
So, let us explore the science of karma:
Seed of karma (the cause) — This is in the form of our inner intent ... Views: 123
Every society in the world undergoes changes. These changes are influenced by the environment, technology, climate, people, interaction, the way we live, and many more factors. And amidst so many changes taking place all around, to find real happiness that remains constant is impossible! ... Views: 122
Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the Enlightened being, has said:
“You should keep the account book of the pure Soul clear. For that, at night, you (as a Soul) should tell John (please insert your name here), ‘For whomever you saw faults during the course of the day, clear the karmic account with ... Views: 121
Every person sees spirituality from a certain angle that fits into his / her viewpoint.
But to know what really is spirituality, one may visit https://www.dadabhagwan.org/path-to-happiness/spiritual-science/science-of-spirituality/what-is-spirituality/
Many people believe that worshipping ... Views: 119
Soul is an eternal element; that which is eternal is never born nor does it ever die
The Soul is immortal. It was, it is and will always remain the same for everyone. The Soul does not undergo any change whatsoever; that which changes is the body. When one physical body dies, the Soul ... Views: 118
I derive my motivation from the inner chat!
Basically, I am a chatterbox. So whenever I have no one outside to talk to, the machinery immediately switches within and my inner chat begins. And I thoroughly enjoy it, for it not only motivates me, but also delights me, energizes me and nurtures ... Views: 118