Sri Sri talks

*Shanti > How can you incorporate spirituality in daily life?*

*Sri Sri > First step don't think spirituality is not for daily life. It is not different from daily life. So you don't have to make an effort and try to incorporate it in your life. Your life can never be away from spirituality, it is only a matter of awareness.

Rajan > Jai gurudev - Art of Living has changed me a lot in life style. But still I have not given up the habit of smoking - why is it so?

*Sri Sri > Practice Pranayam and Sudarshan Kriya regularly. Something else will not change you, these things will help you. It is you who will make the change.

Deepali > What important point should be kept in the mind to make a marriage successful? Please advise me.
*Sri Sri > Sacrifice and compromise.

Sam_Ravi > Is there any way to know whether a person is enlightened or not?
*Sri Sri > It is a gut feeling, when love and joy and knowledge does not depart from you for a second, it just manifests every moment of your life.

Kripakaro > What is the difference between a thought and imagining during meditation?
*Sri Sri > Imagining is an effort and thought comes by itself.

Hemantjgd > How do you define Seva ?
*Sri Sri Ravishankar* >If you split seva , it is se and va, it means like him, like the way God does things for you. You have to work like him.

Hemant_s > I want to know more on Sudarshan kriya . Please enlighten me.
*Sri Sri > Just do it, I can't tell you more about it.

SRamu > Guruji , how do we cope up with adverse planetary positions in the next two years, your guidance please.
*Sri Sri >They are so far away, don't worry about them. They are doing their job and are in their orbit. You continue with your practice.

Hiteshmorjaria > I have been doing kriya for two years and Padma Sadhana for one year, still I think I cannot handle anxiety.
*Sri Sri > Don't do too much and talk to your teacher / instructor. They will give you more ideas. Also, look back and see the improvement that has come in you - that will give you confidence.

Rose_60 > How can I control my temper?
*Sri Sri > Don't let the temper control you.

arc12 > Does meditation change a person's life in any way?
*Sri Sri > For the better.

Alka_s > I have tried medicine for depression and they do not work fully, how to get rid of it?
*Sri Sri > Sadhana, spiritual practice, satsang and seva can help you get rid of it.

Tapan_1957 > What is the secret of happy living?
*Sri Sri > Myself.

Varun > What do you do, when your heart wants something else and your mind says something else?
*Sri Sri > Bring them on a negotiating table.

jgdsonu > How many times and what forms have you manifested on earth in a human form?
*Sri Sri > I don't keep a count. Whenever it is needed, I am right there.

jaihojaiho > There is a lot of questions about the commercialization of Art of Living and it is increasing each day? What do you have to say about commercialization?

*Sri Sri > They have not really gone and seen the Art of Living. Once you do that, the idea of commercialization will go away. Art of Living has adopted 15,000 villages in India in one year. All the teachers are doing the work as a service and not as a commercial work. It is charitable. It appears, because of the fees we charge, that is because, the mind has become commercial and a commercial mind can be only captured that way. We are thus compelled, to introduce the commercial aspects because the mind has steeped in commercial activities. Remember, whatever appears is not what it is.

vasnthi_richmond > What will be the outcome of the Ayodhya talks, now in progress?

*Sri Sri > Hope and pray for the best. I am proposing a win-win situation for both the communities.

hnm > Can somebody who has taken basic and advanced course be accepted by you as shishya ?

*Sri Sri > If a patient has taken medicine, then obviously somebody becomes a doctor. If someone has learnt they have automatically become a shishya .

karthikdurais > What is the way to unite all humans?

*Sri Sri > Recognize the ones. Spirituality and knowledge is the only way.

prashant-borivali > Nowadays I am feeling lazy to get up in the morning and do sadhana and kriya . What is the remedy?

*Sri Sri > I will propose some remedy and you will be lazy to do that also. Allow me to remain intelligent. Intelligent won't propose a remedy which won't be accepted.

rishi_shanky > How can we throw out the negative feelings from mind?

*Sri Sri > Do Sudarshan Kriya .

shadow_v > I need to know, how poverty will be reduced in India?

*Sri Sri > There are two things that one has to know, one is to build self esteem and confidence in poor people so that they can stand on their feet. To make those who are generous, so that they share what they have, knowledge, wealth, abilities, service and charity on one side and self
esteem and creativity on other.

diya91 > How does one attain detachment?

*Sri Sri > When you know, the ultimate in life is death and everyone is going to die and the whole show is going to finish, then detachment is spontaneous.

hk98201 > If living is an art, then why do we give so much importance to maths? (money, relations, etc)
*Sri Sri > Don't give them too much importance, keep money in your pocket and relationship in your heart and sense in your head.

sameervps > When exactly does the spirit dawn on a fetal body during its formation in womb till coming out of the womb?

*Sri Sri > It varies. Sometimes soul enters at the conception, the seventh month or in some rare cases, also at the time of birth.