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Guruji's Knowledge Sheet: Testing

Testing is part of ignorance. You only test that of which you are not sure. If God is testing you, that means God doesn't´ know you well enough. How could people ever think that God is testing them? God does not test you because he knows you in and out and your past, present and future. He knows your strengths and weaknesses and he alone gives you strength. He doesn't test you. Only you can test yourself. Only when you do not have confidence, then you test. If you are confident, why would you test? If you are testing yourself, you do not know yourself. Are you testing God? God will never pass your test because He will never show up for your test. If He shows up for your test, then He is not God (laughter). Whether you get this or not - just laugh! - Sri Sri || Jai Guru Dev ||

Move from one perfection to another

Posted:  28 Dec 2010 12:56 AM PST Bangalore, India, Dec. Q: Can you tell us how the time of the day and night affect our body and mind?  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:  You have a mind and the mind passes through time. Why don’t you observe it! You have different moods in the morning, different moods in the afternoon, and different moods in the evening and night. Isn’t so? There is alertness and wakefulness at sunrise. I don’t think anybody likes to listen to romantic songs at dawn, dusk or afternoon. Unless you are newly married or just fallen in love!  In the morning, the mind is in a state of knowledge, alertness and wakefulness. It is action-oriented in the afternoon and in the evening, the mind is in a state of relaxation. One who wants to be unhappy can be unhappy the whole time, and one who wants to be happy can be happy throughout the day. A fool will be unhappy all the time and the intelligent one will be happy in spite of changing moods. In the same way, seasons als...

Cap it alise

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This cap is some 20 year old. Vintage again.

Whom should I set my cap at?

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Should i set my cap at only fitness and Pilates?

Q & A with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at Bangalore Ashram on 25 December 2010

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School starts in Dharavi

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Background Sri Sri Vidya Mandir is the first English medium school that Asia’s largest slum has seen. Today the school has six rooms and classes up to 6th standard. The school introduces a higher standard each year. Leaping over all the challenges like difficult backgrounds of the children, unavailability of the land and indifferent attitude of the parents towards education, the school has been successful in reaching out more than 220 children and imparting not only formal education but also holistic education. Stress free school Most students come from a background where a child has been mentally or physically abused. Children have either been involved in gambling or drugs, and in extreme case the use of weapons. In these circumstances, the school works not only to deliver education but also to strengthen the basic foundation of a child. The school organizes extra coaching classes and annual medical camps which include a full health check. Teachers and dedicated volunteers conduct reg...

Beanie Cap

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I know I wear more than one hat.