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How Can One Know Who His Spiritual Teacher Is?...his Heart Looks At The Spiritual Masters And Makes The Choice. When The Heart Sees A Spiritual Master, If It Is Overwhelmed With Joy, Then There Is Every Probability That That Spiritual Master Is The Right One For The Seeker.

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Sri Chinmoy

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How Can One Know Who His Spiritual Teacher Is?...his Heart Looks At The Spiritual Masters And Makes The Choice. When The Heart Sees A Spiritual Master, If It Is Overwhelmed With Joy, Then There Is Every Probability That That Spiritual Master Is The Right One For The Seeker.

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Unable To Change

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The Inner Light Actually Comes From The Soul; It Is Already Inside Us. The Moment We Can Have Free Access To Our Soul, We Will See That This Light Is Coming To The Fore To Permeate Our Whole Outer Existence.

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If We Call Ourselves Children Of God, Then Others Are Also Children Of God.

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Infinite Beauty

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Hope Abides; Therefore I Abide. Countless Frustrations Have Not Cowed Me. I Am Still Alive, Vibrant With Life. The Black Cloud Will Disappear, The Morning Sun Will Appear Once Again In All Its Supernal Glory.

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Even Now When I Am Answering A Question I Am At The Height Of My Own Meditation.

To Come Back To The Secret Of Inner Peace, Our Questioning And Doubting Mind Is Always Wanting In Peace. Our Loving And Dedicated Heart Is Always Flooded With Inner Peace.

You Can Purify Your Existence By Feeling Deep Within Yourself A Beautiful Rose Or Lotus, Or Any Other Flower That You Like. A Flower Is All Purity. Try To Identify Yourself With The Consciousness Of The Flower Or With The Purity Of The Flower. Today It Is Imagination, But If You Continue Imagining For Five Days, Or Ten Days, Or A Month Or Two, Then You Are Bound To See And Feel The Flower Within You. First You May Feel It, Then You Are Bound To See The Existence Of The Flower, And Then Automatically The Fragrance And The Purity Of The Flower Will Enter Into You To Purify You.

The Vision Of Hinduism Is Unity In Diversity. First, Hinduism Lovingly Embraces All Alien Elements; Second, It Tries To Assimilate Them; Third, It Tries To Expand Itself As A Whole, With A View To Serving Humanity And Nature.

If Your Lord Supreme Requests You To Do Something, Rest Assured He Has Already Given You The Capacity - Even More Than Necessary - Long Before You Actually Need It.

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