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Q:  Dear Gurudev, is astrology always true?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: 

Astrology is a road map only. What you are sitting here for, meditation and spirituality, is one step higher than astrology. Spirituality has the power to bestow and grant wishes. Astrology only predicts what might happen, not what will happen.

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Q:  Dear Gurudev, yesterday you said that Shiva is formless, but we have heard stories of Shiva and Parvati in their physical form.

 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: 

It is not their physical form, it is the subtle form. In the subtle dimension there are many manifestations.
It is one energy; that energy becomes light and in light there are different colors. Yet all these colors are only light and light simply means energy.

Understand it like this. There is electricity which is energy, and it is unmanifest. You can’t see it, you can’t touch it, you can’t experience it; nobody can. Yet, when it becomes light, you can experience it.
In the same way, it is one parabrahma (divinity), manifested as Shiva and Shakti, and then there is dialogue. These are all subtle phenomena. Simply remember this: all in one and one in all.

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Q:  Gurudev, do you have a plan for every devotee? Do you really have a plan for me as well?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: 

Absolutely! Just be on the track; keep smiling and serving. And you have choices as well. Whatever you choose, with a broader, long-term vision, I am with you for that.

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Q:  Dear Gurudev, I want to win a minimum of 10 million Euros from the national lottery. I will give 90% to different Art of Living projects. Please somehow send me the correct lotto numbers to make this happen.

 

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: 

If you want to donate 90%, then you should work hard and earn that money. That’s a better way to do it. Don’t look for easy money. Easy money will go away easily as well.

There is ethics in spirituality also. If the coach himself is playing the game, what will the players do? The coach has a role to play. So, don’t ever expect me to give you the numbers of a lottery ticket.

It is good that you have a sense of humor, that is needed. We should have a sense of humor and not take things too seriously. So if you are dreaming of it, you will get it in the dream only. A dream wish will come true in the dream only.

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Q:  Gurudev, when we are in pain, we are centered. But when we are happy, we move away from this centeredness. How should we remain happy and centered at the same time?

 

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Yes, this is a good question. When we are happy, we experience a sense of expansion; the mind expands, And when we are miserable, we experience a certain depth. That ,is why, whether you experience happiness or sorrow in life, treat both as equal, because happiness bring expansion and sorrow brings depth, and both make you stronger. And the way to go beyond both of these is meditation.
By meditating and being in knowledge, both centeredness and expansion start to co-exist within us. And that is because this is the nature of the self.
It is said (in the Upanishad), "Anor aniyan mahato mahiyan". Which means, smaller than the smallest and bigger than the biggest, that is what I am. This feeling starts coming up within you.

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Q:  Gurudev, many times while doing seva, the sense of doership starts arising within me? Would I lose the merit of doing the seva if I feel this way?

 

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

No! Don’t worry about it. Thinking whether you would lose the merit of doing seva is a bigger problem. Just be natural. Even if the ego comes, what’s wrong with it? Let it be! Keep it aside somewhere. You don’t need to show it others, just let it be.

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Q:  I end up meeting the wrong people in my life. How can I solve this problem?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

It’s okay if you are meeting wrong people, they are waiting for you to make them right! What is important is that you should not become wrong. They are coming to you like sick people coming to a doctor. Just remember that you are the doctor and they are the patients. Instead of you joining their club, pull them toward you.

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Q:  I end up meeting the wrong people in my life. How can I solve this problem?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

It’s okay if you are meeting wrong people, they are waiting for you to make them right! What is important is that you should not become wrong. They are coming to you like sick people coming to a doctor. Just remember that you are the doctor and they are the patients. Instead of you joining their club, pull them toward you.

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