Wake Up & Slow Down !

When you are in a rush, you are unable to properly perceive things. Often you are in a rush in life. This takes away the charm, thrill and beauty from your life. You can never be close to the Truth when you are in a rush because your perception, observation and expression become distorted.
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The rush to enjoy robs the joy from life. All the rush that you have in your life only denies the joy and freedom of here and now.
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Often one does not even know why one is in a hurry. It almost becomes a biological phenomenon to be in a rush. Wake up and become aware of the rush in you!
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Anne Farrow says: Wake up and slow down! (Laughter!)
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It is ridiculous to be in a rush to slow down. Just being aware of the rush itself will take care of it. Slowing down does not mean lethargy or procrastination. It is easy to be in either extreme of being in a rush or being lethargic.
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Feverishness arises out of lack, a need to achieve; whereas dynamism is an expression of fulfillment.
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The golden rule is to be awake, and being awake you cannot help but be dynamic.
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- Sri Sri
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|| Jai Guru Dev ||

Your questions.. Sri Sri answers..
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Q: Guruji, these days when we are talking of saving the planet from pollution including our water bodies, is it wrong to throw the puja materials in the water?
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Sri Sri:If you put natural things, then there is no pollution. They are bio degradable. If you put soap or plastic, it harms the water. Since centuries, in the forest so many leaves and fruits fall in water, but the water is not contaminated. But when we throw artificial things, the water gets contaminated.
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When we put bowls made of leaves, and garlands made of real flowers into water, it doesn't get polluted.
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It is interesting , one who is familiar with the real stuff, to him even the fake thing seems real.
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And to the one who is familiar with the fake thing, even the real appears as fake. This is maya. What is real and what is unreal has to be found out. Therefore you need an inward eye (antar drishti). This is possible through yoga and meditation.
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NOTE: Do YOU have any questions? Now you can get your Spiritual Quest quenched from where ever you are by sending the queries to
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askguruji@srisripublications.com
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These questions will be read out in the satsangs wherever Guruji is. You can find the transcription of answers on http://wisdomfromsrisri.blogspot.com
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Jai Gurudev :)


				*Wake Up & Slow Down !*