Best 107 quotes in «balance in life quotes» category

An insult is a “vitamin”, and pride is “food”.

Akram Vignan is where the worldly life goes on but there is no karma bondage and Kramic Gnan is where the worldly life goes on and one continues to bind karma.

Anything you do to prevent inauspicious contemplation (durdhyan, to hurt others by mind,body,speech,etc.) is dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation, to not hurt anyone, to give happiness to others).

[Be] Non-insistent in the ‘relative’ and insistent in the ‘real’.

By scolding, one will not tell you the truth and use deceit. All this deceptions in the world are created due to scolding.

Circumstances will continue to change. They will not adjust to you; you will have to adjust to them. Circumstances do not have bhaav (inner-intent) and you have bhaav. To make the circumstances favorable is our job. Unfavorable circumstances are indeed favorable. One begins to breathe hard while going up the stairs, and yet why does he climb them? There is the bhaav that he will be able to go up; he will be able to take advantage of what is up there!

Chanchad (restless, unsteadiness, unstill) cannot become acchad (still, steady) and acchad cannot become chanchad. One (The True Self) has to remain in the nature of the Self (Pure Soul).

Effective coaching builds awareness and removes the excuses. Coaching will help you replace those excuses and limiting beliefs with empowering dreams, and boost your self-confidence. Coaching can help you identify your values, discover your “why,” set goals, increase your self-esteem, and find a balance in life and business.

Convenience is considered as “food” and inconvenience is considered as “vitamin”.

Decide in your mind that you want to completely live by the absolute worldly truth (vyavahar satya). The one, who follows the worldly truth, can follow the real truth (nischaya satya).

Especially not something like abandoning my professional standards, because that would throw the rest of my life out of balance.

External conflicts lasts one life and Internal conflicts may last for hundreds of life times. They may even last for thousands of life times.

Graha (things getting accumulated) are not to be reduced. Parigraha, murchha-bhaav (being swooned by material objects or by living beings) needs to be reduced. Graha is a gneya (something to be known while remaining in the state of pure soul).

How does the Gnani’s (enlightened one’s) antahkaran (the inner component of the mind, intellect, chit and the ego), work?’ If the ‘Self’ (‘I’) moves away, then the ‘Soul’ is separate from the antahkaran. If the Soul becomes separate, then all the worldly activities continue through the antahkaran. After separation, the Gnani’s (enlightened one’s) antahkaran continues to work naturally and spontaneously. Because the meddling stops, therefore the antahkaran’s work is done in the best way possible and only when it is necessary; & becomes beneficial to people.

Buddhi (intellect) makes one emotional. What would happen if this train were to become emotional? It will cause accident and kill many people. Similarly, when humans become emotional, countless jivas (organisms) die within. So remain in ‘motion’.

Everyone should take care of these three things: what ‘station’ have I come from? What ‘station’ have I gotten off? And what ‘station’ do I need to go to?

Firm Decision (Nischaya) is the only self effort (purushartha).

Good inner intent, higher inner intent, is one’s ‘positive’ effort with which one will go to higher life forms. And wrong inner intent is one’s negative effort, which will take one to the lower life forms. And the real self effort is that which one does after he becomes the Self (Pure Soul) which takes one to moksha.

How long should one accumulate material things? As long as they do not become a burden.

Human Beings cannot see their own mistake unless Gnani Purush (the enlightened one) shows him. This isn’t the only mistake. One is surrounded by endless mistakes.

If someone rebukes us and let us go; that karmic relation is good. He will feel that how he cooled you down! If we rebuke and walk away; it is not a good account.

Hunger is a solution to alleviate suffering. All the vishayas (senses of pleasures) are a solution to alleviate suffering. But they have become passions for people. Stay within the limit there; do not become passionate about them. Discover normality in them.

If God is the doer, then do you have any accountability? No you do not have. Neither you nor God is the doer. The doer is scientific circumstantial evidences (vyavasthit shakti).

If one can remain worry-free during worrisome situations; it is called ‘science’ (vignan, spiritual science). And our people sit on an ‘easy chair’ and they look ‘uneasy’.

If the other person makes a mistake, it has no value; but if a clash occurs (with someone), there are serious consequences. God does not exist where there is clash.

If there is difference of opinions on a rare occasion, then that is the measure of being a human.

If we clash with someone, it is our own weakness.

If you ask God what is all this? He will tell you that it is nothing. Everyone is experiencing their own karmas (deeds).

I had researched that whole world sees through ‘view-point’. Energies are wasted in ‘view point’. Even if you were to sit waiting your whole life, it is not possible to change the other person’s view point.

If you become impressed by someone, you will become infected by his disease. Then you will become impressed by his attributes and his powers.

Is there no God? What is his correct address? Which street does he live in? Is he up there? There is no one up there; ‘I’ have been to everywhere. God’s correct address is God is in every creature, whether visible or invisible. God is in creature, not in creation.

I think balance is for people who don't know why they're here.

In unfavorable circumstances, kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) occur, and in favorable circumstances, more kashays occur. However, the kashays of favorable circumstances are cold. Those are raag kashays (attachment kashays) and they include greed and deceit. Whereas, in unfavorable circumstances, there are dwesh kashays (abhorrence kashays) such as anger and pride.

It is human religion (manav-dharma) when you give happiness to others, you will receive happiness and when you give unhappiness to others, you will receive unhappiness.

If you use obstinacy against obstinacy in this world; you will never come up with a solution. Simplicity against obstinacy will bring about the solution.

It is said to be an understanding when one accepts other’s dialogs of wisdom. How can there be dialogs of wisdom in this era?

It would be nice to have many of the quotes we read have a ‘BUT’ addendum written in the sub-text. Be kind BUT don’t get walked over. Be vulnerable BUT also have strong boundaries.Don’t judge BUT please do discern.Help change the world and make it better BUT first focus on changing yourself and making yourself better. Be courageous and bold BUT be compassionate alongside it.

No Action is possible without a Reason. Action is an ‘Effect’, Reason is a ‘Cause’. ‘Causes’ and ‘effect’, ‘effect’ and ‘causes’…this is how such routine cycle goes on. Changes can be made in causes but not in effect.

It is not worth involving with people; that is kusang (negative association; company that takes you away from the Self). Involving oneself with satsang (company of the eternal truth) is worth doing.

Look for a way to escape if you do not like the worldly life. And if you like the worldly life, then hold on to the path you are on.

No difficulty can come your way. If the mind wavers, difficulty will embrace you! This is indeed the law of universe!

No living being, right upto attaining moksha, has deliberately done anything,’. Understand just this one sentence.

No one can beat the one who does not beat any other living being. If he does not harass anyone, no one will harass him. Such is the rule.

No one takes birth. Being born is an ‘effect’. Birth takes place automatically. If the causes are nurtured, rebirth is inevitable. The Gnani Purush (the enlightened one) can put a stop to the ‘causes’ and so only the effect will remain.

No personality (prakruti) is a waste, but you have to discover what it is useful for. You do not have to keep saying, ‘You do not know how to make this sweet. You do not know how to do this and how to do that.’ But, instead discover what he knows.

One time quarrel is tantamount to incurring a loss of five thousand rupees.

One view says ‘It (the world) was created’ and another says ‘it happened (automatically)’. ‘It was created’ is the worldly view and ‘it happened’ is the view of Absolute Knowledge (Gnan). If we ask those who believe in “someone created”, ‘do you have any independent control over your bowel movement?’ The answer is, ‘No!’ It is all due to scientific circumstantial evidences.

Our talk must ‘adjust’ to others. If our talk does not adjust to others, then it is our mistake only. It is not mistake in entirely, but there is some mistake of ours. If the mistake is destroyed, one will adjust. Vitrags (The Enlightened Ones) talk is of ‘Everywhere Adjustment’.

People exercise egoism that "I cannot maintain control" for that which is in the form of 'discharge'. It is also egoism to say that ‘I am able to control’. We have taken the troubles that do not belong to us on our head. Because of this, one wanders around in a troubled-state!

People waste time to bring circumstances together. Nature itself brings circumstances together.