Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
You have to rise up to that state of thoughtless awareness where you grow spiritually. If you are not in thoughtless awareness, you cannot grow in your spirituality. So it's very important to see where is your attention. Where are you putting your attention? If the attention could be controlled then things will be all right.
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I love to play gigs.
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A cat only has itself.
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Agnostics talk cheerfully of man's search for God but they might as well talk about the mouse's search for the cat.
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You have to rise up to that state of thoughtless awareness where you grow spiritually. If you are not in thoughtless awareness, you cannot grow in your spirituality. So it's very important to see where is your attention. Where are you putting your attention? If the attention could be controlled then things will be all right.
