Uncommon Common Sense

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Quotations from the Lectures of Dr. T. R. K.

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• Absence of inspiration is negativity.

• Keep moving forward with happiness. Don't carry pain on your face or in your life.

• Self-reliance is one of the best qualities to have, but if self-reliance become individuality, one loses one's resilience.

• We should be fascinated by God's wisdom and love, not by our intellect, mind, and ego.

• Simple living and high thinking lead a man to a heavenly state.

• If you befriend the Wise and the Noble, your life will be prosperous.

• If you bring your mind under the grip of wisdom and good practices, you won't be under the grip of your mind.

• Don't only aspire and THINK! Perspire, do good, and serve unselfishly!

• When people get excited about what they want to do, they lose sight of what they need to do.

• Selfish people get kicked around; unselfish people, who have power of discernment, get respect.

• Shallow love is based on attraction and repulsion of hides and skins. Deep love is based on the enduring nature of good thoughts and good deeds.

• Whosoever has motives will also have pain. Selfish motives and emotional pain go hand in hand.

• Gratitude means to pick up the good qualities of good people. If you are in the state of gratitude, then good souls will give you blessings and wisdom.

• When we are self-involved, we want everyone to be sensitive to our feelings, our whims, and our needs. We don't see that if we were sensitive to our environment and to the needs of those around us, we would be happy.

• When you are into likes and dislikes, emotions, moods, and whims, it is very difficult for good thoughts to enter your heart.

• When you are used to living in the stinking smell of fish, you will not know the sweet smell of purity even if you come in contact with it. In the same way, when you are used to living in selfishness, you won't recognize those who are giving their hearts out to you.

• When you are crying and saying, "I am dying. I am dying," then you are really dead. But when you are moving forward saying, "No matter what, every second of this incarnation is going to be spent in devotion, in the motion of energy with good thoughts and good deeds," then you are really alive.

• When you have perfected your nature, you have automatically helped others through your example.

• A disciplined life helps you to have a disciplined mind, and a disciplined mind helps you to continue that disciplined life.

• Any time your ego is powerful, you want to withdraw from the group and think. And you call it "soul-searching". No. It is called self-involvement.

• Simplicity means cooperating with the good, keeping the good energies together, and leading a very simple life with a very positive outlook.

• A shallow mind is constantly in pursuit of things. A deep mind is established in peace within --- doing noble deeds and giving out noble thoughts. That's what gives peace to everyone!

• A good heart has to be backed up with positivity and good actions. Then it will become a heart of gold.

• A bright intellect doesn't necessarily mean that you have wisdom, understanding, power of discernment, or common sense. A bright intellect doesn't necessarily protect you against being dead wrong.

• Wise people do not talk themselves into self-destruction or into ruining a good situation. They attack the mind with positivity before it attacks them.

• When an airplane meets turbulent weather, the pilot immediately gains altitude to fly above the turbulence. In the same way, when we experience mental turbulence, we should fly higher, recognizing that we are presently in a low attitude.

• Live every moment to the fullest. Make the best of every moment and don't grumble. Put energy into action and Make Prosperity Happen!

• It is very selfish not to help others elevate themselves (or elevate ourselves), with the help of WISDOM.

• If you vibrate good thoughts, you will hear good echoes. If you vibrate negative thoughts, you will hear negative echoes.

• In a single moment, a true preceptor can point out changes you need to make to save your life. The same lessons might take God many incarnations to teach you through your suffering.

• NEVER be a coward before your mind, your mentality, or your selfishness.

• A deep person gives light wherever he goes.