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Q: Who is a good devotee?
#SriSri: All devotees are good only. It's not possible to be a bad devotee.
Q: Is having desires ok?
#SriSri: It's ok. Let them be. Just know that you are bigger than the desires. Then, even when the desires don't get fulfilled, your mind is not lost. This is possible only through spirituality.
Q: People don't like to mix with me, I feel alone. What should I do?
#SriSri: If other people don't like you, then just let it be. Just know that the divine likes you. No need to feel bad about these things. Where is loneliness, tell me? Look at the environment, look at the nature and your loneliness will go away. There are many people who are facing problems, old people. Serve these people who need you. If you serve these people who need help you will not feel alone. If you sit alone and think that others should come and serve you, then you will feel alone. But if you serve those who are in need, your loneliness will go away.
Q: What is 'Akarma' and 'Vikarma'?
#SriSri: 'Vikarama' is the specialist Karma. 'Akarma' is not doing any Karma.
Q: What is Pavamana Suktam?
#SriSri : It's a prayer. It says - Let all the Gods and the divine purify our heart. Let everything be Pure. Our Mind, Our intellect, Our Environment, Our Thoughts, Our emotions - let everything be pure. Let even the body be pure.
Q. How to find real passion in life?
#SriSri: How do you know u have a headache? Just like that.
Q. What if thoughts come while meditating?
#SriSri: Let them come. They come and go on their own. Keep surrendering them.
Q. It is said that if our right eye is blinking, it bring us bad luck. Is this true?
#SriSri : Don't Bother about all this. Just do ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ Chanting.
#SriSri: Are all your desires coming true? (Yes!) When you want something it gets fulfilled, now wish for something big. We need to care for the environment, save water, go organic. It is very important to conserve water. Don’t leave the tap open while brushing, close the tap. While washing hands, washing dishes, conserve water. Use indian chemical free soaps, not imported soaps, thats why we are making these things here. Save the earth by not creating chemical pollution, don't add chemical filled detergents in water.
Q. Here in South India there is tradition of sitting in the temples for sometime. Can you talk about it?
#SriSri: It is an old tradition, it is said that you shouldn't return from a temple without sitting there for sometime. Some people don't even sit for 5 second, they sit for a second then get up and run. Don't do this. When you visit a temple you should sit for 10-15 mins and meditate. God is within us. Those who look for god in temples and other places are not intelligent. “Jahan baithe wahin hai kailash” (You have everything right where you sit). When you sit with your eyes closed and go deep in meditation then the mind becomes stable and centered then you get everything. This is why in olden times they used to go for pilgrimage, so that people could sit with the saints in ‘satsang’ and meditate, listen to knowledge. Nowadays it has become commercialised, people go there perform some rituals and run. I am not saying don't perform the rituals, do what but you have to do, but halt, rest there, sit and meditate. For this you don't have to go to ‘Kailash parvat’ or anywhere. Meditation is most important. When you go into the depths of meditation you get everything.
