Over consumption improves the economy, but it damages people.
Category: Life
Shopping is the New Religion
Shopping has become the religion of the today’s world. If people don’t go to church, it is tolerable. If people don’t shop, it is a disaster.
—
I am Responsible
It’s easy to tell others that, “Everything that happens to you is your responsibility.” It’s not so easy to say: “Everything that happens to me is my responsibility.”
—
Be You
Don’t be mad at your own karma and envious of another’s. Celebrate you. Do your dharma. If you are a sweeper, dance with your broom. It is not about higher or lower positions, it is about your position.
—
Who are you pretending to be
What do you want people to believe about you that isn’t true?
— Mahatma Das
What you are becoming
What you are becoming is more important than what you are achieving.
— Mahatma Das
Words
Sweet words can uplift someone more than the best medicine, whereas no weapon can destroy someone as much as harsh words can.
—
We Always Have Choices
We are all endowed with free will. Therefore, we always have the power to think and behave differently, and thus create more desirable outcomes.
—
The pain of negligence
If you are hesitant to deal with your problems, then remember that struggling year after year with obstacles that are holding you down is much more painful and difficult than doing the work to uproot them.
— Mahatma Das
Difficulties
Difficulties are just opportunities to show more devotion, determination and strength.
— Mahatma Das
You are not ordinary
Devotees are not ordinary people, but sometimes they allow themselves to act like in ordinary ways.
—