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Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya!
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The Liberating Wisdom at Our Doorsteps
by Sri Swami Chidananda

Painful experiences are inevitable in this life, but bliss is your birthright. The presence of bliss is the absolute Reality. Your attainment is absolutely assured, but it unfolds to the extent that you really long for it. Your highest welfare lies in attaining the eternal that we call God. Life is a journey towards Him, and all aspects of our life should be made to go in that direction. Whether it is home life, professional life, social life or whatever it is, you must live in a continuous remembrance of the supreme goal and bring the spiritual quality into every aspect of your life. All these activities should be complementary processes to the central purpose of attaining God.

That is the one great business, as there is nothing higher than attaining God, and all other things should take a secondary place. The realisation of God is the main reason for which you have come into existence. Human life is in vain if God is left out of it. If the quest is not there in your life, you have attained nothing—you have only killed time. But if the sincere longing is there, when the call comes, you will be ready for it. Don’t get caught under a false sense of values. Don’t indulge the unimportant and then completely ignore the important. On the contrary, make the important thing the first priority. All unimportant things will take care of themselves. Therein lies the guarantee of your attaining peace and joy.

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Yours in the service of Gurudev,

Pannirselvam

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BOOK SYNOPSIS

Total Thinking
by Sri Swami Krishnananda

With great delight, we offer to our readers our new publication ‘Total Thinking’ which comprises a series of discourses given by Worshipful Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj during Sadhana Week in 1980. In these illuminating lectures, Pujya Swamiji Maharaj imparts valuable techniques for spiritual practices for the spiritual aspirants and seekers to illumine their journey unto the Supreme.

It is our sincere hope that the readers will find this book a treasure-trove of wisdom teachings and they will also be immensely benefited by implementing those eternal teachings in their lives.

For more information, please see: Total Thinking

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REVERENCE FOR LIFE: As the Master was returning to his room one day from the office, he noticed crowds of large, black ants cutting across his path. He attempted to proceed without hurting them. It was impossible. So he retraced his steps and went to his room by a circuitous way.

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“The control of the mind is very difficult, because the mind is not an object. It is like air. How will you hold it? But there is a way, a technique. The air is everywhere and you cannot hold it. But it is concentrated in some place. Find out where it is thus concentrated, the source from which it is flowing everywhere.” – Swami Krishnananda

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