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“ But when we train the senses we conserve our vital energy, the very stuff of life. Patient and secure within, we do not have to look to externals for satisfaction. No matter what happens outside--whether events are for or against us, however people behave towards us, whether we get what pleases us or do not--we are in no way dependent. Then it is that we can give freely to others; then it is that we can love. ”

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Judged by the normal standards of human affairs, the lives of men and women of God may look overburdened with suffering, and even inconclusive.

~ Eknath Easwaran

Eknath Easwaran Faith Suffering

It is a very difficult secret to understand that when we do not want to possess another selfishly, he or she will always love us. It is when we do not want to possess, when we do not make demand after demand, that the relationship will last.

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Eknath Easwaran Jealousy Relationships Selflessness

You occasionally hear it said that spiritual aspirants should drop everything and set off for the woods, or go to India and wander about on the slopes of the Himalayas. But only through daily contact with people--not trees or brooks or deer--can we train ourselves to be selfless in personal relationships.

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Eknath Easwaran Connection Enlightenment Friendship Meditation Relationships Selfless

As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings, and fits of emotions begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are possible: we can say yes, or we can say no.... All we are is the result of what we have thought. By changing our mode of thinking, we can remake ourselves completely.

~ Eknath Easwaran

Eknath Easwaran Meditation Spirituality