Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Balance in Life - His Holiness SRI SRI Ravi Shankar

Life is utterly simple and yet most complex. You have to simultaneously attend to both facets of life. When life appears most complex, turn to simplicity. Simplicity brings peace. When you are peaceful attend to the complexity within you. That will make you more skillful.

If you are only with simplicity, it makes you lazy and dull. Being only with complexity makes you angry and frustrated. The intelligent ones balance them and rejoice in both. If you look only to simplicity, growth is not there. If you look only at the complexity, then there is no life at all. All that you need is a skillful balance. If you recognize both the simplicity and the complexity of life, you will be skillfully peaceful.

Colors are the complexity of life. White is the simplicity. When your heart is pure, your life becomes colorful.

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