Why do I cry in satsangs and in some of the Art of Living courses?

Question - Gurudev, why do I cry in satsangs and in some of the Art of Living courses? 

Gurudev Sri Sri - Why do you cry? I think you should laugh, isn't it? Smile. There is a shloka (verse) in the Upanishad which says, 'Bidhyanti hridaya granthi, Chidyanthe sarva samshayaha. Ksheenatechaasya karmani, Yasmin driste paraavare." - (Mandukya Upanishad). When you see the Beloved, the knots in your heart open and tears come. All doubts and questions vanish from the mind, and all bad karmas vanish. This is what has been said in the Upanishads. So you don't know why you are crying, it is because some knot in the heart is getting loosened up, getting opened - this is one thing. And there is s nothing wrong, when the heart blossoms tears come and emotions well up. Gratitude and love are also associated with tears, not only misery. These are called sweet tears. Quote is said in the Bhakti Sutras - The angels long for those drops of tears that come out of love. So you are very fortunate to have such tears. Now if some of you are not getting tears, don't think that, ‘Oh, I am not fortunate, I can't cry’. No, nothing like that. Only if you get tears you are evolved, nothing like that. It is just the makeup of some people. For some there is more emotion, a wider experience of hollow and empty in the mind. Some feel more waves of emotions taking over. These are different experiences. And at different times people get these different experiences. Not everybody needs to get those and that is not a particular sign of any higher evolution. It is one of the signs, but not the only sign.