Sri M said...
The fire of desire catches on to that which you want to become, and the Self leads you to whatever world has been fashioned by you in thought, desired by you and is attained.
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The fire of desire catches on to that which you want to become, and the Self leads you to whatever world has been fashioned by you in thought, desired by you and is attained.
According to Vedanta that feeling of being dependent on what is around you, the feeling that you are bound and that you have to get out of it, is part of the great illusion of the mind called Maya.
According to the Buddha, desire is the root of all sorrow and freedom from desire is freedom from sorrow for all mankind.
True consciousness means to go beyond all images – not images that you see around you but the images that we build up in our minds.
Every practitioner of spiritual exercise should keep in mind - when you practice and go deeper and deeper, all tendencies that have been hidden, till now bottled up in your subconscious mind will a...
Vedanta is not intellectual acrobatics. You can study all the scriptures and know them by heart. But, unless and until, the quality of mind improves, one cannot find the truth.
I may know many things but if I don’t act on them, it makes no sense. Karma Yoga is to act on the knowledge you have received so far so that you grow, evolve and move on to the next step.
If anybody says, “I can awaken your ‘kundalini in six weeks”, run away, because it can’t be done. Nobody knows how long it takes. It’s not possible.
A small good deed, a kind deed done to another human being or another living creature, can wipe out the dirt of negativity that has gathered in your soul and make it free and clear as a mirror to r...
Shakti is active kinetic energy. When the kinetic energy is completely quiet and relaxed and totally silent, then it is Shivam.
Think outside the box. Don’t go solely based on linear logic; use fuzzy logic. Turn things upside down and look, you will see things are quite different.
If your search for the Truth is serious, then the right kind of guidance will come in some way. You have to remain sincere.