Sri M said....
These layers of prejudice close the eyes, ears, and heart. When the wind blows, nothing can enter. So, all the practices we do are meant to open the windows.
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Sri M said....
Only when the mind has ceased all finding, grasping, and then settled down in that silence, something happens.
Sri M said....
The Upanishads say that the Truth is something which is far and yet so near; it moves but it’s faster than any movement, it’s that which is, and not that which was. Every minute, it is new.
Sri M said....
Can there be knowledge of that which ‘Is’? When we try to understand this with our conditioned brain, we gain the insight that all things one gathers in one’s head are a memory. And if it is a memo...
Sri M said....
If we are looking for something infinite that cannot be captured in words and cannot be defined, then we are starting from ‘I don’t know’.
Sri M said....
If we start our spiritual journey saying ’I know’, then one doesn’t get to know anything.
Sri M said....
We can’t live on our past heritage alone; we must look at the now. The entire spiritual movement, scientific progress, is based on the understanding that ‘I don’t know’.
Sri M said....
If I say I know everything, then there is no movement, research, or inquiry. It is what we don’t know that inspires us to seek and move forward.
Sri M said....
‘Ja ghat prem na sanchare, so ghat jaan masan (smashaan). Jaise khal Lohar ki Saans let bin praan’. The iron monger’s bellows also breathe, but if there’s no love in one’s heart, there’s no point.
Sri M said....
Kabir Das narrates the story of the Kasturi Mriga(Musk Deer), an apt illustration of the human predicament. The poor deer wanders all over, trying to locate the source of the fragrance emanating fr...
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Many hundred years ago, the great Kabir Das divulged the secret of implementing a resolution: 'kal karey so aaj kar, aaj karey so ab…', meaning 'What you are supposed to do tomorrow, do it today; a...
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When we usually say Samadhi, we mean 'Savikalpa samadhi' where there are no vikalpas - where everything is quiet. The next stage of Samadhi is 'Nirvikalpa', where there's nothing left. Beyond that...