Sri M said...
If you look closely, all through our lives, we go through periods of bondage and periods of freedom. But when we say Mukti from the spiritual point of view, it means ultimate freedom.
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Sri M said...
Freedom is Mukti, Vedantins call it Moksha, Yogis call it Kaivalya, Buddhists call it Nirvana and the Sufis call it Fana fil Haq, which means everything is finished except the Truth.
Sri M said....
The practice of Yoga or any sadhana is how to open these windows and doors, so that you can get a glimpse of what the all-pervading Brahman, reality is. This is the whole scope of the practice of Y...
Sri M said...
Yoga Shastra is necessary. Gita has 18 chapters, each chapter is called a Yoga. It need not necessarily mean the Yoga that you practice, the Yoga of Ashtangas. It could mean any approach to underst...
Sri M said....
In the present circumstances of your capacity of your brain, it is not possible to understand Brahma Vidya. So, you need to prepare your mind now to understand the concept of Brahma Vidya and at so...
Sri M said...
Jesus Christ in the Bible said, ‘Every hill shall be brought low and every valley shall be filled’. So when you are in that stage of low, you should think I am a valley now I am going to be filled...
Sri M said...
People usually think spiritual realisation is for free. This is not true. ‘He who giveth, shall receive’. By giveth, it does not mean giving money to somebody. It is more than that. There is nothi...
Sri M said...
Does freedom happen in stages? I would say, It’s like the wheel; the network of illusion is gradually lifted as one goes deeper and deeper into understanding one’s own self, one’s own mind.
Sri M said...
Don’t unnecessarily complicate life with too many things. That does not mean that when you speak the truth you have to be blunt. There are sweet ways of speaking the truth.
Sri M said...
You have a slate and you write on it. Every time you write on it, if you want to write anything else, you have to rub it off. So in matters of inner exploration, the most important thing is to ke...
Sri M said...
All things about spiritual matters boil down to your relationships, day to day. We can sit at home and meditate for hours but when we come out and we are still the same, it does not work.
Sri M said...
When the mind is open, and when there is the great desire to achieve something then the channels for achieving it are opened.