Sri M said...
The attempt to reach out for the Truth is so unlike our reaching out for sensory things. It is actually not a reaching out, but a settling down. This settling down can happen only in total tranquil...
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Sri M said...
The first thing we have to understand is where we stand at the moment. And when we carefully look at where we stand, we shall soon discover that we labor under a thousand different illusions that k...
Sri M said...
The Supreme Truth is not something that can be obtained by acquiring more of what is normally called knowledge.
Sri M said...
Like the lotus that grows in water whose leaves and petals remain dry, the yogi derives nourishment from the material world but remains undefiled and untouched by its seductions.
Sri M said...
In the search for happiness one encounters many sorrows, many disappointments. Once you turn within and understand that it is right here, then slowly our minds become stabilized. This takes time, a...
Sri M said...
Do not hide anything from your spiritual guru, because it is he who is going to help you to be cured of your ignorance. What we mean by being intimate with God is to expose you completely. This k...
Sri M said...
Spiritual evolution is not incompatible with regular living. Intervals of solitude are necessary but you should not shut yourself totally. The world around you is the touchstone to spiritual practice.
Sri M said...
Human life is actually a search for That happiness, which is overflowing inside us, and we are looking for it thinking that it is somewhere outside.
Sri M said....
The aim of chanting is not to chant, but to bring about silence. One need not mistake the technique for the goal. If the goal is felt, stop all chanting and subside into it. In quietness, enjoy to ...
Sri M said...
When there are thoughts, we think it’s continuous like a chain. Actually it's always one thought following another. The mind cannot think of two things at a time. It can only think of one thing at ...
Sri M said...
If you see a beautiful sunset, don’t sit down and close your eyes. First open your eyes and see it, then close your eyes and enjoy it.
Sri M said...
It does not matter what the sadhana is - meditation, kriya, chanting or whatever but doing with regularity and with feeling is important.