Sri M said...
When a person has unquestioned faith in his own capacity for achieving a goal, whether spiritual or temporal, he/she is not disturbed by negative thoughts that weaken the will and discourage the sp...
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Sri M said...
If you want to delve deep into the layers of your consciousness and finally reach the essence, then meditation is a must.
Sri M said...
It’s quite natural that sometimes the mind would want an excuse, give it a little leeway and then say come on enough, come back, pull it. nothing should be carried to fanatic limits, follow the mid...
Sri M said...
We cannot do anything about the past so we have to work with the present, something now. It’s simple like the breeze that is blowing in here. We are generally not even aware of the breeze.
Sri M said...
To be eternally vigilant is the beginning of the journey. The amount of effort you put into it has its own reward. When the mind, after a while, becomes so sensitive that nothing can escape it, the...
Sri M said...
One-pointedness is a complete stillness of mind where there is no thought whatsoever.
Sri M said....
Become independent. Follow the teachings. Come for satsangs. Read the books, all the literature available in the spiritual field. Do your meditation regularly and carry on.
Sri M said...
There is a way to be free while still living in this world, performing your duties, doing what you want and yet be free. Our own mind is the tool. It's the mind that binds and it's the mind that se...
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.
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...