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Sri M said...

Kriya Yoga is a technique or a method by which step by step you can divert your mind from distractions, bring them to one place and take it straight to the higher levels of understanding.

Sri M said...

Deep sleep, Sushupti  is a state of sleep where there are no dreams. It may be very short. It is in this state that you actually recover and rejuvenate. This is because there is no inner cognition ...

Sri M said...

The witness is the same. The states keep changing. So the only reality is the witness and not the states that keep changing and that reality is your true being. 

Sri M said...

OM is pure sound, pranava. It is called pranava because it is life-giving, prana. It gives you the first incentive of life. It is the beginning of all life.  

Sri M said...

When the mind is free of distractions, absolutely silent, it becomes like a mirror that reflects only the Atman. You may also call it Purusha, in the language of the Yoga Darshana.

Sri M said...

Without knowing where you are going, if you start a spiritual practice, it is likely that you might run into trouble. You are largely walking on uncharted territory. So it is necessary to know what...

Sri M said...

The world is an illusion and the supreme reality is only Brahman. You can say that but you cannot realize that. You need a mind which is clear of all impurities and distractions. 

Sri M said...

Kaivalya comes from the root word Kevalam, which means only one. In Kaivalya, the yogi realizes that there is only one Purusha, spiritual being, (nothing to do with gender). What appears as distinc...

Sri M said...

The practical meaning of Self-Realization is to know your own self as you are, not project that I am a spark of the Supreme Being. We don't really know. So first you have to study yourself.

Sri M said...

A beautiful statement in Kenopanishad, yanmanasā na manute yenāhurmano matam |tadeva brahma tvaṃ viddhi nedaṃ yadidamupāsate ||  That means that which even the mind cannot understand. So through kn...

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Richness need not mean the bank balance. Richness is to do with the mind. How rich it is.

Sri M said...

Music is a link from the world of language and its contradictions, to the world of unity of the heart where you don't require any discrimination in any language. So the root of this knowledge, this...