Quotes by Sri M

“Surrender means to understand that I am helpless at a certain point and, therefore, I need to relax, let go, be patient, and wait. In that waiting, something arrives. The breeze may be from within.”

“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’.”

“Any pleasures of the senses will always have some pain behind it. The greatest pain is to lose the pleasure we are enjoying.”

“I think all the sadhana we do is intended to mostly bring about the hunger for God – for that Truth. When that hunger has built up, then God is at your doorstep!”

“Living in this world and experiencing life, I would say is the philosopher’s stone, which eventually can purify you from base metal to pure gold.  ”

“I am not denying that we need a rational mind to find this realization.  The rational mind has to understand that there is only a limit to which it can go and after that, it has to stop and become ...”

“Babaji used to say, ‘The seeds have been planted, they have been sown but no seed will become a tree and bear fruit in three days, it takes its own time’.  So sow the seed, keep the climate clear, ...”

“The secret of visualization – creative thought, is to actually believe and picture it as one wants, as if already there. When the mind is open and when there is a great desire to achieve something ...”

“Don’t run away from the battle. Stay there and fight it out – but with love, affection, and understanding.”

“In this material world – earning one’s living, going through all the problems and travails of worldly, mundane existence is a necessary step in learning about spiritual consciousness and evolution ...”

“If the world were a complete obstruction to the attainment of spiritual fulfillment, the Supreme Being would not have created it at all. The world exists around us and also in our minds to make us ...”

“In matters beyond the rational mind, realisation takes place only when the rational mind becomes absolutely still.  To find that out, we need a rational mind!”

“The rishis–seeing how people are constantly unhappy; seeking all the time and not getting the ultimate fulfillment – discovered that there is happiness, a complete fulfilment available to every hum...”

“In any martial art like Kalaripayattu  they say, ‘never do anything when you are angry’ because all your calculations may go wrong. So let your anger go, cool down, and then perform the action.”

“When you enter the meditation hall, leave your ego outside along with your shoes; don’t bring it in. Go inside like a new-born child who is free - you have no enemies, you don’t hate anybody, at le...”