“Kashi is called the city of light. To see the light, first we need to decondition ourselves, free from all the preconceived ideas stuffed into us. Take it all out. ”
The Satsang Foundation
Quotes by Sri M
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“If this little ‘I’, when it completely disappears when it becomes the ‘I’ of the little child, then you’ll know what is ‘Turiya’. When we reach close to it, ‘you’ are not there anymore. There is on...”
“If you really want to have an anubhava (experience) of that Turiya, This little ‘I’, which says I am so and so, I am this, I know this, I don’t know this, I studied this, which also has attractions...”
“The recognition of Turiya is Self-recognition. It’s not as if a third party is recognized. In the state called Turiya, Turiya itself is the witness of itself. There is no other entity out there to ...”
“Suppose, in deep sleep, in the heavenly state of bliss, the mind wakes up as a witness and sees it. Normally it doesn’t. It remembers when you wake up. Suppose there is awareness of deep sleep. The...”
“Turiya seems to be the basis on which waking, dream and deep sleep play around. Turiya is the original background.”
“The most difficult thing about life, is that it is so difficult to say ‘I don’t know’. Unfortunately everybody knows now-a-days and there are more number of gurus than disciples now.”
“On the one hand there is this traditional thing of serving the teacher and being around. But I always keep reminding them that this is not so important. The most important thing is to listen to wha...”
“The danger is when a person’s mind is settled down and he or she has a lot of energy inside, usually soothing energy, since the world is always looking for something soothing, there is a possibilit...”
“The idea is to keep your mind in rapport with the teacher. However what one should remember is that the mind is more important than the body.”
“If the frequency of your mind and the frequency of my mind are at the same level, the wavelengths are same, then it’s possible without uttering a single word, something might pass. Not so much phys...”
“If you are with a genuine teacher, even if you don’t speak and there are no words exchanged. It’s possible that you’ll get something if your minds are in close contact, not only physical. It’s usua...”
“Praise and flattery can actually retard your progress while somebody who says ‘Hey! You are not doing it right’. It’s a good thing for you. Consider it as a teaching and don’t consider it as someth...”
“The word yogi can be substituted for an ideal human being. The perfect yogi is one who doesn’t live on this earth worrying about what others think about them. In fact for the Yogi, insult and prais...”
“The Yogi is able to navigate because he has an anchor which he can drop when he wants and pull it out when he wants. The art of actually negotiating life is Karma Yoga.”