Quotes by Sri M

“I decided, ‘I am walking on this path, it’s a lonely path’. Like Jesus Christ said, 'It’s a straight and narrow path’. So, let’s stick to it and not get sidetracked. This was always on my mind.”

“I was looking for a simple and direct way to walk. My intention was to find the truth, and nothing but the truth. No fancy trimmings. It was not easy, but I managed.”

“Why not think of spiritual development as something where we need to put in a lot of work? As long as it remains a hobby, we make some progress but not go beyond. Nowadays, people meditate to be fr...”

“Great teachers are always there to guide you through the turbulence of the churning yet not spoon-feed you. They know it is going to be the destiny of the world ultimately.”

“Babaji has said that the difficult time humanity is going through is like the churning of the ocean - Samudra Manthan. Every soul exposed to this, will through experience go through it and emerge o...”

“The idea is that every human being evolves and reaches perfection ultimately. Not that ready-made perfection can be gifted to somebody. I don’t think even Babaji can do that.”

“What we see in this world today is a result of the lopsided development of the frontal lobe. Due to this, so many other parts of the brain have been neglected. They lie latent and can be activated....”

“There are some rules of life one should follow before starting the practice. For instance, can we live without injuring other living beings, even for food? Can we try to restrain ourselves as much ...”

“Tamo guna through service, evolves to Sattva and the mind becomes purified. Not only do you progress upwards, but you also take along with you, those whom you have served. To me, service is a signi...”

“All beings are divinity in living form. Serving living beings is the best worship you can do. The more you help, the purer you become, and the clearer your mind becomes.”

“By serving somebody, you are doing nothing actually. The person whom you serve is giving you an opportunity to evolve. ‘You’ are not giving anybody anything. If ‘you’ don’t, somebody else will prov...”

“No one can spiritually advance by simply sitting down cross-legged and meditating 24 hours. The moment you begin to see divinity in all living beings and start serving human beings, the mind can be...”

“One day, you reach Sattva in its pure state. Then, you drop even that, and then there is Reality.”

“Very often, people mistake lethargy for Sattva because goodness is calm and tranquil. Somebody may say they are meditating, but actually they are sleeping.”

“In Sankya, everything is ruled by the three gunas – Tamas, Rajas and Sattva. Simplified, these mean lethargy or darkness, energy for action and goodness respectively. Each person has a different ra...”