Quotes by Sri M

“Many hundred years ago, the great Kabir Das divulged the secret of implementing a resolution: 'kal karey so aaj kar, aaj karey so ab…', meaning 'What you are supposed to do tomorrow, do it today; a...”

“When we usually say Samadhi, we mean 'Savikalpa samadhi' where there are no vikalpas - where everything is quiet. The next stage of Samadhi is 'Nirvikalpa', where there's nothing left.  Beyond that...”

“When they say 'Maya', what they mean is that it is not permanent. Please make a distinction between permanent and not existing. The whole theory of illusion means what you think will exist forever ...”

“When the beauty of our true essence is seen within, then everything is complete. This is what we seek, but unfortunately, it's impossible to understand with one's normal state of mind. Yes, there a...”

“This completeness that we are seeking - which the Upanishad says and many people have found - can't be found outside of one's self. When the mind becomes quiet and settles down having understood th...”

“When you go to a cave, you don't go alone. You take your mind with you. There are two fellows there, you and your mind, constantly tussling within the cave. When that incessant tussle stops and the...”

“The whole search for Truth should start with understanding our relationship with nature and how we relate to other human beings, or even animals. It’s not something isolated, we are part of one big...”

“The student or the listener must realize there are things to be learnt, of which he knows little and say: ‘Let me listen to somebody who seems to know’. This attitude curtails the egotistic feeling...”

“The earliest verse of the Rig Veda talks about creation and says - 'perhaps he knows or perhaps he knows not'. Each one of us, with our limitations, needs to understand what we are, how we are rela...”

“As far as the spiritual progress is concerned, you cannot leave your brain in cold storage, shut it up, and say, "Now, I am spiritual". There is much more toit. Spiritual life is about coming to te...”

“Does one become the Brahman simply by saying I am the Brahman? It necessitates an extraordinary change of mind and a certain rebooting of the brain. This rebooting has to occur through Yoga. By Yog...”

“In the ordinary, material world, if one can suspend the limiting thought and say,"this is only creating problems for me, let me set it aside", one will see ways open up! Although we are limited, th...”

“For self-realization, one must first understand the limitations of oneself - physically, emotionally, spiritually, psychologically - before being able to break through. If I don’t know where I stan...”

“With the limited framework we call rationalism, we cannot find the Infinite. Yes, we can approach it theoretically. You cross the threshold only when you realize with complete humility that you can...”

“Yoga is the practical way of living in this world, yet moving forward through the mind. This one-pointedness comes through practice - fixing and withdrawing attention. As Patanjali has said, ‘Naira...”