Quotes by Sri M

“If you have faith in an infinite Supreme Being, put all your heart into what you want to do or achieve.  ”

“True consciousness means to go beyond all images. Not images that you see around you but ones that we build up in our minds. It is because of these that we get hurt, our ego goes up and we have all...”

“As your feelings become more and more subtle, deeper centers of the human mind open up to form a link to that which is beyond the ordinary mind.”

“If acute desire to be free of suffering arises in a human mind, that mind need not be extraordinarily intellectual. It can be just an ordinary person with that desire; then one can completely direc...”

“When the third eye or the ajna chakra is activated and the kundalini energy reaches the ajna, the mind understands the reality behind all illusion. Then all illusions are burnt to ashes and this is...”

“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.”

“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 ...”

“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. ”

“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.  ”

“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.”

“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...”

“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. ”

“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...”

“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.”

“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...”