“When there are thoughts, we think it’s continuous like a chain. Actually it's always one thought following another. The mind cannot think of two things at a time. It can only think of one thing at ...”
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Quotes by Sri M
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“If you see a beautiful sunset, don’t sit down and close your eyes. First open your eyes and see it, then close your eyes and enjoy it.”
“It does not matter what the sadhana is - meditation, kriya, chanting or whatever but doing with regularity and with feeling is important. ”
“Satsang is a meeting point for spiritual seekers. I propose Satsang even between two people. It cuts across barriers of caste and creed.”
“It is in the nature of things that in this life, there is always some sorrow and pain. There is no uniform happiness ever, if our happiness is based on the outer world. ”
“'Morning Sandhya' means removal of ignorance and the coming of light. ‘Evening-Sandhya’ means the moving of the material world and the coming of darkness. The middle-sandhya means turning-point b...”
“As one proceeds deeper and deeper into one's practice, one begins to get tuned and open to dimensions that are usually unknown to the ordinary mind.”
“You will know you are making progress in your sadhana when you begin to sit down quietly even if it is for a short period of time. With your mind more peaceful and without distractions, you will be...”
“Meditation is also a churning of the mind. When the Samudra manthan is done, the first thing that comes out is the poison. Amrita comes last. ”
“The Gayatri mantra is a very important chant because it immediately invokes the mind to go in search of that which is deeper than the outer world.”
“In the Gayatri Mantra, the meaning of ‘illumine my intelligence’ is to reveal that part of me which sees things that are not understood by the senses and cannot be processed by the brain, with grea...”
“The best spiritual results are possible when the sushumna nadi is active. If the sushumna nadi has to become active, both ida and pingala need to be balanced.”
“If both Shraddha and Saburi are there, there is no problem in Sadhana. Usually, when there is Shraddha, there is not enough Saburi and sometimes, when Saburi is there, there is no Shraddha. Both ar...”
“The most effective way to chant the Gayatri is in silence, in your heart. You may chant it a few times mentally and then close your eyes and chant it in your heart.”
“A finite thing cannot find the infinite. When the finite thing understands fully that it is finite and no amount of circus will take it to the infinite it cools down and then, only the other Is!”