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Dec 02, 2020 Quotations

Sri M said...

The more something is done only for oneself, I can say it is wrong.  The more something is done for others and of that a little bit is for oneself, then I can say it is the right way. That is the o...

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Nov 30, 2020 Quotations

Sri M said...

Moving up and down the spine is Mukhya Prana, the Supreme energy. In yogic terms, it is the movement of the aspiration, thought, concentration and energy towards the higher side or the lower side. ...

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Nov 29, 2020 Quotations

Sri M said...

Does freedom happen in stages? I would say, It’s like the wheel; the network of illusion is gradually lifted as one goes deeper and deeper into understanding one’s own self, one’s own mind.

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Nov 28, 2020 Quotations

Sri M said...

Very often, we tend to mistake tamas – Tamo guna – for sattva.  Sattva is goodness and calmness and quietness.  Tamo guna is not goodness and calmness and quietness but laziness, sloth, and pretend...

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Nov 24, 2020 Quotations

Sri M said...

When we say control your thoughts during meditation, it is impossible to do that and make them disappear.  Because the moment you try to make thoughts disappear, you are ‘thinking’.

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Nov 23, 2020 Quotations

Sri M said...

Don’t unnecessarily complicate life with too many things. That does not mean that when you speak the truth you have to be blunt. There are sweet ways of speaking the truth. 

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Nov 22, 2020 Quotations

Sri M said...

You have a slate and you write on it.  Every time you write on it, if you want to write anything else, you have to rub it off.  So in matters of inner exploration, the most important thing is to ke...