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Sep 08, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

It's dangerous for sadhaks (spiritual aspirants) to get caught up in miracles. Most of the miracles are of this world, and if you get caught up in it, you're also caught up in this world.

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Sep 07, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

What we cannot explain, we call a miracle. Usually, miracles happen due to laws of nature that most people don’t know of. All the Yogi does is to tap these laws, so that he/she can operate it.

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Sep 05, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

Most of the time, in the ordinary course of our lives, we are dependent on external things for happiness. Looking inside means to sit once in a while, close your eyes, and go into your mind to see ...

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Sep 04, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

Once you are an expert, you can sit and halt your distractions in a matter of minutes. There is thought, but no distraction. There is energy, but no unrestricted use of it. There is attention, but ...

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Sep 03, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

Kriya aims to direct the energies (prana) operating in the left and right channels (ida and pingala) to the sushumna (central channel). Once this process is underway, then your distractions become ...

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Sep 02, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

The mind is distracted continuously because, for most people, the prana (vital energy) is working through the ida (left channel) and the pingala (right channel), which are meant for worldly things.

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Sep 01, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

One of the biggest problems we face when we sit down to meditate is distraction. If we don’t fix a daily schedule, success is not possible. The mind, out of habit, runs in various directions; you s...

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Aug 31, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

Don’t think that there aren’t difficulties in a Yogi’s life; surely there are. But, the Yogi is not affected by it. He is free. He wants other people also not to be affected by it.