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Jul 07, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said..

Destiny, in my view, is only a blueprint. There is destiny and there is free will. People say, “Oh! It is my destiny” generally only when they fail. When they are working for and taste success, the...

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Jul 05, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

You should turn inward and try to find out your inner self. When you come face to face with your inner self, then you will also learn how to live better in the outside world. When I say live better...

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Jul 03, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

So, how do I know I am making progress in meditation? First, I am able to sit down quietly even if it is for a short period, with my mind settled peacefully, without distraction, fixing my attentio...

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Jun 30, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

There is a spiritual law that when a person, an aspirant, a seeker seriously searches for a spiritual teacher or longs for a spiritual guide, a teacher appears. One does not have to run around the ...

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Jun 28, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

There is a great advantage if you have a real spiritual teacher. I’m not talking about the spiritual teacher who is in the race of trying to collect disciples. I am talking about a person – a spiri...

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Jun 27, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

In today’s world, when you really find it difficult to choose a Guru, maybe it is a good idea to start meditating without a Guru. Don’t do anything complicated. Just sit down quietly, relax and let...

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Jun 25, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

You can start meditation by reading a book or by listening to somebody or just sitting down and looking at the river flowing by. When I was wandering in the Himalayas with my Babaji, one of the med...

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Jun 24, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

The process by which one-pointed attention is developed – I am deliberately not using the word concentration here because concentration is that you strain and try to fix your attention on something...