Quotes by Sri M

“Sit quietly, look at and understand things that you have never seen before. Delve deep into your mind. At the end of this, you may come out like the caterpillar breaks the cocoon and comes out like...”

“When you are internally mindful, you are also externally mindful. There is no border between the two and in that, you forget even the word mindfulness.”

“We are in the same position as Arjuna, in this battlefield of life. We don’t know which way to move. Sometimes we are so overpowered by sorrow, that we don’t know what to do. The music of the Lord,...”

“When the mind is free of distractions then it subsides into its original state and what remains is the purusha - expansive consciousness. In that pure thought, one understands one’s true existence.”

“In the Sikh Granth, Kabir says, “Dukh mein sumiran sab karein, Sukh mein kare na koi”, which means, it’s only in sorrow that the human mind generally thinks about God.  ”

“Mindfulness means to be mindful of not only your thoughts but mindful of your emotions and what thoughts come to you when you meet somebody outside.”

“We are absolutely sure of the world. There is no doubt that it exists, but how it exists depends on our instruments of perception.”

“Because you are emotional, it doesn’t mean that you should not maintain tranquility. Your emotions should be directed towards achieving your goal, rather than in other things.  ”

“If you watch your mind with complete attention and see how the thoughts come up when you meet people, when you react to what you read, when you see things, then you are being mindful of your mind: ...”

“One who has control over his senses and emotions. One who controls his mind, rather than runs after the mind, remains tranquil under all circumstances and one who has the concern of all living bein...”

“When we understand that perhaps consciousness is there even when the brain is not functioning, then probably we are touching That essence of consciousness. Once that is touched, you probably can op...”

“When you come to the point that enquiry is the most important thing in your life, the urgency becomes so important that you say that this is what I really want. I don’t want anything else. When thi...”

“From the yogic teachings, the flute of the Lord is the spine which is the central nervous system anatomically, the sushumna nadi with no muck, absolutely clean, and with seven holes to play the dif...”

“The world that we know is only an impression that the sense organs keep of an object in front of us. We really don’t know what the object is. We only know the impression of the object.”

“Consciousness is all-pervading, Purna – complete, which we cannot define and the brain is a product of evolution which has become so refined and functional that the consciousness is able to functio...”