Quotes by Sri M

“Surrender means to understand that I am helpless at a certain point and, therefore, I need to relax, let go, be patient and wait. In that waiting, something arrives. The breeze may be from within. ...”

“I think all the sadhana we do is intended to mostly bring about the hunger for God – for that Truth. When that hunger has built up, then God is at your doorstep!  ”

“Don’t run away from the battle. Stay there and fight it out – but with love, affection, and understanding.  ”

“If the world were a complete obstruction to the attainment of spiritual fulfillment, the Supreme Being would not have created it at all. The world exists around us and also in our minds to make us ...”

“Jesus said the real treasure is in your heart where thieves do not break in and steal; It is this treasure that we seek.  ”

“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.  ”

“I decided, ‘I am walking on this path, it’s a lonely path’. Like Jesus Christ said, 'It’s a straight and narrow path’. So, let’s stick to it and not get side-tracked.”

“Sit down and meditate in your heart center and whenever such thoughts come which are not related to the inner, try to keep them away.  ”

“If you have faith in an infinite Supreme Being, put all your heart into what you want to do or achieve.  ”

“The true Self is already purified. There is nothing to purify. It's the mind that covers it that needs to be purified.”

“The Gita says that he who has conquered his mind, which means he does not let the desperate, dejected mind take hold, and who has succeeded, through practice (abhyasa), in keeping a positive mind m...”

“Questions never end. When you figure out that questions are part of the movement of the mind, and when everything is still, there is nothing left to ask. This is something that has to happen on its...”

“The best sign of your progress in your meditation is something very self-evident. Nobody has to tell you what's happening. First is the experience of great bliss; the second is the actual experienc...”

“There is happiness and complete fulfillment available to every human being within oneself and independent of anything outside. The search just has to be reversed to look within.”

“In the Yoga Vasistha, Vasistha says to Rama, “A person who thinks everything is destined and doesn't put in any self-effort is equivalent to a donkey.” We always say it’s destiny when there is some...”