Quotes by Sri M

“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...”

“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...”

“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...”

“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 ...”

“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...”

“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...”

“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...”

“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...”

“I’d say when I use the word meditation it includes the word introspection. You can’t meditate without introspection. Now when I say introspection, it means to give complete attention to something –...”

“As you go deeper and deeper into your Sadhana – whatever be the Sadhana that’s taught to you personally by your teacher – you’ll find that you’re becoming not only happier but also kinder, more car...”

“If you have done one good deed and sat down and meditated, that day’s meditation is 100 times better than when you have caused harm to somebody.”

“It is only when you are complete that you can give. When you are not complete, what will you give to others?”

“Most of what we call kindness that takes place or is expressed is only when we are not threatened or when we don’t feel that something is going to be taken away from us or that our rights are being...”

“If you really feel happy by doing good to others, by recognizing the divine spark in others, then you are already an advanced soul who needs very little of any other kind of meditation. But, if you...”

“The true ‘Sadhak’ not only meditates in the way his Guru has taught him to, depending on his needs. He also begins to function in the world with the understanding – although weak in the beginning –...”