Quotes by Sri M

“In the search for happiness one encounters many sorrows, many disappointments. Once you turn within and understand that it is right here, then slowly our minds become stabilized. This takes time, a...”

“Do not hide anything from your spiritual guru, because it is he who is going to help you  to be cured of your ignorance.  What we mean by being intimate with God is to expose you completely. This k...”

“Spiritual evolution is not incompatible with regular living. Intervals of solitude are necessary but you should not shut yourself totally. The world around you is the touchstone to spiritual practice.”

“Human life is actually a search for That happiness, which is overflowing inside us, and we are looking for it thinking that it is somewhere outside.”

“The aim of chanting is not to chant, but to bring about silence. One need not mistake the technique for the goal. If the goal is felt, stop all chanting and subside into it. In quietness, enjoy to ...”

“When there are thoughts, we think it’s continuous like a chain. Actually it's always one thought following another. The mind cannot think of two things at a time. It can only think of one thing at ...”

“If you see a beautiful sunset, don’t sit down and close your eyes. First open your eyes and see it, then close your eyes and enjoy it.”

“It does not matter what the sadhana is - meditation, kriya, chanting or whatever but doing with regularity and with feeling is important.  ”

“Satsang is a meeting point for spiritual seekers. I propose Satsang even between two people. It cuts across barriers of caste and creed.”

“It is in the nature of things that in this life, there is always some sorrow and pain. There is no uniform happiness ever, if our happiness is based on the outer world. ”

“'Morning Sandhya' means removal of ignorance and the coming of light.  ‘Evening-Sandhya’ means  the moving of the material world and the coming of darkness. The middle-sandhya means turning-point b...”

“As one proceeds deeper and deeper into one's practice, one begins to get tuned and open to dimensions that are usually unknown to the ordinary mind.”

“You will know you are making progress in your sadhana when you begin to sit down quietly even if it is for a short period of time. With your mind more peaceful and without distractions, you will be...”

“Meditation is also a churning of the mind.  When the Samudra manthan is done, the first thing that comes out is the poison. Amrita comes last. ”

“The Gayatri mantra is a very important chant because it immediately invokes the mind to go in search of that which is deeper than the outer world.”