The following section contains the collected quotes from Satguru Sirio Ji and earlier Masters of Surat Shabd Yoga.
The role of the Master is to keep waking us up. Again and again. It’s an endless process. What happens when we associate with the Master? We keep falling asleep, and He keeps waking us up. And He says: “Go on, you have to keep going. You have to keep moving on. Don’t stop, never stop!”
“This is what the Master does. He wakes us up and keeps waking us up. Because, that’s how it goes. We keep falling a sleep and the Master keeps waking us up.”
“Who is the true friend; who is the true relative; who is the true love of our life? It’s the Master, because He will be with us when we go beyond. He will be there and guide us. He’s our Ishta-deva, He’s our God and will guide us. God will appear to us in that form and He will guide us into the beyond. God will appear to us in the form of our Master and will guide us towards the fusion with the absolute, with the Supreme Truth – Sach Khand.”
“We don’t go to the sea, or the ocean and pretend that the surface is all there is. An intelligent person understands that the surface is just the very beginning of the enormous reality of the ocean. Down in the depths of the ocean there is so much life and beauty; there are so many mysteries and hidden secrets. So that’s life. Life is an ocean, we have to dive deep into it and find the pearl of beauty.”
“God is within us, outside of us, but He comes whenever He wants! Because He has full control over each one of us. We don’t have the capacity to attract God into our experience. None of us! He is too big. He is too huge. It’s only by His deliberate will that it may happen. So, when this Supreme Being decides that this person now is going to be blessed then it happens. We don’t know why it happens, but there is a program, a plan and a reason why and with whosoever it happens. Why with one yes and the other one no? Or why with one yes and so many no? Who can say it? So, whenever God wants to take work from somebody to improve the condition of this world or few or many people then it descends into the life and experience of a person. So, when God decides and chooses a person, He gives to this person a very special and powerful experience and this person becomes a channel for other people. He acquires the capacity to transmit it to others. It has always been like this and always like this it will be!”
“Every life has a direction that works on the specific characteristics of our personality. Now we are all at different stages of our evolution, consequently according to the evolutionary level that we are at, we need to go through different kinds of experiences. That’s why we come into this world and find ourselves in situations where we are compelled to act in a certain direction, in a certain way.”
“We perform our spiritual practice to learn how to fly out of this body. We are like a bird closed into a cage. Therefore, we can’t imagine how it is to fly out of this cage of the body and experience the freedom of infinite space. Even this idea makes us scared because we are so used to being caged. Nonetheless, it’s a possibility for all of us to get out of this cage and experience a condition of an expanded cosmic consciousness. So, even once in our life, we are given this blessing of getting out of this body that will leave an impression in our consciousness, which we will never forget.”
“What is God? Everything that contained in this universe is God. And we are part of this consciousness. Therefore we are God also. So, God cannot exist outside of us. And we cannot exist outside of Him. In reality, this multiplicity is an illusion. We are all One, and we are all the One! We have to convince ourselves deeply that we are not this limited ego or person. We are part of, and we are the One. So, it’s very good to think wisely, to think what Truth is.”
“To understand that there is an intelligence, there is a Being, which is so much above us and that governs and rules everything, it’s wisdom. To understand that we are so small, so tiny, so nothing, it’s wisdom.”
“We human beings are quite convinced that we choose our life, we choose the course of our life, that we are the doers. There is so much talking about free will, no free will. Some are quite convinced that there is free will, and there are those who are convinced there is no free will. The truth is always between things. Sant Ji used to say: “If you look at the world and the life from this point of view, from down here then it seems like we have a free will that we choose, we decide. But if we withdraw from this physical consciousness and we rise above and we reach Sach Khand then from there we see that we have no free will whatsoever.” If you consider that there is no time that whatever was before and whatever is going to be it’s only a right now, then where there is any free will? It’s already happened, everything. So, from this condition, our level of consciousness seems that we can decide and choose things. So, from this condition, our level of consciousness seems that we can decide and choose things. And this illusion is left to us because it’s needed! It is needed because we need to choose to have this illusion that we choose to do certain experiences. After all, we need to grow through these experiences and learn a lesson. And by and by we acquire a certain wisdom by which our decisions, yes or no about any event of life will improve, will become wise, and more accurate.”
“We may have a peaceful mind and an agitated mind, full of worries, anxieties, fears. By it’s nature, the mind won’t get to peace, the mind likes worries, anxieties, fears. So, we have to make an effort in order to bring peace into our within. Therefore we have to direct our attention towards something that bring peace, love, well-being. So, if we direct our attention towards the thing we love, the Divine Being, which is beauty, love, peace, bliss then that’s the way of counteracting the action of the mind.”
“In Sach Khand there is no me nor you, there is no devotee, and there is no Beloved. There is only the One. A vast ocean of resplendent Light, that’s where we aim to, that’s where we want to go. The total freedom of the liberated souls. The freedom of being here, there and everywhere simultaneously. The feel of being above time and space. The freedom of being an individual I, but becoming a universal I or a cosmic I. So, where are we aiming to? Just to this, that’s where we are aiming to. So, every meditation sitting we do it is a brick that we add to this temple of the Supreme that we want to build for ourselves. And if we continue adding bricks like this then very high we will go. And this is where we will go when we leave this world, but we want to experience this before we leave this world. So, that this life also, in this physical body and in this physical world we will be saturated with His presence, so that we have a better quality life.”
“Strong determination is needed for a seeker after Truth to reach the vastity of Beyond Space, which is our kingdom, heredity and birthright. Just as the children of parents inherit the belonging of the parents in the same way, all humanity who are children of the same Supreme Being have the right to inherit this kingdom, the jewel of Divinity. It’s in our potential. We can do it, so let’s do it! We should not be happy just with an ordinary life. We should want an extraordinary life. And an extraordinary life is the life in which the Divine comes into play.”
“The ruling passion is what needed on the spiritual Path, which comes from yearning. You have to create the yearning then you will experience wonderful things. If you have it, you are lucky. If you don’t have it, then spend time with a Master, humbly listen to His words, looking to His eyes, meditate with Him and by and by, you will get there. This yearning will created inside of you. So, when this happens, then this will change the quality, the value and the intensity of your life. You wake up to the Divine Presence.”
“The real Master is not going to ask anything from us, doesn’t need anything from us. A real Master will only try to inspire us to find our peace, our contact with the Divine Light, which gives us complete joy and fulfillment. What does Master need from us? Just nothing! If it is a business to make money or a thirst for power, then it’s another situation. And there are many like this, I must say. Selfless Beings, selfless Masters are very rare.”
“A human being in a very human condition, how can he have any possible right path to follow? The path that ordinary human being follows is the path of the mind, the path of sensual gratification all the time. Difficult to find the inner way by ourselves. Only in very rare cases. But in 99 percent of the cases we need the support, the inspiration, the upliftment that comes in the company of the Master.”
“With outside objects and things, we will never find purpose for this life, no matter what we have. We may become the owner of the whole world, but we will never be satisfied. Therefore, Masters tell us not to think that, you will ever find fulfillment from the outer things. It has to come from inside. of you. That’s where you find real fulfillment. If you are able in silence to find your peace, to go within and experience the opening of the inner vision and coming in touch with the inner Light then you will find the real purpose of life. Then you will find the condition that makes you happy.”
“The journey that transforms us from human beings into Divine beings has to happen within ourselves. Once you have transformed within also the way you see the world and everything becomes transformed. It’s not the same anymore for you. So, the Earth becomes the purest gold, and even the Earth becomes Divine. It won’t matter anymore even the matter will be energy for you because that’s what in reality is. We see it as being solid material, like this body of ours. We see and perceive it to be a solid something. But it’s not, we know it very well. We are made of atoms and atoms are made of particles. And particles are light and energy. So, we are all energy. We are floating in a sea of energy, but we are confined physically in this physical perception, in this body and in this material level. That’s why we perceive it as such.”
“We should always be positive and optimistic that we will get to Him. And we should never doubt it because this attitude is important. When I met Master Kirpal that was my absolute conviction that I will never leave the Path, that I will never betray my Master and that I will realize the goal of this Path in this lifetime. So, this attitude is helpful and important. Maybe not everybody will be able to realize the Absolute Reality in this lifetime, but we should all try to get as close as possible to it. And try to live a lifestyle which makes it possible. Therefore we should take the Path as the main purpose of life. We should do our best to be a good example for others also. That is how a Satsangi should be. Helping by setting a good example for each other. Everyone should try His/Her best to be as good as possible, as compassionate as possible, helpful.”
“The Path of Master must become our Path at some point. It is our story, the story of our life. And we should just as we give importance to the needs of our family in the same way we should give the same attention, love, and dedication to the Path of the Master, that is our Path. So, it’s a love affair. It’s the story of our life when we get into it. But it gives such greatness to our life. It makes it fulfilling because then we will experience life in all possible aspects. Physically, mentally and spiritually. Unless we explore the spiritual dimension, we don’t know anything about life. So, exploring the spiritual dimension is what makes us complete human beings who know the whole spectrum of existence. And when we love so much of your doing, the Path and the Master then the spiritual practice it’s a pleasure. We don’t feel it as a duty, but it’s a pleasure, which is different. Because I want to know what’s it all about. And I’m not just happy hearing it from somebody else, I want to make it on my own.”