Quotes Collection

“Sitting in meditation it means trying to create a condition in which meditation may happen. Our attempt to meditate it may even called a simulation, because we are simulating something, we don’t really provoke it, we don’t really make it happen ourselves, we are trying. But the real meditation happens only when the grace of God descends upon us, because of His free will, His decision. But this act is training, training oneself, trying to create a condition in which something may happen.
If we don’t plough the fields and make them ready for the sowing, there is no chance that anything may grow there. We have to prepare the land, put the seeds then something will grow. How will it grow? It all depends on many factors, which are not under our control.
So, we have to make ourselves available for the grace to come, but the grace comes when God wants. But even this so-called simulation of meditation it’s pleasant, because at least you relax, you smooth down and quiet down your mind and get rid of stress and tensions, it’s anyway beneficial even if we don’t transcend and go into another level of consciousness.”

“The Supreme Happiness does not come by any other means, except meditating on Naam, tuning in with Naam, which is God-into-Expression Power.

So, a spiritual person, seeker of Truth always try to experience this Supreme Happiness. We experience so many things in life, we try to find joy and fulfillment in many ways, but we are always disappointed. Therefore, we have understood it, it’s within us, is with us, we just have to uncover it. And it comes up, emerges from within us when the mind becomes totally still, totally peaceful, switches off. So, to switch off the mind we have to well focus our attention at the seat of the Soul in the body, which is in front of our Third Eye.”

“Why are we here? To evolve and grow, that is the only purpose of life. To evolve into a Divine Being, from a beastly human being we have to turn into Divine Beings. That’s the only thing, which has value. That’s the only thing, which stays with us and that’s the purpose of life.”

“What we have done in our life, we make our death pleasant or unpleasant. Eventually the account is given to us for what we have done. And if we have been doing good, we will have a good passing away, blissful, and very ecstatic. If we haven’t done good, then we get back what we have done to others. So, if we love ourselves and we want to be good to ourselves, let’s be good to everybody. If we want joy, let’s spread joy if we want peace, let’s spread peace. Let’s be serving others with our potential, with what we have, what God has given to us, because we don’t have anything it’s all borrowed by somebody. So, what is given to us lets share it with others.”

“Guru Arjan Dev says “The real seeker of Truth, the real devotee of Satguru will wake up early every morning, sing the praises of Satguru and then sit down peacefully in meditation”. If there is a difference between ordinary people and seekers of Truth is that seekers of Truth will do a spiritual practice in order to tune in with the Divine Presence, the Divine Power, while the ordinary people don’t. A seeker of Truth is meant to be a spiritual person. A spiritual person is somebody that tunes in with the all pervading Spirit of God. Otherwise we are not spiritual people, we are maybe believers, religious, but not spiritual. So, we want to be spiritual people, seekers of Truth and we want to tune in with the all pervading Spirit of God.”

“When we come on the Path, we should take a definite and radical decision that this is the Path that I’m going to follow in my whole life and I will never stop until I reach my goal. It’s very important to be optimistic, be positive and convince oneself that yes, I will succeed!”

“So, we seek refuge at the Satguru. Satguru is like a shelter that protects us from so many dangers of life.
Master Kirpal used to say: “When you going to the refuge of the Master the most painful situations will be turned into easy ones.” Just because of being under His protection.
So, this is one of the reasons why also we human beings should go to Satguru, because of this protection., we need protection. Why do we need protection? Because our mind is taking us astray all the time and causing so many troubles to us, leading us in directions, which are not healthy and which are not for our ultimate good.”

“Life is constant movement, pushing us forward whether we like it or not, whether we want to or not. But if we co-operate then it’s so much easier. If we don’t, then it’s through suffering that we are pushed forward, but if we co-operate then we don’t need to suffer.”

“It’s only by the grace of the Supreme Satguru that our boats, even if they are capsized may go across.
Life is not easy, it’s rather difficult and to float of the waters of life is not simple. It’s very rare that somebody is capable of flowing with life, do His or Her spiritual practice regularly and keep the boat straight up.
So, we face many difficulties, which makes difficult for us to keep doing our spiritual practice and flow constantly with life and find the inner contact with the Inner Light.
Therefore we need Satguru to help us, to face the difficulties of life and keep inspiring us to do our spiritual practice, which is the only thing that it’s going to make it easy.”

“We need a man who has realized the Truth and through His life is able to give an example of the ideal life. This has an effect, because we want examples. We are always looking for examples. He may inspire us. That is what changes us, gives us the input, the strength to do something better with our lives. Examples are the best thing in life to help us strive and make an effort to improve ourselves.”

“It’s only through meditation we may achieve the union of the individual self with the Overself. For doing so we have to go beyond whatever we understand to be ourselves, which is this body mainly, the sensory perception that we have and the thinking process that despite of us keeps happening. So, once we go beyond the physical body, the sensory perception, which corresponds somehow to the astral body and the thinking process, which corresponds somehow to the causal body then we may achieve union with Supreme Light.”

“The Path is not understood through reasoning and through a logical sequence of cause and effect; it doesn’t work like that. The Path is basically something we have to experience, not analyse with the mind. With the mind, we can never understand the Path.”

“I wish you all to be independent — independent of your body, independent of your outgoing faculties, independent of your mind, independent of your intellect. Dependence is a heinous crime.”

“Thoughts are very potent.

You ask, “If somebody says something against us, what should we do?”

Blood cannot be washed away with blood.

There is Water of Life required to wash it away.

If anybody thinks ill of you, just for a while consider calmly whether what he thinks – is there any truth in it? Examine your own self. If there is anything, be thankful to him.

You see, either the enemy will tell you something which is not right in you, or sometimes close friends as a matter of council and advice. Because they have full love for the good friend.

If there is not so then forgive and further forgive them because they don’t know what they do. Pray for them.

That is the only way, otherwise this thought will rankle in your mind throughout. You will have no rest. Whenever you sit (for meditation) that thing will come up.”

“Guru Nanak says, “O ignorant mind, by speaking tasteless or rude words, we hurt our own heart, our own inner self, and those words are not accepted. The words which are spoken sweetly, the words which are accepted in the Court of the Lord, are the only words which are appreciated.”

This is something which all the satsangis should consider and think about patiently. Almost one hundred percent of our problems, all the problems which happen in our lives, in our homes, are due to our rude words: the tasteless words we speak. Only because of our rude behavior and rude words, husband and wife do not get along with each other, father does not get along with son, and we have all these problems. But the problems are created only because we do not speak in a good way.”

“The secret of selfless service is to deny the reward or recognition of any type and on the contrary consider one’s self as a humble instrument in the divine hands which are the sustainers and protectors of all.”

“We should thank the Almighty Lord Who has given us this beautiful body, Who has given us good health, and so many other comforts in this world. He has sent us into this world, saying: “I am separating you from Myself and I am sending you into the world; but those who make the effort and do the devotion of the Lord will be able to come back to the Real Home. Their devotion will bring the highest prize: coming back to the Real Home from which I am separating you.” He has sent His beloveds, His dear children, the Saints, into this world, and They have always given us these teachings and inspired us to do the devotion of God which enables us to go back to the Real Home.

After coming into this world, Saints do not tell us to sit idle and do nothing. They tell us, “As there is disease, so there is remedy.” There is a remedy for every disease. They ceaselessly tell us to make efforts.”

“So long as you are the doer you cannot help others. Perfect yourself first, then you can help others. Then He is doing it, not you.”

“If God showers mercy and grace on us, He makes us meet the Master. And if Master showers grace on us, He unites us with the Shabd.

It is a pity that even we, the satsangis, do not understand the grace of the Master. Usually we think that if we get some promotion in our job, or if our sick child gets better, or if we get something of a worldly nature, that that is the grace of the Master. And if we lose a little bit in our home, then all our faith and devotion is broken and we lose all our faith in Master. The profits and loss which we have are according to our own karma which we have done.

Swami Ji Maharaj says, “Such people do not find any place to be still within, and they blame the Master.” They never hear the Shabd, they do not find stillness and rest within, and outside they blame the Master: “Master did not help us.”

“Suffice it to understand that unions and separations in this physical plane are veiled and governed by the inexorable law of karma. There is nothing premature as the divine machinery works with meticulous precision and nothing happens haphazardly, although it may look to us as such.”