
The following section contains the collected quotes from Satguru Sirio Ji and earlier Masters of Surat Shabd Yoga.
„The more Satsangies are bond to the Master, the more they are able to face any possible difficulties of life with a smile on their face, without being shocked by any event. So, it’s not so much not having problems or chances of fear, it’s the way we react to any given situation that’s important!”
“If we have had the perseverance to go on the Path and win all the battles with the mind, the senses and all of our imperfections and weaknesses, it’s all due to God’s grace and Satguru’s grace!”
“A real seeker of Truth wants to withdraw from everything which is outer, be well focused, concentrated, keep calling on Him by repeating His Holly names. Withdraw altogether from this physical body, switch off completely the mind, transcend and going to the Beyond. That is the process of learning to die while alive.”
“Many times I have said that it is worse to surrender than to be actually defeated. So don’t surrender to your mind. Don’t be disappointed. Don’t be disheartened. Continue your struggle with the mind and keep attacking your mind with the Simran.
It is not a new thing that we are having this problem of the thoughts. For many ages before we came in this birth, in all our previous births, we had this problem of the thoughts. All the fantasies, all the thoughts which we are having, have brought us into this world again and again. This is one type of simran, and because we are in the habit of doing the worldly simran that is why the Masters have given us Their Simran which will cut the simran which we are doing right now – because only the Simran [of the Masters] will help us to remove the habit of doing the worldly simran, and only the contemplation of the Master will help us to remove the contemplation of the worldly things.”
“Our spiritual practice of singing bhajans is always meant to provoke an expansion of consciousness, to make our Surat sharp, conscious, aware, because it’s in the deep awareness that we find the Truth. That is the purpose of our singing bhajans.”
“The persons who are yearning to realize God, and those who have real intense longing to see Him, they will never have any doubts or suspicions. They want only to realize God and they ask to be shown the Path and that’s all; and after that they don’t have any doubts.”
“Most fortunate are those who get a link within at the Tenth Door of the Light and Sound of God, to be developed from day to day. The huge mass of humanity is groping in the dark in feelings, emotions and inferences and is not prepared to receive this rare gift. The Master working overhead is aware of all that occurs within the initiates and He continues to work for their benefit.”
“It is the mind’s habit to distract us from meditation. He will bring either sleep or pain. Our work is to defeat the enemy either by making friends with him or by doing anything to stop him. Our struggle is with a great enemy. This is our battle. Try not to surrender to him, but to win over him. The hard struggle is only for a few days; after that you will start getting strength from the Satguru Power within.”
“Regularity, combined with intrepidity and a tireless seva (service performed without economic interest or ego), are the main factors to practice the spiritual discipline.”
“The basic principle of a highly serene life is to accept the divine dispensation with cheer as it is chiefly based on the reactions of our own actions and is invariably flavored with mercy for our eventual betterment. A disciplined devotee should view everything from a highly elevated viewpoint and accept life without any regret or remorse.”
“It is for you to remain devoted to Him, and keep His commandments. The rest is for Him to do.”
“If we are able to completely relax, be at peace, and completely focus our attention, then we may experience ourselves withdrawing from the physical body and rising above it. At the very least, we will experience a state of very deep peace, or deep well-being.”
“To meet God, to realize God and to do the devotion of God, we need to make our hearts as big as a mountain. Many storms come, but that mountain does not move from its place; the storms come and go, but the mountain is still there. In the same way, we need to make our heart that big.”
“Continuing to move on is very important. Because if we stagnate, then we are no longer alive. A spiritual seeker never gets tired of looking for Truth, looking for spiritual realisation, because if we get tired then we stagnate, and we die spiritually.”
“The Master’s love for His children is immeasurable and unfathomable and the more it is enjoyed the more it grows.”
“We should never get tired. We should keep moving, keep seeking, because if we keep seeking we will eventually fnd what we are looking for. That’s why it’s always very important to expose oneself to the atmosphere of the Satsang. That’s the way to keep ourselves alive, to keep watering the plant of Initiation.”
“If we could just sink in the living present, being totally here with all of our mind and soul, with no thoughts about the past, no thoughts about the future and not even about the present, then our consciousness would expand, our awareness would become very deep, very profound and we would have a perception, very powerful perception of this river of grace, which constantly flows outside and inside of us! Actually, there is no outside, there is no inside! We feel there is this parameter of our body in which we are stuck. But in actuality it’s a river of grace, a river of light that keeps flowing both inside and outside.”
„We say the Path did not really work with me! But how much did you work on the Path? We know that those people who achieved something great, they really put a lot of effort, they really did their best on the Path, by doing so much meditation, by doing so much selfless service, by sacrificing their all life in the mission of their Master! So, if the Path works, it is because of we work on it! If the Path does not work it is because we are not capable of making it function, work!”
“There are different stages through which one has to pass. To attempt to bypass any stage would make one short of development in that particular stage and eventually prolong final attainment. Let every one develop steadily and slowly.”
“Human birth is the highest rung of all creation. It is really a rare blessing which you have got. This has been given to you for attaining divine realization and spiritual perfection. It is a supreme opportunity for striving and obtaining a sublime experience of all-consciousness. It is to be utilized for this great purpose.”