The following section contains the collected quotes from Satguru Sirio Ji and earlier Masters of Surat Shabd Yoga.
“We don’t want to be those kind of people who are focusing on the bad side of things, but good people who focus on the good side of life and try to focus on that, because as we think so we become. So let’s always try to see the good side of things, because it’s always there. The thing is if you think that everything is bad then we feel bad. If you think there is a lot of goodness in this world, so much beauty, the creation is very beautiful, because it is a manifestation of the Divine and we should try to find out this Divine in everything we become in touch with, everything we see. And we should choose for our life just what is good as much as possible and give up what is bad, because we don’t want to suffer.”
“Beyond thinking mind and beyond sensory perception we are consciousness. At the base of everything there is consciousness. So, we are an individualized consciousness. And the goal of our existence is to merge with the universal consciousness.”
“What gives purpose to life is that at some point in time you have given the grace to experience something Superior, something Divine. A Divine perception, which brings a Divine intoxication, a Divine bliss, a Divine ecstasy. Then we understand that life has a purpose. That all these troubles of life, these problems that we all face they have a purpose if you are able to experience that kind of sacred presence, otherwise no purpose, useless life.”
“What makes a place holy? What makes a situation holy, sacred? It is when something higher descends upon us, when special atmosphere created, when our consciousness is expanded, it’s deepened. Where we perceive something different, which is not just coming from body, senses and mind, but it’s a spiritual perception, something that goes beyond body, senses and mind. So, that’s what makes something holy, sacred. When we are able by the grace of God or by the presence of living Satguru to experience something deeper, more profound, more fulfilling, when our consciousness is uplifted. Otherwise place is just a place, body is just a body, a person is just a person. What makes a person special is just this capacity to perceive something higher, something more profound, something Divine.”
“A building, a house or body we keep it clean, we keep washing it. If you don’t wash it then it becomes filthy, not nice, you don’t like it anymore, nobody likes it. So, if you want it clean you have to clean it. The same is with our consciousness, our psyche, our spirit. We have to keep cleaning it, we have to keep it sharp, luminous. How do we do it? By meditating, that’s how we do it! You take a cloth, you clean a mirror, take off the dust then you see yourself clearly otherwise you don’t see, you don’t reflect. So, if you want this heart of yours to reflect the infinite nature of God you have to keep it clean always. And how do you clean it? By chasing away all these garbage of thoughts that we have. So, how do you do it? Meditation and by keep repeating the mantra in your head all day long and don’t think of useless things. So much better to repeat the Mantra, it will charge you up, because as you think so you become.”
“The Supreme Being enjoys Himself projecting Himself endlessly. That is His play, that is His will, that is how it’s meant to be. Why does a father, mother generate children? Because it’s a way of projecting yourself into these children. It’s a continuation of yourself. So, that is the same process. This Supreme Being, call it Supreme Father if you want in this case or Supreme Mother wants to see Himself / Herself / Itself call it the way you like projected endlessly, because that’s His infinite nature. So, He wants to project Himself endlessly and that is His play, that is the way He enjoys Himself, seeing Himself in this infinite way.”
“Morning is beautiful time, it’s fresh, it’s peaceful. According to Ayurveda, morning is the Vata period, is the period in which ether and air dominate as elements. Therefore it is the most spiritual atmosphere, the most peaceful. In India they call it “Amrit Velā”, which means the time of ambrosia. It’s the time in which night meets the day, so it is a birth, it is a new day coming into life. Therefore there is a special atmosphere just like when some other life is brought into this world. So it is the most auspicious for sitting in meditation and a real true seeker of Truth will never let any morning go by without getting up, refresh oneself and peacefully sit down, sing the praises of God, and then turn within and try to commune with the Holy Presence as much as one can, as much as one is allowed. So, who is a real seeker of Truth, who is a real follower of the Guru? The one who does this! Gets up every morning and sits down for a couple of hours and sings and praises and meditates on the Supreme Reality.”
“What makes you into a lover of God? It is the practice that you do, the amount of meditation that you do, the amount of service that you do for your Guru that’s what makes you into a Holy Men.”
“The living Master is the removal of darkness. Why it is so? Because first of all He has removed His own darkness. He has made a clear vision, He has had a real experience of transcendental reality. And when we come into His field and we listen to His words and we spend time with Him or Her then there is an atmosphere there that uplifts our consciousness and we are thrown upwards according to the degree that we may reach each one of us.”
“Whosoever has been a Seeker of Truth and looking here, there and everywhere trying to find a reason for life, an explanation why we are here, what is the purpose of life, where do we come from, where will we go when we leave this world, this body and has been sincerely looking for Truth. If eventually finds place, somebody that uplifts Him or Her above all this confusion and by approaching the person has an Inner Experience of the transcendental Reality, which goes above body, mind and senses then obviously this person become very attached to that place and to that person where this clarifying experience has happened.”
“Whosoever has been a Seeker of Truth and looking here, there and everywhere trying to find a reason for life, an explanation why we are here, what is the purpose of life, where do we come from, where will we go when we leave this world, this body and has been sincerely looking for Truth. If eventually finds place, somebody that uplifts Him or Her above all this confusion and by approaching the person has an Inner Experience of the transcendental Reality, which goes above body, mind and senses then obviously this person become very attached to that place and to that person where this clarifying experience has happened.”
“What gives purpose, what gives flavor and value to life? It’s the inner contact we are able to establish with the Supreme Satguru. So, we have to get to to this intensity of love for the Supreme Being, for our Satguru that allows us to say this with all sincerity “My life has value when You are there and you aren’t there my life worth nothing”. That means that we cherish so much the perception of this Holy Presence, the beauty that prevails when the Beloved is present and the ugliness that is there when He is absent. Of course we amuse ourselves to many things in life, but as far as this source of joy and outer pleasure have a meaning for us that it means we still have a long way to go. It’s ok to be happy with life, but our real longing and yearning it has to be constantly directed towards attracting into our perception, into our life this Holy Presence.”
“All the great Masters have been great lovers of God. That’s how you get to this Divine Realization, just through this very intense love. So, how do we realize God? By developing this very intense love for Him. So, that’s the way, that’s the only way. And when one has the good luck of falling madly in love with God then he’s already Realized. Realization is this, having this very intense love for God. Obviously to have this intense love for God you have to be in touch with Him, you have to experience what God is. As far as it becomes an unknown factor for us can’t love Him. We begin to love Him as we manifest Him within ourselves as we tune in with this Divine Presence. And there is no better way for this than tuning in to God through a living Master.”
“There is no better luck in this world than tuning in with the Divinity, Divine Presence manifested in a human pole.”
“You don’t get to control your mind unless you do a very intense spiritual practice. That’s the only way. Otherwise the mind is a wild horse, running wild. It’s only with discipline, with patient daily practice and by exposing ourselves from time to time to situations like retreats that we succeed to gain a certain control over our thoughts and our mind. There is no other way really.”
“The process of manifestation goes from One to many. Spreading endlessly to the Infinite. The process of unity, going back to unity is just the opposite. From the many we have to go back to the One. So, inside of us there are so many forces working. Forces from the mind, from the senses, desires, pleasures, which spread us all around. This process makes us ever more miserable until we reach a point of desperation, because we have no peace whatsoever. So, we have to revert inside, gather ourselves, stop wandering outside and find point of focus where we fully concentrate. So, has to isolate ourselves from the sensory perception, stilling the mind, so that this thinking process smooth down and eventually stops. And when it stops that’s where the beauty begins, that’s where the bliss comes into play. That’s when the inner door opens and we begin seeing the Divine Light. And if we focus ourselves completely on this Light then it becomes very bright and pulls us out of the body into the Beyond. Beyond this physical body, beyond this physical world, into a world, which is made of Light.”
“We all have our limits, we all have our potential, but we should not be limited by our limits. We should try to broaden them, to break them and make them wider. To break our limits that’s the aim of a spiritual life. Maulana Rumi says “Make your last better than your first.” Means don’t come to the end time of your life by being as you were in the beginning. Try to come to the end time of your life being a better being that has broken limits. Otherwise we live for nothing! If we leave this world just as we were when we came in then it was useless living. We have to make this life successful and we make it successful by coming at the end of this life not being the same or even worse than what we were when we came in this life. We make it successful if we come to the end being better.”
“You always want a reason, an object, something that comes from outside in order to be happy. But the real happiness is that happiness that comes directly from Your Divine perception from nothing outside. That’s the real wealth when you don’t need anything and you are just ecstatic, blissful. But we are given gifts, you are given grace and then we have to give proof that we really appreciate this, we have to be honest with what we have been given, we have to be grateful and do our own part. Because if we spent everything to be given to us for free that is not fair, then we are not honest. God awakens us to this Divine Presence then we have to do our best to keep it alive, to make it grow, to make it more intense and this is what we do though our spiritual practice. By attending Satsang, by doing our daily meditation, by doing our Simran during the day, trying to be tuned in as much as possible. This will keep us alive in a good way. Otherwise we are alive anyway, but in a bad way, in a unworthy way. We can have a life, which is worth living and we can have a life, which is no worthy living. So, we have to choose what kind of life we want to have.”
“In order to tune in with the roar of Naam our perception has to become subtle and the blessing has to descend upon us. The two things go together, the perception becomes subtle when His blessing descends upon us. Of course, there are means by which we may help making subtle our perception. The spiritual practice are meant for this to increase our receptivity, to make our perception subtle. So, when we sing beautiful songs our perception enhances, comes more open or subtle. Practically comes in a certain expansion of consciousness and by this we become more receptive to the Master Power, to His Holy presence. That’s why Master Kirpal used to say “The singing of Bhajans is meant for improving your receptivity”. So, when we become receptive then we may tune in with this roar of Naam. What is this roar of Naam? It is this Divine Power that permeates all creation, it is the Divine Light, it is the Divine Sound. And when we tune in with it then meditation happens spontaneously.”
“What is Truth? What is Reality? What is Love? They are all aspects of the same Supreme Reality. And in order to realize this Reality, to make it our own we need to gone beyond this mind, beyond this sensory perception, expand our consciousness, make it vast, beyond the boundary of this human body and become one with this Ocean of Light, which is also Love, which is also Truth, which is also Reality. And it’s consciousness. It’s a super conscious Reality. There is consciousness and there is super consciousness. There soul and there is Universal soul. These two have to become One, if you want to get out this cage of physicality, if you want to get out from this physical plane, which is a physical imprisonment. Out of the cage into the expansion of the Universe.”