Quotes Collection

“The Masters of the spiritual path called Surat Shabd Yoga say that the expressive power of God has two aspects: Light and Sound. It’s analogous to a natural phenomenon like lightening, where first you see the flash of light and then you hear the thunderclap. These are the two sides of the power of God manifesting as Light and Sound, which has been called the Voice of Silence, the Music of the Spheres, and so on.”

“I’ve seen so many people come and go on the spiritual path. They have lots of experiences in the beginning — quite a spiritual awakening — but then after one, two, three or four years, their consciousness goes back to its usual state, and they lose their spiritual awareness. Spirituality is something we have to keep nourishing daily, just as we nourish our body daily. We give food to our body, so too, spiritually, we have to keep nurturing our soul with the Light of God. Meditation brings into contact with the Light of God. We switch of the mind, the thinking process, and try to find the Inner Light within.”

“Any sincere seeker of Truth should have the pining to become one with the Absolute. Only this way the Path works, only this way we keep progressing on the Path. Otherwise, we maybe on the Path for twenty, thirty or forty years, but if we never experience this incredible longing for God then nothing or very few really happens. So, a person may come on the Path with this incredible longing and have right away incredible experiences. On the other hand a person might be on the Path for many years and never experiencing this incredible longing then nothing really happens. So, we go in the company of the Masters to develop, to be contaiged with this longing for God. Most of the human beings by themselves achieve nothing. It is only when we have a good luck and spending time with a Master soul that something meaningful happens.”

“There is nothing in this world which we can say is equal to the meditation of Naam. Only those who meditate on Naam get high status, and only those who merge themselves into Naam get liberation.”

“Please note – an ounce of practice is better than tons of theory.”

“Only those with very good fortune have the company of Saints and Masters. And when we go in Their company, and when we start serving them, They will tell us to do meditation on Shabd Naam. And when we start meditating on Shabd Naam, by Their grace we start taking advantage of being in Their company.”

“Man has not to exert himself, except in molding himself ethically and morally to that climax of love, sincerity and humility, which will produce the necessary state of receptivity in him. Everything else is in the hands of the Master.”

“We realize the goodness of a tree only when we eat its fruit. In the same way, only those who have obeyed the commandments of the Master know how much one enjoys the fruit of obeying the commandments of the Master.”

“So the Guru will love His disciples because it is He who has given birth to them in the inner way.”

“Whether you sit in the meditation you should be sitting with a quiet mind, without any worldly fantasies or thoughts. Your Simran should be going on constantly. Before you sit in the meditation you should make sure that you don’t have any other important thing for which your mind would take you out of meditation. Because it is the habit of the mind that when anyone sits for meditation, he makes him remember things which happened hundreds of years ago, and he brings many thoughts within you. He may remind you of many different things which you are supposed to do. So that is why I say that before you sit in meditation make sure that you don’t have to attend to any other work which can be used by your mind as an excuse to take you out of meditation. You should always do your meditation refusing your mind and not listening to him.”

“Spiritual science is very definite and whoever, even the vilest of the vile, follows it is changed for the better.”

“Never understand meditation as a burden. Do it lovingly. The work which we do lovingly we become successful in it.”

“All talents inherited as a result of past karma are good provided they are utilized for attainment of spiritual progress by regular meditations. Everybody comes to this world with certain instincts and impulses which can be harnessed for spiritual development under competent guidance. It is the single-minded devotion of the initiate which should be developed carefully and should be considered as the best of Godly gifts.”

“What is the responsibility the human has? It is the responsibility to think and to consider where he was before he came into this world and where he has to go after this world. This problem can be solved only if he does the devotion of the Lord and only if he goes in the company of someone who has solved this problem himself. Master is the one who can solve this problem for us; God Almighty Himself comes into this world in the Form of the Masters and He puts us on the Path. Guru Nanak Sahib says, “We are the forgetful ones, we are the lost ones, and the Master Himself puts us on the Path and makes us do the devotion of the Lord.” You know that in this world there are many stumbling blocks, there are many pitfalls, and there are many obstacles. Even in this world we need a guide; we need someone who can help us make our journey. In the same way, in the Path of Spirituality we also need a guide. Master is the One Who helps us and Who takes us across. In this human body we have more responsibilities and we have the bigger responsibility of doing the devotion of the Lord. Guru Nanak Sahib says, “Meditate on Naam, do not forget, because this is the only benefit you can gain in the human body.”

„A disciple must do his part and the Master does His. It is for the disciple to sit in meditation in an atmosphere conducive to progress with a sweet remembrance of the Master. The disciple is not to presuppose things or visualize results, for these will follow of their own accord. Ours is to be an attitude of passivity, for the Doer is the One and the only One, the Master, who is the best judge of the time and measure and manner of each step on the Path.”

“The first thing which we need to think upon is whether we sincerely do our meditation and mold our lives according to the instructions of the Master. If we follow His commandments and if we follow Him completely, then Master does not hide anything from us. He enters within such a soul the same way as the rock candy is dissolved in milk. The color or the appearance of the milk does not change, only the taste of the milk has changed. In the same way those souls who live according to the instructions of the Master, Master sits within them bringing all the prosperities and all His confidence.”

“Whoever insists on his own ideas and does not want to obey, doubtless he will also get the Master’s love, but the inner key will not be entrusted to him.”

“Whatever meditation we are doing from day to day is counted, and we are collecting a big store of meditation. All the remembrance of God which we have done – even one moment’s remembrance – is counted in our devotion. Don’t ever think that whatever time you are devoting is not being counted. Master knows about our devotion; He knows how much we have done. He is perfecting our path of meditation, and when the time comes, He hands it over to us.”

“Make up your mind whether you would like to conform to the dictates of your mind or to the commandments of the Master. The choice lies in your own hands; you are free to choose; no one else can make the choice for you.”

“First of all the disciple needs to have love for the Master. And the second thing which he needs is to have faith in the Master. If he has both these things: love for the Master and faith in Him, then he gets the inspiration to work hard in meditation and go within himself.

Both these things work side by side – the grace of the Master and the efforts of the disciple. But if we are not making the efforts, if we have become the thieves of meditation, what can the Master do? There can He shower the grace? The Master is not unjust; if we are making the efforts He will definitely shower His grace upon us.”