The following section contains the collected quotes from Satguru Sirio Ji and earlier Masters of Surat Shabd Yoga.
“When a new year begins it’s very good to give goals to our life, to our next year, so that we may be able achieve at least some of them, if not all of them, and make our life fulfilling.”
“This creation happens because of the emanation of the Divine Power that comes into expression.”
“We should never understand meditation as a burden, but we should always do it with maximum pleasure. It is the most holy act that a human being may perform, it’s the way by which we connect with the Divinity within us, so it’s a very holy act and we should do it with extreme awe, reverence, love and devotion!”
“It’s so very rare to find a real yearning, longing soul who has an innate longing for God! A person who doesn’t have just enough of theories, philosophies, doctrines and theologies, he doesn’t care at all about these things, because they are just food for the mind!”
“The spiritual transmission always happens mostly through the eyes!”
“It’s important to acquire knowledge about reality, about how this life works, acquire the right knowledge about the functioning of the universe. But if just acquiring knowledge is the only thing that we do then we stay dry! We don’t know the beauty of love, of falling in love with God! “
“Which souls are the most fortunate ones in this world? Which are the most lucky souls in this world? Only those, who after getting the human birth come to the Master and always dwell with the Master. The meaning of “dwelling with the Master” is that when you come to the Master to get the Initiation from Him, the Master is residing within you in the form of the Shabd, and those who do the meditation according to the commandments of the Master, always remain with the Master; they always feel the presence of the Master. Those who do this know how the Master does not leave them even for a moment, the Master is always present with the disciple, just like his shadow. And those who really dwell with the Master know what the relationship between the disciple and the Master is. The relationship between the disciple and the Master is very deep, very concrete. As the shadow never leaves the body, in the same way, the Master never leaves the disciple.”
“You should not have any clutching tendency to have one thing or the other. Simply sit at the door and wait. This sublime silence is best and easily achieved by lovingly and humbly reposing in the gracious Master-Power, to grant and bless you with whatever it deems fit.”
“There are several ways of getting close to the Supreme Reality, to the Supreme Truth, but love is definitely the most effective, the most intoxicating and the most beautiful.”
“Those who want to venture on the spiritual path, they should understand that it’s a very demanding something. It’s an adventure! It’s an adventure of love, it’s and adventure of devotion. It’s a giving of oneself and it has to be done in all possible ways.”
“All are on the road to perfection and it is not wise for anyone to find fault with others.”
“Do not worry as to what may or may not happen in the near or distant future. The Master always shields His children suitably.”
“God Himself does everything. He Himself plans for all the souls. He knows which souls are ready for liberation and which souls must come in His contact. That is why we should always devote ourselves in the meditation of that God, and why we should always worship Him. Whatever is happening is happening in the Will of God, because everything is in His Will, and He Himself has kept all things in His hands.”
“I would rather have a handful of disciples, nay even one, who can sacrifice their ego on the spiritual altar and learn to live by love, than millions who understand not the value and meaning of these virtues.”
“Exploring the spiritual dimension of life is the ultimate adventure.”
“The sense of gratitude towards life for what we were given it’s a duty from us!”
“Unless we develop that real love for the Master, we are like a toy in the hands of all these five dacoits. Sometimes lust is bothering us, sometimes we are bothered by anger, egoism, greed, and attachment. Unless we develop that real love and yearning for the Master, all these things keep bothering us. But when the love for the Master is manifested within us, then all these things fly out from our within us and do not bother us anymore. When the eagle of love comes in our within, the small birds of passions fly away because they cannot stand that real love for the Master.”
“You may well ask why there is this insistent stress on complete self-surrender on the mystic path. The answer is simple: without this absolute surrender of the last vestiges of ego and selfhood and without such complete absorption in the object of one’s love, one cannot attain that unwavering concentration of all one’s faculties which is the prerequisite of all inner progress.”
“If we do Simran, we put a break to the endless thoughts thus we create a bridge by which we may transcend or ascend from the human to the Divine.”
“In all trying circumstances, prayer is the last weapon in our armory. Where all human efforts fail, prayer succeeds.”