When you are free from thinking of ordinary things, your mind will be absorbed in God, in the formless state of divinity.

Always feel the futility of everything, then you will utilize every moment in God.

You recharge your body and mind in prayer and meditation. All of your actions in this world should be done with that inner consciousness.

The form of this body is with us to make this creation more beautiful and divine. The body is with us for our evolution.

Reading spiritual books, hearing so many discourses, seeing so many monks and chanting many verses of the scriptures cannot give you spirituality and Self-realization. It only helps to show the way of spirituality.

Spiritual practice should be followed constantly over a long period. In modern times, people are either lazy or unnecessarily busy.

Evolution is the symbol of life, and there is visible evolution in the external world. There should also be inner evolution in every human being, from animality to rationality, and then to divinity.

Meditation has two aspects: one with eyes closed, experiencing the endless ocean of calm and peace, and the other with eyes open, to feel that calm everywhere.

Thought and God are one.

Without atmosphere, air, there is no creation. As breath is life, to love breath is to love all the living creation.

When the mango is ripe you do not need to announce it; one can tell by its smell and its color, and it separates from the tree. Be ripe in your thoughts and emotions. Grow inwardly in love and devotion.

Do not take too much food out of greed.

Be regular in your practice. Moderation is essential. Study a little, but meditate more.

If your mind remains below, in the lower centers of delusion, illusion, and error, then you will get bondage, and if you come above, to the higher centers, you will get liberation. You have to work and struggle for this.

One who knows the all-pervasive Self as his own self by experiencing it is different from one without direct experience. People usually only talk about it without having any personal experience, but one who has direct experience does not talk much.

When breath flows through the right nostril, the body, mind, and brain power are all active and when it flows through the left, usually the mind is less active and dull.

Many people absorbed in the external world forget the soul and spend their precious lives unnecessarily without earning their divine salvation.

If we practice breathing slow, long and deep, then life will be more active and peaceful. Those who breathe fast live short lives.

In every activity, seek God and thank God. Constant remembrance will make you free from negative emotions. Your emotions will be turned into devotion.

Your body is a little universe, and God is residing in that little universe. Search for that power of God. He dwells within you.

God is constantly abiding within. Search for Him.

Soul consciousness reduces body consciousness.

Lahiri Baba was married. He attained everything - God realization. Make Lahiri Baba your ideal.