A spiritual person should have thorough control over the heart propensities.

Having practiced Kriya, one should hold onto the After-effect-poise of Kriya.

With your own inner change, you can change your attitude for the entire world.

An absolute pure soul carries with it a great redemptive spiritual and moral power.

Be inwardly ever newly joyous, like the ever-fresh laughing waters of a gurgling brook.

If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.

The purpose of breath-control is to keep the body and mind free from negative vibrations.

God is the life behind your life, the sight behind your eyes, the taste behind your tongue...

As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life.

Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.

He who is persistent will realize God. So try your best to make meditation a regular experience in your life.

Breath is your life. Through the breath you will have restlessness or calmness. Watch your breath - then you will have calmness.

In shallow men the fish of little thoughts cause much commotion. In oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle.

When the mind is tranquil, it does not desire unnecessarily. At the state of beyond desire, one does not perform unnecessary works.

Wake! All your earthly thirsts are about to be quenched forever. … My son, arise. Receive your initiation into the kingdom of God through Kriya Yoga.

Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.

The soul's first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.

The senses are obstructions; Transcending them by the practice of Praanam and Omkar Kriyas, today, I have to dissolve perfectly. This is the only work for me.

Even highly advanced yogis can become the victims of ego. For this reason one must develop devotion to the Lord, along with the practice of meditation, to eliminate any downfall.

The eight bondages or snares are hatred, shame, fear, grief, condemnation, race prejudice, pride of family, and smugness. Removal of the eight bondages leads to magnanimity of the Heart.

One day, during a conversation, he said, “I have ordered a book, and it should be arriving soon. It is a book about how to become taller.” I then told him that I knew about the book. He wanted to know if I had purchased it. I told him that I had not purchased it; however, I knew its contents.

Through our karma we made some plans and acquired a body. We arrived in this world decorated with beautiful ornaments. What are the ornaments? It is said, anadi vasana malah: “You have a garland, a necklace, made of desires without beginning.” Vasana means “desires” and anadi means “without beginning”; thus, we have a beautiful necklace of desires without beginning as well as endless ambition. But this garland is not new. Anadimeans that from time immemorial we have been carrying the vasanas, the desires, life after life.

How do we preplan our bodies and our lives? Through our own karma. Every moment we do something, then the impression of that karma remains within us. The sum total of these karmic impressions directs us where to go and what to do. For example, going to a spiritual retreat was an aggregation of karma. First, the thought appeared; perhaps someone told you about it. Then the desire to go was manifest. Next you planned how to have a holiday from work, how to arrange money, how to travel, and what clothes you needed. You had to perform many karmas for just one desire, and the sum total of that karma and the aggregation of the planning is called prakalpita, pre-thought or previously planned.