The Spiritual Path and the Importance of Regular Practice - Sri M, Excerpt - The Peepal Grove School

Q : Teachers have recommended various paths for spiritual progress. How does one choose?

Sri M says, that the nature of people are different and people have different kinds of minds. There may be a basic thing which is the mind's character, anger, joy and so on but being brought up in different places and different ways, everybody thinks differently and each person's character and nature is different. So, he says that there must be different paths for different people depending on the nature of their of mind, where they may be intellectually oriented or people who follow their hearts. But beyond the path chosen, most important, he says, is regular practice - 'Nairantarya Abhyasena'...constant, unending practice.

This session is an excerpt from the Satsang at The Peepal Grove School, which took place in December 2019.

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About Sri M
Born in India, Sri M is a spiritual guide, social reformer, educator and writer. He first met his Master at the age of nine under the jackfruit tree, in the compound of his house in Thiruvananthapuram in the Indian coastal state of Kerala.

The full account of his astonishing and amazing experiences are published in his memoir from 2011 titled “Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master – A Yogi’s Autobiography“, which became an instant bestseller. He has written a sequel to his autobiography, titled “Sri M – The journey continues”. He has written two more books - Shunya, his first novel and his latest one being - 'On Meditation', a book which answers questions on meditation.

Sri M has traveled the world fulfilling his life’s mission to teach and guide people as instructed by his Master, Maheswarnath Babaji. Over the years, Sri M’s mission as a spiritual guide, social reformer and educator have given rise to many initiatives including:
– high-quality, multi-lingual education, free to rural children
– Satsang Rural School – an unique and innovative approach to education.
– Co-educational, residential school committed to providing in-depth exploration of knowledge.
– Affordable, preventive and curative holistic health care

In 2015, Sri M went on a 16-month journey, Walk of Hope, from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, spanning 5000 miles across 11 states of India, to bring attention to humanity’s need for peace, harmony and tolerance.

Sri M says: “Go to the core. Theories are of no use.” His message seeks to transcend the outer-shell of all religions, by exploring their mystical essence and thus nurture the innate goodness in every human being.To know more about Sri M and his programs, please log on to :

[ravivarmatatrasi]

Practice kriya yoga regularly everyday.

[abhiruproy]

What I have learnt, is living your daily life a spiritual way is very important. We shouldn't just practice Kriya Yoga or any Sadhana as a mechanical activity, and live the rest of the day as we like. Then we may not get results. How our thought patterns work throughout the day is immensely important.

[sks]

I got initiation in to Kriya nine years ago. Attended several satsangs. But could not so far become disciplined in life. Initially I was a deeply devoted practitioner and could always keep a part of my mind and heart at the Supreme Reality. I was a heavy smoker and used to take drinks and I stopped both. Later I slipped down and evening drinks came back in place of my evening sadhana. I do Kriya and meditation in the morning every day. Every night I wove not to drink from the next day, but it just gets postponed. I could study and understand a lot durning the nine years of practice, except how to get rid of some of my habits which affect the progress. This is a confession at the lotus feet of Gurudev Babaji.

[nl]

Millions thanks to you.. D way u share ur personal sadhana experience.... Motivate.. Teach.. With great example.. Amazing.. We're blessed to see you & listen to u🙏🙏🙏

[raghavendrap]

Always failing to practice regularly. Hope I would win over my mind one day.

[kalpanasriram]

Very much needed at this point of time

[RajKumar-jmpf]

Thnks for short and to the point video

[celebratefoodwithme]

Any one please share me a way to meet master

[anoopmondal]

Sir had also spoken about breathing patterns for different situations/ purposes in the retreat.. Can the satsang team also kindly upload that.. Much Gratitude..

[inthesearchoftruth]

Can you initiate Kriya yoga to me Guruji???? I am the self practitioner of Kriya Since long time without

[vijaynarasimhan]

Paramahansa Yogananda said Kriya is the air plane path when comparing the normal human evolution of several million years to attain the highest. PY also says one has to practice Kriya for I think 8 hours a day for 30 years to attain the highest ( something around this time ). So it depends how you look at it.