"Pretend that you are already there: perfect. You are just trying to gather evidence."
Quotes
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"Get Self Knowledge."
"Be kind to everyone; forgive everyone everything."
"Always stay alert, radiating love and peace 24 hours a day, every day."
"You need to have angry determination."
"When you have fortitude, you stand supreme under any conditions."
"How you eat and what you eat has a great effect on your future state of health."
"Do the practice because it has to be done."
"Can you see God in every person?"
"Be receptive to the infinite wisdom and intuition within you."
"You have to go to the very edge again and again. That’s how eventually you go beyond."
"Remember, everybody passes through the same thing."
"Pleasure and pain are the mind and the senses."
"You have to get serious about your practice!"
"When you have a little Self Knowledge, you are a king among men. This is very rare. The rest are all lost in duality, lost in their ego. I have many disciples that are still lost. They still don’t understand about higher things."
"Move your joints every day. You have to find your own tricks. Bury your mind deep in your heart, and watch the body move by itself."
"Be a witness of body and mind activities."
"The action of compassion is to see yourself in others. This is the most important thing for all of us to practice all the time."
"Only knowledge can relieve the pain and suffering."
"Everything returns in mysterious ways — it’s the Law of Karma."
"Suffering is good."
"The Spiritual Sun already blazes within."
"When you are full of love, calm, serene and realize the Laws of Karma, all these doesn’t affect you much."
"By realizing what you really are, that triggers the highest senses of perception."
"Your worst enemy is your own self when you are not under control."
"Visualize yourself doing it. If you believe you are full of doubt, then you will be filled with doubt."
"Yoga truly means to be respectful and compassionate to all living beings and to be free from all sorrow. Who wouldn’t want that?"
"Most adults don’t sing anymore. We have to break that, and start singing the name of the Almighty One. Try to cultivate the emotions. We have to elevate our emotions to the maximum, to the limit, and that then turns into spiritual bliss."
"Everything is there, you just have to turn it on."
"You should practice relaxation every day."
"By controlling the breath, the mind also will be controlled."
"People become depressed when they neglect their spiritual practice."
"Yogis are always content. They do their best, but they are not worried about the results."
"What is the Self inside? It’s the same as God. It doesn’t involve any enjoyment because there is no personal self there."
"Your goal is Self Knowledge; your Guru is here (at the center of the chest)."
"Belief is not enough, you have to experience."
"The secret to success is constant practice."
"The greatest of all impurities is ignorance of your own True Self."
"Do all the postures very slowly, without pain or straining. Be nice to all."
"Yogis love to be alone."
"We are eternal. We are immutable."
"The Supreme Teacher is within you. By constant attention to Him, you’ll be stuffed with bliss and joy."
"All living beings fear violence."
"Whatever you are doing, feel that all beings are enjoying through your senses."
"Be compassionate and surrender your ego. Be always content, a happy soul, and surrender to your own Self."
"Learn how to remain still, without any action during the Asanas."
"The other self is your worst enemy."
"Be grateful to exist."
"If you open your heart and become like a child, you will always be blissful, always content."
"The beauty of reincarnation is that you will meet your loved ones again next life. When you really love someone, you will be with them again."
"If you see yourself everywhere, that is a sign of Self-realization."
"Live the golden rule. Purify the heart. Lose the ego."
"Everything is perfect and nothing is permanent."
"Bring your attention to your heart. Everything is within."
"Imagine nothing existed, no creation, no planet, no people, nothing. Just void. Now think about existing and have been given an ego to be here — isn’t that nice?"
"With the Ethical Rules and a little concentration, anything is possible."
"Who is full of doubts, suffering and depressed? It’s the body and mind passing through the effects from your previous deeds. Pass through this suffering gracefully and try never to complain."
"Real Yogis love the absence of activities."
"Go beyond the fears and doubts."
"Do it because it has to be done and expect nothing."
"The most important prayer is to say thank you, even for the air you breathe."
"With practice, you’ll be able to hold your mind for a long time on one thing."
"You have to have strong desire for liberation."
"The secret is to have firm, regular concentration on one thing."
"When you are quiet, you see everything with love."
"When you are doing things together, you are inside the collective mind, and share psychic knowledge with each other. That is how you become one."
"Do selfless work, and don’t even think about the spiritual benefits."
"Intelligence itself can be perceived. That’s how you know you are not it."
"Stay truthful and blissful."
"The purpose of meditation is to remove your doubts."
"Go into seclusion and rest your mind on the silence."
"See yourself in the practice you are not able to access right now. Imagine yourself in it."
"Everything depends on your mental attitude."
"The Real Self does not need enlightenment. It is the cause of enlightenment."
"First you get knowledge, and then you have to reflect upon it."
"When I first wake up in the morning, I spend a little while just sitting in that nothingness — in that void, and then the bliss comes."
"You are the master of your senses."
"Keep your thoughts pure."
"Purify your heart and lose your ego."
"To conserve energy, observe silence after the class."
"Reduce your wants and lead a happy and contented life. Never hurt the feelings of others and be kind to all. Think of God as soon as you get up and when you go to bed."
"Sometimes you think you are 100% right, but you are 100% wrong!"
"The purpose of life is to experience everything."
"Bless everything. You are a portion of God."
"The amount of happiness that you are experiencing right now is due to your previous actions."
"When you are self-controlled, you like yourself."
"Yoga without the Yamas is like spaghetti without the sauce."
"All actions have the perfect reaction."
"Every time you have a chance, go within and do your meditation."
"All these fancy poses have nothing to do with enlightenment."
"All the pain and suffering in all creation is for purification and realization comes according to purification."
"Three times blessed are those that can copy the teacher physically, mentally and spiritually."
"Whatever you can perceive is not you. That is something else. You are the perceiver."
"You become what you believe."
"Your mind is going to be busy with the senses. Remain unconcerned."
"The calmer you are, the more craving-free you are."
"Always remember that Nature refuses to be rushed. She can only be made to evolve and that takes time, so take heart."
"With constant practice, one can improve his physical body and mental attitude rapidly, thereby igniting the higher motives of making one’s self useful to himself and all mankind."
"Everything is perfect. That is the beauty of yoga: to bring our consciousness to this level."
"Relaxation is the best antidote to impurities."