Namaste! I honor the place in you in which the entire Universe dwells, I honor the place in you which is of Love, of Truth, of Light and of Peace, When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, we are One. ~ Namaste Yoga

Yoga is an art and science of living. Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions. ~ Indra Devi

"Yoga is skillful action." (Yogah Karmashu Kaushalam.") ~ Bhagavad Gita, II.50

You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state. ~Sharon Gannon

When asked what gift he wanted for his birthday, the yogi replied: "I wish no gifts, only presence." ~Author Unknown

Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured. ~B.K.S. Iyengar

You must be the change you want to see in the world. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

"All I know is that i know Nothing." ~ Socrates

Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity. Be like the Tao. It can't be approached or withdrawn from, benefited or harmed, honored or brought into disgrace. It gives itself up continually. That is why it endures. ~ Tao Te Ching

The Truth is far more all-encompassing than the mind could ever comprehend. No thought can encapsulate the Truth. At best, it can point to it. For example, it can say: "All things are intrinsically one." That is a pointer, not an explanation. Understanding these words means feeling deep within you the truth to which they point. ~ Eckhart Tolle

Tell the truth, but tell it slant success in circuit lies... Too bright for our infirm delight the Truth's superb surprise. As lightning to the children eased in explanation kind: The Truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind! [Enlightenment must come little by little-otherwise it would overwhelm. ~ Idries Shaw] ~ Emily Dickinson

Wise people are the instruments of God’s communications. Concern yourself with the message. The messenger is of minor importance. ["Seek not to follow in the footsteps of wise men; seek what they sought." ~ Basho] ~ Shree Maa

Before you've practiced, the theory is useless. After you've practiced, the theory is obvious. ~David Williams

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is universal.... But don't approach yoga with a business mind looking for worldly gain. ~Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois

Yoga in Mayfair or Fifth Avenue, or in any other place which is on the telephone, is a spiritual fake. ~Carl Jung

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ~ Swami Vivekananda

"My Karma ran over your Dogma." -- Anonymous

Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self-realization. Yoga means union - the union of body with consciousness and consciousness with the soul. Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions. ~B.K.S. Iyengar

"Asana (posture) should be steady and comfortable." (Sthira Sukham Asanam.) ~ Yoga Sutras, II.46

"If life were perfect, it wouldn't be." -- Yogi Berra

"Practice does not make perfect -- Perfect practice makes perfect." -- Anonymous

Anyone who practices can obtain success in yoga but not one who is lazy. Constant practice alone is the secret of success. ~Svatmarama, Hatha Yoga Pradipika

"Thought creates Experience." ["As a man thinketh, so he becomes."] -- The Pleiadeans

" To see a world in a grain of sand And heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour." ~ William Blake

"The Kingdom (of Heaven) is inside you and it is outside you" Jesus saw some babies nursing. He said to his disciples: "These babies nursing are like those Who enter the kingdom." His disciples said to him: "Shall we then enter the kingdom as babies? " Jesus answered them and said: 'When you make the two into one,' "And when you make the inner like the outer, 'And the outer like the inner, 'And the upper like the lower, 'And when you make male and female Into a single one, "So that the male will not be male 'And the female not be female … "Then you shall enter the kingdom. " ~ Jesus of Nazareth (Verses 3, 22, Gospel of Thomas, Nag Hammadi Library)

"Yoga is a young child playing." [From Heraclitus: "Eternity is a Child Playing."] -- Sadguru Shree Shree Allowah-gee Maharaj

"God respects me when I work; God loves me when I play." [Original: "...God loves me when I sing."] -- Rabindranath Tagore

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

"What does not kill you makes you stronger." "Health is the amount of disease you can transform." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

They proved to me by convincing reasons that God does not exist; Afterwards I saw God, for he came and embraced me. And now what am I to believe- the reasoning of others or my own experience? Truth is what the soul has seen and experienced; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion. Sri Aurobindo

There are as many religions as there are souls. ["There are as many ways to God as there are created souls. " ~ Muhammad] ~ Sri Ramakrishna

Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake. Some drink it at one place and call it 'jal', others at another place and call it 'pani', and still others at a third place and call it 'water'. The Hindus call it 'jal', the Christians 'water', and the Moslems 'pani'. But it is one and the same thing. ~ Sri Ramakrishna

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness." -- the Dalai Lama

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

"You can't change the world, you can only change yourself... And as you do, the world, too, will mysteriously change..." [There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. ~ Aldous Huxley] ~ Beatrice Wood (paraphrase)

Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God. ~Krishnamacharya

Enquire: 'Who am I?' and you will find the answer. Look at a tree: from one seed arises a huge tree; from it comes numerous seeds, each one of which in its turn grows into a tree. No two fruits are alike. Yet it is one life that throbs in every particle of the tree. So, it is the same Atman everywhere. ~ Anandamayi Ma

When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Do you want to enter paradise? To walk the path of Truth You need the grace of God. We all face death in the end. But on the way, be careful Never to hurt a human heart! ~ Rumi

"Ordinary love is selfish, darkly rooted in desires and satisfactions. Divine love is without condition, without boundary, without change. The flux of the human heart is gone forever at the transfixing touch of pure love." ~ Sri Yukteswar

"Love gives and forgives; ego gets and forgets." -- Sai Baba

"Love is the strongest medicine. It is more powerful than electricity." ~ Neem Karoli Baba

"It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one's mind is the essence of the Buddha's teaching" ~ Dalai Lama

"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it." ~ William James

"We still do not know one-thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us." ~ Albert Einstein

"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow." ~ Frederick Nietzsche

Meditation without Hatha Yoga is lame; Hatha Yoga without Meditation is blind. [cf. Einstein: "Religion without Science is lame; Science without Religion is blind."] Swami Rama

"Little strokes, Fell great oaks." [We can do no great things, only small things with great love. ~ Mother Theresa] ["Baby Steps, Baby Steps, Gently, Gently..."] ~ Benjamin Franklin

"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet." ~ Plato

"Nothing worth having in life is free, all the moreso Freedom itself." ~ Anonymous

"Chant the Name of the Lord and his glory unceasingly, That the mirror of the heart may be wiped clean." ~ Sri Chaitanya

"I went to the root of things, and found nothing but Him alone." ~ Mirabai

“If you don't break your ropes while you're alive do you think ghosts will do it after?” ~ Kabir

“Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence. The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty; For Yesterday is but a Dream, And To-morrow is only a Vision; But To-day well lived makes Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well therefore to this Day! Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!” ~ Kalidasa

I’m not interested in being a “lover.” I’m interested in only being love. ~ Ram Dass

We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another. ~ Ram Dass

I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn't create more suffering. I help people as I work on myself, and I work on myself to help people. ~ Ram Dass

"There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy..." ~ William Shakespeare

"A pure woman is better than a hundred yogis. Women are more open to love God." ~ Neem Karoli Baba

“A narrow vision is divisive, a broad vision expansive. But a divine vision is all-inclusive.” H.H. Swami Tejomayananda

It is easy to be a man of action but it is difficult to be a quiet person. Being quiet is a strong element of that being. If we loosen the saddle the horses will be automatically run on their own. This can be done by anyone but the strength is in stopping those running horses. ~ Pilot Baba

“Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.” ~ Bhagavad Gita

"Die before you die." *Mare bina swarg nahi milta (Hindi) (without death, there can be no heaven) Great things can be achieved only with great effort. ~ Sufi proverb

”God made this earth as it is on purpose; in His plan it is man's part to make the world better.” ~ Paramahamsa Yogananda

"Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, "You owe Me." Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky." — Hafiz

"The real trouble with "the world" in the bad sense which the Gospel condemns, is that it is a complete and systematic sham, and he who follows it ends not by living but by pretending he is alive, and justifying his pretense by an appeal to the general conspiracy of all the others to do the same." -- Thomas Merton

"Instead of focusing on what you lack and complaining about it, thank the Creator every day out of gratitude for all he gives you. This magic secret will transform your life. By learning to give thanks in this way, you enhance the love and light within you, and this love and light are reflected in all your actions. You see the world with new eyes. You have a better attitude toward the people you encounter, and they open to you because they sense the peace and joy that emanate from you." -- Omraam Mikhail Aivanhov

"Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace." — Albert Schweitzer

"If you see the Buddha on the Path, kill him." Zen Koan

The true philosopher, the student of the Esoteric Wisdom, entirely loses sight of personalities, dogmatic beliefs and special religions. ~ Madame Blavatsky

"In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher." ~ the Dalai Lama

"Haste makes waste, Waste makes worry -- Do not be in a hurry..." ["Waste makes want." ~ Hindu proverb] ~ Sai Baba

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. ~ Thich Nath Hanh

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors a vacuum and they have not discovered any continuous employment for man's nobler faculties. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. ~ Henry David Thoreau

"We do not see the world as it is; we see it as we are." ~ the Talmud

"Don't Worry, Be Happy." -- Bobby McFerrin (or was it Meher Baba?)

"Come one step towards Me, and I will come 1000 steps towards You." -- Amma Karunamayi (Divine Mother)

" Don't just do something - sit there! [Allen Ginsberg: "It's never too late to do nothing at all!" ] ~ Anonymous

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. ~ Mother Theresa

"Why do you want to read others´ books when there is the book of yourself?" ~ Krishnamurti

As we grow old…the beauty steals inward. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" [Timothy Leary's last words: "Why not, why not, why not..."] ~ George Bernard Shaw

After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains. ~ Walt Whitman

And your very flesh shall be a great poem. ~ Walt Whitman

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there... When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about." ~ Rumi

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. [Nature is the Art of God. ~ Dante ] ~ Leonardo da Vinci

"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It is the life in your years." ~ Abraham Lincoln

"The Heart hath its reasons which the reason knows not of..." ~ Blaise Pascal

"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes." — e. e. cummings

AUM. Lead me from the unreal to the Real. Lead me from darkness to Light. Lead me from death to Immortality. (Asatoma Sadgamaya, Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya, Mrtyorma Amrtamgamaya) ~ Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

“I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.” ~ Guru Nanak

'If you want to learn a thing, read that. If you want to know a thing, write that; if you want to master a thing, teach that.' ~ Yogi Bhajan

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. ~ St. Francis

May all beings be peaceful. May all beings be happy. May all beings be safe. May all beings awaken to the light of their true nature. May all beings be free. ~ Metta Prayer

Swami Beyondananda's Ten Guidelines for Enlightenment 1. Be a Fundamentalist--ensure that the FUN always comes before the MENTAL. Realize that life is a situation comedy that will never be canceled. A laugh track has been provided and the reason we are put in the material world is to get more material. Have a good "laughsitive" twice a day, which will ensure regularity. 2. Remember that each of us has been given a special gift just for entering this dimension, so you're already a winner! 3. The most powerful tool on the planet today is TELL-A-VISION. That's where I tell a vision to you and you tell a vision to me. That way, if we don't like the programming we're getting, we can change the channel. 4. Life is like photography: use the negative to develop. 5. It is true: as we go through life making heavy thoughts, thought particles tend to get caught between the ears and cause a condition called "TRUTH DECAY." Be sure to use mental floss twice a day, and when you're tempted to practice TANTRUM YOGA, remember what we teach in the Swami's Abusiveness Training Class: DON'T GET EVEN, GET ODD! 6. If we want world peace, we must let go of our attachments and truly live like nomads. That's where...I no mad at you and you no mad at me. That way there'll surely be nomadness on the planet. Peace begins with each of us. A little peace here, a little peace there. Pretty soon all the peaces will fit together to make one big peace everywhere. 7. I know great changes have been predicted for the future, so if you're looking to avoid earthquakes, my advice is simple: when you find a fault, don't dwell on it. 8. There's no need to change the world. All we have to do is toilet train the world, and we'll never have to change it again. 9. If you're looking for the key to the Universe, I've got some good news and bad news. The bad news: there's no key to the Universe. The good news: it was never locked. 10 Finally, everything I've told you is channeled. That way, if you don't like it, it's not my fault. But remember: Enlightenment is not a bureaucracy, so you don't have to go through the channels -- Swami Beyondananda

Q: Why couldn't the Yogi vacuum his carpet? A: He had lost his attachments. Q: How many yogis does it take to change a light bulb? A: Into what? Q. What did the advertisement of the Yoga teacher searching for new students say? A. "Inquire within" What did the Yogi say when he walked into the Pizza Parlor? "Make me one with everything." When the Yogi got the pizza, he gave the proprietor a $20 bill. The proprietor pocketed the bill. The Yogi said "Don't I get change?" The proprietor said, "Change must come from within.” Knock knock Who's there? Yoga Yoga who? Yoga to try this; it feels so goooood! ~ the Merry Jokester

Om poornamadah poornamidam Poornaat poornamudachyate Poornasya poornamaadaya Poornamevaavashishyate Meaning: That (pure consciousness) is full (perfect); this (the manifest universe of matter; of names and forms being maya) is full. This fullness has been projected from that fullness. When this fullness merges in that fullness, all that remains is fullness. ~ Peace invocation -Isa Upanishad

Om sarveshaam swastir bhavatu Sarveshaam shantir bhavatu Sarveshaam poornam bhavatu Sarveshaam mangalam bhavatu Sarve bhavantu sukhinah Sarve santu niraamayaah Sarve bhadraani pashyantu Maakaschit duhkha bhaag bhavet Meaning: Auspiciousness (swasti) be unto all; peace (shanti) be unto all; fullness (poornam) be unto all; prosperity (mangalam) be unto all. May all be happy! (sukhinah) May all be free from disabilities! (niraamayaah) May all look (pashyantu)to the good of others! May none suffer from sorrow! (duhkha) ~ Vedic Shanti Mantra

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. ~ Psalm 23 (King David)

"Self-knowledge is beyond all words and concepts." ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

"Concentrate in the heart. Enter into it; go within and deep and far, as far as you can. Gather all the strings of your consciousness that are spread abroad, roll them up and take a plunge and sink down. A fire is burning there, in the deep quietude of the heart. It is the divinity in you - your true being. Hear its voice, follow its dictates." ~ The Mother

"A dog wags its tail - the tail does not wag the dog. The same is true with the mind. The mind or the ego, should be nothing more than a useful tool - don't let yourself be ruled by whims and fancies of the mind." ~ Ammachi

" When the mind is quiet, we come to know ourselves as the pure witness. We withdraw from the experience and its experiencer and stand apart in pure awareness, which is between and beyond the two. The personality, based on self-identification, on imagining itself to be something: 'I am this, I am that', continues, but only as a part of the objective world. Its identification with the witness snaps." ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

There exists only the present instant... a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now, as it was a thousand years ago and as it will be a thousand years hence. ~ Meister Eckhart

"And in the end, the Love you make is equal to the Love you take." [All you need is Love] ~ Beatles

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