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We sit in meditation and cry to God, we cry to the light, as little children, knowing God will do everything for us.

What do we have to achieve? Not your position, not your wealth, not all these outward things, but you have to achieve a loving heart.

We think that we have to do so many things and it's unfortunate, entire modern society is besotted with the do-ables, we have to do this, we have to have a half-hour of yoga, an hour of meditation, 2 hours of this, and then 12 hours of work and non-stop electronic gadgets, gizmos etc. etc., and then go home and take care of the family, and then take the children to wherever, and what tends to happen is we do way too much. The society does way too much. One of the greatest things in healing is try for just one day to do nothing. Very difficult.

We try to fulfill ourselves, even though our inner voice tells us to become all that we are - still, we run from it.

Whatever you have to say, you say it from your heart.

Whatever you have to have, try to have something which is handmade.

What I get on a yoga mat, and from a yoga teacher, has been more beneficial onstage than any other workshop I've ever done.

Whatever fells your mind is what you are. So, feel loving and peaceful for no reason at all.

Whatever adventure you are into, whatever you are doing, your attention should be on your spirit.

What is self? Self is the mind viewing itself. That's all. The mind stops viewing itself and turns towards infinity. There is no self, there's only infinity.

What is there when the ego is gone? Eternity, love.

What is important is that you should know reality. You should know exactly what is right and what is wrong. For that, as I told you, there is this great power of Kundalini within you. She's the one, she passes through all these centres, enlightens them first of all - so your awareness gets enlightened - and when she pierces through Sahasrara, she joins you to this all-pervading power, which is knowledge, which is love, which is truth.

What is the greatest thing in us is our Spirit, is the Spirit that we have and we should know that we should be proud of it that we have got the Spirit within us. And if you become proud, then you will not do nonsensical things.

What kind of a world do we live in that has room for dog yoga but not for Esperanto?

What you do affects your awareness field. When you do something selfless your attention feild is more clear, more lucid.

What we refer to as yoga is just a technology to make your energies function by choice, not by compulsion.

What motivates someone who's become wealthy to go out and work in the ghetto with those who are poor? What motivates one who has perfect health to go and work with the sick? If you understand - then you understand the root and cause of all existence.

Whenever you engage in a selfless action that contributes to the welfare of others, this will create a vibratory pattern that will lead you into higher states of mind.

Whenever we do something for someone else, we affirm that we are not simply in it for ourselves, that our self is someone else, is everyone else.

Whenever we just try to please ourselves, all we do is cover up another window in the little house we're stuck in.

Whenever you respect and admire a spiritual quality, it starts to grow in yourself.

When I started 'Third Watch,' I knew I was going to be with the firefighters and lifting, so I was doing yoga, running, and swimming - all at the same time. I didn't have a kid then. Now I don't have time for that. I want to spend time with my son and my husband, so it's mainly just yoga now.

When body, breath, and mind work together in harmony to achieve a spiritual goal, that is yoga.

When mind controls man, it’s ... Bhoga (bondage). But when man controls mind, it’s...Yoga

When meditation makes you realize that you have so many limitations of your own and they are all created by you, the longing to break them will come.

When it comes to knowing how to relax, cats are the original yoga experts.

When one hears the word meditation, it conjures an image of Maharishi Yoga talking about finding a mantra and striving for nirvana. The purpose of such meditation is to empty oneself. [Satan] is happy to invade the empty vacuum of your soul and possess it. That is why people serve Satan without ever knowing it or deciding to, but no one can be a child of God without making a decision to surrender to him. Beware of systems of spirituality which tell you to empty yourself. You will end up filled with something you probably do not want.

When the Kundalini crosses the Agnya, you become thoughtlessly aware. Thoughtlessly aware means, you are aware but there is no thought. You become silent. When it crosses the brahmarandra then the vibrations start flowing through you, and you get cool vibrations.

When people come to Yoga, they are perhaps coming to it at the end of a long series of alternatives, and they're looking for something that's going to act very quickly. But Yoga is not a quick answer.

When this life ends, I will be absorbed back into you. I have come forth from you . You are all good and you know all that there is. So please act in me and through me at every moment and every second. Let me be but an extension of your being. Teach me how to live and love selflessly, at all times.

When we are aligned, everything can flow, and life and yoga becomes effortless.

When our consciousness is quiet, the waves of thought cease and we see clearly enough to relate back to our spirit. we connect with who we really are.

When we erase perception, then we erase that which perceives perception. The universe dissolves and we see that it was never real to begin with.

When the mind is turbulent, uncontrolled and restless, it is like a pond of water that is filled with mud. Therefore when we look within ourselves, all we perceive is the mud of our material conceptions of life. But when the mind is still through discipline, and through yoga, it is like a pond that has no waves and no turbulence. Then we can perceive through that crystal clear water the eternal nature of our soul.

When we meditate with love we go very, very high , above thought, above form. Your love will cause you to have a union.

When we smile, the muscles around our mouth are stretched and relaxed, just like doing yoga. Smiling is mouth yoga. We release the tension from our face as we smile. Others who run into us notice it, even strangers, and are likely to smile back. It is a wonderful chain reaction that we can initiate, touching the joy in anyone we encounter. Smiling is an ambassador of goodwill.

When we think of failure; failure will be ours. If we remain undecided nothing will ever change. All we need to do is want to achieve something great and then simply to do it. Never think of failure, for what we think, will come about.

When we talk about self-realization, we're talking from the point of view of limitation of the mind. Real knowledge is to see that you are that - you are eternity.

When we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.

When you are realized, you can start feeling your own chakras and the chakras of other people. This is enlightenment.

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.

When you become thoughtless, then you can see, feel Reality.

When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health.

When you do something for someone else, it's for you. When you do something for yourself, it's for someone else.

When you do something "selflish" you'll feel constricted and restricted. You won't be happy.

When you exist here only as a body and a mind, suffering is inevitable.

When you are truly meditative, there is no time and space for you. Time and space is just a creation of the mind.

When you are the Spirit, you are like a brilliant diamond, which is giving light by itself.

When you get your self realization or your second birth you become entitled to an awareness by which you can find out the roots of everything. You can find out the roots why people get sick, you can find out why there are incurable diseases, you can find out why there are psychological problems, you can find out why there are moral crisises, you can find out why there are political problems, why there are economic problems.

When you follow the path of love you should feel that each one is perfect in their own right. While you can love others, never, ever, ever judge them.