The strength of a mother’s love derives from her unity with the child. In unity there is no possession, as possession is a dual state, containing me and it.
~ BKS Iyengar (Light on Life)
You see, in my travels throughout India all these years, I have come across many a great soul, many a heart overflowing with loving kindness, sitting at whose feet I used to feel a mighty current of strength coursing into my heart, and the words I speak to you are only through the force of that current gained by coming in contact with them.
~ Swami Vivekananda (Vivekananda speaks to you)
The things that happen to us do not matter; what we become through them does.
Each day, accept everything as coming to you from God. At night, give everything back into His hands.
~ Sri Gyanmata, God Alone: The Life and Letters of a Saint
Q: What does it take to accomplish one’s destiny?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Faith. Faith that you can accomplish your destiny.
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These three instructions, plus meditation, contain the only rule of life that any disciple needs:
- Detachment
- Realization of God as the Giver
- Unruffled patience
As long as we fail in any one of these three, we still have a serious spiritual defect to overcome.
~ Sri Gyanmata, God Alone: The Life and Letters of a saint
"Those who remain on the thinking level do not get the opportunity to see what they are within."
~ Swami Rama
Breathing exercises, pranayam, sudarshan kriya, and total devotion to the divine are tested methods to go beyond the chaos and conflicts of the thinking mind :-)