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Jul '08 |
"Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths." |
Jun '08 |
" The witnessing soul is like the sky. The birds fly in the sky but they don't leave any footprints....[The] man who is awakened lives in such a way that he leaves no footprints.... He never looks ahead, he never looks back, he lives in the moment." |
May '08 |
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." |
Apr'08 |
"Besides
the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things
undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." |
Mar '08 |
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass...It is about learning
to |
Feb '08 |
"Besides the noble art of getting things done,
there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life
consists in the elimination of non-essentials." |
Jan '08 |
"Your
task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the
barriers within yourself that you have built." |
Dec '07 |
"Asanas
are a microcosm of life. They are miniature worlds filled with all
the forms of the world at large. Our ability to thrive amidst those
forms can be improved through the artful awareness developed in yoga
practice." |
Nov '07 |
"What is it that should trace the insuperable line? ...The question
is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? " |
Oct '07 |
"Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting
the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the
most important. " |
Sep '07 |
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond
your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon
you." |
Aug '07 |
"By
having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation
with the world. By practicing reverence for life we become
good, deep, and alive. " |
Jul '07 |
"We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom
is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it." |
Jun '07 |
"I thank You God for most this amazing |
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees |
and a blue true dream of sky; and for
everything | which is natural which is
infinite which is
yes" |
May '07 |
"Uttering a word is like
striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination." |
Apr '07 |
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be
careful what we pretend to be. " |
Mar '07 |
"Once you know yourself as a genuine
seeker, and when your own inner chamber is
quite enlightened, then comes the natural
unfoldment of pure love and compassion and a
genuine desire to serve others." |
Feb '07 |
"Before you’ve practiced, the theory is useless. After you’ve
practiced, the theory is obvious." |
Jan '07 |
"Cheers to a new year and another chance for
us to get it right." |
Dec '06 |
"We never know what is enough until we know
what's more than enough. " |
Nov '06 |
"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is
the true measure of our thanksgiving. " |
Oct '06 |
"For to bear all naked truths, |
Sep '06 |
"We tend to forget that happiness
doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have,
but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have " |
July '06 |
"To be nobody but yourself
in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human
being can fight; and never stop fighting. " |
June '06 |
"A person will sometimes devote
all his life to the development of one part of his body - the
wishbone." |
May '06 |
"Only put off until tomorrow what you
are willing to die having left undone." |
April '06 |
“The first principle
is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest
person to fool." |
March '06 |
“Relax. What is mind? No matter. What
is matter? Never mind!” |
February '06 |
"A mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never regains its original dimensions." |
January '06 |
"The merry year is born like the bright
berry from the naked thorn." |
December '05 |
"If everyone demanded peace instead
of another television set, then there'd be peace." |
November '05 |
"Fears are educated into us and can, if we wish, be educated
out." |
October '05 |
"Patience is the key to joy." |
September '05 |
"Let us be grateful to
people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who
make our souls blossom. " |
August '05 |
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain
a thought without accepting it." |
July '05 |
"Three grand essentials to happiness in this
life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope
for " |
June '05 |
"When the breath wanders the mind also is unsteady. But
when the breath is calmed the mind too will be still, and the yogi
achieves long life. Therefore, one should learn to control the
breath. " |
April '05 |
"The worst prison
would be a closed heart." |
March '05 |
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that
your strength lies. " |
February '05 |
"To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity." |
January '05 |
"Sometimes your joy is the source of
your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your
joy." |
December '04 |
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did." |
November '04 |
"Illusion is the first of all pleasures." |
October '04 |
"If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change
it, then what you are undergoes a transformation." |
September '04 |
"The meaning of our self is not to be
found in its separateness from God and others, but in the ceaseless
realization of yoga, of union." |
August '04 |
"Summer afternoon -- summer afternoon; to me those have
always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." |
July '04 |
"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things
in the world." |
June '04 |
"Limber not lumber" |
May '04 |
"Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just
going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not
bothering." |
April '04 |
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. |
March '04 |
"Calmness is the living breath of God's immortality in
you." |
February '04 |
"Those who own much have much to fear." |
January '04 |
"There is no power greater than right action in
the present moment." |
December '03 |
"We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled.
The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful
stuff out." |
November '03 |
"Our deepest fears are like dragons
guarding our deepest treasure." |
October '03 |
"Ask and it will be given. Seek
and you will find. Knock and it will be opened for you." |
September '03 |
"Less is more." |
July '03 |
"Peace can be reached through meditation
on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through
concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart." |
June '03 |
"Meditation purifies and strengthens
your heart. It steadies your nerves. It augments the brain power.
It shows you the next step in the spiritual path." |
May '03 |
"Happiness is as a butterfly
which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, |
April '03 |
"Breath is Life." |
March '03 |
"Better than a thousand hollow
words, |
February '03 |
“When the mind perceives duality,
then there is both duality and its counterpart which is unity. When
the mind drops the perceptions of duality, there is neither duality
nor unity.” |
January '03 |
"Yoga makes the rough road smooth." |
December '02 |
"The more yoga you practice, the
more your own body tells you what and when to eat. |
November '02 |
"The world may be chaotic around
you; it may be full of fluctuations; it may be fearful; it may be
full of pain; but the Yogi aims to be in peace even though circumstances
are not." |
October '02 |
“From that perfection of Yoga
posture, duality, praise and criticism, cease to be a disturbance.” |
September '02 |
"Come every day for the next
3 months and I will give you a new body, a new life!" |
August '02 |
"Yoga unites or integrates
the body with the mind. This integration is the foundation for Self-realization." |
July '02 |
"Yoga serves the individual,
and does so through inviting transformation rather than by giving
information." |
June '02 |
"No one can please
everyone. Your mental peace is more important. If you are in peace,
then others around you will feel peace. So your best effort should
be to work on yourself." |
See also our Yoga Link of the Month