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Fear is only in duality. Fear is Mind. When you are your Self, there is no fear.

Sivananda

God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction.
SIVANANDA

Forever God Satisfaction
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
SIVANANDA

Children Forget Hate Heart Injury
The practice of ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayama’ wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.
SIVANANDA

Awareness Practice Yoga
The mental ability to concentrate is inherent to all; it is not extraordinary or mysterious. Meditation is not something that a Yogi has to teach you; you already have the ability to shut out thoughts.
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Ability Inheritance Mental Mystery Shut Teaching Thinking
An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!
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Practice Theory Worth
Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
SIVANANDA

Alone Ego Yourself
Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
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Desire Greatness Impurity Poverty Spark
Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.
SIVANANDA

God Manifestation Responsibility Treat
To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
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Discipline Mindset Obedience Spirituality
There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.
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Aspect Different Opinion Truth View
Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.
SIVANANDA

Compassionate Life Meditation Realize Time Yourself
Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate.
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Bliss Forever Meditation Practice Regular
Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it.
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Intuition Reason Transcendence
Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.
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God Life Purpose Realize Worth
The inward battle–against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past–is more terrible than outward battle.
SIVANANDA

Battle Mindset Past Residue
Regular meditation opens the avenues of intuitional knowledge, makes the mind calm and steady, awakens an ecstatic feeling, and brings the practitioner in contact with the source of his/her very being.
SIVANANDA

Himself Intuition Knowledge Meditation Practice Regular Source

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