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Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.

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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Interpreted One Reality Way
Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Ego Grace Rain
The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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Inspiring Light Shining
One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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Inspiring Lying Spiritual
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Achieve Doubt Mind
Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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Discrimination Men Real
Action is movement with intelligence
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Action Intelligence Movement
Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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Inspiring Life Need Yoga
Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Activity Together
Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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Greed Letting Go Yoga
As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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Long Perfect Thinking
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Mind Passive Yoga
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Brave Choices Decision
The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
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Asana Posture Study
The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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Block Soul Wall

Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.

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