The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
SIVANANDAEating, drinking. sleeping, pro-creating. A little laughter, a lot of tears. Is this all there is to life? Don’t die like a worm on the surface of the planet. WAKE UP and be all that you can be, you are so much more than that.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The little ant tastes joyously the sweetness of honey and sugar. The mighty elephant trembles in pain under the agony of sharp god.
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Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always ‘I am healthily in body and mind’.
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Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.
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Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.
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Don’t fear the darkness if you carry the light within.
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The inward battle–against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past–is more terrible than outward battle.
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When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart, you will see Him everywhere.
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There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.
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Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.
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Do not store in your brain useless information. Learn to unmind the mind. Unlearn whatever has been of no use to you. Then only can you fill your mind with divine thoughts.
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God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction.
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When all desires of heart die, mortal man becomes Immortal.
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Meditation is the royal road to the attainment of freedom, a mysterious ladder that reaches from earth to heaven, darkness to light, mortality to Immortality.
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There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.
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Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
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