Sivananda on awareness
Sivananda101 quotes“Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.”
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The secret of life is in love the love of God and the service of humanity.
SivanandaSivananda Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord.
SivanandaSivananda Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.
SivanandaSivananda The mind is a product of experience. It is the result of past thinking and is modified by present thinking.
SivanandaSivananda The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
SivanandaSivananda Bear insult, bear injury.
SivanandaSivananda Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another.
SivanandaSivananda Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.
SivanandaSivananda The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
SivanandaSivananda Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.
SivanandaSivananda Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
SivanandaSivananda A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes.
SivanandaSivananda 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.
SivanandaSivananda 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.
SivanandaSivananda Giving is the secret of abundance.
SivanandaSivananda Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Keep a constant awareness and a conscious effort to say good words, perform good actions, and to practice patience and compassion.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi Learning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one’s being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense of self.
AberjhaniAberjhani The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.
Abigail AdamsAbigail Adams When the will to learn from the ordinary is present, a seeker may indeed gain entrance into levels of awareness that are extraordinary.
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