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The mind is a product of experience. It is the result of past thinking and is modified by present thinking.

Sivananda

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.
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Himself Intuition Knowledge Meditation Practice Regular Source
Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
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Alone Ego Yourself
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.
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Awareness Consciousness Forever Meditation Purity Thinking
Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.
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Death Ignorance Knowledge Pain Sorrow
Patient and regular practice is the whole secret of spiritual realization. Do not be in a hurry in spiritual life. Do your utmost, and leave the rest to God.
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God Leaving Patience Practice Regular
You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.
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Freedom Known Realize Truth
Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.
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Forget Future Hope Live Past Present
The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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Benefit Silence
Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it.
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Intuition Reason Transcendence
Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
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Desire Give Up Happiness
Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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Character Degree Man Need Wisdom
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
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Children Forget Hate Heart Injury
Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
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Leisure Love Realize Truth Wasted Time
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.
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Energy Eyes Influence Person Smile Wisdom Yourself
Never worry about what other people say or think. Do the right. Have a clear conscience and roam about happily.
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Conscience Happiness People Right Thinking Worry
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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Blade Humble Joy Pain Taste

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