Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
SIVANANDAMan is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
SIVANANDADo 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.
SIVANANDAIf you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
SIVANANDABe for ever a student. He and he alone is an old man who feels that he has learnt enough and has need for no more knowledge.
SIVANANDAAlways 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.
SIVANANDALove expects no reward. Love knows no fear. Love Divine gives – does not demand. Love thinks no evil; imputes no motive. To Love is to share and serve.
SIVANANDAMeditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.
SIVANANDARegular 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.
SIVANANDAIndividual Peace paves the way for world peace. The attainment of inner calm is the greatest work you can do for humanity.
SIVANANDAMeditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.
SIVANANDAPut your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
SIVANANDACrave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.
SIVANANDAYour thoughts should agree with your words, and the words should agree with your actions. In this world people think one thing, say another thing, and do something else. This is horrible. This is crookedness.
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.
SIVANANDAThe 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.
SIVANANDAMusic is the medium for expressing emotion. Music kindles love and infuses hope. It has countless voices and instruments. Music is in the hearts of all men and women.
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