Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.
SIVANANDAThe goal of life is god realisation.
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Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it.
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Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
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Faith is a belief in the unknown. Faith heals, faith creates, faith works wonders, faith moves mountains. Faith is the searchlight for God-finding.
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The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.
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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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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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The mind is a product of experience. It is the result of past thinking and is modified by present thinking.
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When all desires of heart die, mortal man becomes Immortal.
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Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.
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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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The 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.
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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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This world is your body. This world is a great school, This world is your silent teacher.
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An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!
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Learn to give, give in plenty, give with love, give without any expectation, one does not lose anything by giving, on the other hand you get back a thousand fold.
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