To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
SIVANANDADo 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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When all desires of heart die, mortal man becomes Immortal.
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Eating, 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.
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The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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Be Good, Do Good.Do thou always without attachment perform action which should be done, for by performing action without attachment, man reaches the Supreme.
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Fame is the penalty of success. Jealousy is the penalty of fame.
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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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The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.
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Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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Be 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.
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The secret of life is in love the love of God and the service of humanity.
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Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always ‘I am healthily in body and mind’.
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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
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There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.
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If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and not the achievement of power, name, fame and wealth.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.
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Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
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Common sense is the fundamental factor in all spiritual disciplines. No rule is an eternal rule. Rules change from place to place, time to time and from one condition to another condition.
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If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
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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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Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another.
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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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It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
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Sow love, reap peace. Sow meditation, reap wisdom.
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Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.
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Fear is only in duality. Fear is Mind. When you are your Self, there is no fear.
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The goal of life is god realisation.
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