“In Savasana or in meditation, the light of the eyes is drawn towards the lotus of the heart, so that the seat of the intelligence of the head is brought into contact with the seat of the intelligence of the heart, which is called the mind. Thus one passes from the individualistic state of consciousness to the universal state of consciousness. It is the merging of the intellect of the brain with the intellect of the soul.”
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Spiritual Quotes — page 234 of 1176
“Approach each asana with freshness every day.”
“The so-called miraculous powers of a great master are a natural accompaniment to his exact understanding of subtle laws that operate in the inner cosmos of consciousness.”
“The ocean of Spirit has become the little bubble of my soul. Whether floating in birth, or disappearing in death, in the ocean of cosmic awareness the bubble of my life cannot die. I am indestructible consciousness, protected in the bosom of Spirit’s immortality.”
“The Divine has loved me as mother, as father, and as friend, behind all friends. I searched for that one Friend behind all friends, that one lover whom I now see glimmering in all your faces. And that friend never fails me.”
“Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there, or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It's a split that tears you apart inside.”
“The brain does not create consciousness, but conciousness created the brain, the most complex physical form on earth, for its expression.”
“Unconscious means identified totally with thought. You reduce reality to a conceptual reality.”
“There is a wonderful ancient Sufi saying which I'm going to paraphrase slightly. It says, 'When the heart weeps for what it has lost,' in this case 'heart' means 'ego,' 'when the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit rejoices for what it has found.'”
“Vigilance in oneself is very important. Vigilance means to be alert to what happens inside, so you can catch an old, collective habit pattern.”
“For me, spiritual means love in action. So if you are working for love, then you are a spiritual person.”
“Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment.”
“we are human beings, we are born full of guilt; we feel terrified when happiness becomes a real possibility.”
“Well, by accepting that sex is a physical manifestation of God, and that is not a sin-it is a blessing.”
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.”
“As long as we're caught up in always looking for certainty and happiness, rather than honoring the taste and smell and quality of exactly what is happening, as long as we're always running from discomfort, we're going to be caught in a cycle of unhappiness and discomfort, and we will feel weaker and weaker. This way of seeing helps us develop inner strength. And what's especially encouraging is the view that inner strength is available to us at just the moment when we think that we've hit the bottom, when things are at their worst.”
“Music is to the mind as air is to the body.”
“When we look outside of that on which we depend we ignore our unity; looking outward we see many faces; look inward and all is one head. If a man could but be turned about, he would see at once God and himself and the All.”
“When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life.”
“Since the beginning of time, spirituality and religion have been called to fill in the gaps that science did not understand.”