"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden."
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"Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind. Your flexibility might be excellent but if your mind is not attentive, you are merely doing some physical exercise, not Yoga."
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"Nothing is impossible unless you think it is."
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"The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large."
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"The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress."
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"By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive."
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"Yoga in Mayfair or Fifth Avenue, or in any other place which is on the telephone, is a spiritual fake."
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"Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices."
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"Whenever we find stiffness in the body, our mind should be especially supple. It is never the stiffness in our bodies that limits our practice, it is always the stiffness of our mind."
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"Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength."
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"Most people think that aging is irreversible and we know that there are mechanisms even in the human machinery that allow for the reversal of aging, through correction of diet, through anti-oxidants, through removal of toxins from the body, through exercise, through yoga and breathing techniques, and through meditation."
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"When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness."
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"I started practicing yoga. I started learning some hands-on healing stuff. And I found really good chiropractors, really good massage therapists, and what I found is I've been able to actually peel off layers of trauma on my body and actually move better now than I did."
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"Never do anything that taints your mind. Wrong actions cause negative or evil mental vibrations that are reflected in your whole appearance and personality. Engage in those actions and thoughts that nurture the good qualities you want to have."
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"Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day."
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"Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine."
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"Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form."
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"We cannot expect that millions are practicing real yoga just because millions of people claim to be doing yoga all over the globe. What has spread all over the world is not yoga. It is not even non-yoga; it is un-yoga."
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"Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others' shortcomings and by harshly examining our own."
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"Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God."
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