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.
SivanandaRead
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.
Interpretation
Meditation is a powerful practice that connects us to a higher state of being and understanding.
This quote by Sivananda conveys that meditation serves as a profound means of achieving ultimate freedom and enlightenment. It suggests that through meditation, individuals can transcend worldly limitations and experience a journey from ignorance to awareness, from the physical realm to the spiritual plane, ultimately leading to a state of immortality and eternal wisdom.
In practice
A yoga retreat focusing on personal growth and mindfulness.
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.
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
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Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance.
Nobody these days holds the written word in such high esteem as police states do.
A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.
Let the moment go. . . . Don't forget it for a moment, though. Just remembering you've had an "and" when you're back to "or" makes the "or" mean more than it did before. . . . Now I understand! And it's time to leave the woods.
I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.
There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.
The town has a sense, not of history, but of time, and the telephone poles seem to know this. If you lay your hand against one, you can feel the vibration from the wires deep within the wood, as if souls had been imprisoned in there and were struggling to get out.
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