Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.
Sri AurobindoRead
Yoga is a generic name for any discipline by which one attempts to pass out of the limits of one's ordinary mental consciousness into a greater spiritual consciousness.
Interpretation
Yoga represents a path to transcend ordinary awareness and achieve a higher state of spiritual consciousness.
Sri Aurobindo highlights that yoga is not just a physical practice but a comprehensive discipline aimed at elevating one's mental and spiritual awareness. It encourages individuals to transcend the mundane confines of their thoughts and connect with a deeper, more profound state of being.
In practice
In a yoga class, the instructor might quote this to explain the deeper purpose of yoga.
Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect liberty of thought and of worship must be allowed to the individual in his approach to the Infinite.
Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act. All living thought is a world in preparation; all real act is a thought manifested. The material world exists because an idea began to play in divine self–consciousness.
Evolution is not finished; reason is not the last word nor the reasoning animal the supreme figure of Nature. As man emerged out of the animal, so out of man the superman emerges.
Impossibility is only a sum of greater unrealised possibles. It veils an advanced stage and a yet unaccomplished journey.
But what is quackery? It is commonly an attempt to cure the diseases of a man by addressing his body alone. There is need of a physician who shall minister to both soul and body at once, that is, to man. Now he falls between two stools.
Written language must be considered as a particular psychic reality. The book is permanent; it is an object in your field of vision. It speaks to you with a monotonous authority which even its author would not have. You are fairly obliged to read what is written.
I am baffled by the way sophisticated theologians who know Adam and Eve never existed still keep talking about it.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Man is a marvelous curiosity...he thinks he is the Creator's pet...he even believes the Creator loves him; has passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks he listens. Isn't it a quaint idea.
I care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that lies in all religious doctrine from the beginning till now.
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