Progress is mediation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest. Patanjali More Quotes by Patanjali More Quotes From Patanjali When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your conscious expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world. Patanjali finding-yourself spiritual mind Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists. Patanjali present-moment yoga moments Aversion is a form of bondage. We are tied to what we hate or fear. That is why, in our lives, the same problem, the same danger or difficulty, will present itself over and over again in various prospects, as long as we continue to resist or run away from it instead of examining it and solving it. Patanjali adversity hate running Where the heart is full of kindness which seeks no injury to another, either in act or thought or wish, this full love creates an atmosphere of harmony, whose benign power touches with healing all who come within its influence. Peace in the heart radiates peace to other hearts, even more surely than contention breeds contention. Patanjali healing kindness heart There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering. Patanjali grief light suffering Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind. Patanjali yoga silence mind Success is nearest to those whose efforts are intense and sincere. Patanjali intense sincere effort The longest journey begins with a single step. Patanjali lost-love hiking journey If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga. Patanjali rising yoga mind It is not enough to have intuitions; we must act on them; we must live them. Patanjali intuition enough Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked. Patanjali wicked compassion humility Here is, in truth, the whole secret of Yoga, the science of the soul. The active turnings, the strident vibrations, of selfishness, lust and hate are to be stilled by meditation, by letting heart and mind dwell in spiritual life, by lifting up the heart to the strong, silent life above, which rests in the stillness of eternal love, and needs no harsh vibration to convince it of true being. Patanjali hate strong spiritual Just as the pure crystal takes color from the object which is nearest to it, so the mind, when it is cleared of thought-waves, achieves sameness or identity with the object of its concentration. Patanjali color identity mind Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind. Patanjali yoga practice success Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked. Patanjali yoga compassion meditation Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the hardness and brilliance of a diamond. Patanjali yoga grace perfection Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind. Patanjali fluctuation yoga mind When you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to feel fear in your presence. Patanjali steadfast harm feels For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits Patanjali yoga meditation waiting The way to eliminate ignorance is through steady, focused discrimination between the observer and the world. Patanjali ignorance way world
