Fasting should be chiefly mental. Mere abstinence from food will do no good, it will even upset the mind. Spiritual unfoldment will come rather by regulating eating. What is the purpose of fasting? When fasting, one’s senses become subdued. Then the mind becomes non vacillating. The most important thing is to control the mind. Where is the mind? Where is the body? Where is the Jiva? It is all in the self. Food does not make up one’s thoughts. The very fasting of determinations, doubts and thoughts alone would control the mind. If one understands the self all food controls are unnecessary. – Ramana Maharshi
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Green quotes
We need to move beyond the idea of environment and fall back in love with Mother Earth.
What is the use of a house if you don’t have a decent planet to put it on.
Blue
Blue that will always be there as it is now, after all man’s destruction is finished. – Georgia O’ Keefe
No water, no life, no blue, no green. – Sylvia Earle
Dear Ones, I need to quote no more. Let us join hands and save the universe.
Aim Hrim Klim
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‘Desire’ by Rumi
I desire you
More than food
And drink.
My body
My senses
My mind
Hunger for your taste
I can sense your presence
In my heart.
Although you belong
To all the world
I wait with silent passion
For one gesture
One glance
From you.
Whom do we desire, who are we seeking? Continue reading
Shiva on my lips and Devi in my mind
Are you willing to be sponged out, erased, cancelled, made nothing? Are you willing to be made nothing? Dipped into oblivion? If not, you will never change. – DH Lawrence
Let me Roam.
With nothing on the body
And with nothing in my hands
Let me roam on the bank of the Ganga
With the name of Shiva on my lips
And the thought of Devi and Durga in my mind
Let me even know that I exist,
And when I die
I will not know that I am dying. – Swami Satyananda
Swami Sivananda ‘s directive to Swami Satyananda:
We are instruments, we are mediums. We have to love everybody without passion and attachment. We have to serve everybody without expectation. We have to love God without asking anything from him. The purpose of our spiritual life is to have a vision of the Divine. God has given us everything; we did not ask for it, yet he has given to you everything without you asking for Him.
Dear Ones, three sayings are given. Please read them and take anything from them. If you just follow even one word like without attachment, or ask for nothing, you will be free.
Aim Hrim Klim
If colors had voices?
Colors are the smiles of nature. – Leigh Hunt
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Colors like features, follow the changes of the emotions. – Pablo Picasso
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Must I understand about friendship?
We can read as much as we like about friendship and imagine that we have plenty of friends. However, when one is introspective and aware, then does one understand what friendship means. A few famous quotes for you to comprehend the true meaning of friendship. Yoga Sadhana enables us to appreciate what true friendship is.
The only way to have a friend is to be one. Continue reading
Welcome 2025
For the last year’s words belong to last year’s language.
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning. – TS Eliot Continue reading
Perfect Health
What is perfection? Perfection is to be without flaws. It is a state in which everything is correct.
Are we perfect?
Yes, we are my dear ones. We have been created by the cosmic Mother and when we are born, there is no imperfection in us. We follow examples set by our parents, our teachers, our mentors and our Gurus. It is important for us to understand that those of us who are in the role of parent, partner, teacher, friend, boss and Guru to set an example. Continue reading
Please laugh
Please laugh as laughter lines make one look beautiful. Everyone loves a laughing person. I will share some quotes with you. Continue reading
Forgiveness
Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive. – Colossians 3:13 Continue reading
World Meditation Day
Dear ones, on 21st it was World Meditation Day. I have a few questions for myself and for you. Continue reading
Aakash, Heaven, Aum
All these following quotes evoke the sky. When we see the sky, we become aware of the space, which is all encompassing. Continue reading
Quotes from the Masters
Simple life is a veritable blessing, because it makes one free from cravings and desires, which cause suffering and pain. Continue reading
The mirror of our mind
Many of you are familiar with the German word, Innenwelt, which refers to the ‘inner world’. The inner world is the mental experience of the inner self which accompanies I. It can also be described as a mirror of oneself. It is a complicated and complex meaning and it manifests itself in one’s dreams. Continue reading