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Each one of us needs to discover the proper balance between the masculine and feminine energies, between the active and the receptive. (104)

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

Yoga practice can make us more and more sensitive to subtler and subtler sensations in the body. Paying attention to and staying with finer and finer sensations within the body is one of the surest ways to steady the wandering mind. (39)

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

The Self says ‘I AM’–as in the very grand sayings of Christ, especially in the Gospel of John, in which he says in the state of onenenss with Yahweh (which in Hebrew means ‘I AM’), I AM is the way and the truth and the life–but the ego sa...

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

Depending on their psychic make up, for some people, closing the eyes or being quiet produces anxiety and increases mental agitation. In such situations it is better to undertake the practice of yoga–whether physical yoga or meditation–with other...

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

Whoever is full of wisdom is naturally compassionate; in fact we recognize that someone has gained spiritual wisdom by seeing their compassionate behavior. . . . Individuals and countries with power need to develop wisdom and compassion, for without ...

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

As spiritual searchers we need to become freer and freer of the attachment to our own smallness in which we get occupied with me-me-me. Pondering on large ideas or standing in front of things which remind us of a vast scale can free us from acquisiti...

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

Different states of consciousness project different images of God–loving or vengeful or jealous, energetic or terrifying, and different images of God affect the nature and quality of our response to God. . . . The image or idea of God as wrathful a...

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

A need for approval lies behind all efforts of evangelism. If someone else can be convinced, that will show us that we are on the right path. The attempt to convince someone of anything is a mark of insecurity. (173)

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

Most of us assume that human beings have free will. However, . . . [we] are very much conditioned by our species, culture, family, and by the past in general. . . . It is rare for a human being to have free will. . . . (140)

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

Patanjali says that we can meditate on anything that our heart desires. The important thing is not what we meditate on, but more that we meditate. And then gradually to meditate more and more on what corresponds to the innermost longing of our heart....

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

What we most love is not what we know, but what knows us and draws us. . . . (78)

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

Each place is the right place--the place where I now am can be a sacred space. (3)

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

[I]t is important not to abandon the practice [of yoga] because we believe it is driven by the wrong motivation. The practice of yoga itself transforms. Yoga has a magical quality. . . . (20)

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

It is useful to study different traditions in order to be free of attachment to any one way of expressing what is beyond expression. (x)

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra