Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.
SivanandaThe practice of 'asanas' and 'pranayama' wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.
SivanandaThe impersonal aspect [of God] (Nirakara, Nirguna) is called Brahman, or 'unknowable' by Herbert Spencer, 'will' by Schopenhauer, Absolute Noumenon by some 'substance' by Spinoza. The personal aspect (Sakara) of that Being is termed 'Ishvara' or Allah, Hari, Jehova, Father in Heaven, Buddha, Siva, etc. Just as vapour or steam is formless, so also God is formless in His unmanifested or transcendental state.
SivanandaThinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always 'I am healthily in body and mind'.
SivanandaTo achieve that state of lasting happiness and absolute peace, we must first know how to calm the mind, to concentrate and go beyond the mind. By turning the mind's concentration inward, upon the self, we can deepen that experience of perfect concentration. This is the state of Meditation.
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