People always tend to identify, instinctively, freedom with abandon.But the type of abandon that seeks personal gratification always gets you "tied up in a knot."Abandon instead your personal fears and desires...and you, the real you, will become freed, released from the bonds of your own mind.
Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiWe make very little progress when we strive to conquer baser instincts in a good mood. However, vast strides are possible when we are miserable and work with ourselves to replace our misery with joy and understanding.
Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiIt is the interplay between our experience and how we respond to it that makes karma devastating or helpfully invigorating.
Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiThe object in being on the spiritual path is not to have just a little influx of energy, but to be the energy itself - consciously.
Sivaya Subramuniyaswami