The expression "from above" is for us only a way of speaking. Many receive from above the command for action - we call it intuition.

Yes, this Purusha consciousness must be maintained; otherwise the calm will not last. The knocks and blows that come from outside cannot disturb one, if this Purusha consciousness remains at the back.

Even in rags I am a god,fallen I am divine,high I triumph when down-trod,long I live when slain!

The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.

The cup has to be left clean and empty for the divine liquor to be poured into it.

Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect liberty of thought and of worship must be allowed to the individual in his approach to the Infinite.

She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, - truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence.