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 people with… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share Image
Each place is the right place--the place where I now am can be a sacred space. (3) — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
Spiritual progress is when on becomes free not only of the knowledge which is inevitably from the past, but also from the need to… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
It is important not to abandon the practice of yoga because we believe it is driven by the wrong motivation. The practice of yoga… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
Whoever is full of wisdom is naturally compassionate; in fact we recognize that someone has gained spiritual wisdom by seeing their compassionate behavior. .… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
“Yoga practice can make us more and more sensitive to subtler and subtler sensations in the body. Paying attention to and staying with finer… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
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… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
Depending on their psychic make up, for some people, closing the eyes or being quiet produces anxiety and increases mental agitation. In such situations… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
“[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… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
“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… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
Each one of us needs to discover the proper balance between the masculine and feminine energies, between the active and the receptive. (104) — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
Patanjali says that we can meditate on anything that our heart desires. The important thing is not what we meditate on, but more that… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
“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.… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
Most of us assume that human beings have free will. However, . . . [we] are very much conditioned by our species, culture, family,… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share
