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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/depending-on-their-psychic-make-up-for-some-people-closing-the-eyes/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-ravindra/)

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> [Active receptivity is needed, not a passive agitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/active-receptivity-is-needed-not-a-passive-agitation/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-ravindra/)

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## More by Ravi Ravindra

> [Each place is the right place--the place where I now am can be a sacred space. (3)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/each-place-is-the-right-place-the-place-where-i-now-am-can-be-a/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-ravindra/)

> [Spiritual progress is when on becomes free not only of the knowledge which is inevitably from the past, but also from the need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/spiritual-progress-is-when-on-becomes-free-not-only-of-the-knowledge/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-ravindra/)

> [It is important not to abandon the practice of yoga because we believe it is driven by the wrong motivation. The practice of yoga…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/it-is-important-not-to-abandon-the-practice-of-yoga-because-we/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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. .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/whoever-is-full-of-wisdom-is-naturally-compassionate-in-fact-we/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/yoga-practice-can-make-us-more-and-more-sensitive-to-subtler-and/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/the-self-says-i-am-as-in-the-very-grand-sayings-of-christ-especially/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-ravindra/)

> [“Be firm in yoga and arise!” (4.42).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/be-firm-in-yoga-and-arise-4-42/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/depending-on-their-psychic-make-up-for-some-people-closing-the-eyes/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-ravindra/)

> [Active receptivity is needed, not a passive agitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/active-receptivity-is-needed-not-a-passive-agitation/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/i-t-is-important-not-to-abandon-the-practice-of-yoga-because-we/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/different-states-of-consciousness-project-different-images-of-god/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-ravindra/)

> [Each one of us needs to discover the proper balance between the masculine and feminine energies, between the active and the receptive. (104)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/each-one-of-us-needs-to-discover-the-proper-balance-between-the/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/patanjali-says-that-we-can-meditate-on-anything-that-our-heart/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/as-spiritual-searchers-we-need-to-become-freer-and-freer-of-the/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-ravindra/)

> [ Most of us assume that human beings have free will. However, . . . \[we\] are very much conditioned by our species, culture, family,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-ravindra/most-of-us-assume-that-human-beings-have-free-will-however-we-are/)

[Ravi Ravindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-ravindra/)

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