Each place is the right place--the place where I now am can be a sacred space. (3) — Ravi Ravindra Sacred Copy Share Image
Spiritual progress is when on becomes free not only of the knowledge which is inevitably from the past, but also from the… — Ravi Ravindra Desire Copy Share Image
It is important not to abandon the practice of yoga because we believe it is driven by the wrong motivation. The practice… — Ravi Ravindra Abandon Copy Share Image
Whoever is full of wisdom is naturally compassionate; in fact we recognize that someone has gained spiritual wisdom by seeing their compassionate… — Ravi Ravindra Attributes Copy Share Image
“Yoga practice can make us more and more sensitive to subtler and subtler sensations in the body. Paying attention to and staying… — Ravi Ravindra Attention Copy Share Image
The Self says ‘I AM’–as in the very grand sayings of Christ, especially in the Gospel of John, in which he says… — Ravi Ravindra Christ Copy Share Image
Depending on their psychic make up, for some people, closing the eyes or being quiet produces anxiety and increases mental agitation. In… — Ravi Ravindra Agitation Copy Share Image
“[I]t is important not to abandon the practice [of yoga] because we believe it is driven by the wrong motivation. The practice… — Ravi Ravindra Motivation Copy Share Image
“Different states of consciousness project different images of God–loving or vengeful or jealous, energetic or terrifying, and different images of God affect… — Ravi Ravindra Nature Copy Share Image
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 Active Copy Share Image
Patanjali says that we can meditate on anything that our heart desires. The important thing is not what we meditate on, but… — Ravi Ravindra Desire Copy Share Image
“As spiritual searchers we need to become freer and freer of the attachment to our own smallness in which we get occupied… — Ravi Ravindra Religion Copy Share Image
Most of us assume that human beings have free will. However, . . . [we] are very much conditioned by our species,… — Ravi Ravindra Assuming Copy Share Image
If you look at a person's checkbook and datebook, you know what their religion really is. — Ravi Ravindra Ifs Copy Share Image
“prajñānam brahman (“consciousness is Brahman”).” — Ravi Ravindra Philosophy of Mind Copy Share Image
A need for approval lies behind all efforts of evangelism. If someone else can be convinced, that will show us that we… — Ravi Ravindra Approval Copy Share Image
It is useful to study different traditions in order to be free of attachment to any one way of expressing what is… — Ravi Ravindra Attachment Copy Share Image
What we most love is not what we know, but what knows us and draws us. . . . (78) — Ravi Ravindra Draws Copy Share Image
If We Sit With An Increasing Stillness Of The BodyThe Mind Gradually Stills And The Heart Is Filled With Quiet Joy — Ravi Ravindra Filled Copy Share Image