Activity Quote by Sri Yukteswar Giri
“The ancient yogis discovered that the secret of cosmic consciousness is intimately linked with breath mastery. This is India's unique and deathless contribution to the world's treasury of knowledge. The life force, which is ordinarily absorbed in maintaining the heart-pump, must be freed for higher activities by a method of calming and stilling the ceaseless demands of the breath.”
![“In [Yogananda's] celebrated Autobiography of a Yogi, he offers a stunning account of the 'cosmic consciousness' reached on the upper levels of yogic practice, and numerous interesting perspectives on human nature from the yogic and Vedantic points of view.” quote by Robert S Ellwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/218/robert-s-ellwood-89247_accounts_in-yogananda-s-celebrated-autobiography_2301476.jpg)
![“Pain and pleasure are transitory; endure all dualities with calmness, while trying at the same time to remove their hold. Imagination is the door through which disease as well as healing enters. Disbelieve in the reality of sickness even when you are ill [...].The power of unfulfilled desires is…” quote by Sri Yukteswar Giri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cd9/sri-yukteswar-giri-33733_calmness_pain-and-pleasure-are-transitory-endure_1936636.jpg)
