All happiness comes from awareness. The more we are conscious the deeper the joy. Acceptance of pain, non-resistance, courage and endurance - these open deep and perennial sources of real happiness, true bliss.
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Nobody ever fails in Yoga....It is slow in the beginning and rapid in the end. _x000D_ When one is fully matured, realization is explosive.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Yoga is a gradual practice that leads to profound insights and realizations over time.
This quote by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj emphasizes that the practice of Yoga is a journey that may begin slowly, but accelerates towards powerful and transformative realizations as one matures in their practice. It suggests that persistence and dedication in Yoga are not associated with failure, but rather a gradual unfolding of deeper understanding and awareness.
Themes
YogaRealizationGrowthMaturityPractice
In practice
Example use cases
During a yoga class, the instructor quoted this to encourage students to embrace the process.
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Learn to live without self concern. _x000D_ _x000D_ For this you must know your own true being as indomitable, fearless and ever victorious. _x000D_ _x000D_ Once you know with absolute certainty that nothing can trouble you but your own imagination, _x000D_ _x000D_ you come to disregard your desires and fears, concepts and ideas, and live by truth alone.
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Do not neglect this body. This is the house of God; take care of it, only in this body can God be realized.
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