Surat Shabd Yoga Quotes

Sant Mat (the path and teachings as taught and practiced by saints) delineates the path of union of soul with the Divine. The teachings of the saints explain the re-uniting as follows:

The individual soul has descended from the higher worlds [the Realm of the Divine] to this city of illusion, bodily existence. It has descended from the Soundless state to the essence of Sound, from that Sound to Light, and finally from the realm of Light to the realm of Darkness. The qualities (dharmas, natural tendencies) of the sense organs draw us downward and away from our true nature.

The nature of the soul (atman) draws us upwards and inwards and establishes us in our own true nature. Returning to our origins involves turning inward: withdrawal of consciousness from the senses and the sense objects in order to go upward from the darkness to the realms of Light and Sound. [We experience this phenomenon of withdrawal as we pass from waking consciousness to deep sleep.] Another way to express this is to go inward from the external sense organs to the depth of the inner self. (Both of these expressions are the metaphors that signify the same movement). The natural tendencies of the soul (atman) are to move from outward to inward. The current of consciousness which is dispersed in the nine gates of the body and the senses, must be collected at the tenth gate.

The tenth gate is the gathering point of consciousness. Therein lies the path for our return. The tent ~ Swami Sant Sevi Ji Maharaj

I'm from Wisconsin, and I love snowboarding, hiking, yoga and soccer. ~ Jessica Szohr

In the end, what I love most about contemporary yoga is its ability to
synthesize the everyday with the extraordinary, the practical with the
visionary, the mundane with the sacred. I love that yoga can work to
release my tense muscles, negative emotions, and psychic detritus at the
same time. That it can connect me to my body in ways that create new
neural pathways in my brain. That it offers a practical tool for coping
with everyday stress, as well as an intuitive opening to the hidden magic
of everyday life. ~ Carol Horton

Love is how it feels to recognize our essential unity. Awakening to oneness is the experience of Big Love. Knowing you are one with all, you find yourself in love with all. ~ Timothy Freke

Yoga is the best thing for your sex life. It keeps you limber in all kinds of ways. It teaches you to love your body and your partner's body. But more than anything, it keeps your mind liquid, and nothing's sexier than that. ~ Woody Harrelson

In my life there is an infinite supply of love, it is in exhaustible, I can never use it all in this lifetime so I don't have to be sparing with it! ~ Louise Hay

I love yoga because not only is it a workout for your body, but also your breathing, which helps release a lot of stress. It really prepares you for the day. ~ Tia Mowry

I do Pilates and yoga and try to eat healthy. ~ Amy Smart

Meditation is the ultimate selfless act, because when you meditate you are sacrificing your puny personality for the universal reality. ~ Frederick Lenz

She [Mandy Ingber] brought yoga into my life. It completely changed my life ... It's one of the most fun workouts I've ever had ... So have fun and work hard because it will totally pay off. ~ Jennifer Aniston

One who practices the yoga of love is like child. When the child has a problem, it cries. When it cries, someone comes and helps the child. ~ Frederick Lenz

I'm a big foodie, I do a lot of yoga - I love yoga - I love running ... I just enjoy being really active, and traveling. ~ Jane Chen

Love doesn't need reason. It speaks from the irrational wisdom of the heart. ~ Deepak Chopra

Yoga is self-conquest. Self-conquest is God-realisation. He who practises yoga does two things with one stroke: he simplifies his whole life, and he gets free access to the Divine. ~ Sri Chinmoy

I want to open my own yoga studio. Planning construction and looking at properties is fun. ~ Nina Dobrev

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else. ~ Shunryu Suzuki

Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to say yes, only to have my plans fall through at the last minute and I can take off my regular-people clothes and redon my paint-splattered yoga pants. ~ Jen Lancaster

I love yoga. I can practice it wherever I am, at home, in my hotel room ... I like playing tennis, too, but that's more of a hobby because I'm not very good! ~ Sigrid Agren

We come to God by love and not by navigation. ~ Saint Augustine

Yoga is the best way to learn to adapt and adjust to the changing environments. ~ Amit Ray

With all the yoga and meditation that I do, when the chaos happens it happens. But I'm not as affected as a lot of people - I don't react as much. I just let things drip off my back a little bit. ~ Donna Karan

When we meditate with love we go very, very high , above thought, above form. Your love will cause you to have a union. ~ Frederick Lenz

The mind is a sweetheart, when it is wondering; and a bitch, when it is wandering. ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Each breath is transforming me into thine image. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him. ~ Ramana Maharshi

Rid your body of its impurities, let your speech be true and sweet, feel friendship for the world, and with humility seek wealth and knowledge. ~ Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Clear perception is the cornerstone and an absolute necessity for living your best life - and that's exactly what the focus of a yoga practice should be all about. ~ Rod Stryker

If one has an enlighened teacher and you come to this person with love, they will show you the ways of love. ~ Frederick Lenz

In contrast, EMDR, as well as the treatments discussed in subsequent chapters - internal family systems, yoga, neurofeedback, psychomotor therapy, and theater - focus not only on regulating the intense memories activated by trauma but also on restoring a sense of agency, engagement, and commitment through ownership of body and mind. ~ Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

You suffer because you try to fulfill yourself. You think of yourself in a limited way. ~ Frederick Lenz

Faithfulness in the performance of small duties gives us strength to adhere to difficult determinations that life will someday force us to make. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda

In critical situations, Yoga and Ayurveda driven community immunity plans are better than open-ended herd immunity. ~ Amit Ray