Posts tagged insight

In my life nothing goes wrong. When things seem to not meet my expectations, I let go of how I think things should be. It’s a matter of not having any attachment to any fixed outcome.

Deepak Chopra

(via blua)

skullsandvanity

The very purpose of spirituality is self-discipline. Rather than criticizing others, we should evaluate and criticize ourselves. Ask yourself, what am I doing about my anger, my attachment, my pride, my jealousy? These are the things we should check in our day to day lives.

Dalai Lama

(via elige)

thelittlephilosopher

Easily seen are others’ faults, hard indeed to see are one’s own. Life chaff one winnows others’ faults, but one’s own (faults) one hides, as a crafty fowler conceals himself by camouflage

Dhammapada 18:18

(via heartmindspirit)

heartmindspirit

“Practice, practice, practice. That is method.”

Patthabi Jois about Yoga Chitta Vritti Nirodha

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.

Dalai Lama XIV

(via inspiredbythisfeeling)

15natives

Ganesh is the first deity that I connected to and with each new lesson love more and more.  The explanation below is great.  Jai Ganesh! ganapatayei: Obstacles: The thing about Sri Ganesh is that he not only removes obstacles—but he places them too.  He makes you think (buddhi) and forces you to overcome these obtrusions. When you have succeeded—you will become stronger spiritually, emotionally and physically. Your worries—they are divine building blocks.Even obstacles are God.   Om Gam. 

Ganesh is the first deity that I connected to and with each new lesson love more and more.  The explanation below is great.  Jai Ganesh!

ganapatayei:

Obstacles:

The thing about Sri Ganesh is that he not only removes obstacles—but he places them too. 

He makes you think (buddhi) and forces you to overcome these obtrusions. 

When you have succeeded—you will become stronger spiritually, emotionally and physically.

Your worries—they are divine building blocks.

Even obstacles are God.  

Om Gam. 

ganapatayei

9 Favorite Inyengar Yoga Quotes

B.K.S. Iyengar turns 93 today [12/14/11]! Here are nine of my favorite quotes from the legendary yogi:

1. “Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.”

2. “Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.”
 
3. “The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today.”

4. “Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.”

5. “Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one’s being, from bodily health to self-realization. Yoga means union — the union of body with consciousness and consciousness with the soul. Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.”
 
6. “When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.”
 
7. “Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.”
 
8. “Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it.”

9. “Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they’re meant to be.”
 
Mind Body Green
If you can observe alertly, keenly, but without judging, without concluding, you will find that your thinking becomes astonishingly acute. Then you are learning all the time.

Jiddu Krishnamurti 

(via meganmcisaac)

meganmcisaac

“Gratitude is the open door to abundance.” Yes! (via: urbanyogagirl)

“Gratitude is the open door to abundance.” Yes!

(via: urbanyogagirl)

be-the-change

This is also a major theme in the Bhagavad Gita, that is, relinquishing the fruit of your labor.  Do things for the satisfaction of the doing, not the result.  Doing this, even occasionally, completely changes your life.

This is also a major theme in the Bhagavad Gita, that is, relinquishing the fruit of your labor.  Do things for the satisfaction of the doing, not the result.  Doing this, even occasionally, completely changes your life.

bochinche