Faith indicates what man's character is. Have true, perfect, living and unswerving faith in God, in His Grace, and in the power of His Name. Meditate and open yourself to the Divine Light. Faith can move mountains and give you peace, sp
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Faith indicates what man's character is. Have true, perfect, living and unswerving faith in God, in His Grace, and in the power of His Name. Meditate and open yourself to the Divine Light. Faith can move mountains and give you peace, sp
If your hair becomes grey, that is the first warrant from
The obstacles in the way of self-surrender are desire and egoism. The self-surrender must be pure, total, unreserved and unconditional. Sometimes the devotee keeps certain desires for his own secret grati¬fication. The ego is very still and obstinate. It is as hard as granite. It has to be split through constant hammering with the chisel
Lord Krishna says in the Gita: "But by devotion to Me alone I may thus be perceived, Arjuna, and seen and known in essence, and also entered into, O Paranthapa."
He who leads a mere outward sensual life without doing any worship is an animal only though he wears outwardl
There is a Soul at the centre of nature and over the will of every man, so
Therefore, in the course of spiritual discipline also, the methods of developing concentration take the form of repeati
Since early creation nature herself abounds in instructive examples and lessons to aid man in every walk of his life. Observation tells us that every force in nature, when it is allowed to flow freely over a wide area, moves slowly and with comparatively less power than it would do if gathered together in one mass and directed through a single, restri
We constantly need to pay attention to the words that we speak. We need to check if we are using any more words than we actually
It is because he has allowed his faculties to get scattered on a hundred different things that he fails to achieve anything substantial, despite his inherent potentialities. If he regulates and applies his poten¬tialities intelli
The practice of meditation must be constant. Then only can one attain Self-realization surely and quickly. He who practices meditation by fits and for a few minutes daily will not be able to achi
Without Brahmacharya no spiritual progress is possible, it is the very foundation on which the superstructure of meditation and Samadhi are to be built up. Many people waste the vital energy. This is indeed a
If you are a householder with spiritual thirst and capacity for intense Sadhana, yon cannot all of a sudden sever your connection with the family. Stay in seclusion for a week or a
Lord Jesus was missing for eighteen years. Lord Buddha went into seclusion for eight years m the Uruvala forest. You can make a beginning in the world but when you
Exercise discrimination in all that you do. Do not think of the past or the future. The past days of boyhood, your days of studentship - all these are dreams when you are over forty. You have to deal with the present only. The present is most important.
From "Daily Sayings" by Swami Sivananda (1987
Neophytes on the spiritual path often mistake their own impulses and imagination for the inner voice or divine command or intuition. Only when the mind is Sattwic will you get flashes or glimpses of intuition.
From "Daily Sayings"
Your mind will tremble, your body will quiver whenever the wrong mental impression of some evil action urges you to do the same act through three of habit. Continue your meditation with full vigo
There is no magic pill more effective than silence and solitude to remove the disease of tossing of the mind.
From "Daily Sayings" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Infor
If you practice concentration amidst unfavour¬able environments, you will grow strong, you will develop your will-force quickly, you will become a dynamic personality. See good in everything and transmute evil into good. This is real Yoga. This is the real work of a
If you can give up idle talk, gossip and curiosity, and if you do not interfere in the affairs of others, you will have ample time to practice intense meditation. If worldly thoughts try to enter the mind during meditation, reject them. Have steady devotion to truth. Be cheerful.
From "Daily Sayings" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on
The man who cannot fix his mind in meditation and prayer cannot have knowledge of the Self. The unsteady man cannot practice meditation, He can¬not have intense devotion to knowledge of the Self, or any burning longing for liberation.
