"One's first and foremost duty is to know oneself. 

Without knowing oneself, real life does not begin."

- Shri Brahmananda Saraswati 

If your mind is free from doubts, wishes will be achieved.
If you have total trusting devotion, blessings will enter you. 
Devotion is like the sun, melting our grasping at self
and allowing our true nature to shine through.”   ~Guru Padmasambhava

 “Are you Ready?”     ~The Mother

If the Bhav (self-generated atmosphere) you carry around with you is beautiful and pure, your life experiences will be beautiful and pure. ~teaching from  “The Mother.”

“The lotus  is considered to be a very holy and divine flower. Not just because of it’s beauty, but because of it’s qualities.  A lotus grows in very shallow water, usually in a muddy area. Though it comes out of the mud and mire, it rises as a beautiful flower that lives in the water (world) and is not affected by it. Although the lotus lives in the water, it is never wet. If you throw water on it, the water will roll off and scatter like pearls.

The lotus flower turns its head towards the sun always. That means it always turns toward the light, it receives the light constantly. So you can say it is an ever-enlightened flower.”                  ~Swami Satchidananda

"You cannot "do" yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state. What is this natural state? Eternal everlasting happiness: Bliss."
                       ~Sharon Gannon and David Life

The physical postures give steadiness (firmness) of body and mind; diseaselessness and flexibility (lightness) of limbs   ~Hatha Yoga Pradipika

 “Yogash Citta Vritti Nirodhah”   ~Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra 1:2.                       Controlling the mental modifications of the mind-stuff is yoga.  Satvic vrittis. (Peaceful thought forms.)     

“To Seek Peace is to Seek God.”  ~Swami Satchidananda                  

“Silence is the Altar of God.”   ~Parmahansa Yogananda                                   

 “Inhale let, exhale go. Let go, let God.”   ~Sharon Gannon and David Life, Jivamukti mantra.

Whatever comes, accept it as God’s will.”   ~Swami Satchidananda 

“The secret consists in practice and not in thinking and discussing. Give up wrangling and do the practice. Then you will know the secret.”   ~Kabir

“No more words, hear only the voice within.” ~Rumi

           “Live like the Lotus, above the muddy waters.”