“We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137)” IfsWorldFeelsShouldWholeJoyDiesChangeLaughingMinutesCostBirdWhole WorldMidstWhy NotSerenityTranquilityPlagueCalamitySereneContagiousTranquil Book:Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Source: Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
“[C]ontinence is a very important part of yoga. If a handful of people come forward with strong wills, nothing is impossible. One Buddha changed half the globe; one Jesus, three quarters of the world. We all have that capacity. (140)” PeopleIfsWorldImportantThreeJesusStrongHalfImpossibleChangedYogaCapacityQuartersGlobesHandfulStrong WillNothing Is Impossible Author:Swami Satchidananda
“Yoga believes in transforming the individual before transforming the world.” WorldBelieveIndividualYogaTransformingTransforming The World Author:Swami Satchidananda
“Yoga believes in transforming the individual before transforming the world. Whatever change we want to happen outside should happen within. If you walk in peace and express that peace in your very life, others will see you and learn something.” IfsWorldWantShouldBelieveHappensIndividualWalksYogaTransformingTransforming The World Author:Swami Satchidananda
“Music is the celestial sound, and it is sound that controls the whole universe, not atomic vibrations. Sound energy, sound power, is much, much greater than any other power in the world.” WorldWholeUniverseEnergySoundGreaterMusic IsVibrationsCelestial Author:Swami Satchidananda
“The same thing can be both good and bad. Whenever you speak of good, bad is also present. The world is a mixture of both. There is not good without bad. They are both sides of the same coin. Both are necessary. We have been given free will and discriminating capacity to select what is beneficial to us and to avoid what is detrimental to us. Even Cobra poison can be used as medicine.” WorldHas BeensUsedSpeakGivenSidesCapacityMedicinePoisonFree WillBoth SidesCoinsGood And BadMixturesBeneficialSelectDetrimentalCobras Author:Swami Satchidananda
