“The one aim of [my] yoga is an inner self-development by which each one who follows it can in time discover the One Self in all and evolve a higher consciousness than the mental, a spiritual and supramental consciousness which will transform and divinize human nature.” HumansSelfSpiritualSpiritualityConsciousnessHuman NatureDevelopmentHigherYogaAimEvolveSelf DevelopmentInner SelfHigher Consciousness Author:Sri Aurobindo
“Yoga is a science. It is the science of consciousness. Yoga suggests that there is more, other realms, other dimensions, and nirvana - the central nexus where all this comes from.” ConsciousnessYogaRealmsDimensionsHinduismNexus Author:Frederick Lenz
“Consciousness is the screen. The images on the screen are your perceptions, the illusion that life is solid, that there is a material universe.” Life IsUniverseConsciousnessMaterialsPerceptionIllusionYogaScreens Author:Frederick Lenz
“In the yoga of love we learn to love consciousness. Consciousness is existence. It is the very stuff of which life is composed.” Life IsStuffExistenceConsciousnessYogaBhakti Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“Merge your consciousness with that of a luminous being ... and then from there to eternity.” ConsciousnessYogaEternityLuminousBhakti Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you were in a perfected state of consciousness, you would only see perfection in all things.” IfsStatesConsciousnessYogaAll ThingsPerfectionBhakti YogaStates Of Consciousness Author:Frederick Lenz
“Meditation without selfless giving is not enough. You may go into very high states of consciousness but the rough edges will still be there - there may be lots of selfish motives lurking within the self - that you don't see.” GivingMayStillsSelfStatesEnoughConsciousnessMeditationYogaEdgesSelfishKarmaMotiveRoughSelflessKarma YogaLurkingStates Of ConsciousnessSelfless GivingSelfish MotivesRough Edges Author:Frederick Lenz
“The body is the vehicle, consciousness the driver. Yoga is the path, and the chakras are the map.” BodyConsciousnessPathYogaMapsDriversVehicleChakra Author:Anodea Judith
“But I would assert that despite the wide variety of yoga options and individual preferences, there is one universal element: the union of consciousness and movement, breath and awareness.” IndividualConsciousnessAwarenessMovementElementsYogaUniversalBreathsUnionsWideDespiteVarietyPreference Author:Carre Otis
“To be politically activated is to dare to care about the happiness of others and that is just about the most important activity anyone can be involved in at this time, because it changes a person - it lifts them from normal self-centeredness to a state of other centeredness. That is a good thing because it expands our perception of self. This expansion of consciousness leads to enlightenment, which is the meaning of yoga.” PersonsImportantSelfStatesCareConsciousnessInvolvedActivityNormalPerceptionEnlightenmentYogaGood ThingsDareLiftsExpansionSelf CenterednessCenteredness Author:Sharon Gannon
“The experience of yoga is unspeakable. It's the experience of samadhi. It's the experience of connectedness, of oneness, boundlessness, merging with God consciousness... even if it's just for an instant.” IfsConsciousnessYogaOnenessInstantUnspeakableConnectednessSamadhiMerging Author:Beryl Bender Birch
“The Yoga Sutras offers a clear roadmap for the evolution of consciousness from ordinary states of awareness such as waking, dreaming, and sleeping - to higher states of consciousness.” StatesDreamSleepConsciousnessClearAwarenessEvolutionHigherOffersOrdinaryYogaWakingStates Of ConsciousnessYoga Sutra Author:Deepak Chopra
“I have written and spoken my thoughts over many years. Now I'm on new ground and spirit. I want to bring these together. Things like karma yoga, bhakti yoga, conscious dying, conscious aging. Consciousness.” WantYearsTogetherSpiritConsciousnessWrittenDyingConsciousYogaAgingKarmaMy ThoughtsKarma YogaBhakti YogaBhakti Author:Ram Dass
“Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind.” MindConsciousnessSilenceActivityEssentialsYogaSettling Author:Patanjali
“The wisdom obtained in the higher states of consciousness is different from that obtained by inference and testimony as it refers to particulars.” DifferentStatesConsciousnessHigherYogaTestimonyStates Of ConsciousnessInference Author:Patanjali
“A lot of people have come to Krishna consciousness through prasadam. I mean, this process is the only kind of yoga that you can actually practice by eating.” PeopleKindMeanProcessConsciousnessPracticeEatingYogaKrishna Author:Mukunda Goswami
“So many people are passive participants in their very short time of having a consciousness, and those who aren't inspire me. Like Malala Yousafzai or a ninety-two-year-old yoga instructor.” PeopleConsciousnessInspireYogaPassive Author:Dylan Gelulla
“The "Bhagavad Gita" is actually a very good text for yoga - the yoga of love, the yoga of action or karma, the yoga of understanding of intellect, and the yoga of reflection and meditation. I think it's a very important map for understanding the nature of consciousness.” ThinkingImportantActionUnderstandingConsciousnessMeditationReflectionYogaVery GoodIntellectKarma Author:Deepak Chopra
“The word yoga is the same as the English word "yoke". So in the New Testament when Jesus Christ says, "My yoke is easy and my burden is light," my interpretation is that he's referring to yoga. It means "union" - Union of the body, mind and the spirit as one continuum of consciousness.” MindMeanSpiritJesusEasyChristConsciousnessYogaJesus ChristBurdenNew Testament Author:Deepak Chopra
“As a longtime practitioner of yoga and a person who's been involved in physical fitness my whole life, I can tell you, yoga helps you achieve altered states of consciousness. It is not just stretching. The only way you can say that it's stretching is if you haven't done it, or that you haven't done it rigorously for a long period of time.” IfsWayPersonsLongI CanStatesDoneWholeHelpingConsciousnessAchieveHavensInvolvedPeriodsYogaWhole LifeAlteredStretchingLong Periods Of TimeStates Of ConsciousnessPhysical FitnessAltered StatesAltered States Of Consciousness Author:Joe Rogan
“Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.” ThinkingMindConsciousnessKnowingMeditationAwarenessPureEternalConsciousYogaInfinityFiniteMeditatingDissolutionMeditation PracticeYoga PracticeConscious AwarenessObjectificationMergingMeditation MindMeditation MindfulnessInspiring YogaMeditation LifeFinitudeDaily MeditationAwareness Of LifeBody AwarenessDeep MeditationInspirational Meditation Author:Voltaire