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Spirituality is the master key of the Indian mind. It is this dominant inclination of India which gives character to all the expressions of her culture. In fact, they have grown out of her inborn spiritual tendency of which her religion is a natural out flowering. The Indian mind has always realized that the Supreme is the Infinite and perceived that to the soul in Nature the Infinite must always present itself in an infinite variety of aspects.

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Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul's freedom.

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Not in the state of unconsciousness, but in full awareness when the higher Power will descend into and direct us, then only the yogic life will begin.

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There should of course be left a field of work for the sake of experiment but at all times one must remember that there will always remain open a possibility of err.

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Vain indeed is all overweening pride in the conquest even of the entire universe if one has not conquered one's own passions.

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With which part do you watch? Surely with the mind? That won't do. It is the silent Purusha within who must watch all.

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There is the physical mind which is mechanical but the awareness which is the essential character (dharma) of the mind is also to some extent present there.

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Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.

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If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.

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All existence is a manifestation of God.

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The Force which has to be called down from above must be pure and quiet because there are all kinds of forces - it will not do to call them all. And one must have sincerity.

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Life was a sorrowful throb of this Matter teaching it anguish, Teaching it hope and desire trod out too soon in the mire, Life the frail joy that regrets its briefness, life the long sorrow.

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Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.

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Everyone has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength in however small a sphere which God offers him to take or refuse. The task is to find it, develop it & use it. The chief aim of education should be to help the growing soul to draw out that in itself which is best and make it perfect for a noble use.

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Trust the divine power, and she will free the godlike elements in you and shape all into an expression of divine nature.

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One must have first of all a solid foundation.

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The all-embracing vast being which is there behind the play of the universe and with which you will have to identify yourself - for this is your true self.

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In the normal play of our mind there are all sorts of perversions; hence the need to stop all these things and inculcate right thinking, right willing - in other words, Truth must be established.

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No danger can perturb my spirit's calm.

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Yoga is a generic name for any discipline by which one attempts to pass out of the limits of one's ordinary mental consciousness into a greater spiritual consciousness.

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