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21 " As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward. "
― B.K.S. Iyengar , Light on Life
22 " As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are. "
23 " But a yogi never forgets that health must begin with the body. Your body is the child of the soul. You must nourish and train your child. Physical health is not a commodity to be bargained for. Nor can it be swallowed in the form of drugs and pills. It has to be earned through sweat. "
24 " It is Einstein’s famous equation E=MC^2, in which E is energy (rajas), M is mass (tamas), and C is the speed of light (sattva). Energy, mass, and light are endlessly bound together in the universe. "
25 " Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses. "
26 " True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness. "
27 " A fusion of nature and soul. "
28 " Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight. "
29 " When we free ourselves from physical disabilities, emotional disturbances, and mental distractions, we open the gates to our soul. "
30 " The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core. "
31 " Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness. "
32 " Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature. "
33 " There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear. "
34 " If you have smoked since you were sixteen, every time you pick up a cigarette in the day you are also brainwashing yourself. "In this situation I pick up a cigarette" sends a little ripple down through consciousness that adds to the "take a cigarette" mound. That's why cigarettes are more difficult than almost anything else to give up. Aside from their physical cravings, we create mental cravings because the habit is very repetitive. The habit of smoking puts itself into every situation. The triggers to that situation are so many that many smokers still sometimes want to smoke even years after they have stopped because the mound is still there. "
35 " All games are meaningless if you do not know the rules. "
36 " We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change. "
37 " We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects. "
38 " If we become aware of its limitations and compulsions, we can transcend them. "
39 " Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal. "
40 " Action is movement with intelligence. "