Yogasūtra 1.2: Discipline

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Yoga begins with the choice to develop self-control and continues when we learn to act without grasping to specific outcomes. Discipline is the cessation of (afflicted) mental activities.

—Yogasūtra 1.2—

Dr. Vasant Lad on the Heart-Mind Connection

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Heart in Yoga and Ayurveda is called Anahata Chakra. It is a shy lotus looking down into the abdominal cavity. It is a most vital organ and the abode of mind. Mind is a flow of thought. Mind is a flow of feelings and emotions. Heart is the seat of mind. According to the Vedic system, the core of the inner equipment of mental faculties is the Heart.

—Dr. Vasant Lad on the Heart-Mind Connection according to Ayurveda—

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky on Essence and Eternity

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This breath contains everything you need. Trust that each small step is leading you closer to your truth. In the quiet reflections of this journey I have discovered a simple truth.

The path is not about reaching a destination. It is about remembering who we are as we walk. It is not about gathering answers but about shedding everything we are not until only our purest Essence remains. That Essence is love, it is peace, it is the Eternal connection that unites us all.

The path is infinite because we are infinite beyond this life. beyond this body. The journey continues carrying with it the lessons, the experiences and the light we gather. Along the way there is no true end, only the understanding that the path itself is the purpose. And when we walk it with love, compassion and the wisdom of an open heart, each step becomes a celebration of life, an expression of The Eternity that lives.

—Excerpt from The Voice of Silence, written by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky in 1889 based on Eastern Teachings—

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year!
What is the purpose of our existence? Happiness.
We are born out of happiness and we are an expression of happiness. We are also an instrument that is very well designed to find happiness.
We are an instrument of celebration.

Upanishads as phrased by Francis Lucille

Dr. Vasant Lad on the New Day

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Every day is a new day. This day will never come again. So how can we live fully, completely, and totally in harmony with this moment, with this day? Dinacharya is a ancient vedic art of unfolding the inner balance of the body, mind and consciousness and inner balance of
observer, observation and the thing to be observed.

Dr. Vasant Lad

Upanishads on the Interconnectedness of All

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Whole is happening as a Whole.

Upanishads

Rupert Spira on Our True Nature

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Nothing can truly affect our true nature and it is thoughts that create the illusion that
fear has such unpleasant powers.

Rupert Spira

The Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana, on the Channel of the Mind

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The channel of the mind is rooted in the heart.
The mind is only one but due to its association with many sense organs, it appears as many.
Oneness and minuteness are the qualities of mind.

Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana, Foundational text of AYURVEDA Medicine

Jalaluddin Rumi on the Guest House (Self-Acceptance)

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This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

The Guest House
By Jalaluddin Rumi
Translated by Coleman Barks

Yogasūtra 2.53 on Prāṇāyāma

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By prāṇāyāma, the mind becomes fit for concentration,
contemplation, and meditation.

Yogasūtra 2.53