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Different states of consciousness project different images of God–loving or vengeful or jealous, energetic or terrifying, and different images of God affect the nature and quality of our response to God. . . . The image or idea of God as wrathful and jealous will have a different effect than the image or the idea of God as loving. Similarly, whether God is regarded as male or female will have a significant impact on the culture. (29)

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Ravi Ravindra Consciousness God

It is useful to study different traditions in order to be free of attachment to any one way of expressing what is beyond expression. (x)

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Ravi Ravindra Attachment Non Attachment Spiritual Wisdom Spirituality Study Wisdom

Whoever is full of wisdom is naturally compassionate; in fact we recognize that someone has gained spiritual wisdom by seeing their compassionate behavior. . . . Individuals and countries with power need to develop wisdom and compassion, for without these attributes, there is a danger that the power will be used to oppress and exploit others. (31)

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Ravi Ravindra Compassion Spiritual Wisdom Wisdom

What we most love is not what we know, but what knows us and draws us. . . . (78)

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Ravi Ravindra Knowledge Love

As spiritual searchers we need to become freer and freer of the attachment to our own smallness in which we get occupied with me-me-me. Pondering on large ideas or standing in front of things which remind us of a vast scale can free us from acquisitiveness and competitiveness and from our likes and dislikes. If we sit with an increasing stillness of the body, and attune our mind to the sky or to the ocean or to the myriad stars at night, or any other indicators of vastness, the mind gradually stills and the heart is filled with quiet joy. Also recalling our own experiences in which we acted generously or with compassion for the simple delight of it without expectation of any gain can give us more confidence in the existence of a deeper goodness from which we may deviate. (39)

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Ravi Ravindra Attachment Compassion Confidence Expectations Generosity Goodness Joy Meditation Non Attachment Quiet Spirituality Stillness

[I]t is important not to abandon the practice [of yoga] because we believe it is driven by the wrong motivation. The practice of yoga itself transforms. Yoga has a magical quality. . . . (20)

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Ravi Ravindra Motivation Practice Transformation Yoga

Patanjali says that we can meditate on anything that our heart desires. The important thing is not what we meditate on, but more that we meditate. And then gradually to meditate more and more on what corresponds to the innermost longing of our heart. The practice of meditation . . . gradually works its magic in stilling the mind. (42)

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Ravi Ravindra Heart Meditation Mind Practice

Yoga practice can make us more and more sensitive to subtler and subtler sensations in the body. Paying attention to and staying with finer and finer sensations within the body is one of the surest ways to steady the wandering mind. (39)

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Ravi Ravindra Body Mind Mindfulness Practice Yoga

Depending on their psychic make up, for some people, closing the eyes or being quiet produces anxiety and increases mental agitation. In such situations it is better to undertake the practice of yoga–whether physical yoga or meditation–with other people with whom one is comfortable and at ease. Gradually, as we see more and more clearly their roots, the fears and the imaginings will diminish. Mental distractions are harder to overcome when practicing alone. (109)

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Ravi Ravindra Community Fears Meditation Practice Quiet Sangha Yoga

The Self says ‘I AM’–as in the very grand sayings of Christ, especially in the Gospel of John, in which he says in the state of onenenss with Yahweh (which in Hebrew means ‘I AM’), I AM is the way and the truth and the life–but the ego says ‘I am this’ or ‘I am that,’ thus attaching itself only to a small portion of the Vastness. (62)

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Ravi Ravindra Christ Ego Gospel Of John Oneness Self

Most of us assume that human beings have free will. However, . . . [we] are very much conditioned by our species, culture, family, and by the past in general. . . . It is rare for a human being to have free will. . . . (140)

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Ravi Ravindra Free Will Past

Each place is the right place--the place where I now am can be a sacred space. (3)

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Ravi Ravindra Mindfulness Sacred Space Space

Each one of us needs to discover the proper balance between the masculine and feminine energies, between the active and the receptive. (104)

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Ravi Ravindra Active Balance Feminine Masculine Receptive
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