Jaggi Vasudev Quotes

I had the experience of a monk copying documents, applying myself assiduously to my work. And I thought whatever happened, happened - this is just what I do in my life.

The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.

When you concentrate on the middle of your chest - this is where loving awareness lives. This is the spiritual heart. Not the beating heart, not the emotional heart. This spiri­tual heart goes way back - goes back many incarnations. We call it the soul.

The spiritual commitment is to make every situation an object of devotional connection.

Prayer should not be merely an act, but an attitude of life.

When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.

I could spend two years cross-legged on my floor and feel like I was working.

Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.

it is when you are really living in the present-working, thinking, lost, absorbed in something you care about very much, that you are living spiritually.

It is possible to offer fervent prayer even while walking in public or strolling alone or seated in your shop ... while buying or selling ... or even while cooking.

A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that nothing is more important than anything else.

Yoga essentially means finding the keys to the nature of the existence.

True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency.

Meditation is a way of moving into the unlimited dimension of who you are - it is the ultimate freedom.

Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake.

Meditate upon the Om that is in the heart.

I am running on fumes, so it's time to get centered again. I start with eating healthier and cutting out caffeine - at least cutting back on caffeine. I exercise and get outside to play. I reconnect with my spiritual practice, which is daily meditation and prayer. Most importantly, I reconnect with my family and friends. If all else fails, a few deep breaths.

Meditation is that dimension of science which focuses on creating the right kind of interior, so that you can live a peaceful and joyous life.

Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.

I notice that when I feel the most disconnected, once I'm done blaming the moon and everything else, I can see that I am so mired in identification with form and ego and story and identity, and that if I want to, I can read some scripture or read some spiritual book or pray or meditate or sit in the sun or hang around the birds and the dogs, and get a real objective sense of what's really going on here. That usually softens things.

We keep so busy talking we are so keen to act that we forget that in the heart lies all we need untapped, intact.

Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God.

Devotion means your limited entity has been dissolved; a much larger possibility has become a living reality for you.

Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.

I'm fortunate that I was introduced to the world of yoga and pranayama at an early age. That has been very useful to me. I always advise everyone to make this a part of their lives. Sometimes, we notice our mind works on one thing, the body on another, and time brings us in conflict. Yoga synchronizes the heart, the mind, and the body. That is Yoga.