Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament

If you want to willfully do something, here’s what you do—relax. This is certainly not the intuitive thing to do.

The problem is if the blockage was stored with pain, it’s going to come back up with pain. Instead of pushing it back down because you can’t handle the experience, or releasing it outside as a way of relief, you can relax and release at such a deep level that you allow the blockage to pass without resistance. That is what transmutation of the energ

From now on, everywhere you look and everything you interact with, be sure to say, “Thank you.” And be sure to pay tribute to the stars. They are not just romantic things twinkling in the night sky. They are the furnaces of the universe. They have created everything for you. Can you thank them?

Little by little, as you learn to accept that emotions are a reality of life, they will come and go if you let them.

There is a state within you that is always filled with love and a sense of happiness. Yogananda called it ever-new joy.

We can use the term mindfulness to mean that you are always conscious of what is really going on around you and inside you. You’re not just conscious of the appearance of things but also their true nature: where they come from, why they are the way they are, and what it took for them to manifest before you.

there is a very powerful energy flow inside of you. In different cultures it has been called by different names, such as shakti, chi, or spirit. For the purposes of our discussion, we will use the traditional yogic term shakti.

The world is a perfect fit for everyone’s growth because everyone is looking at the world through their own blockages.

To free yourself, the moment you notice disturbance, let go. Don’t wait until that initial disturbance takes over your mind. You are perfectly aware that you’re beginning to get upset before you actually get upset. You feel it. You feel when something starts to bother you. If you want to grow spiritually, that’s the moment when you do the work.