How do you know if what you decide to do is the right thing? It’s very simple. The right thing will not affect your health and happiness. That’s all. Anything that would affect your physical and mental peace, your health and happiness, is wrong. Anything. This might bring another question: “Suppose I want to help…
What is disease? “Disease is that which caused you to lose your ease. Is it not so? You were at ease; all of a sudden, something happened, you did something and you lost your ease. Thus, you are diseased. Then, the doctor takes away the dis, putting you back at ease. So anything that marred…
What is the sign of a healthy person? Such a person is happy anywhere. He or she is relaxed everywhere—always at ease and in peace, within and without. Even in hell, such a person will be at ease. A healthy person hates no one, dislikes nothing. Total love, universal love emanates from within. There is…
As you send your prayers to a sick person, you can think, “Get well,” but you are not asking God to make the person well. You are simply sending your good thoughts to the one in need. Thought forces are very powerful. They will go and help the person. Your good thoughts, your wishful thinking,…
Brahman, or the eternal, is infinite. His expressions are also infinite. Allopathy, homeopathy, hydropathy, chromopathy, electropathy, naturopathy, ayurveda, unani all are his manifestations. All these systems differ. Temperaments also are different, so are natures. Therefore different systems of treatment suit people of different natures. It is only the prejudiced man who says, “Oh, allopathy is…
Disease is not a condition that ought to frighten you. It is not brought about by agencies outside yourself. Disease is the result of the kickings of life. Health alone exists. It is life alone that makes a man live. Disease is only a sign of health. It is the reaction of life to the…
Health is joy. Health is wealth. Health is the elixir of life. Without health life becomes a burden. Nature tries to keep us healthy but we bring or sickness by continuous violation of the laws of nature. Natural laws are relentless. There is no mercy. In the animal kingdom there is seldom any sickness because…
Question: What would be the greatest compliment a student could show you? Answer: The best compliment would be to make me see him or her experiencing all the joy and happiness and health that I experience. That’s the best compliment. Not just mere words or praise. I want them to live that life. I want…
Don’t think that Hatha Yoga is just for athletes or for young people. It is written in the ancient Yoga scriptures: “Anyone who practices Yoga properly and sincerely becomes a siddha—an accomplished one— young or old, weak or strong, or even very elderly or sickly. From prince to peasant, child to grandparent, ailing to robust—all…
Question: Often I have students that I feel can do more advanced courses or breathing, but I am hesitant to teach them if they smoke or have other negative habits. Are there any cautions against teaching advanced practices for this or other reasons? Answer: It’s almost like a doctor saying, “I am hesitant to give…
The goal or aim of life is self-realisation, which confers immortality, highest bliss, knowledge and supreme peace. Fixing the mind on the source or inner self and getting it absorbed there is the highest puja (worship), the highest charity, the highest karma (action), the highest bhakti (devotion), the highest yoga or knowledge. Now the little…
The mind’s physical expression is what you call the body. It’s the mind that makes the body. Change the mind, and you can change the body. That’s why your face changes when your mind is happy. It glows. People don’t see your mind, but they see your face. When your mind is unhappy, don’t they…