Hold your center.

Find the place within you that has never, ever changed, that's been the
same for many lives, that feeling that has been the same within you since you were a
little child up to this very time. Find that!
—Gurudeva

Sins are the crippling distortions of intellect bound in emotion. When we sin, we take
the energy and distort it to our instinctive favor.
—Gurudeva~

Ahimsa is the first and foremost virtue, presiding over truthfulness, nonstealing, sexual
purity, patience, steadfastness, compassion, honesty and moderate appetite.
—Gurudeva

Life is meant to be lived joyously. There is in much of the world the belief that life is a
burden, a feeling of penitence, that it is good to suffer, good for the soul. In fact,
spiritual life is not that way at all.
—Gurudeva

To know yourself is why you are on Earth. You were born to realize the Self. You are
not here to make money, to clothe yourself or to entertain yourself. These are
incidentals.
—Gurudeva

Fear is another shadow which causes man to have an inability to face a critical moment,
even in the intimacy of his deepest meditation.
—Gurudeva

Lord Ganesha was created as a governor and interplanetary, intergalactic Lord. His
knowledge is infinite, His judgment is just.
—Gurudeva

Control your circumstances and your life. Guard your weak points with understanding,
and don't allow yourself to be put into a position where you will react.
—Gurudeva

Become more humble. Become more self-effacing. Become more loving and
understanding.
—Gurudeva

Accept your karma as your own, as a healing medicine and not a poison.
—Gurudeva

Siva is very close to each and every one of us. Siva's mind permeates all of us.
—Gurudeva

How do we practice contentment? Simply do not harm others by thought, word or deed.
—Gurudeva

My satguru, Siva Yogaswami, said, "It is a sin to kill the tiger in the jungle. But if he
comes into the village, it may become your duty."
—Gurudeva

God's presence is everywhere, through everything, in everything, for Siva is the creator
of all things, the manifestor of time, form and the space between forms.
—Gurudeva

A clean personal environment, wearing clean clothes, bathing often, keeping the room
spotless where you meditate, breathing clean air, letting fresh air pass through your
house, is all very important in the fulfillment of purity.
—Gurudeva

When your subconscious has been cleared of past reactionary patterns and
reprogrammed thoroughly, you do not take exception to things that happen in the world.
—Gurudeva

You can't go into anything with freedom when you need it. You must be desireless and
observe.
—Gurudeva

When the philosophy is properly understood, we possess right thought, right speech and
right action, which is proper behavior. This is culture.
—Gurudeva
The belief in the existence of God everywhere, as an all-pervasive, self-effulgent energy
and consciousness, creates the attitude of sublime tolerance and acceptance toward
others.
—Gurudeva