The four catagories of existance,
non-existance,
both existance and non-existance,
and neither existance nor non-existance,
are spiderwebs among spiderwebs
which can never take hold of the
enormous bird of reality


Buddha (563 - 483 BC)
Source: The life story of Shakyamuni Buddha

PRANAYAMA IS DERIVED fron two Sanskrit words - prana (life) and ayama (control). Pranayama is therefore life control and not “breath control.” The broadest meaning of the word prana is force of energy. In this sense, the universe is filled with prana; all creation is a manifestation of force, a play of force. Everything that was, is, or shall be, is nothing but the different modes of expression of the universal force. The universal prana is thus the Para-Prakiti (pure Nature), immanent energy or force which is derived from the infinite Spirit, and which permeates and sustains the universe.

Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 - 1952)
Source: God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita

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Success should be
measured by the
yardstick of happiness;
by your ability to remain
in peaceful harmony
with cosmic laws.

Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 - 1952)
Source: The Law of Success