"Patanjali says that we can meditate on anything that our heart desires. The important thing is not what we meditate on, but more that we meditate. And then gradually to meditate more and more on what corresponds to the innermost longing of our heart. The practice of meditation . . . gradually works its magic in stilling the mind. (42)"

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Source : Ravi Ravindra (2009). “The Wisdom of Patañjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide”

Ravi Ravindra

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“Strom Thurmond, the former segregationist candidate for president was the Republican Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 and he tried to get Jeff Sessions` nomination through that committee, but he couldn`t.”
“A lot of times when I've been offered film series and stuff, if they shoot in Los Angeles, I lose interest.”
“If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity.”

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“You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in the unfortunate position of needing to be cast and needing to be liked.”
“My personal influence in the Revolutionary Governing Council is such that the dictatorship of the proletariat is firmly established, since the masses are backing me.”
“Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced.”

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“Washington and Hollywood spring from the same DNA.”

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