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  1. There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.

    p. 5

  2. Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal. Nature is in this sense like an actor who has only different roles.

    p. 8

  3. Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.

    p. 48

  4. By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind. This ability to still and gently silence the mind is essential, not only for meditation and the inward journey but also so that the intuitive intelligence can function usefully and in a worthwhile manner in the external world.

    p. 12

  5. Demonstration of one's spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one's fellow beings.

    p. 11

  6. Our flawed mechanisms of perception and thought are not a cause for grief, but an opportunity to evolve, for an internal evolution of consciousness that will also make possible, in a sustainable form, our aspirations toward what we call individual success and global progress.

  7. You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul. Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you must choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it.

    p. 22

  8. We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.

    p. 7

  9. If we become aware of its limitations and compulsions, we can transcend them.

    p. 12

  10. Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.

    p. 12

  11. Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.

    p. 177

  12. Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees.

    p. 61