Empower yourself through the use of compassion to yourself and others.Tumblr (3.0; @dangilliland)http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/<blockquote><p>Yoga is evolving, but keeps to the same outcome; the end of suffering.  Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon’s second definition for Yoga is joining.  Many classical and modern text interpret Yoga as joining the Soul with God.  Classical Yoga practice uses the Vedic…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2013/01/02/evolution-of-yoga-in-modern-times/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/39504889597http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/39504889597Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:08:21 -0500<blockquote><p>The Supreme Lord is a masterful &amp; wise soul who is untouched by the drama attached to desire, cause or effect</p> <p>क्लेश कर्म विपाकाशयैःपरामृष्टः पुरुषविशेष ईश्वरः ॥२४॥</p> <p>kleśa karma vipāka-āśayaiḥ-aparāmṛṣṭaḥ puruṣa-viśeṣa īśvaraḥ</p> <p>klesa = affliction, pain,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/10/30/yoga-sutra-1-24-supreme-masterful-lord/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/34628985671http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/34628985671Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:43:51 -0400<blockquote><p>We worship with devotion a personal God we can never truly know as long as we live. – Patanjali<br/> ईश्वरप्रणिधानाद्वा ॥२३॥</p> <p>ISvara pranidhAnAt vA</p> <p>ISvara = personal God, the Lord, controller, any master or king, Universal Soul, our understanding of Brahman</p> <p>pra…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/10/09/yoga-sutra-1-23-personal-god/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/33267571530http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/33267571530Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:50:46 -0400<p>Yoga Sutra 1.22 Intensity </p><blockquote><p>Everyone has their own pace &amp; commitment of yoga practice, mild, medium &amp; intense in finding enlightenment – Patanjali</p> <p>मृदुमध्याधिमात्रत्वात्ततोऽपि विशेषः ॥२२॥</p> <p>mRdu madhya adhi-mAtra-tva tatO-api viSesa</p> <p>mRdu = mild, gentle, soft, delicate, tender, mild,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/10/04/intensity/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/32884743597http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/32884743597Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:14:00 -0400<blockquote><p>Correctly focused selfless intensity increases your chances to successfully find God.</p> <p>तीव्रसंवेगानामासन्नः ॥२१॥</p> <p>tivra samvega-nam Asanna</p> <p>tivra = intense, strong,  extremely, keen, pungency, vehement, severe, sharp, acute, supreme</p> <p>samvega = desire of…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/10/03/yoga-sutra-1-21-intensity/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/32806341263http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/32806341263Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:18:14 -0400<blockquote><p>To discover your authentic-self and to truly know God you must have the conviction to trust your Inner-Truth and be mindful of the world around you.</p> <p>श्रद्धावीर्यस्मृति समाधिप्रज्ञापूर्वक इतरेषाम् ॥२०॥</p> <p>SraddhA virya smirti samadhi prajNA pUrvaka itaresham</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/09/29/yoga-sutra-1-20-controlling-the-powers-that-conquer-suffering/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/32527896547http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/32527896547Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:27:26 -0400<blockquote><p>Self-realization can be blocked by clinging to false materialistic ideas, not allowing oneness with God after death.  Clinging will lead you to further reincarnations, becoming a ghost, or ending up in purgatory or hell depending on your beliefs. </p> <p>bhava…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/09/25/yoga-sutra-1-19-the-shadow-blocking-the-real-you/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/32270718714http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/32270718714Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:47:53 -0400<blockquote><p>Truly deep meditation will silence your mind to the point of a vacuum and that is when you will meet the true you that only God knows.</p> <p>virAma pratyaya abhyAsa purvah samskAra sesah Anya</p> <p>virAma = ceasing, cessation, termination, rest, repose, pause,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/09/21/yoga-sutra-1-18-meeting-the-true-you/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/32025701909http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/32025701909Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:05:03 -0400<blockquote><p>Discovering your true self through the silence of meditation and listening to God’s wisdom will allow you to find your bliss.</p> <p>vitarka vichAra Ananda AsmitA rUpa anuga-mAt sam-prajnata</p> <p>vitarka = analytical thinking, analytical study, argument, inference,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/09/19/discovering-you/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/31861985161http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/31861985161Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:20:53 -0400<blockquote><p>To experience the divine you must become free of attachments including wanting to understand God. – Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.16</p> <p>Tat-paraM khyAti-purusha snyam-vairAgaya-guna</p> <p>Tat = that, the Absolute, Brahman, exclamation meaning Tut</p> <p>paraM = but, no more…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/09/13/yoga-sutra-1-16-experiening-the-devine/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/31511813601http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/31511813601Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:32:15 -0400<blockquote><p>Being free from material desires happens when you find contentment from objective emotional awareness understanding the material is temporary and the non-material is permanent.</p> <p>drsta AnuSravika ViSaya vitRSNatA vazIkara SamjNA</p> <p>drsta = perceptible,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/09/05/yoga-sutra-1-15-material-desires/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/30935683040http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/30935683040Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:31:42 -0400<blockquote><p>Wisdom by meditation comes from shedding your distractions caused by your Ego &amp; devoting yourself to cultivating a practice that opens up your true nature.</p> <p>sa tu dIrgha-KAla nairantarya satkAra Asevita dRDha-bhUmi</p> <p>sa = wisdom through meditation,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/09/02/yoga-sutra-1-14-wisdom/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/30717769261http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/30717769261Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:19:59 -0400<blockquote><p>The practice &amp; study of sacred action will keep your ego in check &amp; keep you on track.</p> <p>tatra sthitau yatnah abhyAsa</p> <p>tatra = of these [abhyAsa &amp; vairAgya], repeated practice, in that place, there, on that occasion, under those conditions</p> <p>abhyAsa = reaching…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/08/27/yoga-sutra-1-13-sacred-action/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/30336025271http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/30336025271Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:53:24 -0400<blockquote><p>Sacred spiritual practice, modifying and controlling your state of mind, will lead to conscious freedom from worldly desires.</p> <p>abhyAsa vairAgya-bhyAm tan-nirodah</p> <p>abhyAsa = reaching to, prospect, expected result or consequence, proximity, near, at hand, act…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/08/26/sacredpractice/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/30230559102http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/30230559102Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:47:01 -0400<blockquote><p>Correct memory is when words and experiences stay with you and keep to the thread of the collective truth.</p> <p>anubhuta visaya asampramosah smrtih</p> <p>anubhuta = perceived, apprehended, experienced, knowledge derived from direct perception, inference, comparison,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/08/20/yoga-sutra-1-11-memory/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/29824090521http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/29824090521Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:09:46 -0400<p>Yoga Sutra 1.10 Deep Sleep stage N2 </p><blockquote><p>Deep sleep [Stage N2] is a state of mind that is devoid of dreaming or any other type of sensory perception.</p> <p>abhAva-pratayAtambanA vrttih nidrA</p> <p>abhAva = non-existence, feeling of non-being, absence of awareness, absence</p> <p>pratayA = cause, going towards,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/08/17/yoga-sutra-1-10-deep-sleep-stage-n2/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/29625187437http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/29625187437Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:52:27 -0400<blockquote><p>Delusion is caused by believing imaginary knowledge and acting on it as if it is real.</p> <p>sabda-jnana anupati vastu-sunyah vikalpah</p> <p>sabda = words, sounds, transcendental sound, Om, Amen, sound from speech</p> <p>jnana = knowledge, knowing, monument, acquainted,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/08/15/yoga-sutra-1-9-delusion/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/29495941148http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/29495941148Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:22:54 -0400<blockquote><p>Illusion is the misdirection, misinformation and disinformation about reality.</p> <p>viparyayah mithyajnanam atadrupa pratistham</p> <p>viparyayah = perverse, unreal, error, opposite, awkward forgetfulness, contradictory, foolish…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/08/13/yoga-sutra-1-8-illusion/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/29342493453http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/29342493453Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:32:07 -0400<blockquote><p>True knowledge is having faith in your senses confirmed by the science of deductive reasoning.</p> <p>pratyaksa anumana agamah pramanani</p> <p>pratyaksa = direct perception, manifest, self-evident, visible, impressions from senses, supervision, clearly, presence</p> <p>anuma…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/08/09/yoga-sutra-1-7-pratyaksa-anumana-agamah-pramanani/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/29059081565http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/29059081565Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:43:43 -0400<blockquote><p>We have to remember what we know to be true in our soul when we doubt ourselves because of distraction from our real course in life.  Discovering the truth by sleeping and dreaming on it is the best way to keeping to our real understanding of destiny.</p> <p> pr…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://empowering-within.com/2012/08/08/yoga-sutra-1-6-pramana-viparyaya-vikalpa-nidra-smrtayah/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/28970076043http://dangilliland.tumblr.com/post/28970076043Wed, 08 Aug 2012 03:49:19 -0400