People having religions is an insult to the universe.
Go into seclusion and rest your mind on the silence.
There are young people today that move like old people from eating too much junk food and not getting enough exercise.
If you open your heart and become like a child, you will always be blissful, always content.
The highest state of meditation is Samadhi, where there is no ego anymore, no doubts, no me, no you, no notion of time, no eating, no talking, no walking, no working and not doing anything at all, realizing that the Self is action-less.
It's a mistake to expect benefits from any pose. Expectations make you restless because if you fail to get what you expect, you feel miserable. Yoga practice is an act of adoration to the Lord. You do it because it has to be done. If you have this mental attitude, your selfishness disappears and the benefits come.
Don't worry. These poses have nothing to do with meditation or enlightenment.
I like being myself. Myself and nasty.
The longer an event is anticipated-a milestone birthday, an eclipse, a new millennium-the more likely it is to be an anti-climax.
If it pleases you and you can write at all, it's gonna please somebody else.
My daddy used to maintain, if you have to use ten-dollar words, what you're trying to say isn't worth a dime.