In the midst of transition, this week I share the words of others.

Swami Vivekananda brought Yoga and Hinduism to the Western world in the late 1890s, and carried with him a deep respect for everyone and all. He initiated and upheld women as leaders in spiritual practice and daily life, reifying the teachings of his faith and compassion for the modern age.

The following quotes are from Swami Vivekandanda’s translations and interpretations of The Yoga Sutras by Patanjali.

“We are living in the midst of such a mass of miracles day and night that we do not think anything of them”

“Our sweet nurse Nature… she gently took the self-forgetting soul by the hand, and showed him all the experiences in the universe, all manifestations, bringing him higher and higher through various bodies, till his glory came back, and he remembered his own nature.”

“Our sweet nurse Nature… she gently took the self-forgetting soul by the hand, and showed [her] all the experiences in the universe, all manifestations, bringing him higher and higher through various bodies, till [her] glory came back, and [she] remembered [her] own nature.”

Lastly and worth repeating — words from “Any Road” by George Harrison:

And if you don't know where you're goin'

Any road will take you there

You may not know where you came from

May not know who you are

May not have even wondered

How you got this far

I've been travellin' on a wing and a prayer

By the skin of my teeth, by the breadth of a hair

Travellin' where the four winds blow

With the sun on my face, in the ice and the snow

But, ooh-wee, it's a game

Sometimes you're cool, sometimes you're lame

Ah yeah, it's somewhere

If you don't know where you're goin'

Any road will take you there