Is is as if life or reality itself has had it in mind all along to unravel the very design i have been trying all along to impose on it.
Through understanding comes control. Through ignorance one goes on forcing and suppressing. Always do everything with understanding, and you never harm yourself or anybody else.
Yoga: The Science of the Soul
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Through understanding comes control. Through ignorance one goes on forcing and suppressing. Always do everything with understanding, and you never harm yourself or anybody else.
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