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The word yoga is the same as the English word yoke. So in the New Testament when Jesus Christ says, My yoke is easy and my burden is light, my interpretation is that he's referring to yoga. It means union - Union of the body, mind and the spirit as one continuum of consciousness.

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Deepak Chopra
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: October 22
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The world is a mirror for us – whatever you say about others is really how you feel about yourself.
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If you want to know the state of your personal consciousness, just look around and see what is happening to you.
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Everyone knows how to choose few know how to let go. But it's only by letting go of each experience that you make room for the next. The skill of letting go can be learned, and once learned you will enjoy living much more spontaneously.
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To maintain a youthful mind, write down two or three things you can do that are totally childlike, such as eating an ice cream cone, coloring a picture, or jumping rope. Find something that brings back the sense of fun you had as a child and choose one of these activities to do today.
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Your mind is the knife that cuts the continuum of space and time into neat slices of linear experience.
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