The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God and others, but in the ceaseless realisation of yoga, of union.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True selfhood is found not in isolation but in the continuous practice of union with others and the divine.
- In plain terms
- Find yourself through connection, not separation.
- What can you take from it?
- Seek identity through connection and unity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does connection mean to you?
- How do you find yourself?
Another view
Complete unity might sometimes blur individual boundaries.
More from Rabindranath Tagore
The man whose acquaintance with the world does not lead him deeper than science leads him, will never understand what it is that the man with the spiritual vis…
Permalink to quote #133 The most important lesson that man can learn from his life is not that there is pain in this world, but that it depends upon him to turn it into good account, …
Permalink to quote #135 The man who aims at his own aggrandisement underrates everything else.
Permalink to quote #132
Related quotes
You are the world.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti quote #2 Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything.
Julia CameronJulia Cameron quote #8 'Bird and beast and stone and star - we are all one, all one -' murmured the Hamadryad, softly folding his hood about him as he himself swayed between the chil…
P. L. TraversP. L. Travers quote #16