Quotes About Alignment

Yet, sustainability, the guiding concept behind ecological modernization, is as much a political–economic dimension as an ecological one: what can be sustained is only what political and social forces in a particular historical alignment define as acceptable (Gould et al. 1993: 231).

we made all the necessary rhetorical changes to make it look like we were aligning ourselves with a burgeoning democracy...

It was the secret of advancement in the service: Always be on the side of what is going to happen anyway.

And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray.

Help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray.

Christianity is a matter of willing God's will and through Christ become one with it.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN DESTINY. WE ARE NOT BORN TO BECOME ONE THING OR ANOTHER, left to follow helplessly a course that was charted for us by some unseen hand, a mysterious alignment of the stars that pulls us in a certain direction, bestowing happiness on some and misfortune on others.

The most underrated force at work in the universe is that of coincidence.

The will of God is not something you add to your life. It's a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God…or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world.

Sometimes synchronicity works.

Tis the side we're on.

External goals cannot hit internal targets.

joined them later understood the arrangement, and fitted

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

The Enlightened One said: I am not at variance with the unenlightened mind, the unenlightened mind is at variance with me. What it accepts, I accept. What it rejects, I reject.

However, my argument assumes that there is a relationship between God and God's word; thus, my 'theological solution' to unjust interpretations is to be more scrupulous in aligning our readings of God's word with our conceptions of God so as to avoid attributing injustice to God.

A fusion of nature and soul.

Stability-The Physical Body (Asana)

When an asana is done correctly, the body movements are smooth, and there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.

Slouching acts like a narcotic to the body. When our parents tell us not to slouch, it is because they instinctively understand that collapsing our chest caves in the very Self. It is because you mind shrinks that your soul shrinks. It is the spine's job to keep the mind alert. It is the spine's job to keep the mind alert. To do this, the spine has to keep the brain in position.

in all asanas, ascend to descend and descend to ascend.

Always watch your base: Be attentive to the portion nearest the ground. Correct first form the root.

By interweaving, I mean that all the threads and fibers of our being at every level are dawn into contact and communication with each other. This is how the body and the mind learn to work together.

As I have said, while doing yoga, the body must tell one what to do, not the brain. Brain has to cooperate with the message it receives from the body. I will often say to a student, "Your brain is not in your body! That is why you can't get the asana." I mean of course that his intelligence is in his head and not filling his body.