YS 1.2 योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः
Yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ
When you stop identifying with your thoughts, fluctuations of mind, then there is Yoga,
identity with Self, which is samadhi, happiness, bliss and ecstasy.

॥तत् त्वम् असि
Tat Twam Asi
That Thou Art or You Are That
- from Chandogya Upanishad
The non-dual teachings of Advaita Vedanta suggest that your true nature is not the body or mind, but Brahman, the limitless consciousness that is one with all existence.

The following excerpt is from I AM THAT, Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, (always on sale in our boutique). One would be hard pressed to find a passage that is so succinct and embodies the deepest understanding of the reality of who we are and how to obtain it. I read it almost everyday.

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुः साक्षात् परब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Guru Devo Maheshwara
Guru Sakshat Param Brahma Tasmai Shri Gurave Namaha -EXCERPT FROM GURU STOTRAM
Our creation is that Guru, the duration of our lives is that Guru, our trials, illnesses, calamities, and the
death of our body is that Guru. There is a Guru that is near by, and a Guru that is beyond the beyond.
I offer all my efforts to the Guru, the remover of darkness

I only want to see the light that shines behind your eyes.
Noel Gallagher, Aquiesce

I was going to call this month’s Pushti, “What it’s like to be a Teacher.” Because being a yoga teacher is one of the greatest joys and privileges of my life. I

वस्तुसाम्ये चित्तभेदात्तयोर्विभक्तः पन्थाः ॥ १५॥
YS 4.15 vastu sāmye citta-bhedāt-tayor vibhaktaḥ panthāḥ
Each individual person perceives the same object in a different way, according to their own state of mind and projections. Everything is empty from its own side and appears according to how you see it.