Wonderful quotes on marriage

I am not married myself, but I love the whole philosophy behind it from a yogic point of view. I find it very inspiring. The following quotes are taken from Yogi Bhajan Lecture Archive

"The one act to perform is for a man and a woman to merge as one. If from this minute they merge as one, they amalgamate now, they shall succeed.

To make an alloy, you take two elements and put them together. The alloy cannot be separated. You can boil it, you can form the alloy into a liquid, you can totally burn it, but once it becomes an alloy, it will totally keep its own quality, own quantity, own weight, own molecules, own electrons, protons and neutrons, and own combination. Whatever made brass doesn’t matter. Brass has its own faculty, own quality, own weight and own property.

Marriage brings happiness. It’s an amalgamation of two psyches. And when these two psyches are amalgamated, neither one is an individual. There is no question of he and she. That’s it. There is no loss, there is no gain and there is no bank account.

And that is what love is, that is what marriage is, that is what life is, that is what good luck is. There are no two opinions about it; when a male and a female merge together. That’s why we do it before God. "

© Yogi Bhajan 2002

Do you think you will be a good mum?

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Someone lately asked me that question. My answer was: That's what I ask myself every day. And it's true. I don't know yet if I want to have kids one day. Not now. That's for sure. Right now this topic seems to becoming huge and I do get quite paranoid. So many blogger ladies, are pregnant right now and some of my friends are as well. And I have had a weird dreams about pregnant women for a whole week.

I don't feel it, the whole baby, mum, family, kid thing. Maybe it will come one day -maybe not.

The older I get the younger I feel. The more I know about the world and life the more I realize how much I don't know. It is getting more complicated, so the only way to handle that is to simplify things. I don't feel very grown up at this point, and I know I did a few years ago.

If that sounds confusing to you, you get an idea about how much it confuses me. I have always been pretty impatient and I can't see my own progress because life feels to slow. At the same time it is running way to fast, so fast, that I can't fit everything in that is important to me. And most days the "To-Do-List" is way too long.

That makes me think I am not really wise yet. Not to mention the financial part, of having started a business before I even paid off my student loan.

How do you feel about having kids?

marriage is the highest yoga

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there is no greater risk than matrimony. but there is nothing happier than a happy marriage.* <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Its the greatest challenge one can face, the highest risk... But that is what keeps it interesting right? If you need more reasons check out ESB's guest post with 10 reasons why being married is just better.

This best answer for sceptical persons EVER I've found at A Practical Wedding: Me: D. and I got engaged! Yayyyyy!!! Her: Oh. That’s nice. I don’t believe in marriage. Me: ………. Me: Um. It’s not fairies. You don’t have to DO it, but it does exist.

Great tipps to stay happy you can find at the guest post series Secrets To A Happy Marriage

* quote by benjamin disraeli, 1870 in a letter to queen victoria's daughter louise,congratulating her on her engagement.

i like the concept...

Recently someone said something nice about marriages that I strongly agree with:

I LOVE THE CONCEPT- THE IDEA THAT YOU COMMIT TO SOMEONE AND HAVE THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A BEST MATE WHERE YOU GO THROUGH THINGS TOGETHER AND IT GETS BETTER AND STRONGER.

Celia as well introduced herself on her blog by saying she recently married her best friend. Lover and Best Friend in one person? -Sounds like the right one to marry.