People say that steadiness of mind is an end; no, it is a beginning. I am there; I can explain everything up to that point. Then I struggle to discover what comes after, so this steadiness is not an end, it is the beginning and the instrument.
Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar (ed. Shambhala Publications, 2016) - ISBN: 9781930485808