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You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you
Paramahansa Yogananda
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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Self-realization means to know truth through yourself, and not through others. By seeking God first, through Self-realization, all things-strength, power, prosperity, wisdom, health, and immortality-will be added unto you.
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We should bathe our spirits in the deep, pure feeling that stirs within us when we gaze on the glories of His creation. This is the way to know God as beauty.
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As I radiate love and goodwill to others, I will open the channel for God's love to come to me.
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Find god - he isn't hiding from you, you're hiding from him.
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The entire universe is God's cosmic motion picture, and that individuals are merely actors in the divine play who change roles through reincarnation mankind's deep suffering is rooted in identifying too closely with one's current role, rather than with the movie's director, or God.
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No action is ever an isolated event. Always, it invites from the universe a reaction that corresponds exactly to the type and the force of energy behind the deed.
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It is foolish to be afraid of death. Just think. No more repaired tires on the body vehicle, no more patchwork living.
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The Spirit of God, I realized, is exhaustless Bliss His body is countless tissues of light.
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The spine is the highway to the Infinite. Your own body is the temple of God. It is within your own self that God must be realized.
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If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.
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